The teaching methodologies employed in this lesson are varied to touch all learning modalities and therefore give all students the equipment that they need to successfully master this content.

This provides a wonderful place for an extension of learning. This is a great unit to discuss this disease in which cells just continuously repeat the cell cycle and form masses of unwanted, damaged cells called tumor.

By learning the basics of how cells divide, the class can explore a very relevant topic that touches all lives: cancer. This provides a great opportunity to encourage critical thinking skills while holding the students interest in current topics while motivating them to continue their journey to other levels of learning in future units of study.Į: Students will experience real life examples while learning the topic of cell division. Students will constantly ask questions about what if this happens and what if that happens. Furthermore, if those very detailed and specific actions do not take place in a nearly perfect way, many interesting results may occur. It is amazing that such a detailed and intricate process can occur millions of times in the bodies of organisms every minute. Remind the students that the process that they learn occur at a microscopic level. H: Hooking and holding the students’ interest in reference to the topic of cell division is an easy task. Remind students, that just as with previous units of study, that they will be evaluated on a daily basis using the already established techniques that are mentioned in the Formative Assessment section of this lesson plan.

Explain that the only way to know how an organism has its specific characteristics is to understand how cells divide while stressing the importance of proper DNA replication and cell division. Then explain that there are even more detailed parts of the cell and that those parts jobs are extremely important to master because those jobs will contribute to changes in the organism as a whole unit. W: At the onset of the lesson, present a discussion about the cell cycle in order to activate prior knowledge about the structures and their specific functions of cells that the students are already aware of from previous chapters.

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