Big Ideas:

Growth, Development,and Reproduction

Essential Questions:

What is DNA? How does a cell produce a new cell? What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis?  What is cancer?

Vocabulary:

asexual, sexual, DNA, chromosomes, cell cycle, interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, teleophase, cytokinesis, mitosis, cancer, meiosis, somatic, gametes, STDs

Month

Content

Skills

Asessment

Standards

Instructional Activities, Strategies, and Differentiation

January

Cell Division

Formative:

HS-LS1-1,4

Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List

Cellular Reproduction (Asexual and Sexual)

Understand the “basic” anatomy of a DNA molecule

Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts

Chromosomal Numbers and Structure (Haploid/Diploid, Histone

Observe and identify various stages of mitosis: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase

Student Partipiation and Dialog

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

Complex, Solenoids, Chromosome Anatomy)

Research different aspects of cancer including: carcinoma, lymphoma, sarcoma, leukemia, carcinogens

Study Guide Assignments

Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions)

Cell Cycle (Interphase (G1, S, G2), Cell Division, Cytokinesis)

Demonstrate the stages of meiosis I and II, genetic recombination, karyokinesis, and cytokinesis

Lab Practicles and/or Projects

Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations

Mitosis (Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase)

Understand how STD’s can be spread

Chapter Quizzes

Cancer (Growth Factors, Inhibition, Size, Tumors (Benign / Malignant),

Reading / Vocabulary Exam

Causes, Types, Prevention, Gene Mutations)

Summative:

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Chapter Exam