WEEK 35

(26/8/2013 – 30/8/2013)

Day/ Date	Monday/ 26 August 2013
Time	9.45 – 11.30 am
Class	6AS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	17.0 Inheritance and Genetic Control
Learning Objectives	17.5 DNA replication
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to : (a) explain the experiments to prove DNA is the genetic material (Avery, MacLeod and McCarty experiment and Hershey and Chase experiment); (b) explain the three models of DNA replication, and interpret the experiment of Meselson and Stahl to prove the semi-conservative model of DNA replication; (c) explain the mechanism of DNA replication, and the role of the enzymes involved.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of DNA replication.
Reflection	The students gained their knowledge by watching the video on experiments done by the scientists. They also watched the model of DNA replication.

 

Day/ Date	Monday/ 26 August 2013
Time	11.30 – 12.40 pm
Class	5S1
Subject	Biology
Activity	Percubaan SPM Bahasa Melayu

 

Day/ Date	Tuesday/ 27 August 2013
Time	8.15 – 9.25 am
Class	5S1
Subject	Biology
Activity	Percubaan SPM Bahasa Inggeris

 

Day/ Date	Tuesday/ 27 August 2013
Time	11.30 – 12.40 pm
Class	6RS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	6.0 Photosynthesis
Learning Objectives	6.4 Limiting factors
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to : explain limiting factors of photosynthesis (light intensity, carbon dioxide concentration and temperature); relate the roles of C3, C4 and CAM plants on the increasing carbon dioxide emission and global warming.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of limiting factor.
Reflection	The students understand the lesson of the day.

 

Day/ Date	Wednesday/ 28 August 2013
Time	7.35 – 9.25 am
Class	6AS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	17.0 Inheritance and Genetic Control
Learning Objectives	17.6 Gene expression
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to : (a) explain the experiment of Beadle and Tatum which leads to the establishment of one-gene-one-polypeptide hypothesis; (b) interpret the genetic code table, and identify the appropriate anti-codon;
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of gene expression.
Reflection	The students understand the lesson of the day.

 

Day/ Date	Wednesday/ 28 August 2013
Time	9.45 – 11.30 am
Class	6RS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	Effect of temperature on enzymatic activity
Learning Objectives	To investigate the effects of temperature on the rate of amylase reaction
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to : (a) to understand the effect of temperature on the enzyme-catalysed reactions; (b) to understand the concept of optimal temperature on the enzymatic reactions; (c) to understand the concept of temperature quotient, Q10, of an enzyme-controlled reaction.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Whiteboard, marker pen, Manual for Biology Practical
Activities	Teacher explains the step to carry out the experiment.
Reflection	Students carry out the experiment followed the correct scientific method.

 

Day/ Date	Thursday/ 29 August 2013
Time	7.05 – 8.15 am
Class	6AS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	17.0 Inheritance and Genetic Control
Learning Objectives	17.6 Gene expression
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to : (c) explain the characteristics of genetic code; (d) describe transcription and translation.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of gene expression.
Reflection	The students understand the lesson of the day.

 

Day/ Date	Thursday/ 29 August 2013
Time	9.45 – 10.20 am
Class	5S1
Subject	Biology
Activity	Percubaan SPM Matematik 2

 

Day/ Date	Friday/ 30 August 2013
Time	7.05 – 8.50 am
Class	6RS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	6.0 Photosynthesis
Learning Objectives	6.4 Limiting factors
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to : explain limiting factors of photosynthesis (light intensity, carbon dioxide concentration and temperature); relate the roles of C3, C4 and CAM plants on the increasing carbon dioxide emission and global warming.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of limiting factor.
Reflection	There was an assembly during the first and second period. The students understand the lesson of the day.

WEEK 34

(19/8/2013 – 23/8/2013)

Day/ Date	Monday/ 19 August 2013
Time	9.45 – 11.30 am
Class	6AS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	17.0 Inheritance and Genetic Control
Learning Objectives	17.2 Non-Mendelian inheritance
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to : explain (i) incomplete dominance (flower colour in snapdragon), (ii) codominance (MN blood group in humans), (iii) multiple alleles (ABO blood group in humans), and calculate the genotypic and phenotypic ratios;   explain lethal genes (sickle-cell in human/coat colur in mice/chlorophyll production in maize), polygenes (height in humans), linked and sex-linked genes (Drosophila eye colour and haemophilia in humans), and epistasis (coat colour in dog and capsule shape in shepherd's purse plant); explain the pedigree analysis.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of Non-Mendelian inheritance.
Reflection	All students understand the concept Non-Mendelian inheritance. Also, they able to predict the genotype of each individu from the pedigree analysis.

 

Day/ Date	Monday / 19 August 2013
Time	11.30 – 12.40 pm
Class	5S1
Subject	Biology
Theme	Physiology Of Living Things
Learning Area	6.0 Variation
Learning Objective	6.2 Understanding the causes of variation
Learning Outcomes	At the end of the lesson, students will be able to : state the factors causing variation, explain the effects of genetic factors on variation, explain the environmental factors on variation
Scientific attitude and moral value	Responsible, respect
Teaching Aids	Text Book, Handout, Whiteboard, Marker pen
Activities	Discussion on causes of variation.
Reflection	No class as the students attended a workshop.

 

Day/ Date	Tuesday / 20 August 2013
Time	8.15 – 9.25 am
Class	5S1
Subject	Biology
Theme	Physiology Of Living Things
Learning Area	6.0 Variation
Learning Objective	6.2 Understanding the causes of variation
Learning Outcomes	At the end of the lesson, students will be able to : explain the effects of the interaction between genetic factors and environmental factors on variation explain mutation
Scientific attitude and moral value	Responsible, respect
Teaching Aids	Text Book, Handout, Whiteboard, Marker pen
Activities	Discussion on causes of variation.
Reflection	All students understand the causes of variation. They completed the handout given by the teacher.

 

Day/ Date	Tuesday/ 20 August 2013
Time	11.30- 12.40 pm
Class	6RS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	6.0 Photosynthesis
Learning Objectives	6.2 Light-dependent reactions
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to : classify autotroph into photoautotroph and chemoautotroph; describe photosynthetic pigments; explain the absorption spectrum and action spectrum of photosynthetic pigments. explain photoactivation of chlorophyll a resulting in photolysis of water; explain the cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylation including electron transport system resulting in the production of ATP and NADPH.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of light -dependent reactions.
Reflection	All students understand the concept of light -dependent reactions. They gain their understanding by watching the video about this concept.

 

Day/ Date	Wednesday/ 21 August 2013
Time	7.35 – 9.25 am
Class	6AS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	17.0 Inheritance and Genetic Control
Learning Objectives	17.3 Genetic mapping
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to explain crossing over and distinguish between parental and recombinant genotypes and phenotypes; calculate the distance between two loci, and determine the relative position of a gene on a chromosome based on percentage of crossing-over in Drosophila.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of genetic mapping.
Reflection	Teacher shows many example about genetic mapping as most of the students still confused how to determine the relative position of a gene on a chromosome based on percentage of crossing-over. After the discussion, the students able to generate the genetic mapping based on the questions given.

 

Day/ Date	Wednesday/ 21 August 2013
Time	9.45 – 11.30 am
Class	6RS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	6.0 Photosynthesis
Learning Objectives	6.3 Light-independent reactions
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to : describe Calvin cycle; explain photorespiration; describe the anatomical structure of C4 leaf (Krantz anatomy) in comparison to C3 leaf; explain carbon dioxide fixation in C4 plants and Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) plants; differentiate the metabolism of C3, C4 and CAM plants.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of light -independent reactions.
Reflection	The students understand the concept of light -independent reactions. They also able to understand the metabolism of C3, C4 and CAM plants.

 

Day/ Date	Thursday/ 22 August 2013
Time	7.05 – 8.15 am
Class	6AS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	17.0 Inheritance and Genetic Control
Learning Objectives	17.4 Population genetics
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to describe the concept of gene pool, gene/allele frequency and genotype frequency; explain Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (p2 + 2pq +q2 = 1 and p + q = 1), and calculate the gene/allele and genotype frequencies; explain the conditions for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to be valid; describe changes in genotype frequencies in relation to evolution.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of population genetic.
Reflection	The students able to solve the questions based on the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

 

Day/ Date	Thursday / 22 August 2013
Time	9.45 – 10.20 am
Class	5S1
Subject	Biology
Theme	Physiology Of Living Things
Learning Area	6.0 Variation
Learning Objective	6.2 Understanding the causes of variation
Learning Outcomes	At the end of the lesson, students will be able to : explain the importance of variation in the survival of a species
Scientific attitude and moral value	Responsible, respect
Teaching Aids	Text Book, Handout, Whiteboard, Marker pen
Activities	Discussion on causes of variation.
Reflection	No class as the students attended a workshop.

 

Day/ Date	Friday/ 23 August 2013
Time	7.05 – 8.50 am
Class	6RS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	6.0 Photosynthesis
Learning Objectives	6.4 Limiting factors
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to : explain limiting factors of photosynthesis (light intensity, carbon dioxide concentration and temperature); relate the roles of C3, C4 and CAM plants on the increasing carbon dioxide emission and global warming.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of limiting factor.
Reflection	There was an assembly from 7.05 – 8.15 am.

 

Day/ Date	Friday/ 23 August 2013
Time	7.05 – 8.50 am
Class	6RS
Subject	Biology
Learning Area	6.0 Photosynthesis
Learning Objectives	6.4 Limiting factors
Learning Outcomes	Students will be able to : explain limiting factors of photosynthesis (light intensity, carbon dioxide concentration and temperature); relate the roles of C3, C4 and CAM plants on the increasing carbon dioxide emission and global warming.
Noble values	Systematic, cooperative
Teaching Aids	Chalk, blackboard, Reference Book
Activities	Teacher explains the concept of limiting factor.
Reflection	There was an assembly from 7.05 – 8.15 am.