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Course, Subject

Biology/Living Environment, Math, Science & Technology, Science (NYS P-12)

Duration

This lesson will take two or three 40-minute periods to complete.

Description

This lesson is targeted for Living Environment students in grades 9-12. The content contained in the following presentation delivers important visual and factual information about internal and external development. This lesson contains both SMART Board resources, as well as a Brain Pop Video. Information content includes descriptions of two types of fertilization, as well as two types of development. There are also ample opportunities to practice each concept. At the conclusion of the presentation, there is a lab opportunity for the students to practice the concepts that they have learned from the presentation and the video.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the lesson, students will be able to:

• Identify which animals reproduce using internal fertilization
• Identify those animals that reproduce using external fertilization.
• Answer questions pertaining to fertilization and development.
• Simulate a role of a parent who reproduces and cares for offspring utilizing the methods above.

Materials

• SMART Board
• LCD Projector
• Internet
• Brain Pop access
• Copies of the Lab
• Student role cards
• Student copies of the video quiz

Egg Task Sheet Cards Template.doc

Egg Tasks.doc

Internal vs ext lab.doc

Internal_vs[1]._External_Fertilization.notebook

Procedure

1. To begin, open up the SMART Board notebook presentation that accompanies the lesson.
2. While on the title slide, have students generate some ideas about what they already know about these two topics.
3. Then proceed to the question and answer slides. All you have to do is tap the bookworm, and your class will be able to interview him.
4. On slide number 8 there are notes on external development. Have your students pay close attention to the examples of the animals that use this and see if they can generate any additional examples.
5. Slide 9 is a good practice for some extra examples. All they have to do is move the flashlight over the slide to reveal the other examples.
6. Slide 10 is the notes slide for internal development, followed by an additional examples slide 11.
7. Slide 12 is a good interactive review activity that has the students place certain information in the appropriate columns.
8. Slide 13 and 14 are more notes on the two types of development with some examples.
9. Slide number 15 is a short brain pop activity that allows your students to review the information they have learned in the above presentation.
10. Slide 16 is the short quiz that follows the video.
11. Slide 17 is the Assessment component of the lesson that introduces what the students will be doing in the lab.
12. Have the students complete the lab in partners and turn in for a grade.

Assessment

The students will be completing the lab activity sheet. This will serve as a reinforcement of the material covered in the lesson. In grading the lab, one point should be awarded for every question that the student answered correctly. You will also be awarding the student five points based on participation during the modeling portion of the lab.

Related Academic Standards

New York State

S.MS.LS.1.4 Students who demonstrate understanding can use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproducti

S.MS.LS.4.3 Students who demonstrate understanding can analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.

MST4.C.LE.LE.3.1 Students explain the mechanisms and patterns of evolution.

MST4.C.LE.LE.4.1 Students explain how organisms, including humans, reproduce their own kind.

MST4.C.LE.LE.6.1 Students explain factors that limit growth of individuals and populations.