The Curriculum used in SLU Lab HighSchool is K-12 curriculum. The K-12 program covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education. Six years of primary education, four years of Junior High School and two years of Senior High School.
SLU Lab High School has three SHS Programs, which are STEM, HUMSS, and ABM. The one I observed is grade 11 STEM. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum focuses on advanced concepts and topics. In the STEM Curriculum, there are specialized subjects, Earth Science, Pre-Calculus, Basic Calculus, General Biology, General Physics, and General Chemistry.
General Biology is the study of Biology, particularly life processes at the cellular and molecular level, transformation of energy in organisms, heredity, variations, and diversity of living organisms. General Biology in grade 11 is a study about life processes at the cellular levels, heredity, and variations.
Biology is a special subject for me because biology is about discovering processes in living organisms. Therefore planning the Biology lesson is tricky and have to make sure the students can discover the material on their own. So that students can understand it well.
I prepared two lesson plans for cell division material. The first one is for "Mitosis", and the other one is for "Meiosis". The lesson plan focused on how to interact with the students and make them discover something during the lesson time. For the laboratory, I just assisted and prepared myself before every lab activity.
I began my class with a prayer led by a prayer leader that day. The first thing to do is Orientation, recall students' prior knowledge about the last lesson, and connect it to the lesson that day. After that, I present my PowerPoint about the material and bring some images to help students understand. The most important thing is to have an application of the concept that has been discussed so that the students can sum up the lesson and have an evaluation later.
Each session of the lecture has one hour (60 minutes) of time
Opening (Prayer): 5 minutes
Orientation: 10 minutes
Presentation: 20 minutes
Application:15 minutes
Discussion and evaluation: 5 minutes
The students I teach were very intersted to the lesson. Especially when I use images and demonstration, they paid attention to it. While teaching, I often write on the whiteboard to help students understand and give them some question to make sure they are always pay attention to the lesson.
The problem I faced during teaching practice was some of my students were sleepy. To solve that problem, I was give them riddles to solve and sometimes connect the material to their daily life.
In the laboratory, students often make noise, so I alway walked around to check them and helped them with the lab procedure.