In my student teaching, I used a power point presentation from my cooperating teacher to lecture on Plant Anatomy and Physiology for Advanced placement (AP) students. Then I had the opportunity to prepare power point presentations on 2 units, evolution and ecology, both for grade 9 students in Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia. This methood of teaching was used as a visual tool to present theoretical concepts and figures.

Here, you can access the presentation by clicking on this link power point, consisting of lessons from 4 chapters in ecology. For students to follow up and focus on the lectures, I prepared lecture guides and gave it to them. The lecture guide helps them to write down the missing information as I was lecturing. It encourages them to develop the habit of note taking. A sample of a lecture guide is linked (lecture guide) incase you need to look at it.
The four chapters include: