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Lesson Plan Template

Topic: Protists Date: February 15, 2007


NSES: Grade level: 9th-12th
SOL: Subject: Biology
Daily Question: Whats really swimming in lake water?

Procedures for Learning Experience Guiding Questions Materials Evaluation Approximate


Needed (Assessment) Time Needed
Engagement: Have students drill with 1. What is the phylum of Drill Ask questions 15 min.
diversity PowerPoint. Make it a competition this organism? PowerPoint.
by assigning students numbers and then 2. What is the domain? Computer
rolling dice to see which student gets a 3. Where does this with screen
chance to name the organisms. organism live? projector.

Exploration: Have students put a drop of 1. Does everyone Digital Have students turn 45 min.
pond water on a microscope slide. Cover the understand the directions? microscope, in notes/drawings of
drop with a cover slip. Put the slide on the 2. Has anyone ever used a laptop the organisms.
microscope stage. Have students draw on a digital microscope? computers for
piece of paper what microorganisms they are each pair of
able to see. Have students identify the students.
microorganisms they are drawing. Lake water
Have students use reference sources to culture.
identify and label the microorganisms being
viewed.
Explanation: After the lab, discuss the 1. Are all kingdoms Marker for Ask questions 20 min.
advantages and disadvantages of protists clades? board.
(i.e., protist diseases, etc.).Also discuss how 2. What are some different
protists affect their environment. Discuss the types of protists?
types of protists: protozoa (animal like), 3.
algae (plant like), and fungus-like. Discuss
the fact that the protist kingdom is really a
catch-all kingdom and is the one kingdom
that is not a clade.
Extension: Have students pair up and create a 1. Does everyone Paper for Collect 10 min.
dichotomous key with the different types of understand the directions? keys. dichotomous keys,
protists (protozoa, algae, and fungus-like). 2. What are some of the grade for
Have students exchange keys and try to use characteristics that differ completion.
each others. between plant and animal
like protists? Plant and
fungus? Animal and
fungus?

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