Mollie Deuel's Teaching Portfolio

Here is an example of a 5E lesson plan I created.

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Topic: Cell Structure

Grade level: High School

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Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs):

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BIO.3         The student will investigate and understand relationships between cell structure and function. Key concepts include

                  b)   characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells;

                  c)   similarities between the activities of the organelles in a single cell and a whole organism;

                  d)   the cell membrane model; and

 

BIO.1         The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which

a)observations of living organisms are recorded in the lab and in the field;

 

Learning Objectives:

Understand:

• Cell structure is one of the ways in which organisms differ from each other.

• Plant and animal cells share some of the same structures, but have some different structures for different functions.

Know

• Cells are the basic units of structure and function of all living things.

• Cells contain specialized structures to perform functions necessary for life.

• What organelles are different in plant and animal cells: centrioles, cell wall, chloroplasts.

• The following essential cell structures and their functions:

  • Nucleus (contains DNA, site where RNA is made)

  • Ribosomes (site of protein synthesis)

  • Mitochondria (site of cell respiration)

  • Chloroplast (site of photosynthesis)

  • Endoplasmic reticulum (transports materials through the cell)

  • Golgi apparatus (cell products packaged for export)

  • Lysosomes (contain digestive enzymes)

  • Cell wall (provides support)

Do

• distinguish between plant and animal cells

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Full Lesson Plan Here

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Lab/Worksheet

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