Big Ideas: Worms and Mollusks

Essential Questions: What defines a worm? What defines a mollusk?

Vocabulary: flatworms, roundworms, annelids, mollusks

Month

Content

Skills

Asessment

Standards

Instructional Activities, Strategies, and Differentiation

February

Worms and Mollusks:

Formative:

Formal Indiana State Core Standards Are Not Available

Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List

* Flatworms (Form and Function: Feeding, Respiration, Circulation, Excretion, Response, Reproduction; Types)

Observe a flatworm’s anatomy, behavior, and asexual reproductive ability

Student Partipiation and Dialog

Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts

* Roundworms (Form and Function: Feeding, Respiration, Circulation, Excretion, Response, Reproduction; Types)

Dissect a worm to expose tissues and organs for study

Study Guide Assignments

However, Some Related State Standards Associated with General Biology Could Apply

Use Technology (ie Simulations/Illustrations/Videos), Various Manipulatives and Word Play

* Annelids (Form and Function: Feeding, Respiration, Circulation, Excretion, Response, Reproduction; Types)

Dissect a mollusk to expose tissues and organs for study

Lab Practicles and/or Projects

Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions)

* Mollusks (Form and Function: Feeding, Respiration, Circulation, Excretion, Response, Reproduction; Types)

Chapter Quizzes

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Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations

* Ecology of Worms and Mollusks (Aerating / Mixing of Soil; Food Provision)

Reading / Vocabulary Exam

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Summative:

Chapter Exam