AttackoftheViruses!-Wsfcs.pdfVIP

Theme-Integrated Lesson Plans Title: Attack of the Viruses! Grade: 9-10 Subject: Biology Length of Lesson: 2 Blocks Standards: North Carolina Standard Course of Study Objective 4.03 Assess, describe and explain adaptations affecting survival and reproductive success: Disease causing viruses and microorganisms. Abstract: Discover the anatomical structure and infection mechanisms of a virus in the human body and develop a detailed understanding of the life cycle of a virus and the human body’s reaction to a viral infection. Essential Question(s): What is a virus and how does it infect humans? Instructional Strategies: Activation of Prior Knowledge/Purpose: Preview of vocabulary by creating word wall definition pictures for each of the vocabulary words: Bacteriophage, capsid, host cell, lysogenic cycle, lytic cycle, prion, provirus, retrovirus, reverse transcriptase, viroid, virus, DNA, RNA Engaging the content: After a technology integrated lesson of the basic content, students will build three dimensional models of a virus to learn the essential components. After this, they will walk through a kinesthetic exercise modeling the replication cycle of a virus. Students will watch a movie that demonstrates the body’s response to a viral infection followed by a detailed class discussion and lesson on the mechanisms of human immune response. Summarizing/Assessment: Students will complete a letter to an absent student detailing the specific points they learned from the lesson. Resources/Materials needed: 11 X 17 paper for each student, markers, crayons, colored pencils, overhead projector and computer with powerpoint and media player, digital file of Discovery School’s Biology Concepts – Viruses, Styrofoam cups for the capsid head of the bacteriophage, pipe cleaners for the legs of the virus, and a colored pipe cleaner for the bacteriophage DNA . Student A