Unit+Planning+Assignment

One of the keys to being an effective science teacher is the ability to plan on a global level, with the vision to design and implement entire units. Your assignment is to design a 10-12 day unit based on your textbook chapter. Use the template provided to complete your assignment.





Student Work
Quinn's Unit Map for Evolution of Populations

**-Melissa Doellman's Unit Plan for Cells:** This Unit Plan covers Cell Structure and Function. Included in the unit plan are objectives, instructional strategies, assessment strategies, literacy strategies, and a twelve day plan illustrating the progression of topics through the unit. Illinois Learning Standards are matched to sub-topics within the unit.

Leone: Unit Plan for Cell Growth and Division. This unit will cover the cell cycle, cell cycle regulation, a brief review of DNA replication, the stages of mitosis, cancer, and stem cells. This is a 12 day unit plan with 9 days of actual instruction, a day of student research, a debate on day 11 and the unit test on day 12 of the plan.

Dawson's Unit Plan for Human Genome.

Abbott's Unit Plan for Classification.

Benjamin's Biosphere Unit Plan: This unit will cover interactions between organisms, levels of organization, ecological methods, ecological impacts on Earth, and the cycles: water, nutrient, carbon, phosphorous, nitrogen. This unit is a 12 day unit which has a combination of taking notes, working on worksheets, case studies, mini-projects, mini-research papers, labs, quizzes, and an unit exam. The unit exam will represent all the objectives outlined in the unit plan.

Wisniewski Unit Plan for DNA and RNA

Bagby Unit Plan for Mitosis and Meiosis. Starts with DNA and chromosomes and then goes into Mitosis and Meiosis. I am using this unit plan at Peoria Central High School as part of PDS.

Weems Unit Plan for Mendelian Genetics. This unit starts with the history of ideas of inheritance and moves into the different types of inheritance and ways we look at inheritance. It would be preceeded by Molecular genetics and Biotechnology would be after this. This is based around the Unit 5 Biology pacing guide, as well as the currently used text, as it will be used in Normal Community High School as part of the PDS program.

Simonson Unit Plan for Ecology

Serritella Unit Plan for the Biosphere.

This 11 day unit plan is for the concepts covered during a unit on Classification. It is based on the chapter on Classification in our book along with the aligned standards from the ISBE. It includes concepts, objectives, teaching strategies, assessment strategies, and the literacy and laboratory skills addressed. It also includes which units should be taught before and after this one.
 * [[file:Medema Unit Plan Classification.doc]] Arianna Medema - Unit Plan for Classification**

O'Connor's Unit Plan for Cell Structure and Function

**Amanda Monaco - Unit Plan for the Human Genome** This unit plan is aimed toward 9th grade biology students and addresses several of the Illinois Learning Standards appropriate for this grade level. It includes the concepts, objectives, teaching strategies, assessment ideas, laboratory skills and science literacy skills that will be covered over a 12 day span. The topic of the unit is the human genome, which will be preceded by units on mitosis and meosis and genetics and followed by a unit on evolution.

Prendergast, Michael- Unit Plan for Genetics Unit. This is a twelve day unit plan to study the history of genetics, vocabulary, laws, and exceptions. There is also time set aside for students to apply their new knowledge and chances for teacher assessment. The scientific literacy and laboratory skills students will practice are also included

Megan Sharp- Unit Plan for Cell Growth and Division: This is a twelve day unit plan to study cell growth, cell cycle, mitosis, cancer, and stem cells. This unit plan includes the various concepts, teaching strategies, and assessments that will be used throughout this unit. Cell growth and division will be preceeded by a unit on cellular transport and then followed by a unit on meiosis.

Emily Sandy- Unit plan for Communities and Ecosystems: This is a 7 day unit plan that dives into community ecology and different biomes and ecosystems. This unit plan includes multiple teaching strategies and ways to assess the students. This unit will be proceeded by a unit on restoration and conservation ecology.

Patrick Murphy - Unit Play for Cellular Energy: This is a twelve day unit plan that studies photosynthesis and cell respiration. The unit is broken down into little sections that gradually explain all of the concepts. This unit plan has many different ways to assess the students including quizzes, exit slips, discussion, and plays just to name a few. The Unit that precedes this one is on Cells and the parts of a cell and the unit that follows this one is a unit on Cell growth and division.

Unit Plan for a Muscle Unit an a high school anatomy class. (10th and 11th grade)

YoungHak Kim - Unit plan for Evolution of Populations