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** Appendix A: Lesson Script **

Day One:

Introduction: To start class I will go over a few key concepts that the class covered in the mitosis lesson. We will also review any previous concepts that need to be remembered for the students to understand meiosis. Once we have reviewed the material from previous lessons, I will ask the students several questions to see what they know and what they think about meiosis. These questions will serve to bring curiosity to the students and for me to be able to judge how the students are handling the cell reproduction concept.

Body: Once the students have reviewed the previous material that pertains to meiosis, I will start the notes. The lecture will use both Power Point and a lot of dry-erase board components. The Power Point will serve as an outline for the students to follow and will mostly contain key terms and concepts. I will use the dry-erase board to draw the stages of meiosis. The drawings are important because the students will need to be able to draw each of the stages for their assignment and on the exam. I will use rice socks as a prop to represent chromosomes and show students what happens to the chromosomes in each of the stages of meiosis. I feel that the use of props will give the students a good visual that will allow them to easily remember how the chromosome separation works. After lecturing, I will give the students a homework assignment that they can start working on in class. Part of the assignment is to look through the microscopes and draw an actual cell that is undergoing the cell stages. They will have to draw a cell for each of the stages in meiosis.

Conclusion: The students will have a small amount of time to work on their homework. They should use this time to complete the part of the assignment that requires them to view the stages of meiosis on microscope slides and draw what they see. During this time, I will walk through the class and work with the students to make sure they understand the material. The homework will be due the following day.

Day Two:

Introduction: For the first 5-7 minutes of class, we will review the material covered on the previous day. The students can ask questions that they have over the homework or any of the material.

Body: I will spend some time talking about how meiosis relates to several real-world applications. We will talk about how researchers use the available knowledge about cell division and reproduction to enhance the reproductive process. This will include a discussion about artificial insemination and other ways to affect pregnancy results. This will probably take about 15 minutes. After the lecture discussion, the students will play a game of jeopardy that will cover both mitosis and meiosis. This game will serve as a review for a quiz that will be over both lessons and take place at the beginning of lesson three. The students will also be assigned a meiosis flipbook that is similar to the mitosis flipbook that they were assigned in the previous lesson. This will be due the following day.

Conclusion: At the end of class, I will reserve 5 minutes for the students to ask questions about concepts that they did not understand. If there are no questions, the students will have some time to start their flipbooks.

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