Sailors’ Pride Lesson Plan

Week 5

Date: Monday 7th –Friday 11th February 2021 Subject: Biology

Theme: Classification and Variation II
Topic: variation Class: Grade 9
Class Size: 1 Context: Mixed abilities
Teacher: Mrs. Akinwande Period: 3 periods

Biblical View: The students will be reminded that God created living things
“according to their kinds.” (Genesis 1:11, 12, 21, 24, 25)

World View: The students will learn that in science, changes that take place in the nucleus are linked to
reproduction. That is, the nucleus contains the genetic material (gene) that determines the characteristics of a living
thing.

AIM: The students will be informed about biological variation being essential to species survival because natural
selection acts upon the phenotypic variation within a population: the more varied the population's genetic
resources, the more likely that the population will persist into the future.

Key Active Learning Strategies Used: Flipped Teaching

Talk-less Teaching

Project-Based Learning

Objectives:
WALT: (We Are Learning To:)
1. Explain the meaning of variation
2. State and describe the two types of variations
3. Give examples of each type of variations
4. Discuss the causes of variations

Outcomes:
WILF: (What I am Looking For:)
1. Ability to explain the meaning of variation
2. Ability to state and describe the two types of variations
3. Ability to give examples of each type of variations
4. Ability to discuss the causes of variations

KEYWORDS:

 Variation continuous variation discontinuous variation

VAK INTELLIGENCES:
 Visual Learners’ Activities: pictures, videos, flash cards.
 Auditory Learners’ Activities: videos, music/ sound, oral presentations, study groups, etc.

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 Kinesthetic Learners: exploring activities with their hands, manipulative
materials, models, and other hands-on and physical activities.

Resources: pictures of human activities that influence the environment

ACTIVITIES LAYOUT
Duration Activity Assessment/

Working mode

5mins Starter:

 The students watch a short video on cloning Group activity

5mins Connect: Whole class

 The teacher ask the students to state what they can recall from the last topic- classification
of living things

15mins Activate: Whole class

 The teacher reads out the topic and ask the students to read the WALT and WILF
 The teacher asks the students to mention some colours of eyes, hair, and skin that have seen
or aware of. She then explains that the differences that are observed in the human
population are called variations. She explains further that these changes are caused by
genes
 Genes are the main character that are transmitted from parents to offspring and they are the
main determinant for how an individual will look like. She explains Gregor Mendel’s first
and second laws of genetics with illustrations (crosses) on how genes can combine to bring
about variations
 The teacher explains the types of variation- continuous and discontinuous variations with
examples
 The students gives their opinion about the DNA. The teacher then describes the importance
of the DNA and identify the components of the DNA as thymine, guanine, cytosine and
adenine
 The teacher went further to explain the term selection according to Charles Darwin

15mins Demonstrate: Group/

 Define the term variation Individual

Red  Describe how genes work together to cause variation and identify
examples of variation
 Identify the components of the DNA
 Define the term variation
Pink  Describe how genes work together to cause variation and identify
examples of variation
 Identify the components of the DNA
 Define the term variation

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Amber  Describe how genes work together to cause variation and identify
examples of variation
 Identify the components of the DNA
 Define the term variation
Green  Describe how genes work together to cause variation and identify
examples of variation
 Identify the components of the DNA
5 mins Consolidate: Teacher goes over concept Whole class

 Design quickly your own DNA

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