Course:(ESL(Science(

Lesson:(ESL(Genetics(

Designer:(Gary(Kearns(

Stage&1&Desired&Results&
Established&Goals:(
Common&Core&Standard&HS:LS3:1&&&HS:LS3:3:&
HS7LS371:(Students(who(can(demonstrate(understanding(can(ask(questions(to(clarify(relationships(about(the(role(of(DNA(and(chromosomes(in(
coding(instructions(for(characteristic(traits(passes(from(parents(to(offspring.(
HS7LS373:(Apply(concepts(of(statistics(and(probability(to(explain(the(variation(and(distribution(of(expressed(traits(in(a(population.(
Understandings:&
Essential&Questions:&

There(are(a(variety(of(different(traits(in(any(given(population.(
There(is(a(relationship(between(the(parents(genes(and(the(
offsprings(traits.(

(
Students(will(know(

How(are(traits(passed(along(to(offspring?(
What(is(the(chance(than(an(offspring(will(inherit(a(trait?(

Students(will(be(able(to(

That(many(traits(an(organism(has(are(influenced(by(heredity.(
Genetics(vocabulary.(

(
(
(
(

Describe(the(physical(traits(that(they(have,(and(if(those(traits(are(
influenced(by(their(parents.(
Identify(and(differentiate(between(homozygous/heterozygous(
alleles,(dominant/recessive(genes,(and(genotype/phenotype.(
Complete(a(Punnett(Square(and(determine(the(probability(that(
offspring(will(inherit(a(specific(trait.((
Express(their(ideas(orally(and(in(writing.(

Stage&2&:&Evidence&
Performance&Tasks:&

Other&Evidence:&

1. Discussion(of(traits(students(have(and(traits(that(they(share(with(
their(parents.(
2. Identification(of(aspects(of(a(Punnett(Square,(
3. Creation(of(a(Punnett(Square(and(calculation(of(probabilities.(

1. Partner/Individual(work,(p.(23725(in(book(

Stage&3&&Learning&Plan&
Learning&Activities:&
1. Guess&Who&Game((Slides(2(&(3)(The(goal(for(the(students(is(to(figure(out(which(character(the(teacher(is(thinking(of.((Direct(them(to(ask(
only(questions(that(can(be(answered(with(yes(or(no.((Give(them(an(example(of(an(appropriate(question(and(an(inappropriate(question.((
Students(generally(respond(positively(to(the(inappropriate(question(example(Are(they(a(boy(or(a(girl?(Yes.((The(goal(for(the(teacher(is(to(
engage(and(build(initial(confidence(for(students(at(all(levels(of(English,(as(well(as(to(get(the(students(to(think(about(different(characteristics(
that(individuals(have.(
2. Class&Traits&Identification((Slides(4((9)(At(this(stage,(the(teacher(explains(that(all(of(the(questions(that(they(just(asked(were(about(traits(of(
the(individual.((Mention(that(some(traits(can(be(controlled,(while(others(cannot(i.e.(wearing(glasses(vs.(bald.((As(the(class(goes(through(each(
slide(with(a(specific(example,(the(students(can(orally(state(if(they(have(the(trait.((NOTE:(many(of(these(traits(are(more(of(a(range(then(a(
definite(yes/no.(
3. Discussion&of&Traits&Shared&with&Parents((Slides(10((12)(At(this(stage,(the(teacher(explains(that(some(traits(are(shared(with(parents.((The(
teacher(can(use(slide(10(as(a(personal(example.((The(class(can(first(discuss(traits(that(the(teacher(shares(with(his/her(parents,(and(then(traits(
that(they(share(with(their(parents.&
4. Genetics&Vocabulary((Slides(13((20)(Genetics(vocabulary(is(introduced.((Slides(19(&(20(can(be(used(to(review(slides(13((18.&
5. Punnett&Squares((Slides(21((26)(Introduce(probability(and(that(Punnett(Squares(can(be(used(to(find(probabilities.((Previous(slides(can(be(
reviewed.(
6. Genetics&Video((Slide(27)(This(is(a(cartoon(review(of(the(lesson.(
7. Formal&Assessment((Slide(28)(Students(complete(p.(23725(in(book((working(first(as(a(class,(then(with(a(partner,(then(alone.(
8. Genetics&Vocabulary&Flashcards((Separate(handout)(Students(are(given(flashcards(for(further(review(and(practice.(