Needwood Middle School LFS Weekly Lesson Plan Teacher: Purvis Grade/Subject: 7th Life Science Dates: 2012- 2013 Unit Topic: Genes, Chromosomes, Reproduction GPS: Coach Lessons 8-9 (pages 77-87) Text chapters 5,6 & 26 (pages 102-147 & 610-631) Accommodations: Top drawer of filing cabinet. EQ and/or Key Questions Activating/Accelerating- Hook / Background Mon. Report Card grades due Knowledge (KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking Maps, Vocabulary Overview, Word Splash, Survey, Big Four) How do we grow and reproduce on a cellular level? (mitosis and meiosis) Mon. 1) Record homework 2) Preview daily vocab 3) Ask who is interested in becoming a fashion designer since we’ll be designing some fashion jeans (genes) today. Cognitive Teaching Strategies- Teaching Steps (Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research, Vocabulary, Diagrams/Graphs, Comprehension) 10 minutes 1) Activator 2) T-chart on the board of body cells and sex cells (class determines location, reproduction of, and # of chromosomes) 20 minutes 3) Coach 82 popcorn read and work 1-4 together on the board 4) Review notes on mitosis and meiosis. 40 minutes 5) Review coach 86 6) Activity: ‘Hang your jeans (genes)!’ … Rubric attached Mon. Mon. Summarizing Strategies (Ticket Extending/Refining Act. After they acquire, and then take Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important Thing, One Word, Learning Logs) them up a notch with thinking skills/writing prompts. (Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Write, Classify, Analyze, Evaluate, Inductive, Deductive) Journal: Explain the two types of Compare the steps of mitosis pg 115 and meiosis pg cell reproduction (mitosis and 116 and determine the slight differences. meiosis) Assignment/Assessment A Differentiation (Gifted) Homework variety of informal, performance, Research Dolly, the world’s Page 122 #’s 13-16 constructed response, selected first known successful cloning (#16 should have eight response of a mammal. Can you bubbles) Grade * Hang Genes remember the first TV Gifted also do 17-18 * Journal cloning? Frankenstein Needwood Middle School LFS Weekly Lesson Plan Tuesday EQ and/or Key Questions Activating/Accelerating- Hook / Background Knowledge(KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking Maps, Vocabulary Overview, Word Splash, Survey, Big Four) 1) Collect homework 2) Record homework 3) Review homework! Tuesday What are the possible genotypes and phenotypes of your baby….bug? Cognitive Teaching Strategies- Teaching Steps (Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research, Vocabulary, Diagrams/Graphs, Comprehension) 10 minutes 1) Activator- Do homework problem # 16 concept map on the board 60 minutes 2) Lab: Bug Builders Text 702 Draw and complete chart in journal Tuesday Summarizing Strategies (Ticket Extending/Refining Act. After they acquire, then take them Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important Thing, One Word, Learning Logs) up a notch with thinking skills/writing prompts. (Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Write, Classify, Analyze, Evaluate, Inductive, Deductive) Ask why it would be a good idea to look for good traits in a mate? LCD: Assignment/Assessment Differentiation Brain Pop Mitosis Meioses www.scilinks.org HSTL 105 (Gifted) Homework A variety of informal, performance, constructed response, selected response Grade * Homework * Lab Wed. Students pair up with a Complete Bug Family Traits chart buddy to compare their in your journal. baby bugs and give it a name. EQ and/or Key Questions Activating/Accelerating Wed. 1) Collect homework Is a mutt or a purebred more 2) Record homework likely to have genetic mutations? 3) Introduce Duke! Cognitive Teaching Strategies- Teaching Steps (Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research, Vocabulary, Diagrams/Graphs, Comprehension) 20 minutes 1) Activator2) Show a picture of a purebred Rhodesian Ridgeback 3) Explain the difference between a purebred and a mutt. 20 minutes 4) Popcorn read coach 88-89 5) Students complete tree chart of three types of selective breeding (inbreeding, hybrids, and cloning) to include the cross and production of each using the example of a ridgeback. 20 minutes Needwood Middle School LFS Weekly Lesson Plan 3) Journal: Rewrite a paper titled ‘Pity the Poor Popular Purebred’ and what you know about backyard breeding. 4) Board: Four question quiz on coach 91 Wed. Summarizing Strategies Quiz! 1-20 coach 92-98 Wed. Assignment/Assessment Grade Tree Chart Journal Quiz EQ and/or Key Questions Thurs. Extending/Refining Act. Differentiation (Gifted) Homework: Research the top ten Read and respond (summarize) dangerous purebred Saving at the Seedbank pg 172 dogs and write a report on them. Activating/Accelerating Why is back yard breeding not a good idea? (we have many animals in shelters that need homes & inbreeding yields genetic mutations) 1) Students record homework in agendas. 2) Collect and review homework Thurs. Cognitive Teaching Strategies 10 minutes 1) Activator 55 minutes 2) Speaker from the Humane Society to discuss the amount of animals in need of homes and how to care for pets. Thurs. Summarizing Strategies Complete note taking guide while speaker is presenting Thurs. Friday Extending/Refining Act. Research the number of unwanted animals in Brunswick and the number of dogs and cats put to death each month. Assignment/Assessment Differentiation (Gifted) Homework Grade Bead Activity Create a brochure Complete brochure and read to Grade coach quiz 83 urging people to spay family member. Have them and neuter their pets. respond on a sticky note and stick to brochure. EQ and/or Key Questions Activating/Accelerating When is selective breeding a good idea? Friday Cognitive Teaching Strategies 5 minutes 1) Activator 1) Students record homework in agendas. 2) Collect and review homework Needwood Middle School LFS Weekly Lesson Plan 50 minutes 3) Genetically Modified Foods: Read GM Foods and make a t-chart of the pros and cons. 4) Create and advertisement: Write an article to go in a newspaper taking a stand on GM foods. This advertisement will include 4 reasons why or why not foods should be genetically modified. Friday Summarizing Strategies Read your buddy’s article and respond on a sticky note. Friday Assignment/Assessment Grade: Advertisement Homework Glynn County School System Life Science Extending/Refining Act. Go to: http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/geneaction.html Review and discuss Differentiation (Gifted) Homework Research other articles None on GM Foods.