Teacher: E. Vásquez Subject: BIOLOGY Date: May 5-9, 2014

Mazapan G.A.N.A.G. Lesson Plan 2013-2014

/ Standard / Goal / Access Prior Knowledge / New Information / Apply Knowledge / Generalize/ Goal Review/ Grade /
Monday / Focus Standard:
S3 – Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the processes of life, and how living htings interact with each other and their environment. / Learn about the structure and function of muscles / How do your legs feel after running 3 laps around the soccer field?
Why do you feel pain in your leg muscles? / Explain what the procedure is to carry out the lab. / S. complete Muscle Fatigue Lab
S. will hand in completed lab by the end of the period. / Did you get faster or slower every time you did the experiment? Why?
Supporting Standards:
S1 and all its standards,
S3A,33Bd,S3Cf,S3Db,S5a, S5b, S5c,S5d,S5e
Tuesday / Focus Standard
S3 – Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the processes of life, and how living htings interact with each other and their environment. / Learn about the structure and function of muscles, skin, and the integumentary system / Quiz
Supporting Standards:
S1 and all its standards,
S3A,33Bd,S3Cf,S3Db,S5a, S5b, S5c,S5d,S5e
Wednesday / Focus Standard
S3 – Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the processes of life, and how living htings interact with each other and their environment. / Learn about the function of the central nervous system. / s. brainstorm all the functions they think the brain controls. Discuss their answers. / Prezi/mimio/ Class discussion on structures of the nervous system pg. 939-943 / S. ISN note taking
HW: LR 1 pg. 943 / Exit Slip
Comapre and contrast s the CNS from the PNS?
Supporting Standards:
S1 and all its standards,
S3A,33Bd,S3Cf,S3Db,S5a, S5b, S5c,S5d,S5e
Thursday / Focus Standard:
S3 – Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the processes of life, and how living htings interact with each other and their environment. / Learn how the body conducts electricity and understand how a nerve impulse is generated. / Show s. an image of a light switch and ask them what happens when I flip it on?
Next, tell them that I flip the switch on and the light doesn’t go on, hypothesize what happened. / Prezi/mimio/ Class discussion on neurons and nerve impulses pg 944-949 / S. ISN note taking
S. make a drawing showing how the body conducts nerve impulses
HW: LR 2 pg.949 / Exit Slip
Describe why a person becomes a paraplegic.
Supporting Standards:
S1 and all its standards,
S3A,33Bd,S3Cf,S3Db,S5a, S5b, S5c,S5d,S5e
Friday / Focus Standard:
S3 – Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the processes of life, and how living htings interact with each other and their environment. / Understand how sensory information is detected.
List the sites of sensory processing in the brain. / Have s. work in pairs-1 S. stands still w/eyes closed, the other s. observes from the side to see how much the s. wavers.
Hypothesize why your partner wavered after a while with his eyes closed and standing still. / Prezi/mimio/ Class discussion on sensory systems pg 950-954 / S. ISN note taking
Make a drawing of all your sense and decscribe what each specializes in.
HW: LR 3 pg.954 / Exit Slip
Write a brief paragraph on how losing your sense of smell could alter your life.
Supporting Standards:
S1 and all its standards,
S3A,33Bd,S3Cf,S3Db,S5a, S5b, S5c,S5d,S5e

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