Core Content Coaching Grade 7 4th SW Heredity & Reproduction 14-15

Science Grade 7: Heredity & Reproduction

Core Content Coaching

PurposeTo provide support for grade-level, unit content planning

Resources for planning

• Teacher Yearly Resource Document (or Yearly Itinerary)

• CRM 5: Heredity & Reproduction

• Blank Pacing Calendar

• 7th Grade 4th Six Weeks Lessons: Heredity & Reproduction Pacing Guide & Lessons

• Computer with Internet Access

Teacher yearly resource document

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Jan. 5

Heredity & Reproduction

6 7 8 9

12

Internal & External Structures

13 14 15 16

19

Student/Staff Holiday

20

Dichotomous Keys

21 22 23

26

Natural Selection & Selective Breeding

27 28 29 30

Feb. 2

Plant Physiology & Adaptations

3 4 5

Plant Response to Stimuli

6

9

Plant Cell Review & Photosythesis

10 11 12

Energy Flow

13

16

Student Holiday

17

Energy Flow

18 19 20

4th Six Weeks Planner (33 days)

7.1A-B, 7.2A & E, 7.3A & D, 7.4A 7.14: Organisms & environments. The student knows that reproduction is a characteristic of living organisms & that the instructions for traits are governed in the genetic material. The student is expected to:

•7.14A: define heredity as the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next generation.

•7.14B: compare the results of uniform or diverse offspring from sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction.

TEKS & Student expectations

Content TEKS Skills TEKS

1. What are the state standards for this unit?

2. Deconstruct the TEKS: Verb, Noun, and Context

Define: to explain the meaning ofCompare: to examine the character or qualities of especially in order to discover resemblances or differences

1. What are the state standards for this unit?

2. Deconstruct the TEKS: Verb, Noun, and Context

Define: to explain the meaning ofCompare: to examine the character or qualities of especially in order to discover resemblances or differences

CRM 5: TEKS & Acquisition section

Teacher Content support

Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction Comparison Chart:

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Asexual_Reproduction_vs_Sexual_Reproduction

Heredity: Crash Course Biology #9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBezq1fFUEA

NSTA Leaning Center- http://learningcenter.nsta.org/

Search Resources & Opportunities: heredity, reproduction

ScienceFusion Grade 7 Teacher Edition: Content Refresher: p. 232-233

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6TH GRADE

6.12D: identify the basic characteristics of organisms, including prokaryotic or eukaryotic, unicellular or multicellular, autotrophic or heterotrophic, & mode of reproduction, that further classify them in the currently recognized Kingdoms.

7TH GRADE

7.14A: define heredity as the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next generation.

7.14B: compare the results of uniform or diverse offspring from sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction.

Biology

•identify components of DNA, and describe how information for specifying the traits of an organism is carried in the DNA

•predict possible outcomes of various genetic combinations such as monohybrid crosses, dihybrid crosses and non-Mendelian inheritance.

•recognize the significance of meiosis to sexual reproduction.

• Students will know the modes of reproduction that classify organisms into the currently recognized Kingdoms.

• Inherited traits of individuals determine their characteristics and cell functions.

• Genes are sections of DNA that code for specific traits or cell functions.

PRIOR LEARNING

2014 STAAR-Released Question: 7.14B

A 8%

B* 75%

C 7%

D 10%

2013 STAAR-Released Question: 7.14B

A 20%

B* 71%

C 5%

D 3%

2013 MoY II Question: 7.14A

Based on the data and distractors, what key points should teachers emphasize during lessons?

• Asexual Reproduction


• Sexual Reproduction


Characteristics of Sexual & Asexual Reproduction


Heredity is…

the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next generation.

Components of a good lesson plan

1. Engage Student Interest

2. Review/Scaffold to TEKS

3. Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS

• Labs, Activities, Videos

1. Organize and Practice Vocabulary

2. Reading & Comprehension Strategies

3. Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds

4. Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities

5. Differentiation

6. Formative Assessment & Reteach

Embedded in lessons: Engage Student Interest

• Quizlet: Heredity & Reproduction

• Heredity Mind Mapping

Recommended in lessons:Review / Scaffold to TEKS

• ScienceSaurus Reading: Reproduction Sections 112-114

• ScienceSaurus Reading: Heredity Section 121

• Study Jams Video: Heredityhttp://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/human-body/heredity.htm

• BrainPop Video: Heredity

• Asexual Reproduction Card Sort

• Yeast Reproduction Lab

• Chromosome Creature



Embedded in lessons: Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS (Investigations, Activities, Videos)

Embedded in lessons:Organize and Practice Vocabulary

• Mind Mapping: Heredity

• Asexual & Sexual Reproduction Notes

• Asexual Reproduction Examples Sheet

• Total Physical Response: Types of Reproduction Game

• Heredity Card Sort

Embedded in lessons:Reading & Comprehension Strategies

• ScienceFusion: Sexual & Asexual Reproduction p. 204-212

• ScienceFusion: Heredity p. 218



• Gateways Grade 7 Reading p. 189-190

• Gateways Grade 7 Accommodated Reading p. 190-193

• Comprehension Strategies

• Shared Reading Recommendation: Have each student in a pair read a paragraph at a time and then have the non-reader summarize the section.

• Active Reading Strategies embedded in ScienceFusion Reading

Embedded in lessons:Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds

• Journal Entries

• Exit Tickets

• Scaffolds: Sentence Frames, Word Bank, Talk then Write, Write/Share/Revise, Think/Share/Write

Embedded in lessons:Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities

The offspring from asexual reproduction

are…because…

The offspring from sexual reproduction are…because…

• Special Education:

1. Mixed-Ability Partners2. Science Glossary3. Word Bank4. Sentence Frames5. Mind Mapping6. Accommodated Reading7. Fill-in-the-blank Notes8. Total Physical Response9. Card Sort Mat10. Modeling11. Chunked Reading12. Vocabulary Review

• English Language Learners:

1. Mixed-Ability Partners2. Dual Language Science Glossary3. Word Bank4. Sentence Frames5. Mind Mapping6. Total Physical Response7. Modeling8. Vocabulary Review

Embedded in lessons:Differentiation

• Types of Reproduction Game

• Asexual Reproduction Card Sort

• Reading Questions

• Vocabulary Card Sort

• Journal Entries

• Exit Ticket

• Performance Assessment: Perplexed Pet Parent

Embedded in lessons:Formative AssessmentFormative Assessment

Reteach Options





• ScienceFusion Unit 4, Lesson 3: Sexual & Asexual Reproduction Digital Lesson

• Quizlet: Heredity & Reproduction

• Optional Activities

Higher level questions• “Research shows there’s a link between critical thinking skills and increased student achievement in the

classroom.” (Moore & Stanley, 2010)

• Higher level questions must be planned in order to be implemented effectively in the classroom.

• Levels of Questions

• Knowledge

• Comprehension

• Application

• Analysis

• Synthesis

• Evaluation

• Plan and provide a variety of questions at each level and build student knowledge and critical thinking by providing Higher Level Questions.

Lower Levels of questions

Higher Levels of questions

Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluate

Define asexual reproduction.

Define sexual reproduction.

What are the advantages and

disadvantages of sexual and

asexual reproduction?

What creates diversity among

offspring?

Describe four ways by which

organisms reproduce asexually.

How are asexual and sexual

reproduction the same and how

are they different?

Relate why some organisms use

both sexual and asexual

reproduction.

Predict what would happen to a population of

organisms if the population’s environment

changed dramatically and they use asexual

reproduction.

What information would you use to support your view that paramecium

utilize asexual reproduction to create offspring.

Recommended Anchors of Support

• Asexual & Sexual Reproduction Notes

• Asexual Reproduction Examples Sheet

• ScienceFusion: Sexual & Asexual Reproduction Visual Summary p. 212

Anchors of SupportOther Resources

•Interactive Word Wall- Current, working models with student contributions • Interactive Word Walls Article: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/files/ss1103_45.pdf

• “Word walls can be arranged on cupboard doors or classroom walls, or hung from the ceiling with wire and string.”

• “Maximum instructional potential and efficiency are achieved when interactive word-wall construction is aligned with lessons and students are allowed to participate in the process. As a result, walls are usually built over many days and are finished as a unit nears completion. Word walls support units and are changed or replaced as units change.”

• Interactive Word Walls Rubric: Next Slide

• ScienceFusion Textbook, Science Glossaries, Dual Language Science Glossaries

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