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Module 2 Lesson Plan

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Session title Mitotic cycle Date Location Classroom (Virtual)

Learner group AS level Duration 50 Group size 8 Lesson No 5

minutes

Learning outcomes/objectives  Describe the process of binary fission in bacteria (Remembering)

What are learners expected to learn after
completing the lesson? These should be
 List the phases of the cell cycle and describe the sequence of events that occurs during each phase
specific and able to be assessed. (Remembering)
 List the phases of mitosis and describe the major events characteristic of each phase. (Remembering)
 Explain how cell division functions in reproduction, growth and repair. (Understanding)
 Recognize the phases of mitosis from diagrams and micrographs. Be able to draw the phases of mitosis given a
certain number of chromosome (Understanding)
 Compare and contrast cytokinesis in animals and plants. (Analysing)

Time Content and teacher activity Learner activity Formative assessment Learning materials and resources

How are you explaining and illustrating the topic? What are the learners doing to How do you plan to What resources will you use that will
help them understand the assess learning as it is support the teaching, learning and
topic? happening? assessment activities?

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Time Content and teacher activity Learner activity Formative assessment Learning materials and resources

5 minutes Hook activity: Post a scenario on the board to Learners are asked to guess KWL chart KWL Chart, Internet connection and
have students begin thinking about the cell the topic they are going to Computer.
division process.  An example would be: You sat learn for the day. They are
at the park all day on a sunny June day.  You asked to fill the KWL chart
forgot your sunscreen and got a pretty bad through Padlet.
sunburn.  Over the next few days your skin
blisters and peels off.  But there is new skin under
the old damaged skin.  How does that happen?
This hook gives students a real-life reason to be
curious about cell division.  It is the perfect lead
in to learning about mitosis and cytokinesis. The
teacher gives the learners KWL chart.

10 Teacher led presentation: Edu puzzle Video Learners will take notes
minutes
Teacher will present about the stages of cell cycle about the stages of cell Answering the
and the events taking place in each stage of cell cycle and events taking questions posted to
cycle. At each stage clicker question will be place in the cell cycle. They them.
posted to check the learners understanding.
Teacher will say that the mitosis is the cell will answer the question
division that we will see in detail. posted to them.

15 Learners will start arranging

minutes Card sorting activity: pair activity:
the sequence of events
Give pairs of students a set of mitosis task Performance In
happening in the mitotic
cards. Ask them to sequence the steps of arranging the cards
cycle and take notes when
mitosis. Talk through what is happening in with the events.
teacher is explaining the
each stage. Teacher Then give them the labels
concept and continue to
and define the prefixes for each stage. See if
arrange the cards according
they can match the name of the stages.
to the phases.
1. Inter – interphase means “between”
2. Pro – prophase means “advance”

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3. Meta – metaphase means” along with”

4. Ana – anaphase means “up or apart”
5. Telo – telophase means “final or
distant
The teacher will help to clear any
misconceptions about mitosis.
5 minutes Group work: key points Learners will read the piece Direct observation and
Learners are given unfamiliar piece of text of text and make their notes questioning
about the significance of mitosis and they are and discuss with the peers
asked to read and identify 5 key points made and write 5 key points.
by the text. Teacher will ask for the key
points and listen to the explanation.

10 Individual activity: Sketch Noting Learners will start drawing Direct observation and
minutes the phases of mitosis and the diagram in the
Teacher will give the photomicrograph of the
events taking place in mitosis and ask the clarify the doubts with the Padlet
learners to sketch the phases of mitosis given teacher if there is any.
certain number of chromosomes. Teacher will
go around to check the work and correct the
misunderstanding.

5 minutes Whole class discussion: Teacher will explain Learners will make notes Performance in KWL ..\MITOSIS WS\S4-Mitotic-cell-division-
the difference in cytokinesis in plant and and answer the questions chart and questioning. WS.pdf
animal cells. Questions will be posted posted to them. Then they
Then learners are asked to fill the last column will KWLH chart
of KWL chart.
Performance in the
HOMEWORK: the learners are asked to worksheet.
complete the worksheet.

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Use as many rows in the table as applicable – add rows if necessary

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