GUIDED PRACTICE LESSON

Guided Practice Lesson Plan

Here is an example of a guided practice lesson plan I created.

Topic: Cellular Reproduction

Grade Level: High School

Essential Questions:

How do cells reproduce through mitosis?

How do cells reproduce through meiosis?

How is Meiosis different from Mitosis?

Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs):

Bio.5 The student will investigate and understand common mechanisms of inheritance and protein synthesis. Key Concepts include:

Learning Objectives:

Students will understand:

Asexual and Sexual cells and organisms reproduce differently.
Sexual reproduction produces genetic variability where asexual reproduction produces genetically identical cells.

Students will know:

Previous knowledge: briefly covered the concept of the cell cycle and that cell division starts with interphase.
Mitosis produces two genetically identical cells.
There are four stages of mitosis: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
What Cytokinesis is
That Meiosis results in genetic variation from two parent cells.
Sexually reproduced cells have the same number of chromosomes as their parents. They receive half from each.

Other key terms to know: centrioles, spindle fibers, chromatids,

Students will be able to do:

Create a diagram to model the stages of mitosis and explain the processes happening at each stage.
Create a diagram to model the stages of meiosis and explain the processes happening at each stage
Compare and contrast the process of mitosis and meiosis and explain the processes occurring during each stage.