Lesson Title: Digestive Disorders Subject: SBI3U

Unit Title: Animals: Structure and Function Time Required: 75 Minutes

Teacher Candidate: Emma Gordon Date: April 24
Mentor Teacher: Theresa Kolobaric Grade: 11 U

Learning Goals (What do you want the students to know or be able to do at the end of the lesson?)
- Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of animal anatomy
- Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of animal physiology
- Students will be able to describe disorders of the digestive system
- Students will be able to use appropriate terminology related to animal anatomy
- Students will be able to describe some disorders related to the digestive system
Success Criteria (What will you observe that tells you that students are successful?)
- I will be able to demonstrate an understanding of animal anatomy
- I will be able to demonstrate an understanding of animal physiology
- I will be able to describe disorders of the digestive system
- I will be able to use appropriate terminology related to animal anatomy
- I will be able to describe some disorders related to the digestive system
Accommodations (How will you meet the needs of your students? What management strategies will you use?)
English as a Second Language:
- EA support, or peer mentor
Individual Action Plan:
- Accommodations only as specified on the student’s IEP – allowing for time, number of questions etc.
Curriculum Expectations (Which expectation is the focus for your instruction?)
Overall Expectations:
E3. Demonstrate an understanding of animal anatomy and physiology, and describe disorders of the respiratory,
circulatory, and digestive systems
Specific Expectations:
E2.1 Use appropriate terminology related to animal anatomy
E3.4 Describe some disorders related to the respiratory, digestive, and circulatory systems
Assessment (How will you know that the students have achieved the learning expectation? What assessment tool will you use?)
Assessment for Learning:
- Review Questions
- Case Study Activity
- Homework
Assessment as Learning:
- Case Study Activity
- Homework
Instructional Strategies (Which teaching strategies will you use? how will you group the students?
 Independent Work  Cooperative Learning  Summarizing & Note taking  Identifying similarities/differences
 Homework & Practice  Visual & Graphic Organizers  Questions  Generating & Testing Hypotheses
 Goal setting & Feedback  Problem Solving

Materials Key Questions

- PowerPoint - Why is Type II diabetes becoming so prevalent in our
- Case Studies society?
- Activity Handouts - What are some healthy choices we can make to help
- Test Results prevent some digestive disorders?

Lesson Template #5 1 Revised 2011

Instruction (How will the students develop the knowledge and /practice the skills?.)
Duration Activity/Task
Introduction (How will you engage and motivate the students?)
5 MIN - Review the anatomy of the digestive system of the previous lesson
- Introduce the topic of the day’s lesson – “Digestive Disorders”
Lesson Steps (Describe the sequence of the lesson.)
- Explain various disorders of the digestive system – include: the description, causes,
symptoms, and treatment methods of each digestive disorder
55 MIN - Disorders that will be examined – heartburn, peptic ulcers, constipation, irritable
bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis),
hepatitis (A, B, and C), cirrhosis, gallstones, appendicitis, and diabetes
- Review techniques that doctors use to diagnose digestive disorders including,
endoscope, X-Rays, ultrasounds, stool, urine and blood samples, etc.
Conclusion (How will you wrap-up the lesson?)
15 MIN - After the lesson, students will get into groups of 4 for an activity
o Each group will get a chance to review and diagnose the patients described in 3
different case studies
o Using a handout provided as a guide, students must order certain tests from the
lab technician (me) so that they are able to properly diagnose the patient with
the correct digestive disorder
o Tests include – urine, blood and stool samples, X-Ray, endoscopy etc.
- Once all groups have a chance to correctly diagnose each patient, they will be given
homework questions to complete

Lesson Template #5 2 Revised 2011