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SPOJENÁ ŠKOLA NOVOHRADSKÁ
LONG RANGE PLAN
Subject: Biology
Teacher: Marcel Štefánik
UNITS CONTENT
Unicellular organisms
Grade: MYP 5
School year: 2009/2010
Areas to address:
Porifera, Cnidaria and
Worms
Areas to address:
Molusca, Annelida
and Arthropoda
Areas to address:
a.How are animals
organized?
a. How does a jellyfish
hunt?
a. Can a delicacy be
deadly?
b. Are there any rules
of evolution?
b. How coral reefs grow
and what is threatening
them?
b. How do pearls get
formed?
c. How useful and
dangerous can single
cells be?
d. Why scientists pay
close attention to
Ciliata?
Content:
Taxonomy; Animal cell,
Darwin’s Evolution
theory;
Sarcomastigophora –
parasites causing e.g.
sleeping sickness,
malaria etc.; Ciliata.
c. Did you order tartar
biftek with a tapeworm?
d. A Nobel prize for
worm’s service?
f. Is it ‘ants or
pinworms’ in pants?
Content:
Porifera and Cnidarians
- first multi-cellular
organisms; Corals;
Flukes, Tapeworms;
Nematoda.
c. What are the
wonders of octopus?
d. Earthworm as a
pioneer.
e. Cousins of
earthworm in
hirudinotherapy.
f. Diversity of
Arthropda.
g. Mysteries of social
insect
Content:
Gastropoda, Bivalvia,
Cephalopoda;
Earthworms and
leeches; Chelicerata,
Branchiata, Tracheata.
Chordata
Areas to address:
a.Milestones of
evolution towards
humans.
b. Introducing
remarkable sharks.
c. Chimera and bit of
mythology.
d. Why shark is not a
fish?
e. Inconsistent frogs
not as delicacy.
f. Temperature matters
for crocodiles, turtles
and snakes.
g. Conquerors of air.
h. Is milk only
commonality for
mammals?
Content:
Echinodermata;
Chordata-Tunicata,
Cephalochordata,
Cyclostomata,
Chondroichtyes,
Osteichtyes, Amphibia,
Reptilia, Aves,
Mamalia.
AREAS OF INTERACTION
Health & Social:
Knowledge of self-protection, prevention and life cycle of contagious infections caused by animals.
Knowledge of prevention and symptoms of diseases caused by tapeworms, flukes and nematoda and
representatives of Arthropoda.
Community & Service:
Promotion of community based approach to protection of endangered animals.
Awareness of individual power (choices we make etc.) in contributing to world-wide efforts of
protecting the nature.
Human Ingenuity:
Darwin’s evolution theory with its far reaching consequences.
Nobel prize award as a way of rewarding human effort in medicine and physiology.
Nature as inspiration for technicians, scientists and developers (camouflage, flying, etc.)
Environments:
Protection of endangered animal species.
Significance of ecological consequences of distinction of animal species.
INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS
Awareness of animal symbols in various geographical regions; Awareness of correlations between
nation’s economy and their animal protection laws (Japan and whales; Shark hunts etc.); Awareness
of joint international efforts in protecting endangered species.
SOURCES
http://nobelprize.org/
www.reddatabook.org
Biology Prentice Hall, Miller and Levine, ISBN 0-13-166255-4
Dictionaries.
METHODOLOGY AND METHODS
Heuristic lectures, Discussions, Individual work (IW), Group work (GP), Work in pairs (WP), Oral
presentations, Writing essay, Reading comprehension, VEN diagrams, Map of mind, KWL chart,
Flowchart diagram, Cycle diagram, Bulletin, Blog,Posters etc.