5E Lesson Plan Template

Your name or Katy Cupit

Cooperating
teacher name
(if needed)

Date(s) taught June 17, 2023

Subject 9th grade Biology

Grade level

Materials Pencil, Paper, Microscope and Slides (provided by teacher)

Standards ISTE Standards:

(State and
1.1 Empowered Learner - Students leverage technology to take an active role
ISTE
in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning
Standards for
goals, informed by the learning sciences.
Students)
1.2 Digital Citizenship - Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and
opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital
world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.
Mississippi College & Career Readiness Standards (MCCRS):
BIO.1E.1 – Construct models to explain how the processes of cell division and
cell differentiation produceand maintain complex multicellular organisms.
BIO.1E.2 – Identify and describe the changes that occur in a cell during
replication. Explore problems that might occur if the cell does not progress
through the cycle correctly (cancer).

Objectives ISTE Objectives:

1.1c – Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves
their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
1.2b – Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using
technology, including social interactions online or when using networked
devices.
Mississippi College & Career Readiness Objectives (MCCRS):
BIO.1E – Students will develop and use models to explain the role of the cell
cycle during growth, development, and maintenance in multicellular organisms.

Differentiation Differentiation Strategies that will be used in this lesson include using a

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Strategies microscope to see the cell cycle stages for visual and kinesthetic learners,
watching a video about the cell cycle for auditory learners, and allowing extra
time and more one-on-one time with the instructor for special needs learners

The 5 Es

E Description

Engagement We have already learned that cells are the basic building blocks of life, but have
you ever wondered how new cells are made? We have also learned that all cells
come from other cells, but what is the process in which a new cell is produced?
To begin this lesson, we will watch a video by Generation Genius on the cell
cycle. Students will then answer discussion questions after the video on what
they learned from the video.

Engagement After each video on the Generation Genius website

Assessment (www.generationgenius.com), there are a series of 5 or 6 discussion questions
that students can answer as a formative assessment. I will print these questions
out and allow my students to work collaboratively to answer these questions.

Exploration Students will listen and take notes as the teacher begins explaining the stages of
the cell cycle using Khan Academy’s website and Prezi. After this, there will be
an open class discussion in which the students will lead in communicating
questions and answers about this topic with their peers. Then, students will go to
the lab, where there will be several microscopes set up with various slides to
look at. Students will get into pairs and look through the microscope to try to
determine what each cell cycle stage is that they are seeing. They will then
record these on a sheet of notebook paper and return to the teacher when
finished.
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology/cell-communication-and-cell-
cycle/cell-cycle/a/cell-cycle-phases
https://prezi.com/p/b6a0eebhkbft/the-stages-of-the-cell-cycle/

Exploration Students will be asked to record what stage of the cell cycle each slide is that
Assessment they are looking at while in pairs. They will record their findings on a sheet of
notebook paper and return to the teacher. Below is the assessment that students
will fill out while looking through the microscopes:

Question: What is a general definition Student answer:

of the cell cycle?

Slide 1 is a depiction of what cycle? Student answer:

How do you know this?

Slide 2 is a depiction of what cycle? Student answer:

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How do you know this?

Slide 3 is a depiction of what cycle? Student answer:

How do you know this?

Slide 4 is a depiction of what cycle? Student answer:

How do you know this?

Explanation At this stage in the lesson, students will understand why the cell cycle needs to
take place in order for the lives of every living thing to continue. Students will
review the stages of mitosis and create flashcards to help them remember the
order of this cycle. They will then watch an Amoeba Sisters video that will further
explain the cell cycle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVCjdNxJreE

Explanation After watching the Amoeba Sisters video, students will be asked to get out a
Assessment notecard and answer the following question: What would happen to living things
if the cell cycle was not carried out correctly? How does this relate to cancer?
Students will then turn this card into the teacher as a formative assessment.

Elaboration Students will be asked to create an infographic using Piktochart.com on the cell
cycle. The infographic must be neat, creative, and include all of the stages as
well as an explanation of what each stage is. Students will submit their
infographic via Google Classroom. Below is an example of an infographic:

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Evaluation See the Assessment Tool below:

EXCELLENT GOOD WORK NEEDS IMPROVEMENT

Infographic Submission (20 pts) (10 pts) (0 pts)

Infographic with name of Infographic was present No infographic was present

student was present at but did not have name of for submission.
submission site. student.

Neat / Creative (15 pts) (10 pts) (0 pts)

Infographic was neat, Infographic was very Infographic was not neat or
creative, and easy to generic and hard to read. creative.
understand.

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 Stages present (15 pts) (10 pts) (0 pts)

All stages of cell cycle were Only some stages of cell Stages of the cell cycle was
clearly shown on cycle were shown on not shown on the
infographic. infographic, but not all. infographic.

Pictures / Graphics (5 pts) (2 pts) (0 pts)

At least 5 pictures/graphics Very little pictures and/or No pictures or graphics

were present on the graphics were present on were present on the
infographic. the infographic. infographic.

Explanation of each stage (30 pts) (15 pts) (0 pts)

Each stage of cell cycle had Only some stages showed No explanation of each
a clear explanation. explanations, but not all. stage was shown on
infographic.

References
Bybee, R.W. et al. (1989). Science and technology education for the elementary years:
Frameworks for curriculum and instruction. Washington, D.C.: The National
Center for Improving Instruction.

Bybee, R. W. (1997). Achieving Scientific Literacy: From Purposes to Practices.

Oxford: Heinemann.

National Research Council. (1999). Inquiry and the national science education
standards: A guide for teaching and learning. Washington, D.C.: National
Academy Press.

Polman, J.L. (2000). Designing project-based silence: Connecting learners through

guided inquiry. New York: Teachers College Press.

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