Learning+with+Technology

** Lesson Plan**
 Title of Lesson: Genetics Webquest || Date: 10/22/09 Timeframe of Lesson: 3 class periods || Author(s): Dawn Brenner Strategy Used: Cooperative Learning || School District: St. Andrew Parish School Campus: || Subject Area(s): Meosis, Mitosis, Genetics, DNA || Grade Level(s)/Course: 7th Grade Life Science ||  State Standards []  //Technology Specific: //[] <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> |||| <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Subject Specific: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">F.8.5 Show how different structures both reproduce and pass on characteristics of their group <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">F.8.9 Explain how some of the changes on the earth are contributing to changes in the balance of life and affecting the survival or population growth of certain species <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Technology Specific: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">B.8.2 Develop information seeking strategies. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">B.8.3 Locate and access information sources. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">D.8.1 Participate productively in workgroups or other collaborative learning environments. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">D.8.2 Use information, media, and technology in a responsible manner. <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Stated Objective(s) <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> |||| <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Students will <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">• <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">complete seven of the eleven sites on the webquest <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">• <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">gain a better understanding of genetics and DNA <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">• <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">complete the worksheet <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Procedures for Lesson <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> |||| <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">1. Students will logon on to their computer and gain access to the internet. Students will then go to this website: [] <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">2. Students should print off the worksheet and then begin completing the assignment with a partner. Students need to visit and answer the questions to seven of the eleven sites. Two of them must be in the easy category, four in the intermediate category, and one in the difficult category. <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">3. Students will spend three class periods finding information and completing the webquest. || <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Assessment or Evaluation <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> |||| <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Enrichment <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> |||| <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Students can find more websites that have DNA and genetic information to add to the webquests. || <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Materials |||| <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana-Bold;">Assessment: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana-Bold;">Did the students complete the worksheet? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana-Bold;">Did the students go to the required number of websites and at the appropriate difficulty level? ** ||
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Technology Resources __****<span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">: **<span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Computer with Internet access
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Other Resources __****<span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">: **<span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">• <span style="font-family: 'Eras Light ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Print resources about genetics and DNA ||

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