This is a lesson on careers involving the respiratory system

Title – Careers Involving the Respiratory System
By – Matt Conrad
Primary Subject – Health / Physical Education
Grade Level – 7-9

Performance Objectives:

Cognitive:
• The student will be able to identify careers related to the respiratory system
• The student will be able to identify the parts most relevant to the job

Social:
• The student will be able to raise their hands when they wish to contribute to the conversation
• The student will stay on task while working in groups of four

Instructional Input:

The teacher will:
• Introduce lesson topic
• Lead Socratic discussion and write students’ answers on board
• Check for student comprehension at conclusion of presentation by calling on random students and asking them for answers that they came up with while working in groups

The student will:
• Participate in lecture by taking notes
• Participate in discussion by reading notes from board to class and volunteering answers
• Be respectful to classmates and instructor
• Answer questions when called upon by instructor

Procedure:

• Teacher introduction of lesson
• Discussion
  • Students will list three careers they are interested in
  • Students will volunteer answers by raising their hand and instructor will call on the students
  • Students, in groups of four, will pick their top two career choices that involve the respiratory system
  • Students will again volunteer answers from their respective groups
  • Groups will be given a designated career (cyclist, singer, broadcaster, politician, boxer, musician)
• Extension:
  • Teacher will ask follow-up questions to the discussion to encompass parts of the respiratory system that the students were not able to come up with on their own (example: Lance Armstrong and blood doping)

Differentiated Instruction:

• Students who have trouble seeing the notes will sit in the front of the class
• Students who seem disinterested will be called upon by instructor to volunteer their answers or read notes

Closure & Assessment:

• Students will be called upon to answer specific questions related to the discussion

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