The 7th grade Genetics unit has a lot of vocabulary. To me the cornerstone of any unit is the vocabulary but it is often covered through rote memory, Quizlets, worksheets, writing and defining words in a self-created glossary. I wanted to come up with a more community driven way to get the words visualized and put into memory without having to memorize a text book definition. first I gave them a simple reading about Genetics. It was a basic overview and embedded in it are tons of vocabulary but they would have to find them. So I asked them as they were reading it to circle any words they could tie to Genetics. About 20 total. This was the 10 minute interval. Then the 5 minute interval was having them at tables discuss why they chose the words they did and to basically compare notes.
Then students came up to the board and drew a pictorial definition and the word on the board until we had a full vocabulary jumble. Then we briefly for 2 minutes discussed the board. This was a mini lesson 10-5-2.
Then I had students take a picture of the board with their phones. I also took a picture and uploaded it to Canvas and the class blog. This was q fun mini-lesson to see the big "picture" of Genetics.
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