KTIP Pilot Project Lesson Plan Format

 

 

Name: Lindsay Dotson                Date: March 31, 2007   Age/Grade Level: 14/15 Sophomores         

 

# of Students:  28       # of IEP Students:  N/A  # of GSSP Students:N/A     # of LEP Students: N/A    

 

Subject: Plant anatomy and Photosynthesis  Major Content: Biology                     Lesson Length: one week

 

Unit Title:  Plants and Photosynthesis             

Lesson Number and Title: Lesson One: Plant Organelles (along with the general Unit plan)

 

Context

§          The students will learn about plant organelles while paying special attention to the chloroplast the site of photosynthesis in this lesson (lesson one of the unit). Photosynthesis is the ultimate focus of the unit but students must first learn about plant cells before they can understand the complex process. The final aspect of this photosynthesis unit will have the students demonstrate their new knowledge in the form of a final project and presentation.

§          The students have prior knowledge of animal cells and the process of cellular respiration which are very similar to the new content I will be teaching about plant cells.

 

Objectives

For Lesson One:

§          Students will demonstrate their knowledge of plant organelles by drawling, coloring, and labeling a plant cell.

For the unit:

§          Students will demonstrate their knowledge of photosynthesis through their final project and presentation.

 

Connections (for the whole Unit)

§          SC-HS-3.4.4: Students will understand plant cells contain chloroplasts, the site of photosynthesis. Plants and many microorganisms (e.g. Euglena) use solar energy to combine molecules of carbon dioxide and water into complex, energy-rich organic compounds and release oxygen into the environment. This process of photosynthesis provides a vital link between the Sun and energy needs of living systems.

§          The connection to the Kentucky Program of Studies is: The students will be able to explain the metabolic process of photosynthesis and describe the molecules it assembles to store solar energy.

 

 

Resources, media, and technology

For lesson one:

§          KET Encyclomedia video

§          PowerPoint lecture notes

§          Computer paper

§          Color pencils

For the rest of the unit:

§          Virtual Field Trip

§          Movie on Photosynthesis

§          PowerPoint Lecture on Photosynthesis

§          Project Assessment and Rubric

For the project

§          Glue

§          Rulers

§          Toothpicks

§          Computers

 

Procedures

       For Lesson one:

§          The students will complete a bell ringer question in their notebooks. Then the students will watch a KET Encyclomedia Video to introduce plant cells and trigger the students’ past knowledge about animal cells. The students will then take notes on a PowerPoint Lecture about plant cells. Then the students will draw and color a cross-section of a plant cell. The students will also label the plant organelles on their drawings with the organelle’s name and function.

The rest of the unit:

§          On day two the students will complete the bell ringer question in their notebooks. Then the class will review what they learned about plant organelles from the day before. Next the students will do a virtual field trip to introduce the process of photosynthesis. The students’ notes from their virtual field trip will go in their notebook and their answers to the questions will be turned in on a separate piece of paper.

§          The next day the students will complete the bell ringer question in their notebooks. Then the class will discuss what they learned from the virtual field trip. Next the student’s will watch a movie specifically about photosynthesis. Then the students will take notes on the PowerPoint lecture about photosynthesis. Before the end of the class period students will learn about the final project for the unit and get their partner assignments.

§          The next day the students will complete the bell ringer question in their notebooks. Then the class will discuss the lecture from the previous class period. Next the students will break into their project groups and build their visual and work on their presentation.

§          The final day of the unit will begin with the students completing the bell ringer question in their notebooks. Then the rest of the class period will be dedicated to the project presentations.

 

Assessment Plan

Assignment	Type of Assessment
Plant Cell drawing	Formative
Virtual Field Trip Answers	Formative
Project (Visual and Presentation)	Summative