GRADE 7 - Lesson Title: Cell Reproduction
Textbook and Chapter: Green Textbook Chapter 8
Objectives
- Explain why mitosis is important.
- Examine the steps of mitosis and compare mitosis in plant and animal cells.
- List two examples of asexual reproduction.
- Describe the stages of meiosis and how sex cells are produced.
- Explain why meiosis is needed for sexual reproduction.
- Name the cells that are involved in fertilization.
- Explain how fertilization occurs in sexual reproduction.
- Identify the parts of a DNA molecule and its structure.
- Explain how DNA copies itself.
- Describe the structure and function of each kind of RNA.
Set, Hook, Focus
How are cargo ships and cancer cells connected?
Learning Tasks
Content delivery will be via key notes slide show, with students utilizing note taking worksheets. Cooperative learning will be an integral part of the learning process (Think, write, pair, share).
- Section 1: Define all vocabulary words in Chapter 8; draw and label mitosis on page 213; section assessment questions on page 216; Lab Activity Examining Models of Chromosomes - Res Page 11; Directed reading - Resource Page 17; Key Terms - Res Page 20; Reinforcement - Cell division and mitosis - res. page 25.
- Section 2 - Draw and label meiosis I and II; Construct flow chart of Meiosis I and II; NGO - Visualizing Polyploidy in Plants - text page 222; Check ass. - chromosomes - test page 223; section ass. questions - page 223; directed reading - res page 18; reinforcement - res page 26.
- Section 3 - Section assessment questions -text page 229; reinforcement - DNA - res page 27.
Evaluation/Assessment
- Class discussions, assessment questioning.
- Vocabulary Test Thursday