Big Ideas: Fishes and Amphibians

Essential Questions: What defines a fish? What defines an amphibian?

Vocabulary: fish, amphibian, chordate, sharks, bony fish, salamanders, frog/toads, caecilian

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Content

Skills

Asessment

Standards

Instructional Activities, Strategies, and Differentiation

April

Fishes and Amphibians:

Formative:

Formal Indiana State Core Standards Are Not Available

Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List

* Non-vertebrate Chordates (Definitions, Characteristics, and Groups)

Dissect a perch to expose tissues and organs for study

Student Partipiation and Dialog

Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts

* Fishes (Definition, Evolution, Forms and Functions, Groups (Jawless, Sharks, Bony Fish); Ecology)

Dissect a grass frog 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

* Amphibians (Definition, Evolution, Forms and Functions, Groups (Salamanders, Frogs/Toads, Caecilians); Ecology)

Lab Practicles and/or Projects

Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions)

Chapter Quizzes

Visit:https://www.in.gov/doe/students/indiana-academic-standards/science-and-computer-science/

Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations

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Reading / Vocabulary Exam

Summative:

Chapter Exam