Short-term plan. "Interesting facts about genetics. DNA"

Unit of a long term plan: Unit  1. Science and scientific phenomena. Theme: Interesting facts about genetics. DNA

College: Zhambyl Polytechnic Higher College

Date: 06.08.20

Teacher name: Tynybekova Zh.B.

Group: 1JP-20-1

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Learning objectives

10.4.3 - skim a range of lengthy texts with speed to identify content meriting closer reading  on a range of general and curricular topics;

10.5.2 -  use a growing range of vocabulary, which is appropriate to topic and genre, and which is spelt accurately.

 10.6.11 - use a variety of reported statements and question forms on a wide range of familiar general and curricular topics;

Lesson objectives

• read and define content of the text “6 Weird but true facts about DNA”;

• identify a vocabulary and translate the text;

• watch video (3:28 min) and prepare question;

• answer the questions and discuss with each other;

• presume by the question

Assessment criteria

• browse a range of lengthy texts;

• define content of closer reading;

• identify and use the growing vocabulary;

• use a variety of reported question

Level of thinking skill

Knowledge, comprehension, application, evaluation

Cross-curricular links

Biology, chemistry

Previous learning

Students know what is “diagnostic test”

Plan

Planned timings

Planned activities (replace the notes below with your planned activities)

Resources

Start

09:00 – 09:05

5 min

Activity 1. “Biological dictation”.

Instruction.

1. Listen the short text carefully

2. I’ll dictate, you write without mistakes.

3. Find missing words and write themselves

What is DNA?

DNA, short for deoxyribonucleic acid, is the molecule that contains the genetic code of organisms. This includes animals, plants, protists, archaea and bacteria).

DNA, … for deoxyribonucleic acid. It is the … that contains the … code of … . This includes …, …, …, … and ….

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA

Middle

20 min

Activity 2. “Interesting facts”.

Instruction.

1. Read the facts and translate into Kazakh or Russian

6 weird but true facts about DNA

Our DNA is amazing. And over the years scientists have discovered some stunning facts.

Here are 6 weird but true facts about DNA.

1. Your DNA could stretch from the earth to the sun and back ~600 times. If unwound and linked together, the strands of DNA in each of your cells would be 6 feet long. With 100 trillion cells in your body, that means if all your DNA were put end-to-end, it would stretch over 110 billion miles. That’s hundreds of round trips to the sun!

2. We’re all 99.9 percent alike.

Of the 3 billion base pairs in the human genome, only 0.1% are unique to us. While that 0.1% is still what makes us unique, it means we’re all more similar than we are different.

3. Genes make up only about 3 percent of your DNA.

Genes are short segments of DNA, but not all DNA is genes. All told, genes are only about 1-3% of your DNA. The rest of your DNA controls the activity of your genes.

4. A DNA test can reveal you’re more Irish than your siblings.

Your sister could be much more Irish than you. And this is true for any of over 350 regions covered by the AncestryDNA test. So your sibling could also be more (or less) British, Nigerian, or Scandinavian than you.

5. The human genome contains 3 billion base pairs of DNA.

DNA molecules are shaped like twisted ladders. And the rungs on that ladder are made of bases – adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T) – locked together in pairs with hydrogen bonds. The really cool part is, they pair up in a very specific way: ‘A’ always pairs with ‘T,’ and ‘C’ always pairs with ‘G.’

6. Your DNA could link you to places you’d never imagine.

Genetics has the power to tell you things you never dreamed of knowing, from just the DNA in your saliva.

With an AncestryDNA test, for example, you can find out which world regions your ancestors may have lived in hundreds to thousands of years ago, what bonded them over generations, and why and where they migrated –  all from your DNA.

https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/weird-but-true-facts-about-dna/

10 min

Activity 3. “Numbers speak”.

Instruction.

1. Find secrets of these numbers: 100 trillion, 350, 6, 110 billion, 3

20 min

Activity 4. “Watching video”.

Instruction.

1. Watch the video and prepare one question every of you. 2. Try to make different types of question (general, special, disjunctive, alternative)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVk0twJYL6Y

End

20 min

Activity 5. “Work in group”. (Teacher divides students into two groups) Work by questions: 1. Are you ready to try Ancestry DNA? Your DNA may well surprise you. 2. How many blood groups does a person have? What’s yours?

Descriptors

• listens, remembers and writes a dictation;

• reads and defines the content;

• translates the text;

• finds secrets of numbers;

• watches the video and prepares  question;

• trys to make different types of questions;

• answers the questions;

• discusses with classmates;

• presumes own thought

Reflection

Were the lesson objectives/learning objectives realistic?

Did all the learners achieve the lesson objectives/ learning objectives? If not, why?

Did my planned differentiation work well?

Did I stick to timings?

What changes did I make from my plan and why?

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Summary evaluation

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