Page 17 - Biology for Advanced Secondary Schools Teachers Guide Form Five

Biology for Advanced Level Secondary Schools

3.1 General overview of classification

Teaching steps
1. Guide students in manageable groups to discuss the history
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of classification of living organisms. Check whether students
participate actively in group discussion.
2. Use jigsaw to guide students to present their works in the class
for clarification.

3.2 Viruses

Teaching steps
1. Guide students to search for information from library and
internet sources about viruses.
2. Assign students to write short notes about the searched
information on viruses including their characteristics, their
classifications, structures, life cycles and economic importance.
3. Assign students to do Exercise 3.1 from Student’s Book. Mark
the exercise and provide feedback.

3.3 Kingdom Monera
Teaching steps

1. Guide students to search for information from library and
internet sources about kingdom Monera.
2. Guide students through jigsaw to present the explored features
of each member of the kingdom Monera.
3. Guide students in groups to discuss main classification of
bacteria basing on staining properties, morphology, and mode
of nutrition. Check whether students participate actively in
group discussion.

4. Guide students to perform Activity 3.1 in the Student’s Book

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