Zoology Lesson Plans
Zoology Lesson Plans
Unit One (October 8-16)
- Syllabus/expectations (Panther ,Prefix Suffix Quiz Explanation, Pretest on Lab Safety, "What is this?" activity
- Start Intro Review Notes – Lab Safety ,Microscope worksheet complete worksheets
- Chapter sections on taxomony, classification of animals, organic molecules, cell structures and system, 9-10 Worksheet, 9-10 Notes,
- Quiz Prefix 1; Microscope usage Lab
- review for test
- Test on unit 1; pre-reading for next unit.
(October 17-24)
Unit 2:
- Notes on embryology, body plans, and symmetry; colorsheets and worksheets
- Review completed and reviewed
- Test on embryology and development; Pre-reading
- Take Notes on Phylum Porifera and Cnidaria; Porifera and Cnidaria color and worksheets
- Lab on Porifera and Cnidaria
- Video and review
- Test on Porifera and Cnidara; prereading on parasitic worms
Complete notes and worksheets; show a video
parasitic worms lab
Test on parasitic worm; pre-reading on annelida
Unit 5:
Tuesday: Take notes on Annelida; complete pre-readings
Wednesday: Earthworm dissection; test review
Thursday: Begin notes on Mollusca and Echinodermata; go over test review
Friday: Take test on annelids; mollusca and echinodermata guided reading
February 18-24
Monday: Complete notes on Mollusca and Echinodermata; complete worksheets
Tuesday: Mollusca and Echinodermata lab; give out study guide
Wednesday: Root word final; go over study guide
Thursday: Test on mollusks and echinoderms; Arthropoda guided reading
Friday: Begin notes on phylum arthropoda
February 27- March 3
Monday: Arthropoda notes; complete worksheets
Tuesday: Arthropoda lab; Review for arthropoda test
Wednesday: Arthropoda test; chordata pre-reading
Thursday: Notes on Chordates (fish-reptiles-birds-amphibians)
Friday: notes on mammalian orders of chordates; assign test review
Friday: Lecture/Notes: Chapter 12-13 Notes Phylum Porifera and Cnidaria
Monday: Independent Activity : Complete chapter 12-13 worksheet , Porifera and Cnidaria color sheets; watch Planet Earth video segments showing sponges and jellyfish
Tuesday: Lab on Porifera and Cnidaria; review for test completed
Wednesday: Go over Chapter 12 and 13 review; start prereading on next chapter
Thursday: Test on Porifera and Cnidara; complete prereading on parasitic worms
Friday: Assign parasitic worms project; Begin notes on Nematodes and Platyhelminthes
February 5-9
Monday: Finish notes on Pseudocoelomates organisms; complete color sheets of parasitic worms and planaria, assign review sheet.
hand out study guide.
Tuesday: Lab on parasitic worms; hand out study guide, turn in all other handouts
Wednesday: Turn in parasitic worm posters; complete and review study guide
Thursday: teacher out at competition; complete pre-reading and color sheet on annelida; study for test tomorrow on parasitic worms.
Friday: Test on Parasitic worms; begin notes on annelida
- Tuesday: Annelida test; finish arthropoda pre-readings
- Wednesday: arthropoda notes;
- Thursday; Arthropoda video; begin study guide
- Friday: crawfish and grasshopper dissection; complete study guide and review for test on Arthropoda on Monday