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OUR LADY QUEEN OF MARTYRS SCHOOL WEEKLY LESSON PLAN

 

Teacher’s Name:  Mrs. Ramsey                                           Subject: Science                                                 Grade: 8th

  

Week of:  2/11/13                                            Unit: IV - Chapter 15                        Week: 5 (9 weeks)

Unit Title: Cells, Heredity, and Genetics                        Essential Question: How is life sustained through reproduction and development?

                       

 

CCSS

Code

e.g.

RL.K.5

OUTCOMES

(Lesson Focus)

What will the students know or be able to do at the end of the lesson?

ASSESSMENT

How will the students demonstrate that they have accomplished the desired outcome? Please state the question that will be asked during your formative assessment.

STRATEGIES

In what activities will the students be engaged to accomplish the desired outcome? Please list in the order that you will implement.

3 HOTS QUESTIONS

e.g. one should be on knowledge, one on application, and one on synthesis or evaluation.

Mon

 

2/11 

SL.1a

RST.3

WHST4

How does plants take in and give off gases.

What is stomata

1.  Use of analogy to demonstrate how guard cells change shape.

2. Use math p. 427 to show how much water transpire.

3. Use prior knowledge to determine which trees turn colors in your area.

 

1.  What happens in the fall to the chlorophyll in some leaves?

2.  How might city gardens improve the atmosphere?

3.  

Tues

 

 

2/12

 

TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE.

 

Wed

 

2/13

 

 

L.1

RST.2

WHST.6

Why photosynthesis and respiration are impotant.

What is photosynthesis?

1.  Research how the world supply oxygen during fall.

2.  Write what you learn about one cell organism.

3.  Form an acrostic using the letters of the word photosnthesis to describe process.

1. What is the loss of water vapor through the stomata of a leaf called?

2.  Where does aerobic respiration occur in a cell?

3.  What is diffusion?

Thurs

 

2/14 

 

SL.1

RST.2

WHST.1c

Why photosynthesis and respiration is related.

 

What is repiration?

1.  Review vocabulary words.

2.  Make up songs that include equations of photosynthesis and respiration.

3.  Trace the pathways in a mitochondrian of the reactants and products of respiration.

1.  Explain how carbon dioxide and water vapor are exchanged by a leaf.

2.  What must happen to food molecules before respiration begins?

3. How do plants contribute to humidity?

Fri

 

2/15

 

Weekly Assessment

 

 

Bloom’s Taxonomy

 (HOTS Questions)

-Knowledge

-Comprehension

-Application

-Analysis

-Synthesis

-Evaluation

School Grade Weighting Scale:

Tests (40%):

Quizzes (20%):

Classwork/ Participation (15%):

Homework (5%):

Projects/ Portfolios (20%):

 

Vocabulary words for week:

1.  stomata

2.  transpiration

3.  photosynthesis

4.  respiration

5.  tropism

6.  auxin

7.  photoperiodism

8.  long-day plant

9.  short-day plant

10.  day-neutral plant

Use of Technology:

   __X__ Smartboard

   _X___ Student Response System