{"id":1318,"date":"2024-01-12T04:50:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T04:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discover.hubpages.com\/education\/Biology-Review-and-Party"},"modified":"2024-01-12T04:50:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T04:50:27","slug":"middle-school-biology-semester-review-and-winter-party-lesson-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/?p=1318","title":{"rendered":"Middle School Biology Semester Review and Winter Party Lesson Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><time datetime=\"2024-01-11T23:50:27-05:00\" title=\"Jan 11, 2024\">Jan 11, 2024<\/time><br \/><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Middle School Biology Semester Review and Winter Party Lesson\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/1d7ed331e75d8507c78da9c8e4f7cc10.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Middle School Biology Semester Review and Winter Party Lesson<\/p>\n<p>This is the 15th lesson in a series of 32 hands-on Christian lessons covering middle school biology. This lesson focuses on a semester review game and end of the semester party. I used this plan while teaching a 55 minute middle school biology class. Each lesson plan includes homework assignments and a variety of hands-on activities to make each lesson engaging &amp; memorable. Use these fun lessons with your classroom, homeschool, after-school program, or co-op!<\/p>\n<p>These lessons are written for a class that meets once a week. If your class meets 5 days a week, simply do this lesson one day a week and use the homework assignments (at the bottom of the page) for the work for the other days of the week.<\/p>\n<h2>Homework &amp; Presentation<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go over the homework questions from the book. (I give out tickets for students who volunteer to answer the questions.)<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Have each student share a couple interesting facts they found while researching their mammals. Allow for students who did the extra credit of creating 3D models of their animals to show them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Semester Review Game<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Semester Review Game\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/1d47cb4472599ebecd02348255c62d19.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Semester Review Game<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Play Semester Review Trivia.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Have students hand in their tickets and then list them in order by how many tickets they earned.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Divide students into teams of about 5 each. I divided the teams by listing the students in order by how many tickets they have earned and then going down the list 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, etc.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>A student from the first team will select a question. (I simply used the multiple choice questions from the <em>A Beka Science Order and Design<\/em> book &amp; cut each question into an individual strip). He or she will answer the question.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>If they answer it without the multiple choice options, they get 2 points. If they want multiple choice options &amp; get the answer correct, they get 1 point. If they get it wrong, the player from the next team who has the next turn has a chance to answer the question for a bonus point.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Groups are not allowed to help whoever is answering. They may not look at their homework or textbook for answers.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Each team will get a chance to answer a question and then the next student from each team will answer.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>I passed out candy as prizes: 3 pieces for the winning team, 2 for the 2nd place team, &amp; 1 for the 3rd place team.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>review questions cut on slips of paper (such as the multiple choice questions from the <em>A Beka Science Order and Design<\/em> book)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>container to hold the questions<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>prizes such as candy (blow-pops, air heads, snack-size candy bars, etc.)<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Snacks<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Christmas Party Snacks\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/6002c758e3df09df12ab455b2f922fab.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christmas Party Snacks<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Allow students to get snacks and drinks. Students were each supposed to have brought snacks to share. I also brought items from the requests I had gotten after asking them what they&#8217;d like: sodas, cookies (Oreo &amp; grasshopper), chips, &amp; brownies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>plates, cups, napkins, snacks, &amp; drinks<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Redeeming Tickets: Ticket Raffle<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ticket Raffle\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/b43307a9bce9c31f19b402b3d242ddd6.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ticket Raffle<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I handed out a $10 gift card to the student who had the most tickets. I handed out $5 gift cards to the students who had the 2nd &amp; 3rd highest numbers of tickets from this semester.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a $10 gift card &amp; two $5 gift cards (Chick Fil-A &amp; Dairy Queen are popular here.)<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Ticket Raffle:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>For every 5 tickets a student got, they can write their name on a ticket. For example, if a student got 30 tickets, they would write their name on 6 tickets. They put the tickets they wrote their name on in a basket.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>I raffled off a few prizes such as $5 Dairy Queen cards, candy, Swiss army knife, etc.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a few prizes that are each in a small gift bag &#8211; Ideas include $5 Dairy Queen cards, candy, Swiss army knife, etc.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>White Elephant Gift Exchange<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"White Elephant Gift Exchange\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/b7e633a8c4fdce8831b5c0e1de069e50.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White Elephant Gift Exchange<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To play the gift exchange game:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Lay all the wrapped gifts the students brought in the front of the class.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Have students hand in their tickets. On the board list the students in order by who had the most tickets to who had the least.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The student who had the most tickets gets to pick &amp; open the first gift. (This student will get to go again at the end of the game.)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>I added the rule that the students cannot steal from the 2 students who had the most tickets.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Then the student with the fewest number of tickets gets to select a wrapped gift.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The next student with the next to last number of tickets can either steal the opened gift or select and open a wrapped gift.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>This continues up the list.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>If a student&#8217;s gift is stolen, they always have the option of either stealing an opened gift or opening an unopened gift.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>A gift is not allowed to be stolen back from the student who stole the gift. Also, there is a limit of stealing a particular gift more than 2 times in each round.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>After everyone has opened the gifts, the student who had the most tickets gets to either steal an opened gift or keep what he or she got at the beginning.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Homework<\/h2>\n<p>Have a wonderful holiday break! I can&#8217;t wait to see you back on January 10!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for all my lessons?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Middle-School-Biology\">First Day of Class &amp; Plant Identifications<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Parts-of-a-Flower-Lesson\">Parts of a Flower<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Importance-of-Plants-Lesson\">Amazing Plants (Horticulturist Guest Speaker)<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Seeds-and-Flower-Families-Lesson\">Seeds and Flower Families<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Photosynthesis-and-Plant-Parts-Lesson\">Photosynthesis and Plant Parts<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Human-Body-Systems-Lesson\">Cardiovascular, Respiratory, &amp; Digestive Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Skeletal-Muscular-Integumentary-Systems\">Skeletal, Muscular, &amp; Integumentary Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Endocrine-Nervous-Health\">Endocrine &amp; Nervous Systems and Healthy Living<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Baby-Development-Lesson\">Human Baby Fetal Development (Pregnancy Care Center Guest Speaker)<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Creation-and-Science-Lesson\">Creation and Science<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Science-Worldviews-Lesson\">Creation, Evolution, &amp; the Eyes of Faith<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Classification-of-Plants-and-Mammals\">Classifying Plants &amp; Animals<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Amazing-Mammals\">Amazing Mammals<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Mammal-Dissection-Lesson\">Mammal Dissection<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Biology-Review-and-Party\">Semester Review &amp; Winter Party<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Bird-Anatomy-Lesson\">Bird Anatomy<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Bird-Features-Lesson\">Bird Features<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Bird-Watching-Lesson\">Bird Watching (Birding Guide Guest Speaker)<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Fish-Biology-Lesson\">Fish Anatomy and Dissection<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Invertebrates-Dissections\">Invertebrates Anatomy and Dissections<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Fish-Dissection-Lesson\">Frog Dissection<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Reptiles-Lesson\">Reptiles Show and Tell<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Insects-Lesson\">Insect Anatomy<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Insect-Lesson-for-Biology\">Singing &amp; Social Insects<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Beneficial-Insects-Lesson\">Beneficial Insects (Entomology Guest Speaker)<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Arthropod-Dissection\">Arthropods (Crayfish &amp; Grasshopper) Anatomy and Dissections<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Crustaceans-and-Arachnids\">Crustaceans &amp; Arachnids<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Cells-Algae-and-Fungi-Lesson\">Cells, Algae, and Fungi<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Protozoa-Lesson\">Protozoa and Bacteria<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Tree-Lesson-for-Biology\">Trees<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Biology-Biomes-Lesson\">Ecology<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Biology-Review\">Semester Review &amp; End of Year Party<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/ColonialismWeeks3-8\">My Middle School American History Lessons<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/fun-hands-on-unit-studies\">All of My Hands-on Lessons &amp; Unit Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a9 2018 Shannon<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 11, 2024 Middle School Biology Semester Review and Winter Party Lesson This is the 15th lesson in a series of 32 hands-on Christian lessons covering middle school biology. This lesson focuses on a semester review game and end of the semester party. 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