Lessons:
DNA and Genetic Engineering Unit Plan:
Ten lesson plans encompassing DNA and DNA technology. Taught over a six-week period during March and April 2005.
Prior Knowledge Investigation:
Conducted during my fall field experience. Measures students' prior knowledge of cell structure and organelle functions then has them construct an edible cell model in groups to present to the class.
Designed with colleagues from the History, Business, and Agricultural Education programs. Centers around the Industrial Revolution and the inventions and advancements in science that impacted society. Connects all content areas and provides students with multiple associations between the different classes.
The purpose of this lesson is for students to investigate water quality following the 5-E learning model. By measuring dissolved oxygen levels in various water samples, students explore the relationship between water quality and factors necessary to support life in an ecosystem. I never tested this lesson plan in a classroom.
Project WET/Project WILD Lesson Plan:
Illustrates how tolerance to water quality conditions varies among macroinvertebrate organisms and explains how population diversity provides insight into the health of an organism. Students identify aquatic organisms and assess the relative environmental quality of a stream using indicators of pH, water temperature, and the presence of a diversity of organisms. I never tested this lesson plan in a classroom.