Energy and DNA inside life: High school science
Biology: photosynthesis, respiration, DNA and energy in ecosystems. A free High school lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: biology: photosynthesis, respiration, DNA and energy in ecosystems.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: Where does the wood in a tree come from?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: energy and DNA inside life.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: Photosynthesis and respiration (https://peabody.kids/world/science/science-photosynthesis-respiration)
- Learn: From DNA to Protein (https://peabody.kids/world/science/science-dna-to-protein)
- Learn: Energy through an ecosystem (https://peabody.kids/world/science/science-energy-in-ecosystems)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about energy and DNA inside life, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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