GENERAL INFORMATION Name Michelle Levine Lesson Title Vascular and nonvascular day 2 Grade level(s)/Course 8th grade general biology Day 4 INFORMATION ABOUT THE LESSON Content Standards: Understand and apply knowledge of the complementary nature of structure and function and commonalities of organisms. Think critically and logically to make the relationship between evidence and explanation. Enduring Understanding and/or Essential Question: The way a plants body works is similar to humans. Instructional Objectives: After the students have completed the vascular lab, they will be able to identify the xylem and phloem with 90% accuracy. Prior Learning/Prior Thinking This is the second day of covering the material, so they have already been informed of the information. Students often get vascular plants and nonvascular plants mixed up, and they also mix up xylem and phloem. LESSON IMPLEMENTATION Anticipatory Set/Elicit Prior Knowledge Have you ever noticed the tubes in your celery? When you bite your celery in half, it often leave a random strip of celery. What do you think that is and what is its function? Focus/Purpose Statement Today we will be continuing to go over vascular and nonvascular plants, so we will be able to identify the traits and why they appear that way.