Lesson+Plans+for+this+class

this lesson: || It is exciting to find a game that will truly teach a student. I believe the game is engaging and has a definite objective that fits in our schools standards and benchmarks. || This lesson has engaging elements that students enjoy and allows the teacher more in class time, because the students become familiar with the subject on their own. In addition, I really like the virtual field trip/science experiment to Mendel's garden included in this lesson. || Not all students are comfortable sharing their thoughts in the classroom or they may need extra time to collect and organize their thoughts. A discussion done on a wiki page allows these students the time that they need. This also forces all students to participate in the discussion of the story. || Because this lesson uses Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start the Fire" for students to choose what their three topics for research will be, I think it really grabstheir interest. Then they get to apply what they learnedabout the signifcance of the topics to that year and decide what they believe a remake of the song should include for the new millenium. || cells and how they reprouduce. This game introduces students to CDK and Cyclin; their function and the result if they fail to preform their function in the cell. || In 7th grade science we study basic genetics. This is an introduction to dominate and recessive traits and how they are used with the Punnett Square. || In 8th grade literature class we read a variety of types of literature. This story is very thought provoking because it doesn' t have a clearly "right" choice of action. General acctepted forms of morality in modern American society supports either action that the protagonist may take. || Our 8th grade American History class starts at the Civil War and continues to 1990's.This lesson gives a fun introduction to some of the major events, people, and pop culture icons from 1940-1980's. ||
 * ===Lesson Type=== || Games and Simualtions  ||  Flipped Classroom  ||  Classroom Discussions  ||  Web Quest  ||
 * Why I chose
 * How it fits into the curriculum || In 7th grade science we study
 * Link to document || [[file:Control of the Cell Cycle Game.docx]] || [[file:Mendel's work applied to Punnett Squares.docx]] || [[file:The Secret by Arthur C Clarke wiki discussion.docx]] || [[file:web quest American History 1949-1989 and the millenium.docx]] ||