Cells and Body Tissue
Instructor: Daniel Matthews
1. Lesson Title: Types of Tissue
2. Grade/Age Level: 10th – 12th Grade
3. Subject Area: Human Anatomy and Physiology
4. Time allotted for the lesson: This lesson will be completed over two fifty-two minute
class periods.
5. Short description of lesson:
a. In this lesson, the learners will learn the structure of the different types of tissue
and how the structure relates to the tissue’s role in the body.
6. State Curriculum Standards met in this lesson:
a. SAP 1 Students will analyze anatomical structures in relationship to their
physiological functions.
i. Describe how structure and function are related in terms of cell and
tissue types.
7. Instructional Objectives:
a. Learners will organize the body tissues by function and use.
b. Learners will be able to describe the key characteristics of each of the 4 types of
body tissue.
c. Learners will describe why different body tissues are needed for the body to
work together.
8. Instructional Procedures
a. Lesson Set
i. Introduce the unit with a very short warm-up activity asking students
how many types of tissue they have between their skin, mouth, and
digestive system. Show the short video about the 4 types of body tissues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKWTJ3_-1E8
b. Techniques and activities
i. Teacher will begin by showing students a concept map of the types of
body tissue, and then describing the tissue as a large group of similar
cells. Teacher will explain how the cell types are the same at each stage
so students can hopefully make a connection.
ii. Move into epithelial tissue. Describe the role of epithelial tissue in the
body and describe the naming system. Show students the graphic about
the naming of epithelial tissue. Have students guess what parts of the
body would use each type of body tissue based on its structure.
iii. Describe connective tissue and name the types of connective tissue as
well as the role of each connective tissue in the body. Show how each
type of connective tissue has living cells suspended in an extracellular
matrix.
iv. Describe the 3 types of muscle cells and have students write down key
characteristics of each type of muscle tissue and how to determine the
differences between the types of muscle tissue.
v. Describe nervous tissue, how it works and the key functions of a neuron.
c. Lesson Closure – Students will be directed to the videos in the supplemental
activities. The learners’ “ticket” out the door will be to summarize the tissue
types covered each day.
9. Adaptations for special learners – Lesson will be available for them online. Special
learners will also be helped when they work with a peer.
10. Supplemental Activities: Extension and remediation
a. Epithelial tissue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icqBlmT6Q2U Epithelial
tissues and cell junctions. This is a pretty good recap of epithelial tissue but does
a great job describing the cell junctions.
b. Connective tissue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SfjCFGVXe8 a quick
overview of the connective tissue someone could go to if they missed class or
needed to catch something they missed in class.
c. Muscular tissue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwOE1MEginA Three
major types of muscle tissue, where they’re located, and how the structure and
function are related.
d. Nervous tissue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob5U8zPbAX4 Khan
Academy.org’s description of a neuron and how it works.
11. Assessment/Evaluation –
a. Informal evaluation through peer evaluation at each step where the students
work together.
b. Informal evaluation as students take online quiz and receive their own answers
graded. Quiz located at http://www.hbwbiology.net/quizzes/ch40-animalstructure.htm
c. Formal evaluation as students are asked to fill in missing parts to the concept
map and to name characteristics of each.
12. Learner Products
a. Concept map of the types of tissue
b. A short paper 1-2 pages about each of the tissue types and how their structures
are related to their functions.
* Note for learners: This lesson plan template is adapted from the model that is recommended
in the book Preparing to Use Technology: A Practical Guide for Technology Integration.