tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34065597604462761072024-03-14T01:58:04.925-07:00Teaching Science With LyndaStandards-Aligned Teaching Resources for ScienceLynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261354361677704793noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-71081977422962232692020-10-17T21:08:00.013-07:002020-10-18T07:08:45.802-07:00Walking Water Experiment<h1 style="text-align: center;"> Teach your students about capillary action with this fun and easy-to-do science experiment. Walking Water uses low-cost materials with a dramatic result. All you need is paper towels, water, jars, and food coloring.</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SOrbJgcRDwI/X4u8Nr7Ur5I/AAAAAAAAL30/Xuyr1GafsTMxDaS-stRvH2iV4H1znTzKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1148/P1020300.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Capillary Action" border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1148" height="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SOrbJgcRDwI/X4u8Nr7Ur5I/AAAAAAAAL30/Xuyr1GafsTMxDaS-stRvH2iV4H1znTzKwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h375/P1020300.jpeg" title="Walking Water Experiment" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DM4C88iFn6U/X4u8FnaEwhI/AAAAAAAAL3w/wdIKH5JPUsEtl9oHR_cv5OsoIS5M5c-NwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1433/P1020293.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Capillary Action Experiment" border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1433" height="280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DM4C88iFn6U/X4u8FnaEwhI/AAAAAAAAL3w/wdIKH5JPUsEtl9oHR_cv5OsoIS5M5c-NwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h280/P1020293.jpeg" title="Walk Water Lab" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Students will be amazed to see how the water moves from one cup to the other. First, it moves uphill! And the empty jars begin to fill with water!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you use primary colors, as I did, the colors in the middle will be the secondary colors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The set up for this science experiment is easy to do and uses just a few materials.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GmX50y12fU8/X4u9Bi965eI/AAAAAAAAL4A/sgd-S02Wol4fZvN8Ar8tlCRgNE6qXC_XgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/P1020152.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Walking Water Experiment" border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="2048" height="351" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GmX50y12fU8/X4u9Bi965eI/AAAAAAAAL4A/sgd-S02Wol4fZvN8Ar8tlCRgNE6qXC_XgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h351/P1020152.jpeg" title="Easy Science Experiment for Kids" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FRAf3hwQHR4/X4u-G72z-sI/AAAAAAAAL4I/HZacyPCQjoYKAOaoKbmljocizf7U5-i5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1299/P1020301.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="science experiment for kids" border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1299" height="398" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FRAf3hwQHR4/X4u-G72z-sI/AAAAAAAAL4I/HZacyPCQjoYKAOaoKbmljocizf7U5-i5QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h398/P1020301.jpeg" title="Colorful science experiment walking water" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Want to know the science behind this experiment and get a free lesson plan and follow-up pages? 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.formkit-column:nth-child(2),.formkit-form[data-uid="66f42e51b1"][min-width~="800"] .formkit-column:nth-child(2){border-top:none;} </style></form>Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261354361677704793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-16611749175095543122020-10-04T16:15:00.004-07:002020-10-12T13:14:11.149-07:00Understanding and Using the Crosscutting Concepts in Science Instruction<h2 style="text-align: left;"> If you are teaching using the NGSS or <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2017/07/science-with-engineering-education.html">Utah SEEd</a> standards you have probably heard of the crosscutting concepts. There are three dimensions to science instruction <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/08/science-and-engineering-practices.html">Science and Engineering Practices</a>, Crosscutting Concepts, and Disciplinary Core Ideas. </h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The crosscutting concepts provide a lens through which students can think about the topic at hand. <b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">Crosscutting concepts</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"> have applications across all domains of science. As such, they are a way of linking the different areas of science. They include patterns; cause and effect; scale, proportion, and quantity; systems and system models; energy and matter; structure and function; and stability and change.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RpmmDfBS79w" width="320" youtube-src-id="RpmmDfBS79w"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px;"><u>A Framework for K–12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas</u></i><span style="background-color: #faf8f6; font-size: 17.3714px;"> (</span><i style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px;">Framework</i><span style="background-color: #faf8f6; font-size: 17.3714px;">) recommends science education in grades K–12 be built around three dimensions: science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts that unify the study of science and engineering through their common application across fields of study in science. </span><span style="background-color: #faf8f6; font-size: 17.3714px;">The </span><i style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px;">Framework</i><span style="background-color: #faf8f6; font-size: 17.3714px;"> identifies seven crosscutting concepts that bridge disciplinary ideas. Their purpose is to help students deepen their understanding of the disciplinary core ideas.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #faf8f6; font-size: 17.3714px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eMc6Q5udl3o/X3pRsGf_F6I/AAAAAAAAL10/-iayDx0gOK8I8A2HPqYeBDZzDZi5xHwVACLcBGAsYHQ/s468/BLOG-NGSS-2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="crosscutting concepts" border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="468" height="195" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eMc6Q5udl3o/X3pRsGf_F6I/AAAAAAAAL10/-iayDx0gOK8I8A2HPqYeBDZzDZi5xHwVACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h195/BLOG-NGSS-2.png" title="three dimensions of science" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div><p class="tx1-1" style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">1. <i style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">Patterns</i>.</b> Observed patterns of forms and events guide organization and classification, and they prompt questions about relationships and the factors that influence them.</span></p><p class="tx1-1" style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">2. <i style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation.</i></b> Events have causes, sometimes simple, sometimes multifaceted. A major activity of science is investigating and explaining causal relationships and the mechanisms by which they are mediated. Such mechanisms can then be tested across given contexts and used to predict and explain events in new contexts.</span></p><p class="tx1-1" style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">3. <i style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">Scale, proportion, and quantity.</i></b> In considering phenomena, it is critical to recognize what is relevant at different measures of size, time, and energy and to recognize how changes in scale, proportion, or quantity affect a system’s structure or performance.</span></p><p class="tx1-1" style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">4. <i style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">Systems and system models.</i></b> Defining the system under study—specifying its boundaries and making explicit a model of that system—provides tools for understanding and testing ideas that are applicable throughout science and engineering.</span></p><p class="tx1-1" style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">5. <i style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation.</i></b> Tracking fluxes of energy and matter into, out of, and within systems helps one understand the systems’ possibilities and limitations.</span></p><p class="tx1-1" style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">6. <i style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">Structure and function.</i></b> The way in which an object or living thing is shaped and its substructure determines many of its properties and functions.</span></p><p class="tx1-1" style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">7. <i style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box;">Stability and change.</i></b> For natural and built systems alike, conditions of stability, and determinants of rates of change or evolution of a system are critical elements of study.</span></p><p class="tx1-1" style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ielzqmI-XVI" width="320" youtube-src-id="ielzqmI-XVI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dr. Helen Quinn</b></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Science is made of facts as a house is made of stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a pile of stones is a house."-</span><a class="qa_164238 oncl_a" href="https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/henri-poincare-quotes" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0000aa; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;">Henri Poincare</a><p></p><p class="tx1-1" style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 17.3714px;"> Students need a vision of what they are trying to build. They need to be able to ask the big questions so that they can form meaningful structures. </span><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 17.3714px;">Each crosscutting concept is a lens that allows you to look at a problem and ask questions to know where you are going with those questions.</b></p><p class="tx1-1" style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.3714px; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 1em;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 17.3714px;">The crosscutting concept in the standard tells the teacher what type of questions to ask. </b></p><p class="tx1-1" style="background-color: #faf8f6; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tRfrIPf2yK8" width="320" youtube-src-id="tRfrIPf2yK8"></iframe></div><br /><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><th style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 75px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">NGSS K-ESS2-2.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></th><td style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><span class="popup" data-original-title="<h4> Engaging in Argument from Evidence</h4><p>Engaging in argument from evidence in K–2 builds on prior experiences and progresses to comparing ideas and representations about the natural and designed world(s).</p><ul><li>Construct an argument with evidence to support a claim.</p>" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;" title="">Construct an argument supported by evidence for how</span> <span class="popup" data-original-title="<h4>ESS2.E: Biogeology</h4><p><ul><li>Plants and animals can change their environment.</li></ul><h4>ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems</h4></h4><p></p><ul><li>Things that people do to live comfortably can affect the world around them. But they can make choices that reduce their impacts on the land, water, air, and other living things.</p>" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;" title="">plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment</span> </span><span class="popup" data-original-title="<h4>Systems and System Models</h4><p></p><ul><li>Systems in the natural and designed world have parts that work together.</li></ul>" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;" title=""><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">to meet their needs<br /><br />In this standard, the crosscutting concept is change, or stability and change. The teacher could as questions such as:<br /><br />What type of changes does a beaver do to its environment? When the beaver cuts down a tree that is a change but when the beaver builds a dam it causes other changes. What changes does it cause?<br /><br />Utah SEEd has made it particularly easy for teachers by underlining the crosscutting concept in each standard. <br /><br />Utah SEEd Standard 1.3.1<span style="font-weight: 100;"></span><br style="font-weight: 100;" /><span class="bold" style="border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Plan and carry out an investigation</span><span style="font-weight: 100;"> to show the </span><u style="font-weight: 100;">cause and effect</u></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: 100;"><span style="font-size: small;"> r<a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/05/using-phenomena-to-help-engage-students.html">elationship between sound and vibrating matter</a>. Emphasize that vibrating matter can make sound and that sound can make matter vibrate. (PS4.A)<br /><br /><br />Here the teacher might ask questions about the cause and effect of vibration and sound? What causes sound? Can sound cause vibration or is vibration only the effect of sound?<br /></span><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKw9tLjGrfI/X3pT8SkjGdI/AAAAAAAAL18/FiSHWUPeufgHzUhJzBwzTIEuJ95Si0jNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/blackboard-1299841_1280.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Asking questions" border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1280" height="305" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKw9tLjGrfI/X3pT8SkjGdI/AAAAAAAAL18/FiSHWUPeufgHzUhJzBwzTIEuJ95Si0jNwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h305/blackboard-1299841_1280.png" title="Crosscutting Concepts" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">L</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">ikewise, crosscutting concepts go nicely with another important aspect of science instruction: <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/05/using-phenomena-to-help-engage-students.html">phenomena.</a> The teacher shows phenomena to students and students ask questions about it and the teacher guides them by telling them to think about the crosscutting concept. If the crosscutting concept was <u>structure and function, </u>I could ask the students why they think this fox that lives in the desert has such big ears? Or What structures does the fox have that helps it survive in the hot desert?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1UTze7iLKD4/X3pVgTmUrTI/AAAAAAAAL2E/z1r9x4zaB_Uf8HqjTM2it5tFDeUYQ5YEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/desert-fox-2444230_1920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Structure and Function" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1UTze7iLKD4/X3pVgTmUrTI/AAAAAAAAL2E/z1r9x4zaB_Uf8HqjTM2it5tFDeUYQ5YEQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/desert-fox-2444230_1920.jpg" title="Fennec Fox" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In conclusion, crosscutting concepts are the lens that we want students to think about a certain topic. They give teachers a way to ask questions to help their students make sense of science.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For more on this topic see <a href="https://www.nap.edu/read/18290/chapter/13">Crosscutting Concepts in the Next Generation Science Standards</a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">Get my Complete Unit Here: </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Crosscutting-Concepts-Introduction-and-Practice--6122318">Crosscutting Concepts Introduction and Practice</a></span></span></span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JTstccm5q3s/X4PUGVTTvFI/AAAAAAAAL2w/kBhidIiPSZQG1MySG7ziIgw4jY_CSZKVACLcBGAsYHQ/s720/TpT.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Crosscutting concepts" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JTstccm5q3s/X4PUGVTTvFI/AAAAAAAAL2w/kBhidIiPSZQG1MySG7ziIgw4jY_CSZKVACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/TpT.png" title="Crosscutting concepts" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An Overview of The Unit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tRfrIPf2yK8" width="320" youtube-src-id="tRfrIPf2yK8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also can be purchased in a bundle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GeKKqIl7elM/X4S4xh-9hgI/AAAAAAAAL24/YiL3BiJuA-QwvJ_kzlYHnwHNi44LCsIIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/bundleccc.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="SEP and CCC" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GeKKqIl7elM/X4S4xh-9hgI/AAAAAAAAL24/YiL3BiJuA-QwvJ_kzlYHnwHNi44LCsIIgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/bundleccc.png" title="CCC and SEP" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Science-and-Engineering-Practices-and-Crosscutting-Concepts-Bundle-6124072"><span style="font-size: small;">Science and Engineering Practices and Crosscutting Concepts Bundle</span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261354361677704793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-73791757770151744172020-10-02T16:11:00.001-07:002020-10-04T13:51:06.722-07:00Life Cycle of a Pumpkin - 3rd Grade Science Unit<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Unit-and-Life-Cycle-Activities-NGSS-3-LS1-1-3400547" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="life cycle of a pumpkin" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IATWyoxgRW4/X3eOM2kU0zI/AAAAAAAAAc4/XJW4b6PPls4JK_gINdICDKXPrjP22lkHQCLcBGAsYHQ/w426-h640/Photo%2BOct%2B02%252C%2B3%2B27%2B56%2BPM.png" title="NGSS 3-LS1-1 life cycles" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NGSS 3-LS1-1. Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth,
growth, reproduction, and death.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Your 3rd-grade class will LOVE this October activity!</h2><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This unit explores the life cycle of a pumpkin with hands-on activities. It's great for Halloween, but you can use it at any time of the year.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are A LOT of activities included in this unit - check out just a few of them...</span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">Includes pumpkin life cycle cards:</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Unit-and-Life-Cycle-Activities-NGSS-3-LS1-1-3400547" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="pumpkin life cycle" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NKi8ZIfBvIQ/X3eWlrVRCFI/AAAAAAAAAdw/iDXS7hhK3X4qfMEGcNnq9PmfSw6eDgyNwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Life%2BCycle%2Bof%2Ba%2BPumpkin%2B3.gif" title="NGSS 3-LS1-1" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A cute pumpkin craft:</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Unit-and-Life-Cycle-Activities-NGSS-3-LS1-1-3400547" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="pumpkin life cycle NGSS 3-LS1-1" border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="612" height="290" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-scJcah-_E7o/X3eUSGQRwjI/AAAAAAAAAdc/yl-JuLyXNDoT3JxBIm5vXRJWtclFn3knwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h290/Life%2BCycle%2Bof%2Ba%2BPumpkin%2B2.png" title="Life cycle of a pumpkin" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Two smoosh books:</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Unit-and-Life-Cycle-Activities-NGSS-3-LS1-1-3400547" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="reading activity" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S-kEmIRY0V4/X3eXMbGViEI/AAAAAAAAAd4/UUfhMcr-3T8hQQg3MxMtJY41SPSCmgHGQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Life%2BCycle%2Bof%2Ba%2BPumpkin%2B4.gif" title="little book on life cycle of a pumpkin" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></h2><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A nonfiction article with response pages:</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Unit-and-Life-Cycle-Activities-NGSS-3-LS1-1-3400547" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Reading" border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="1250" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QC3SZPD9PsY/X3eXdcx6DNI/AAAAAAAAAeA/9D4983R0DQoi219cs0sk6kQmwuMODI-HACLcBGAsYHQ/w426-h640/Life%2BCycle%2Bof%2Ba%2BPumpkin%2B1.jpg" title="life cycle of a pumpkin" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></h2><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A seed experiment with a layered book:</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Unit-and-Life-Cycle-Activities-NGSS-3-LS1-1-3400547" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="flip book on seed experiment" border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O7HHcbOU5GA/X3eXoijTtgI/AAAAAAAAAeE/vHF4xwYhunIJ7Gqy2gg7YnSPtFwWONHAQCLcBGAsYHQ/w429-h640/Life%2BCycle%2Bof%2Ba%2BPumpkin%2B5.gif" title="life cycle of a pumpkin" width="429" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And SO MUCH MORE - hands-on lessons, interactive notebook flaps, task cards, and a true/false sort.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></h2><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This resource is aligned with NGSS Standard 3-LS1-1.</h2><div><i>"<span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death."</span></i></div><div><i><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></i></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your class will LOVE these pumpkin activities!</span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Other teachers love it too...check out two of the dozens of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Unit-and-Life-Cycle-Activities-NGSS-3-LS1-1-3400547#ratings-and-reviews" target="_blank">perfect ratings</a>:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="EvaluationDisplay__content" style="background-color: white; 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Very engaging. My students enjoyed the labs and the interactive notebook flaps."
</i><span style="font-size: inherit;">-Amy V.</span></div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="EvaluationLegacyDisplay__content" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 18px 0px; white-space: normal;"><div class="CollapsibleContent" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>"Worked well for the NGSS standards.. This unit is really comprehensive and is appropriate for the grade level. The nonfiction passages are excellent. Nice science and literacy integration."</i></div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">-Solo A.</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Unit-and-Life-Cycle-Activities-NGSS-3-LS1-1-3400547"><span style="font-size: large;">Pumpkin Life Cycle Unit for Third Grade</span></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TVpO_0r346w/X3o1RWZdp-I/AAAAAAAAL1U/fELqHkK2tH0klzjnSPGgIt_vEtPAZNCqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s350/original-3400547-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="All About Pumpkins Third Grade" border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="350" height="620" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TVpO_0r346w/X3o1RWZdp-I/AAAAAAAAL1U/fELqHkK2tH0klzjnSPGgIt_vEtPAZNCqwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h620/original-3400547-1.jpg" title="Third Grade Pumpkins" width="640" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Try this unit in your 3rd-grade class TODAY:</span></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Unit-and-Life-Cycle-Activities-NGSS-3-LS1-1-3400547" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="365" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IIO2kE6D4-4/X3eYyPF2SXI/AAAAAAAAAeU/YENn2L0HPh855v2H6GPh4_kl_YhPcceeACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/download%2Bbutton.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div>Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566330975108335860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-28338283766401477082020-10-01T15:46:00.002-07:002020-10-04T19:33:51.271-07:00Teaching the Biological Evolution Standards for Middle School <h1 style="text-align: left;"> Are you a teacher who needs to teach the Biological Evolution standards for Middle School Science and you are concerned about certain parents being upset? Biological evolution can be a surprisingly controversial topic. </h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Biological Evolution in Middle School addresses changes in species over time. Students will learn about natural selection and survival of the fittest according to Darwin's theory. Students will also learn about <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/07/analyzing-fossil-record-online-unit.html">patterns in the fossil record</a> that show changes in species over time. They will learn about<a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/07/evidence-for-evolution-ngss-ms-ls4-2.html"> similarities in anatomy and embryology</a> that support the idea of evolution. Students will also learn about artificial selection or selective breeding and the technologies that have enabled scientists to great GMOs, gene therapy, and breed for specific traits. </span></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Natural-Selection-and-Survival-of-the-Fittest-Middle-School-Unit-6076081" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest" border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="361" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCmbfF4b7-o/X3ZRH9UuVzI/AAAAAAAAL0A/jRpUPAm9sgovAAebOOx6olDDmERTMmrpgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h361/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-10-01%2Bat%2B3.58.17%2BPM.png" title="Darwin's Natural Selection Worksheet" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I like to provide direct information through informational text about natural selection and biological evolution. Then I like students to interact with the materials by asking questions, playing with <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/08/how-to-make-interactive-drag-and-drop-slides.html">drag and drop interactive slides</a>, thinking critically, and more.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Natural-Selection-and-Survival-of-the-Fittest-Middle-School-Unit-6076081" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Interactive Slides for Natural Selection" border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="2048" height="359" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ndy_BJbnPYI/X3ZReWg_mGI/AAAAAAAAL0I/8xcDMgwo7UgaDnpSWnzf3YrZHAmpqeoDQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h359/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-10-01%2Bat%2B3.58.25%2BPM.png" title="Drag and Drop Slides for Darwin's Natural Selection" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span><br /></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c865da8f-7fff-039c-e768-a8eea1f2be99"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #182435; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By the end of elementary school, students should know that individual organisms of the same kind differ in their characteristics and that sometimes these variations give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing. In addition, students should be able to look for ways in which organisms in one habitat differ from those in another and to consider how some of those differences are helpful to their survival.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #182435; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Natural-Selection-and-Survival-of-the-Fittest-Middle-School-Unit-6076081" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Natural Selection Simulation" border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uWAdZ91EDF0/X3ZRl9evfPI/AAAAAAAAL0M/Y-RSH47QuuMD0itiixJhpyOMXbYWlFIxQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-10-01%2Bat%2B3.58.33%2BPM.png" title="Darwin Natural Selection Simulation" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #182435; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #182435; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This prerequisite knowledge should help middle-school students take this concept a step further by understanding that individual organisms of different kinds are more likely than others to survive and have offspring because of their particular traits. In addition, by the end of middle school, students should understand that small differences between parent organisms and offspring accumulate arise through genetic mutation. If these variations provide an advantage to the offspring, the offspring may live long enough to breed and pass on these same traits through reproduction. Specific traits that are beneficial may accumulate in a population, which could result in speciation, the separation of a population be characteristics into a separate species from the original population. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #182435; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #182435; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We want to also address misconceptions about natural selection. The mice do not turn black because the rocks are dark. Animals do not spontaneously develop a characteristic in response to their environment. The random mutation produces a characteristic purely by chance. It is then the process of natural selection or survival of the fittest that determines if that trait is advantageous to the organism. Many traits arise that make no difference to a species, so they do not get passed on through evolution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #182435; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #182435; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These standards are addressed in this resource:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">NGSS MS-LS4-6. Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on using mathematical models, probability statements, and proportional reasoning to support explanations of trends in changes to populations over time.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include Hardy Weinberg calculations.] </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">NGSS MS-LS4-4. Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on using simple probability statements and proportional reasoning to construct explanations</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Utah SEEd Standard 7.5.1</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #182435; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Construct an explanation</span> that describes how the genetic variation of traits in a population can <ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">affect</ins> some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. Over time, specific traits may increase or decrease in populations. Emphasize the use of proportional reasoning to support explanations of trends in changes to populations over time. Examples could include camouflage, a variation of body shape, speed and agility, or drought tolerance. (LS4.B, LS4.C)</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Natural-Selection-and-Survival-of-the-Fittest-Middle-School-Unit-6076081" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Natural Selection Worksheet" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="477" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7aqOtRBh1gI/X3ZS_VEku9I/AAAAAAAAL0c/u693C6vUk3IKqZrwtcFR3AZvOnaDYif5gCLcBGAsYHQ/w477-h477/natural.png" title="Darwin's natural selection worksheet" width="477" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another similar standard is teaching about artificial selection in all forms. Students will learn about technologies that have allowed humans to favor certain traits. This includes selective breeding, creating hybrids, gene therapy, and genetically modified foods. 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Bats have adaptations that help them to survive! This is high-interest nonfiction, a six-page reading passage with comprehension questions. Students will learn all about bats, their adaptations, their contribution to the ecosystem, their behavior, their lifecycle, and more. After reading in a CLOSE Reading format, students will answer text-dependent comprehension questions and fill out interactive notebook folds that help them really think about the reading. A true/false sorting activity is included which can be used for fast finishers or as a literacy center. (It is also self-checking) Bats are really interesting animals.</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Bats-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-3942351" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="all about bats" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-niCLsX50Zec/X1u_Ue8U2QI/AAAAAAAAAbs/PM9XxUpK1Tok3u6dMHWaEM3CjFgHX7qtgCLcBGAsYHQ/w416-h625/Photo%2BSep%2B11%252C%2B1%2B16%2B48%2BPM.png" title="Bats for kids" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">This Bats Reading Comprehension passage is great for scientific reading, practicing reading informational text, conservation, and environmental reading and would also be great for Halloween. This is a scientific reading so some of the myths about bats will be dispelled. Students will enjoy this high-interest reading that is all about bats.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">Students will learn that there are different types of bats and they have a variety of adaptations, feed on different types of foods, and care for their young. Students will love learning about bats.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">Great for Halloween Reading or Scientific Reading.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Your upper elementary students will love learning about bats!</h2><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">This is a 6-page, high-interest nonfiction, reading passage with comprehension questions.</span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Bats-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-3942351" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="bats for kids" border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="1250" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-psW1smDgFZc/X1vAQirBspI/AAAAAAAAAb4/0DiRm4o6iTsWTV-u3rXKClDat-z5zaSSwCLcBGAsYHQ/w416-h625/Bats%2B1.jpg" title="bat facts" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Students will learn all about bats, their adaptations, their contribution to the ecosystem, their behavior, their lifecycle and more.</span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Bats-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-3942351" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="bat facts" border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="1250" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aRy0CCkz89U/X1vAXl573tI/AAAAAAAAAb8/Rk0z-SLR3PgrikYBCHcjDPPcpM18Y1LbQCLcBGAsYHQ/w416-h625/Bats%2B5.jpg" title="bats for kids" width="416" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">After reading in a CLOSE Reading format, students will answer text-dependent comprehension questions and fill out interactive notebook folds that help them really think about the reading.</span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">You might also like <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2014/07/fall-freebies-for-teachers-pumpkin.html">Pumpkin Reading Unit for Halloween</a> and my <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2017/08/autumn-leaf-experiment-why-do-leaves.html" target="_blank">Fall Leaf Experiment</a></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Bats-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-3942351" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="bat vocabulary foldabe" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D6PV8mRHK8M/X1vAca2TlQI/AAAAAAAAAcE/s3wPRjeUeScVk9GN0oAy8FO7QhnVCyIagCLcBGAsYHQ/w416-h625/Bats%2B6.gif" title="all about bats" width="416" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">A true/false sorting activity is included which can be used for fast finishers or as a literacy center. </span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">This Bats Reading Comprehension passage is great for scientific reading, practicing reading informational text, conservation, and environmental reading and would also be great for Halloween. This is a scientific reading so some of the myths about bats will be dispelled. Students will enjoy this high-interest reading that is all about bats.</span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Bats-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-3942351" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="bat venn diagram" border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="1250" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hp7oXw3hGlw/X1vAnDv7lKI/AAAAAAAAAcI/d5nXgTLwBkYATwnPoTEJlzanyxg8SdiFACLcBGAsYHQ/w416-h625/Bats%2B2.jpg" title="bats for kids" width="416" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Students will learn that there are different types of bats and they have a variety of adaptations, feed on different types of foods and care for their young. Students will love learning about bats!</span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Bats-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-3942351" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="bat facts for kids" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k6pXUzokFWM/X1vAwzdQ5LI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/aaCFcTUrbtodvKiRuKvrw3SehVdLH1hnwCLcBGAsYHQ/w416-h625/Bats%2B7.gif" title="interesting bat facts for kids" width="416" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">This Bats Reading unit will take about a week to complete if you follow the close reading guide and if you choose to use all of the response pages. </span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Answer keys are included. Great for grades 3-6!</span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Bats-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-3942351" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="life cycle of a bat" border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="1250" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rwBuiolfuVE/X1vBQjrK8nI/AAAAAAAAAcc/Es3KAqO_YJkfnV_sdtUyiReU2gyC-Z42QCLcBGAsYHQ/w416-h625/Bats%2B3.jpg" title="bat life cycle" width="416" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">This low prep unit works great for sub plans or for when a teacher needs a high interest no-prep lesson for the week.</span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Bats-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-3942351" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="bat adaptations" border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="1250" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ShG5iGnZw04/X1vBVJB8R5I/AAAAAAAAAcg/H2Js7BMoNOE24YTPDUDUO9Kd-qEg6eD9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w416-h625/Bats%2B4.jpg" title="adaptations of bats" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">This Bats Reading unit will take about a week to complete if you follow the close reading guide and if you choose to use all of the response pages. Answer keys are included. Great for grades 3-6.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">While this unit does not completely cover the NGSS standards, It touches on and addresses concepts in the following standards:</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">NGSS 3-LS2-1. Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">NGSS 3-LS1-1. Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">NGSS 3-LS4-2. Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">NGSS 4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">NGSS 4-LS1-2. Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">This resource is also aligned with the science standards for Utah's third grade.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">Utah SEEd 3.2.1 <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Develop models </span>to describe patterns of change that organisms go through during their life cycles. Emphasize that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles, but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.</p></div><br /><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">While this unit does not completely cover the NGSS standards, It touches on and addresses concepts in the following standards: </span><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">NGSS 3-LS2-1, </span><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">NGSS 3-LS1-1, </span><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">NGSS 3-LS4-2, </span><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">NGSS 4-LS1-1, </span><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">NGSS 4-LS1-2.<br /><br /></span><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">This resource is also aligned with the science standards for Utah third grade SEEd 3.2.1.</span></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Other teachers LOVE this unit. Check out two of the 100+ <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Bats-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-3942351#ratings-and-reviews" target="_blank">perfect reviews</a>:</span></span></h2><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="EvaluationLegacyDisplay__content" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 18px 0px;"><div class="CollapsibleContent" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>"This really is a no-prep unit! Teachers, this saved me so much time when I had none. It is really informative too."<br />-Pretty C.<br /><br /></i><div class="EvaluationLegacyDisplay__content" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 18px 0px;"><div class="CollapsibleContent" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>"Favorite close reading of the year! Really focuses on animal adaptations!"<br />-Shelob L.</i></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Try this engaging unit in your classroom TODAY:</span></span></h2><div><img alt="All About Bats Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions" height="638" src="https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-on-Bats-Close-Reading-Unit-3942351-1586979303/original-3942351-1.jpg" title="Bats reading Unit for kids" width="640" /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Bats-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-3942351" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">All About Bats Reading Unit</span></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Bats-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-and-Questions-3942351" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="365" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1wBg45TOMzc/X1vBdhRduRI/AAAAAAAAAck/hLLySzW38hEa3Nlhp0l6sl7lwfLBn1EgwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/download%2Bbutton.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566330975108335860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-87068237779505793942020-09-11T11:50:00.000-07:002020-09-11T11:50:02.981-07:00Digital Escape Room on Bald Eagles<h1 style="text-align: center;"> Digital Escape Room on Bald Eagles</h1><h2 style="text-align: left;">Have you tried digital escape rooms created with Google Slides and Google Forms yet? Students love these engaging escape rooms. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zKRNUSA9C9M/X1vFhoWECJI/AAAAAAAALw0/e-BbDoQ2Jg4md4VQ2t6FWiXzuicVLuu5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/coverescapeeagal.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Digital Escape Room on Bald Eagles" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zKRNUSA9C9M/X1vFhoWECJI/AAAAAAAALw0/e-BbDoQ2Jg4md4VQ2t6FWiXzuicVLuu5gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/coverescapeeagal.png" title="Bald Eagles Escape Room" width="400" /></a></div><br /></h2><div><span style="font-size: medium;">These escape rooms are great for distance learning. Students read informational text and complete drag and drop activities to solve the clues that will help them BREAKOUT. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">First students are taken to a Google Form which is the Escape Room. Next, students click on the first breakout code. Google will say to them, Do you want to make a copy? They should say Yes! This is so each student has their own copy to work on and they cannot change each other's copy. This will take them to a Google Slide show with informational text passages, comprehension questions a puzzle to solve, and drag and drop activities. They will end up with a code which they take back to the Google form, enter it and click on the next breakout code. Students will repeat the process 5 times until they have been through five slide shows, each with informational text passage and each with drag and drop activities. Watch a video tutorial of one of my <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/digital-escape-room-for-3rd-4th-or-5th.html" target="_blank">digital escape rooms on Honey Bees!</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mBgBQRYKnLs/X1vDKft6wtI/AAAAAAAALwk/7fV2PJ7rQc8YXiBbW36qJvhXbMaYEKxhgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-10%2Bat%2B8.20.58%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="digital escape room on bald eagles" border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mBgBQRYKnLs/X1vDKft6wtI/AAAAAAAALwk/7fV2PJ7rQc8YXiBbW36qJvhXbMaYEKxhgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h362/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-10%2Bat%2B8.20.58%2BPM.png" title="bald eagle digital escape room" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>I<span style="font-size: medium;">f they answer all the codes correctly they will be told in the end, Congratulations, you have escaped!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If one of the codes is wrong, they will be prompted to Try Again!</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HbqgChugkDU/X1vDCiC4MEI/AAAAAAAALwc/L6DZcHpyzXAVox9Fte_1otACuxAPUvDJACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-10%2Bat%2B8.23.52%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="digital escape room on bald eagles" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HbqgChugkDU/X1vDCiC4MEI/AAAAAAAALwc/L6DZcHpyzXAVox9Fte_1otACuxAPUvDJACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-10%2Bat%2B8.23.52%2BPM.png" title="bald eagle digital escape room" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Digital Escape Rooms are no prep for the teacher! Just share the google form link with your students and the student directions (which are included) Perfect for Distance Learning! Here is a video tutorial of one of my escape rooms. <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/digital-escape-room-for-3rd-4th-5th-or.html" target="_blank">Video Tutorial of Escape Room</a></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K8zOCmg_VdQ/X1vC55VBtkI/AAAAAAAALwY/NTMI_UZaK3kiu6LegzVJNBA2Py1-Yo_OQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-10%2Bat%2B8.25.33%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="bald eagle digital escape room" border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K8zOCmg_VdQ/X1vC55VBtkI/AAAAAAAALwY/NTMI_UZaK3kiu6LegzVJNBA2Py1-Yo_OQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h362/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-10%2Bat%2B8.25.33%2BPM.png" title="bald eagle digital escape room" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Digital-Escape-Room-on-Bald-Eagles-for-Distance-Learning-6013342" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Digital Escape Room on Bald Eagles for Distance Learning</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_ShZt4QjmY/X1vFTSfW_gI/AAAAAAAALww/UbSI0TdxVQsKfWnsy55hz3j56yF8vRRDACLcBGAsYHQ/s720/coverescapeeagal.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bald Eagle Escape Room" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_ShZt4QjmY/X1vFTSfW_gI/AAAAAAAALww/UbSI0TdxVQsKfWnsy55hz3j56yF8vRRDACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/coverescapeeagal.png" title="Digital Escape Room Bald Eagle" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See more about my <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/03/making-escape-rooms-in-google-slides.html" target="_blank">digital escape rooms</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261354361677704793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-13696976984552355572020-09-02T14:25:00.004-07:002020-09-08T06:57:16.796-07:00STEM Engineering Projects for Distance Learning<h1 style="text-align: center;">STEM Engineering Practices for Distance Learning</h1><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Are your students Distance Learning but you still want your students to have hands-on STEM activities?</h2><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> You, students, can still do STEM engineering activities at home with a little guidance online. Focus on simple, easy to find household materials and allow them to substitute materials for something they have on hand. STEM engineering might be just what the students need right now. They will think critically, problem-solve, and do something with their hands!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> Students will love this STEM Curriculum that is designed for Distance Learning. Students can use the design process and their <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2019/12/paper-circuits-with-copper-tape.html">STEM Engineering</a> skills to create something for each of the 13 STEM challenges. Students can use suggested household materials for their designs, but they can also substitute and work with materials at hand. Great for homeschooling, distance learning, and Google Classroom. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IJIKvl1lZe8/X1PgpTjIzuI/AAAAAAAALvU/Z0aLVyoHtbMHanB-p4XoC7hHzKpZGi_JQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/stem-challenge-boat.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="make a boat stem challenge" border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="2048" height="288" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IJIKvl1lZe8/X1PgpTjIzuI/AAAAAAAALvU/Z0aLVyoHtbMHanB-p4XoC7hHzKpZGi_JQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h288/stem-challenge-boat.png" title="how many pennies in a boat stem engineering challenge" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-txKLvHbVWNM/X1Pg-M2tM8I/AAAAAAAALvc/oXozI6bl4Hod8NwkjUpVBtUb61laNLxWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1544/stem-challenge-launcher.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="stem-engineering-challenge" border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="1544" height="271" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-txKLvHbVWNM/X1Pg-M2tM8I/AAAAAAAALvc/oXozI6bl4Hod8NwkjUpVBtUb61laNLxWgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h271/stem-challenge-launcher.png" title="stem engineering activity" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="Stem engineering activities for elementary" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="counter-weight-stem-engineering" border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="1753" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HWV8dYGLGI8/X0_2WKvQq5I/AAAAAAAALt8/F6w1QF4oWU8WNEwz3t3m4JVLRDD0hOEeQCLcBGAsYHQ/w310-h320/stem-engineering.jpg" title="stem engineering challenge" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> Students will be encouraged to ask questions, plan, look at the background information on the science behind the STEM, create, and share. These activities are great for STEM or MakerEd. Students will love these STEM activities for elementary students. Students will use <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/08/science-and-engineering-practices.html">S</a><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/08/science-and-engineering-practices.html">cience and Engineering Practices </a>to solve these STEM challenges.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Watch to learn more about how this unit works. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uMx12EZAgSg" width="320" youtube-src-id="uMx12EZAgSg"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ALB0MUXCr0Y/X0_ye-O0fXI/AAAAAAAALts/LXdxSouXvOgnlr9bptUgEVcpDIlZLKaGACLcBGAsYHQ/s1980/STEM%2BEngineering.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="STEM Curriculum" border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1980" height="358" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ALB0MUXCr0Y/X0_ye-O0fXI/AAAAAAAALts/LXdxSouXvOgnlr9bptUgEVcpDIlZLKaGACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h358/STEM%2BEngineering.jpg" title="STEM Activities for Elementary" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tYOgk3Oe8-0/X0_zOed7_5I/AAAAAAAALt0/zRWlxmIOXpwcBL6gkjhklYtESUoBP34-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1976/STEM%2Bchalllenges.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1976" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tYOgk3Oe8-0/X0_zOed7_5I/AAAAAAAALt0/zRWlxmIOXpwcBL6gkjhklYtESUoBP34-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/STEM%2Bchalllenges.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-92b02ff9-7fff-5c12-b6a7-fcea843223ab"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As more districts have started closing, we’ve had a lot of parents and educators looking for “home STEM” distance learning ideas. Here are 13 STEM challenges for </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3406559760446276107/1369697698455235557#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">teaching STEM</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at home with the materials at hand.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students at home should be encouraged to use a variety of materials that they have on hand and substitute when needed. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iEOFjS7xHLI/X1Au5Tez2bI/AAAAAAAALvA/KFKIr75kKnAhzbl_goCdOGXU_JFUn0HjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1010/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-02%2Bat%2B4.16.22%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="household materials for stem activities" border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1010" height="465" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iEOFjS7xHLI/X1Au5Tez2bI/AAAAAAAALvA/KFKIr75kKnAhzbl_goCdOGXU_JFUn0HjQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h465/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-02%2Bat%2B4.16.22%2BPM.png" title="STem engineering with household materials" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18.75px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bsw6cdXqrOA/X0_3BlbFB_I/AAAAAAAALuE/Lz9HGFr5UWQKK3yoChvaiF6KcsFbqXglwCLcBGAsYHQ/s832/stem-engineering.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="stem engineering activities" border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="832" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bsw6cdXqrOA/X0_3BlbFB_I/AAAAAAAALuE/Lz9HGFr5UWQKK3yoChvaiF6KcsFbqXglwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h300/stem-engineering.jpg" title="4th grade stem activities" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-230c3d2a-7fff-3142-c9ff-1ffa500cc3fe"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> These at Home Learning STEM Activities include 13 STEM challenges. Distance learning STEM Challenges: This resource gives students the chance to do STEM challenges using materials they have at home. Students will love these 13 STEM engineering activities! Students will get background information in videos and text and will be given the challenge to design and build something with materials they have at home. Students will record ideas right on the google slides and take photos or videos of their STEM project and add it to the Google Slide to turn in. This unit is designed in Google Slides. Students will need to have access to Google in order to use it.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Each of the 13 STEM challenges can be completed at home with the support of the information in the Google Slides. Great for STEM teaching or STEEM programs that are in a distance learning situation. Could also be used for homeschool or in-person learning. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PuRbjlopUgw/X0_5EMu6yfI/AAAAAAAALuQ/R-djhMPZTNwk6C11j7RJmgG8jcrGVM55wCLcBGAsYHQ/s852/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-28%2Bat%2B3.21.00%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="stem education for elementary" border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="852" height="403" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PuRbjlopUgw/X0_5EMu6yfI/AAAAAAAALuQ/R-djhMPZTNwk6C11j7RJmgG8jcrGVM55wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h403/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-28%2Bat%2B3.21.00%2BPM.png" title="stem activities for 5th grade" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b7bda1a6-7fff-6e47-2db3-f0b2e5980e0f"><span style="background-color: white; color: #010101; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> STEM stands for Science Technology Engineering and Math and activities involving these fields have a huge impact on kids. Even the simplest STEM activities like making of a bridge provide numerous opportunities for kids to learn and explore STEM.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> It might look like your kids are just playing, but they are doing oh so much more. Look closely, you will see the design process in motion. You will see experimenting and critical thinking in action, and you will notice problem-solving at its finest. When kids play, they learn about the world around them!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Well, easy STEM activities can look exactly like grabbing items from the pantry, recycling bin, junk drawer, and trash, students still need some guidance so that they get the most out of these activities. </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They still need to be asked questions and have the math and science elements pointed out to them...otherwise, it is just a craft.</span></b></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t1FGcEE0YVg/X0_5mDaVADI/AAAAAAAALuc/S6jAqmLsBpctLmr0FFsutSIIKKkyb8dqACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0398.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="STEM Engineering Activities" border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="425" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t1FGcEE0YVg/X0_5mDaVADI/AAAAAAAALuc/S6jAqmLsBpctLmr0FFsutSIIKKkyb8dqACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h425/IMG_0398.jpeg" title="STEM engineering activities" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dy-gLYiHzk0/X1AED36PTEI/AAAAAAAALuk/Vag7hrtmqf07JRVlq6MgXbZpKcrchPwRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1158/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-01%2Bat%2B5.06.03%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="stem activities" border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="1158" height="395" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dy-gLYiHzk0/X1AED36PTEI/AAAAAAAALuk/Vag7hrtmqf07JRVlq6MgXbZpKcrchPwRgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h395/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-01%2Bat%2B5.06.03%2BPM.png" title="stem challenges" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cteSOhG5d6k/X1AEhtnJS_I/AAAAAAAALus/R5tmSnX8yUIoFOaMkmzwalJJaTnvjeyaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-01%2Bat%2B8.32.16%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="design process for engineering" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cteSOhG5d6k/X1AEhtnJS_I/AAAAAAAALus/R5tmSnX8yUIoFOaMkmzwalJJaTnvjeyaQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-01%2Bat%2B8.32.16%2BPM.png" title="stem challenges" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Why is STEM important?</span></span></span></h4><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">STEM empowers individuals with the skills to succeed and adapt to this increasingly complex, changing technological world. STEM is intended to lead to innovation necessary to sustain our economy. This innovation and science literacy depends on a solid knowledge base in the STEM areas.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">STEM is important because it pervades every part of our lives. Science is everywhere in the world around us and is used to impact people and every living thing on earth.</span></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The 21st-century skills of communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity are necessary to meet the demands of today's world.</span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">STEM skills help to bridge the ethnic and gender gaps sometimes found in math and science fields;</span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The global economy is changing; </span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">STEM Skills and qualifications are considered essential to workforce productivity and beyond;</span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Current jobs are disappearing due to automation; </span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New jobs are emerging as an outcome of technological advances;</span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The continual advances in technology are changing the way students learn, connect and interact every day; </span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">STEM Skills are critical to school success and life;</span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Employer demand for STEM qualifications and skills is high;</span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">75 percent of jobs in the fastest growing industries require workers with STEM skills; </span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">STEM occupations are growing. They are nearly double that of other occupations;</span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The wage for STEM jobs is about 70% more than the national average</span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In 20 years 80% of jobs will require technical skills. (US Bureau of Statistics)</span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Who will solve the current and future dilemmas without divergent thinkers that use STEM skills to solve problems?</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Let's make sure our students are still getting to use and practice STEM skills with this STEM curriculum even during Distance Learning.</span></div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/STEM-Engineering-Challenges-for-Distance-Learning-5982467">STEM Engineering Challenges for Distance Learning</a><br /></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uugh7huf81Y/X1AILJtyjII/AAAAAAAALu4/WXihDPsIOxIaU6735-pULWcyOe-7tYLKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/st.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="STEM engineering for elementary" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uugh7huf81Y/X1AILJtyjII/AAAAAAAALu4/WXihDPsIOxIaU6735-pULWcyOe-7tYLKQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/st.png" title="STEM engineering for distance learning" width="640" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><h5 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"></h5><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></h4></div>Thank you for visiting and be sure to see other items in my store for STEM and science education.<br /><div><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lynda-R-Williams">Lynda's Store</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261354361677704793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-39729343103522332322020-08-27T12:37:00.006-07:002020-11-01T17:35:47.029-08:00How to Make Google Interactive Slides with Drag and Drop Activities<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> How to Make Google Interactive Slides with Drag and Drop Activities</span></h1><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Activities for Asynchronous Learning</span></h2><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: sourcesansproregular, sourcesansprolocal, sans-serif; font-size: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;">Asynchronous Learning is an important feature of successful online learning programs. The word "asynchronous" means not keeping time together, which refers to students working and learning outside of F2F or live stream class time. Students in asynchronous learning should be able to demonstrate what they've learned, and communicate with classmates and instructors on their own time--they don't have to be in the same classroom or even in the same time zone to participate. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: sourcesansproregular, sourcesansprolocal, sans-serif; font-size: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;">Here is an example. Students will watch the video and record their observations in the blue box. I have inserted a text box for students to write their answers in next to the video.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pXc_r-WuKYo/X0gIPZa7ZRI/AAAAAAAALtA/tjuiKpE5-ZcCQOCiXYXXz5BnOat8as47wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/interactive-google-slide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="interactive google slide" border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pXc_r-WuKYo/X0gIPZa7ZRI/AAAAAAAALtA/tjuiKpE5-ZcCQOCiXYXXz5BnOat8as47wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/interactive-google-slide.jpg" title="drag and drop google slide" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: sourcesansproregular, sourcesansprolocal, sans-serif; font-size: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;">Asynchronous learning allows for flexibility for non-traditional learners and easily accommodates different learning styles, as students can often "choose their own adventure" when it comes to the order they wish to cover material and how deep to dive into a given topic. Asynchronous Learning is often called Location Independent Learning because students can access the course from anywhere in the world thanks to the internet.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: sourcesansproregular, sourcesansprolocal, sans-serif; font-size: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;">As a teacher, you will want to provide meaning full asynchronous learning activities. It should not be busy work! It should be an opportunity for students to practice what they have been taught previously in other teaching formats. It should be challenging enough to be interesting, but not so difficult that students cannot complete on their own.</p><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here the students drag the picture to show the life cycle of a honey bee. This is part of an <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/digital-escape-room-for-3rd-4th-or-5th.html">escape room on honey bees</a>. It is not hard to make drag and drop activities but there are several steps.</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nff9z8RTlbg/X0gItQRB8fI/AAAAAAAALtI/KBKp_61QjJ8EkQuDjVfPp60AwnipSz6CQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/drag-and-drop-slide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Drag and Drop slide for google" border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="2048" height="361" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nff9z8RTlbg/X0gItQRB8fI/AAAAAAAALtI/KBKp_61QjJ8EkQuDjVfPp60AwnipSz6CQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h361/drag-and-drop-slide.jpg" title="interactive drag and drop slide" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: sourcesansproregular, sourcesansprolocal, sans-serif; font-size: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: sourcesansproregular, sourcesansprolocal, sans-serif; font-size: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;">I like to use Google Interactive Slides for asynchronous learning activities. They are free and easy to make and the kids love them.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: sourcesansproregular, sourcesansprolocal, sans-serif; font-size: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;">Watch this video to see how to make some interactive google slide activities and how to make a forced copy so that each student has their own slides to work on. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6jV-KymXFbI" width="320" youtube-src-id="6jV-KymXFbI"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can make your own interactive Google Slides with Drag and Drop activities by following the directions in the video. Or you can purchase premade templates in which you just fill in your own text, colors, and pictures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Digital-Drag-and-Drop-Templates-Editable-Google-Slides-Distance-Learning-5398738">Interactive Drag And Drop Templates</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1pfoTzyVK6w/X59iWYNlRoI/AAAAAAAAL54/9bYtnkyo3C8pdRAYF4a2EVEJedt-jZPVgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1pfoTzyVK6w/X59iWYNlRoI/AAAAAAAAL54/9bYtnkyo3C8pdRAYF4a2EVEJedt-jZPVgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: sourcesansproregular, sourcesansprolocal, sans-serif; font-size: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: sourcesansproregular, sourcesansprolocal, sans-serif; font-size: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div>Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261354361677704793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-82582088972845348252020-08-25T09:26:00.004-07:002020-08-25T09:26:56.787-07:00Fossils Evidence of Earth's History<h1 style="text-align: center;"> Fossils Evidence of Earth's History</h1><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">Students will be able to analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.<br /></span><ul style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial !important; list-style-position: outside !important; margin: 5px 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><li style="list-style: outside disc !important; margin: 3px 0px 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some kinds of plants and animals that once lived on Earth are no longer found anywhere. This is called extinction.</span></li><li style="list-style: outside disc !important; margin: 3px 0px 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms that lived long ago and also about the nature of their environment</span></li></ul><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">Fossil Evidence</span></h2><h2></h2><ul style="color: #3f3f3f; list-style-image: initial !important; list-style-position: outside !important; margin: 5px 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style: outside disc !important; margin: 3px 0px 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">E</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">xamples of data could include<strong> types of fossils, size, and distributions of fossil organisms</strong>. Examples of fossils and environments could include marine fossils found on dry land, tropical plant fossils found in Arctic areas, and fossils of extinct organisms.</span></span></li><li style="list-style: outside disc !important; margin: 3px 0px 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">Fossils</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> are the remains or traces of plants and animals that live a long time ago. Fossils help scientists understand what life was like millions of years ago. Some fossils provide evidence of living things that have gone </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">extinct</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, which means they no longer found alive anywhere on earth today.</span></span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossils-Close-Reading-and-Hands-on-Unit-NGSS-3-LS4-1-and-4-ESS1-1-3450675" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WMRBTFTwPjk/X0SQybETKjI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/OOCexPQoYXU6f7MZoxF9E9u0BrczxbswQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Photo%2BAug%2B24%252C%2B11%2B00%2B14%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This complete unit will help you teach your third or fourth-grade science class about fossils!</h3><div><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: poppins; font-size: 40px; line-height: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">A fossil is the remains or traces of prehistoric life.</h3><img alt="large fossil of a mammoth" class="lazy" src="https://www.generationgenius.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fossils-and-extinction-11-600x338.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 5px solid rgb(241, 126, 0); box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; float: right; font-family: helv-neue, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-left: 25px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 475px; width: auto;" title="fossil of a mammoth" /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Fossils are the preserved remains of an animal, such as the animal’s bones, or impressions of the animal’s activities, such as footprints. Even poop can be considered a fossil.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">It’s important to remember that plants can be fossils too!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Fossils can be found all over the world, however, there are areas that have a lot more fossils than other areas.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Scientists can learn a lot about the history of life from fossils, such as what types of animals live in a particular location.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">We know that the area that is now Mt. Everest was once at the bottom of the sea because scientists found fossils of ocean animals there.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">By looking at the teeth of extinct animals, scientists are able to determine their diet. When fossils with long pointed teeth are found, scientists know that the animal was a carnivore (animals that eat meat). If a fossil with flat, smooth teeth is found, the animal is likely a herbivore (animals that eat plants).</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Also, the size and shape of the skull are used to determine the size of an animal. Scientists can even use dinosaur footprints to determine how fast the dinosaur ran, how many legs it had, and if it traveled alone or in groups.</p></div><div>Your class will be completely engaged with the rich science information in <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/08/close-reading-strategies-for-reading-informational-text.html">informational text passages</a>, and fossil activities including fossil worksheets, fourth-grade science projects on fossils. and interactive notebook flaps. This unit starts with <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/05/using-phenomena-to-help-engage-students.html">phenomena</a> to engage the students.</div><div><br /></div><div>Learning how fossils are formed and types of fossils can be difficult for some elementary students. This unit will help you teach the concept! This unit includes Close reading activities like this <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/3rd-grade-close-reading-unit-rainforest.html">reading informational text unit for third grade</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossils-Close-Reading-and-Hands-on-Unit-NGSS-3-LS4-1-and-4-ESS1-1-3450675" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="foldable for fossils" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UFZdrbF18aA/X0SSfekNOpI/AAAAAAAAAac/nqJvJcnT0HM6u18edoncfLju-Y9SWG9rwCLcBGAsYHQ/w427-h640/animated%2Bfossils%2B3.gif" title="fossil vocabulary foldable" width="427" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This unit allows students to participate in critical thinking, read informational text passages, and engage in hands-on activities about fossils and 4th-grade science project ideas. <span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px;">Fossils can provide evidence of <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2017/11/weathering-and-erosion-hands-on-lab-and.html">Earth's history</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossils-Close-Reading-and-Hands-on-Unit-NGSS-3-LS4-1-and-4-ESS1-1-3450675" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mh1Gva6zZwg/X0SS7faod6I/AAAAAAAAAak/6qKmZwzNb0ABU-_e5fJpeVcyzQFvhRI6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/fossils%2B1.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Included are directions for making a fossil replica using inexpensive materials such as a plastic bowl, modeling clay, a sea shell, and plaster of Paris. Your class will really enjoy these fourth-grade science projects!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossils-Close-Reading-and-Hands-on-Unit-NGSS-3-LS4-1-and-4-ESS1-1-3450675" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="how do fossils form" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ccmzY09h9ek/X0STAIRQiQI/AAAAAAAAAao/2FKOrTO3lZQDTQK8CsP1hqVRqeRiZe5GQCLcBGAsYHQ/d/animated%2Bfossils%2B1.gif" title="types of fossils" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This resource addresses the disciplinary core ideas of Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity and Earth's Place in the Universe.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossils-Close-Reading-and-Hands-on-Unit-NGSS-3-LS4-1-and-4-ESS1-1-3450675" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="how do fossils form worksheet" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DjyCTLPMATI/X0STD7lJL4I/AAAAAAAAAas/PPgb-TqedmAYy-Ubnn5M9W2wbdT1KeusgCLcBGAsYHQ/w427-h640/fossils%2B2.jpg" title="how do fossils form worksheet" width="427" /></a></div><div><br /><br />This standards-based unit is aligned with third and <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2018/07/4th-grade-ngss-lessons-and-units.html">fourth-grade science</a> NGSS 3-LS4-1 and 4-ESS1-1 as well as <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2017/07/science-with-engineering-education.html">Utah SEEd</a> 4.1.3 and 4.1.4. </div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">NGSS 3-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. </span></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">NGSS 4-ESS1-1. Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Also aligned with</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Utah SEEdStandard <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4.1.3 Analyze and interpret data</span> from fossils to provide evidence of the <ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">stability and change</ins> in organisms and environments from long ago. Emphasize using the structures of fossils to make inferences about ancient organisms. Examples of fossils and environments could include comparing a trilobite with a horseshoe crab in an ocean environment or using a fossil footprint to determine the size of a dinosaur. (LS4.A)</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Standard 4.1.4<span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Engage in argument from evidence</span> based on <ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">patterns</ins> in rock layers and fossils found in those layers to support an explanation that environments have changed over time. Emphasize the relationship between fossils and past environments. Examples could include tropical plant fossils found in Arctic areas and rock layers with marine shell fossils found above rock layers with land plant fossils. (ESS1.C)</p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossils-Close-Reading-and-Hands-on-Unit-NGSS-3-LS4-1-and-4-ESS1-1-3450675" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="foldable for fossils" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7z6Ci4bwEQ/X0STRVK7M3I/AAAAAAAAAa4/yRg37N-OMvYsyu8IO4xnpNSeXwDy4ZYEwCLcBGAsYHQ/d/animated%2Bfossils%2B2.gif" title="fossils foldable" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a printable unit but if you're looking for an online unit on the same topic, check out my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossil-Reading-Distance-Learning-NGSS-3-LS4-1-4-ESS1-1-and-Utah-SEEd-413-5495888" target="_blank">Fossil Distance Learning Unit</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossils-Close-Reading-and-Hands-on-Unit-NGSS-3-LS4-1-and-4-ESS1-1-3450675" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="worksheet on fossils" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aycitH2eKqA/X0STl8v4WZI/AAAAAAAAAbE/qDX3Cpc0O7cSiMtfLe3GGtDcTnZk2moSACLcBGAsYHQ/w427-h640/fossils%2B3.jpg" title="worksheet on fossil evidence" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Other teachers LOVE this unit. It's got nearly 200 <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossils-Close-Reading-and-Hands-on-Unit-NGSS-3-LS4-1-and-4-ESS1-1-3450675#ratings-and-reviews" target="_blank">perfect reviews</a> on TPT!</h2><div>Check out just two of the 5-star reviews:<br /><br /><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit;">"Excellent unit with engaging activities that align with standards. My students loved the readings and labs!"<br /></i><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">-Dale H.<br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /><i>"Great for my third and fourth graders. Aligns with standards. Great engaging activities."<br /></i></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">-Tina S.<br /><br /></span>Don't spend your valuable time creating your own unit on fossils - I've done all the hard work for you!<br /><br /></div><p></p><h2>Try this unit with your class TODAY:<br /></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossils-Close-Reading-and-Hands-on-Unit-NGSS-3-LS4-1-and-4-ESS1-1-3450675">Fossils Close Reading and Hands-on Unit NGSS 3-LS4-1 and 4-ESS1-1</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSZdRu-c7Js/X0U24jEacMI/AAAAAAAALso/ZWJ5BV1_r-ER7E2yA8ojE_yaz8dO-I7hACLcBGAsYHQ/s350/fossil-evidence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="4th grade science lessons on fossils" border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="346" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSZdRu-c7Js/X0U24jEacMI/AAAAAAAALso/ZWJ5BV1_r-ER7E2yA8ojE_yaz8dO-I7hACLcBGAsYHQ/w395-h400/fossil-evidence.jpg" title="3rd grade science lessons on fossils" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also available in a distance learning version created in Google Slides</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossil-Reading-Distance-Learning-NGSS-3-LS4-1-4-ESS1-1-and-Utah-SEEd-413-5495888">Fossil Reading Distance Learning Unit</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-am9J-KgT2LY/X0U3D0HbVFI/AAAAAAAALss/ZJwJw7allPEdn3XzJEbJa9vy7rfvdfOgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s350/fossil-evidence-online-unit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="online fossil unit for third and fourth grade" border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-am9J-KgT2LY/X0U3D0HbVFI/AAAAAAAALss/ZJwJw7allPEdn3XzJEbJa9vy7rfvdfOgQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/fossil-evidence-online-unit.jpg" title="distance learning fossil unit" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fossils-Close-Reading-and-Hands-on-Unit-NGSS-3-LS4-1-and-4-ESS1-1-3450675" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="365" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-brA8hBACSsw/X0SUgf8eVeI/AAAAAAAAAbM/4yZFkKJpHe4TRJRXLKKDg0Wp7AWJnfQdACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/download%2Bbutton.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fFnd out more on fossils and fossil evidence at <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/">https://www.usgs.gov/</a></div>Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566330975108335860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-14193031586596693332020-08-23T09:32:00.005-07:002020-10-23T14:16:26.140-07:00Close Reading Strategies For Reading Informational Text<h1 style="text-align: center;"> Close Reading Strategies For Reading Informational Text</h1><h2 style="text-align: center;">Teach your students to be a good close reader by using these six close reading strategies for reading informational text.</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GBep6c4kj5w/X0KZQ8sLXEI/AAAAAAAALsI/V6WKCrZRd7sknpXO4NJmsvSrNNeVlQ8XQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/close-reading-strategies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="teaching close reading strategies" border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="1920" height="425" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GBep6c4kj5w/X0KZQ8sLXEI/AAAAAAAALsI/V6WKCrZRd7sknpXO4NJmsvSrNNeVlQ8XQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h425/close-reading-strategies.jpg" title="reading informational text" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We want students to engage with the text instead of just racing to the end so they can answer the questions. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2f303a; font-family: arial;">Getting students to slow down and engage with the text in different ways, and reflect as they read are challenges for every teacher, and are the goals of close reading. They’re also at the heart of the Common Core English Language Arts standards. There are specific close reading skills you can teach that will help your students be better readers of informational text now and down the line. Use these six close reading strategies to help your students be better readers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2f303a; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2f303a; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bald-Eagle-Informational-Text-Unit-for-Distance-Learning-6003002">Bald Eagle Informational Text Unit for Distance Learning</a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KOPlL63xHgk/X1geFCzw4uI/AAAAAAAALwA/tLynDavMYuIOVkHskWENilIQogbeTl5GQCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/cov.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bald Eagle Informational Text Unit" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KOPlL63xHgk/X1geFCzw4uI/AAAAAAAALwA/tLynDavMYuIOVkHskWENilIQogbeTl5GQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/cov.png" title="Bald Eagle Reading Unit" width="640" /></a></div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">Bald Eagle Informational Text Unit for Google Classroom: This reading informational text unit on bald eagles will engage your students in practicing their reading informational text skills such as text features, making inferences, vocabulary, and more. Text-dependent questions and drag and drop activities are included in this unit and will encourage your students to read back into the text to find the answers. Great for Distance Learning.</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2f303a; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2f303a;">1. </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f303a; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Be a Close Reader Yourself</strong></span></h3><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #2f303a; font-size: 19px;">As you teach close reading, it’s important that you know the text backward and forwards. Every time you raise an issue or ask a question for discussion (e.g. “What does the author mean by the term ecosystem flooding? What part of the text supports explains this concept?”), you’ll know how to help your students find the textual evidence and where it’s located in the text. Modeling close reading through your class discussion is an important way to show close reading strategies in action.</span><div><span face="" style="color: #2f303a;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: #2f303a;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAGWhdG84yI/X0KZWb7VevI/AAAAAAAALsM/ZIPAIe6qsycNqTALRCpAZiNLzii1lFVhACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/teacher-reading-informational-text.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="teacher models reading strategies" border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="1920" height="417" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAGWhdG84yI/X0KZWb7VevI/AAAAAAAALsM/ZIPAIe6qsycNqTALRCpAZiNLzii1lFVhACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h417/teacher-reading-informational-text.jpg" title="Teacher teachers close reading" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #2f303a;">2. </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f303a; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Teach “Stretch Texts”</strong></span></h3><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #2f303a; font-size: 19px;">The purpose of having students learn close reading skills is to enable them to read increasingly complex texts over time. As you choose texts to use with your students, think about your purpose behind each text. Look for articles that raise authentic questions and could be interpreted differently depending on each student’s background knowledge or prior reading. Be sure to occasionally assign “stretch texts” in class. These are texts that you wouldn’t expect students to read independently, such as an article on chemical reactions or an article on the importance of <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/digital-escape-room-for-3rd-4th-or-5th.html">honey bees</a> to our food supply. This close reading unit on <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/close-reading-science-unit-on-coral-reef.html">Coral Reefs</a> might be a bit difficult for a 5th grader on their own, but with the support of a teacher, they can read it.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="" style="color: #2f303a; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f303a; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">3. Teach Students to Look for the Evidence</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f303a; font-size: 19px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #2f303a; font-size: 19px;">Teachers should want students to leave their class knowing how to look for evidence. It’s the most central skill of the Common Core standards. Push students to go beyond recounting facts. As you’re planning, think about what higher-order questions you can ask in class discussions and written assignments.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JYnToksbbbM/X0KZbP83c5I/AAAAAAAALsQ/uWcJtXsIqtsDnK9ePHo-zSMX0zRmH_rDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/boy-reading-informational-text.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="reading informational text" border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1920" height="425" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JYnToksbbbM/X0KZbP83c5I/AAAAAAAALsQ/uWcJtXsIqtsDnK9ePHo-zSMX0zRmH_rDwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h425/boy-reading-informational-text.jpg" title="Close reading" width="640" /></a></div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #2f303a; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: #2f303a;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f303a; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4</span></strong><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f303a; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">. Always Set a Purpose for Reading</span></strong></span></h3><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #2f303a; font-size: 19px;">After your students have read a text through once, help them dig deeper by setting a specific purpose for reading it again. Giving students something specific to focus on requires that they return to the text and really focus. We want to teach them to read back into the text to find answers. (e.g. "Why does the author claim that all Santa's reindeer must be female?" or "What is one of the structural adaptations that reindeer have that help them survive on the tundra?") I have <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/digital-escape-room-for-3rd-4th-5th-or.html">digital escape rooms</a> with informational text and my students know that they must read carefully in order to escape!</span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #2f303a;">5. </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f303a; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Focus on Making Connections</strong></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rather than asking students a bunch of comprehension questions, focus their reading experiences around connecting with and remembering the text. Plan and ask questions that help you understand if students understand the text, and where they need to dig deeper into the big ideas. </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">6. Provide High-Interest Informational Text Passages</span></h3><div>Students will learn to use close reading strategies best if they have interesting text passages to read. Particularly with <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/3rd-grade-close-reading-unit-rainforest.html">nonfiction and informational text passages</a>, it is key that you find topics that students find engaging. My students love to read about animals. They find animals really interesting. So I incorporate lots of informational text passages on animals.</div><div><br /></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;">In Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade students are required to read to text passages on the same topic. </h3><div>Students are required to compare and contrast the key details and important points in the two text passages and they are required to integrate information from the two text passages to speak or write knowledgeably about the topic. </div><div><br /></div><div>These activities are aligned with the CCSS for Reading Informational Text.</div><div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />CCSS ADDRESSED</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/3/9/" rel="nofollow" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.9</a></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/4/9/" rel="nofollow" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.9</a></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/5/9/" rel="nofollow" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.9</a></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">I have created several resources for comparing and integrating two text passages on a topic. These are perfect for 3rd-5th grade students. I have printable versions and also online versions for distance learning. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Read-Two-Text-Passages-On-Reindeer-Distance-Learning-Unit-5944930">Read Two Text Passages On Reindeer Distance Learning Unit</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9NuC8yjb8Zs/X0KWdhvA6zI/AAAAAAAALr4/ruU-BkqWJeE3JI8q64TNmGOzyFlcs_UKACLcBGAsYHQ/s350/distance-learning-informational-text.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="reading informational text" border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9NuC8yjb8Zs/X0KWdhvA6zI/AAAAAAAALr4/ruU-BkqWJeE3JI8q64TNmGOzyFlcs_UKACLcBGAsYHQ/d/distance-learning-informational-text.jpg" title="informational text strategies" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Compare-and-Contrast-Two-Texts-on-Reindeer-5004794">Compare and Contrast Two Texts on Reindeer</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vzSp4EtlVWY/X0KVgidSCaI/AAAAAAAALrc/-BtoFnMC1qMkF8M2TRZtMSSGFcWQYKBRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s350/informational-text.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="reading informational text strategies" border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vzSp4EtlVWY/X0KVgidSCaI/AAAAAAAALrc/-BtoFnMC1qMkF8M2TRZtMSSGFcWQYKBRwCLcBGAsYHQ/d/informational-text.jpg" title="close reading strategies" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Compare-and-Contrast-Two-Informational-Text-Passages-on-Rabbits-5277829">Compare and Contrast Two Informational Text Passages on Rabbits</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UkXV2TCFj4Y/X0KV2QMWHII/AAAAAAAALro/wlNQm3QAiLkOwc4C3O-aJDnhHdg8hknEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s350/distance-learning.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="reading informational text" border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UkXV2TCFj4Y/X0KV2QMWHII/AAAAAAAALro/wlNQm3QAiLkOwc4C3O-aJDnhHdg8hknEgCLcBGAsYHQ/d/distance-learning.jpg" title="text structures" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">C<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Compare-and-Contrast-Two-Text-Passages-on-Rabbits-for-Distance-Learning-5512371">ompare and Contrast Two Text Passages on Rabbits for Distance Learning</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6NFtU2tGH4c/X0KWC8YvmEI/AAAAAAAALrs/zprqYFn10WcEQncThD9HBRIS7XymIDSSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s350/distance-learning-reading-informational-text.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="informational text structures" border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="348" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6NFtU2tGH4c/X0KWC8YvmEI/AAAAAAAALrs/zprqYFn10WcEQncThD9HBRIS7XymIDSSgCLcBGAsYHQ/d/distance-learning-reading-informational-text.jpg" title="informative writing topics" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">See more on using <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2018/06/high-interest-nonfiction-passages-for.html">high-interest reading passages</a> to engage students.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Um50FJHa934/X5NHvfqNGvI/AAAAAAAAL48/GIlE9kjoS3IAthS62ojNs7OnKMTFVJAMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/elephants%2Bcover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Elephants Informational Text Passages" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Um50FJHa934/X5NHvfqNGvI/AAAAAAAAL48/GIlE9kjoS3IAthS62ojNs7OnKMTFVJAMwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/elephants%2Bcover.png" title="Reading passages on elephants" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elephants-Informational-Text-Unit-for-Distance-Learning-6163833"><span style="font-size: medium;">Distance Learning Reading Passages on Elephants</span></a><br /></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ecosystem-Food-Web-Unit-For-NGSS-LS2-4483843" target="_blank"><img alt="How does energy flow through an ecosystem?" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hBCdSs79uoI/XzNNI-mAo4I/AAAAAAAAAYY/WRvmbZegFHs2JmroWGjJpgn2hiePRmCYgCLcBGAsYHQ/w427-h640/Photo%2BAug%2B11%252C%2B8%2B57%2B41%2BPM.png" title="Energy flow in ecosystem worksheets" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Are you covering energy flow in food webs and food chains in your 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th-grade science class? </h2><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0.8px;">Trophic levels provide a structure for understanding food chains and how energy flows through an <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/03/making-escape-rooms-in-google-slides.html">ecosystem</a>. At the base of the pyramid are the producers, who use photosynthesis or chemosynthesis to make their own food. Herbivores or primary consumers, make up the second level. Secondary and tertiary consumers, omnivores and carnivores, follow in the subsequent sections of the pyramid. At each step up the food chain, only 10 percent of the energy is passed on to the next level, while approximately 90 percent of the energy is lost as heat. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Energy flows through an ecosystem in only one direction. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">The energy flow in ecosystems moves from one organism to another as they consume one another. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Energy is passed from organisms at one </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit;"><span class="vocab_term" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(170, 170, 170); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 0.85; padding: 3px 0px;"><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2019/02/ecosystems-interactions-energy-and.html">trophic level</a></span></strong><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> or energy level</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> to organisms in the next trophic level.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #56544d; font-family: proximanova, "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Most of the energy at a trophic level</span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #56544d; font-family: proximanova, "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> is used by organisms for growth, movement,</span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #56544d; font-family: proximanova, "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> heating themselves, and reproduction.</span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #56544d; font-family: proximanova, "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> So animals </span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #56544d; font-family: proximanova, "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">at the second trophic level have only about 10% as much energy available to them as do organisms at the first trophic level. Animals at the third level have only 10% as much available to them as those at the second level.</span></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ecosystem-Food-Web-Unit-For-NGSS-LS2-4483843" target="_blank"><img alt="ecosystems worksheets" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ExA0hzYmHIc/XzNXzv2wZ_I/AAAAAAAAAZw/Jjp0XBTBStMcKB92mMUpu8xTEclpdDl3gCLcBGAsYHQ/w426-h640/Photo%2BAug%2B11%252C%2B6%2B47%2B44%2BPM.jpg" title="ecosystems task cards" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">This ecosystem and food chain unit supports the following standards:</h3><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: inherit;">NGSS 5-LS2-1 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.</span></div></span><br style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">NGSS 5-PS3-1 Use models to describe that</span> <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain body warmth)</span> <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">was once energy from the sun.</span></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">NGSS MS LS2-3 Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>NGSS 5.3.2</b> <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information </span>that animals obtain <ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">energy and matte</ins>r from the food they eat for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain body warmth.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>NGSS 5.3.3</b> <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Develop and use a model </span>to describe the movement of <ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">matter</ins> among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. Emphasize that matter cycles between the air and soil and among plants, animals, and microbes as these organisms live and die</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">and</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Utah SEEd 6.4.3 <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Develop a model </span>to describe the <ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">cycling of matter </ins>and <ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">flow of energy </ins>among living and nonliving parts of an eco</p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">If you use the suggested schedule I include, this ecosystem and food web unit will provide seven days of material!</h2><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On day one, you can start with an informative PowerPoint slide show with scaffolded notes included:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ecosystem-Food-Web-Unit-For-NGSS-LS2-4483843" target="_blank"><img alt="ecosystems worksheet" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dkfb70owYlU/XzNSI6od6GI/AAAAAAAAAYk/PflnRi4Vy7gGHtsCR15vV-B2FBokLGq_wCLcBGAsYHQ/w426-h640/Photo%2BAug%2B11%252C%2B5%2B45%2B53%2BPM.jpg" title="energy flow diagram worksheets" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On day two you can get your class out of their seats and have them form a food ecosystem with their bodies using my fun <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2017/11/ecosystem-and-food-chain-lesson-ideas.html">Ecosystem Activity with Yarn</a>, and have them complete food web activities about the desert and the grasslands:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ecosystem-Food-Web-Unit-For-NGSS-LS2-4483843" target="_blank"><img alt="energy flow in ecosystems" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1364" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B9oKskYRprE/XzNTZYYQivI/AAAAAAAAAYs/c75GkjC_knEANnBwniWC4r4MdrHgR8LRQCLcBGAsYHQ/w426-h640/Photo%2BAug%2B11%252C%2B5%2B46%2B35%2BPM.jpg" title="food web activities" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />On day three you can complete my vocabulary activity:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ecosystem-Food-Web-Unit-For-NGSS-LS2-4483843" target="_blank"><img alt="food web activities" border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0C9Ui8SS04I/XzNU9msnMSI/AAAAAAAAAY4/PjZgvz3zkqsEwScARzF4qxRDVm2tK6L5QCLcBGAsYHQ/w428-h640/Food%2BWeb%2BAnimated%2B2.gif" title="ecosystem activities" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And follow up with food webs in the tropical rainforest:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ecosystem-Food-Web-Unit-For-NGSS-LS2-4483843" target="_blank"><img alt="energy flow diagram" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1364" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VLRnt1F9aEg/XzNVT5G_qGI/AAAAAAAAAZA/fAkZM6VTw18LoGI_hIHddDFCqlH8WLuMQCLcBGAsYHQ/w426-h640/Photo%2BAug%2B11%252C%2B6%2B45%2B51%2BPM.jpg" title="ecosystem diagram" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On days four and five your class will really enjoy my task card activities:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ecosystem-Food-Web-Unit-For-NGSS-LS2-4483843" target="_blank"><img alt="ecosystem and food web activities" border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RrRw2CLWYfk/XzNVjZCVLgI/AAAAAAAAAZE/4GnNF4t4eTkJpIQYpm7gz2mN1LpexSUIgCLcBGAsYHQ/w428-h640/Food%2BWeb%2BAnimated%2B1.gif" title="energy flow in ecosystems worksheet" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tveV6udTs9I/XzQMYg4EEBI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/dZ1iQC3kwmkpqGd3DU7dr7NBMk2KKqIYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Food%2BWeb%2BAnimated%2B3.gif" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #56544d; text-align: start;">The set of organisms that pass energy from one trophic level to the next is described as the </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #56544d; line-height: inherit; text-align: start;"><span aria-describedby="ui-tooltip-2" class="vocab_term" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(170, 170, 170); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 0.85; padding: 3px 0px;"><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2017/11/ecosystem-and-food-chain-lesson-ideas.html">food chain</a>.</span></strong></span></h3></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> A </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; text-align: start;"><span class="vocab_term" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(170, 170, 170); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 0.85; padding: 3px 0px;">food web is more accurate than a food chain in recognizing that multiple </span></strong><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">organisms eat at multiple trophic levels. </span>A food chain <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">describes the passage of energy between trophic levels. </span>A food web is a set of interconnected and overlapping food chains.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On day six, your students can complete activities on food webs in the woodlands and wetlands:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, on day seven you can wrap up the unit with a two-page assessment on energy flow in ecosystems and trophic levels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Your students will LOVE these engaging activities! </h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And you don't need to spend your valuable free time making your own unit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've done the hard work for you!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Other teachers LOVE this unit!</h2><div><br /></div><div>Check out just two of the dozens of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ecosystem-Food-Web-Unit-For-NGSS-LS2-4483843#ratings-and-reviews" target="_blank">perfect reviews</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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In other words, the Science and Engineering Practices (SEP) are the behaviors of scientists and students. </b></span>For a few of the SEP, there is a slight difference between science and engineering. Note that the number one Asking Questions for Science and Defining Solutions for Engineering are different. Also, number six, Constructing explanations for Science, and designing solutions for Engineering are slightly different.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cxrCT9uVD7c/XzLAK8p1g6I/AAAAAAAALlU/pTFauWBH6ssx8VlWIKGP1M0jQ5zNUv8LQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/science-and-engineeering.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="NGSS Science and Engineering Practices" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1789" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cxrCT9uVD7c/XzLAK8p1g6I/AAAAAAAALlU/pTFauWBH6ssx8VlWIKGP1M0jQ5zNUv8LQCLcBGAsYHQ/w558-h640/science-and-engineeering.jpg" title="Science and Engineering Practices for Utah SEEd" width="558" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">1. </span>Asking questions or defining problems:<b>
</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Students engage in asking testable questions and defining problems to pursue understandings of
<a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/05/using-phenomena-to-help-engage-students.html">phenomena</a>. For a few of the SEP, there is a slight difference between the science and engineering practices.</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I6_2DnTs7gM/XzLCa4Iyf5I/AAAAAAAALl4/aGuzng3zrpcgRMHyZVY-yhw06MrPVZm7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/phenomena-ngss.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Using phenomena" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I6_2DnTs7gM/XzLCa4Iyf5I/AAAAAAAALl4/aGuzng3zrpcgRMHyZVY-yhw06MrPVZm7QCLcBGAsYHQ/w240-h320/phenomena-ngss.jpeg" title="Asking questions in science" width="240" /></a></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why does a rubber band snapping on a cup make a sound?</h4><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p><b>For Science:</b> <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2019/10/biomimicry-for-first-and-second-grade.html">Science begins with a question</a> about a phenomenon
such as “Why is the sky blue?” or “What causes cancer?”
A basic practice of the scientist is the ability to formulate
empirically answerable questions about phenomena to
establish what is already known, and to determine what
questions have yet to be satisfactorily answered.</p><p><b>For Engineering:</b> Engineering begins with a <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2019/10/2-ess2-1.html">problem that needs to be solved,</a> such as “How can we reduce the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels? or “What can be done to reduce a
particular disease? or “How can we improve the fuel efficiency of automobiles? A basic practice of engineers is
to ask questions to clarify the problem, determine criteria
for a successful solution, and identify constraints.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>2. <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/02/animal-and-plant-cells-for-interactive.html">Developing and using models</a>:</b>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Students develop physical, conceptual,
and other models to represent relationships, explain mechanisms and predict
outcomes.</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s_M4EkFITzc/XzLFP-3G3BI/AAAAAAAALmQ/mXWUOrfboPgLPniYWghw4AlPgl4d6UgrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/plant-cell-model.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="developing and using models in science" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1508" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s_M4EkFITzc/XzLFP-3G3BI/AAAAAAAALmQ/mXWUOrfboPgLPniYWghw4AlPgl4d6UgrQCLcBGAsYHQ/w294-h400/plant-cell-model.jpeg" title="model of a plant cell" width="294" /></a></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Making a model of a plant cell.</h4></div><p>Science often involves the construction and use of
models and simulations to help develop explanations
about natural phenomena. Models make it possible to
go beyond observables and simulate a world not yet
seen. Models enable predictions of the form “if…then…
therefore” to be made in order to test hypothetical explanations. Students also need to evaluate models. What is the limitation of this model? How is it different than the real world?</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>3. Planning and carrying out
investigations:</b>
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2019/09/mystery-powder-make-observations-and.html">Students plan and conduct scientific investigations</a> in order to test, revise, or develop explanations. </span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8naI_RGXmdE/XzLGQ_jkIVI/AAAAAAAALmY/NeL0F1deNtYICKFM0PSkXE2LCLgqN6-KQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/planning-and-carrying-out-an-investigation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="planning and carrying out an investigation" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1549" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8naI_RGXmdE/XzLGQ_jkIVI/AAAAAAAALmY/NeL0F1deNtYICKFM0PSkXE2LCLgqN6-KQCLcBGAsYHQ/w303-h400/planning-and-carrying-out-an-investigation.jpg" title="planning and carrying out an investigation NGSS" width="303" /></a></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Students use easy to find household materials to plan and carry out an investigation.</h4></div><p>Scientific investigations may be conducted in the
field or in the laboratory. A major practice of scientists
is planning and carrying out systematic investigations
that require clarifying what counts as data and in experiments identifying variables.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>4. Analyzing and interpreting data:</b>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Students analyze various types of data in
order to create valid interpretations or to
assess claims/conclusions. </span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nvnA_Ld6cGE/XzLIU8heRVI/AAAAAAAALmg/gCf31a3qwN0XQRYtcJFfS3a5-6ylpuHGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/analyzing-and-interpreting-data.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Analyzing and Interpreting data" border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2048" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nvnA_Ld6cGE/XzLIU8heRVI/AAAAAAAALmg/gCf31a3qwN0XQRYtcJFfS3a5-6ylpuHGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h226/analyzing-and-interpreting-data.png" title="Analyzing and Interpreting data" width="400" /></a></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Students look at data and analyze it.</h4></div><p>Scientific investigations produce data that must be
analyzed in order to derive meaning. Because data usually do not speak for themselves, scientists use a range
of tools—including tabulation, graphical interpretation,
visualization, and statistical analysis—to identify the significant features and patterns in the data. Sources of error are identified and the degree of certainty calculated.
Modern technology makes the collection of large data sets
much easier providing secondary sources for analysis. <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/07/analyzing-fossil-record-online-unit.html">Scientists must analyze the data</a> to get meaning from it.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>5. Using mathematics and computational
thinking:</b>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Students use fundamental tools in science to compute relationships and interpret results. </span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ycxx-uCRO_o/XzLDrqfcXdI/AAAAAAAALmI/5Uu7dJXFaJwLKuVgV4tsgnN748I9JpFXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/mathematical-and-computational-thinking.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="mathematical and computational thinking NGSS" border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="2048" height="223" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ycxx-uCRO_o/XzLDrqfcXdI/AAAAAAAALmI/5Uu7dJXFaJwLKuVgV4tsgnN748I9JpFXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h223/mathematical-and-computational-thinking.png" title="Make a bar graph online" width="400" /></a></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Students will use this drag and drop feature to create a bar graph.</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vSUpbi2zt28" width="320" youtube-src-id="vSUpbi2zt28"></iframe></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See how the bar graph online tool works for mathematical and computational thinking.</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">In science, mathematics and computation are fundamental tools for representing physical variables and
their relationships. They are used for a range of tasks
such as constructing simulations; statistically analyzing
data; and recognizing, expressing, and applying quantitative relationships. Mathematical and computational
approaches enable prediction of the behavior of physical systems along with the testing of such predictions.
Moreover, statistical techniques are also invaluable for
identifying significant patterns and establishing correlational relationships.</span><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/05/5th-grade-water-distribution-complete.html" style="text-align: left;"> Students use mathematics and computational thinking</a><span style="text-align: left;"> in all kinds of science lab activities as well as engineering. </span></div></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>6. Constructing explanations and designing solutions:</b>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Students construct explanations about
the world and design solutions to problems using observations that are consistent with current evidence and scientific
principles. </span></h3><p><b>For Science:</b> The goal of science is the <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/05/age-of-earth-geologic-time-scale.html">construction of theories that provide explanatory accounts of the material world</a>.
A theory becomes accepted when it has multiple independent lines of empirical evidence, greater explanatory
power, breadth of <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/05/using-phenomena-to-help-engage-students.html">phenomena</a> it accounts for, and has
explanatory coherence and parsimony.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qcZ9AXUD0DA/XzLDHdPUf-I/AAAAAAAALmA/heiXbn39Lv4LAd7WJo6qXJcKH0g-KydugCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/design-a-solution-engineering.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Designing a balloon-powered car" border="0" data-original-height="1658" data-original-width="2048" height="323" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qcZ9AXUD0DA/XzLDHdPUf-I/AAAAAAAALmA/heiXbn39Lv4LAd7WJo6qXJcKH0g-KydugCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h323/design-a-solution-engineering.jpeg" title="Designing a solution to an engineering problem" width="400" /></a></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What design would work best for a balloon-powered car?</h4><p><b>For Engineering:</b> The goal of engineering design is a systematic <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2019/12/paper-circuits-with-copper-tape.html">solution to problems </a>that are based on scientific knowledge
and models of the material world. Each proposed solution results from a process of balancing competing
criteria of desired functions, technical feasibility, cost,
safety, aesthetics, and compliance with legal requirements. Usually, there is no one best solution, but rather
a range of solutions. The optimal choice depends on
how well the proposed solution meets criteria and constraints.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">7. Engaging in argument from evidence:
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Students support their best explanations
with lines of reasoning using evidence to
defend their claims. </span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Htnv4a40m6w/XzLIsT7YElI/AAAAAAAALmo/LOmv307di_gMbl8bfAzN-fYVmucXIi8kQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/making-an-argument-from-evidence.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="making an argument based on evidence" border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="2048" height="357" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Htnv4a40m6w/XzLIsT7YElI/AAAAAAAALmo/LOmv307di_gMbl8bfAzN-fYVmucXIi8kQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h357/making-an-argument-from-evidence.png" title="making an argument based on evidence" width="640" /></a></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Students watch the video and then make an argument based on evidence.</h4></div><p>In science, reasoning and argument are essential for
clarifying strengths and weaknesses of a line of evidence
and for identifying the best explanation for a natural
phenomenon. Scientists must defend their explanations,
formulate evidence based on a solid foundation of data,
examine their understanding in light of the evidence
and comments by others, and collaborate with peers in
searching for the best explanation for the phenomena
being investigated. <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/respiratory-system-online-unit-for.html">Students support their arguments with evidence.</a></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information:</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/07/weather-unit-third-grade.html">Students obtain, evaluate and communicate information</a> as well as derive meaning from scientific information or
presented evidence using appropriate
scientific language. They communicate
their findings clearly and persuasively in
a variety of ways including written text,
graphs, diagrams, charts, tables, or orally.</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mG5VQUBy6zM/XzLI9VJYY2I/AAAAAAAALmw/az5LkbKxkQQuofdqzWLxFG15mv3ANwvjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/obtaining-evaluationg-and-communicating-information.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information" border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="2048" height="223" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mG5VQUBy6zM/XzLI9VJYY2I/AAAAAAAALmw/az5LkbKxkQQuofdqzWLxFG15mv3ANwvjwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h223/obtaining-evaluationg-and-communicating-information.png" title="Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information" width="400" /></a></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Students will obtain information, evaluate it, and communicate their ideas.</h4></div><p>Science cannot advance if scientists are unable to
communicate their findings clearly and persuasively or
learn about the findings of others. A major practice of science is thus to communicate ideas and the results of inquiry—orally; in writing; with the use of tables, diagrams,
graphs, and equations; and by engaging in extended discussions with peers. Science requires the ability to derive
meaning from scientific texts such as papers, the internet, symposia, or lectures to evaluate the scientific validity of the information thus acquired and to integrate that
information into proposed explanations. For more on Utah SEEd see this article. <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2017/07/science-with-engineering-education.html">Utah SEEd</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xJgO4ZW3UhQ/XzNQiVPa4tI/AAAAAAAALm4/n0ncrH0v0UgeUy1_rppNJxjhBnoF30HegCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/science-and-energy-practices.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Science and Engineering Practices" border="0" data-original-height="1653" data-original-width="2048" height="517" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xJgO4ZW3UhQ/XzNQiVPa4tI/AAAAAAAALm4/n0ncrH0v0UgeUy1_rppNJxjhBnoF30HegCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h517/science-and-energy-practices.jpeg" title="Science and Engineering Practices" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>For more on Science and Engineering Practices: <a href="https://ngss.nsta.org/PracticesFull.aspx">Click Here</a></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Both NGSS and Utah SEEd use the same 8 Science and Engineering Practices.</h4><p>The eight practices of science and engineering that the Framework identifies as essential for all students
to learn and describes in detail are listed below: </p><p>1. Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering) </p><p>2. Developing and using models </p><p>3. Planning and carrying out investigations </p><p>4. Analyzing and interpreting data </p><p>5. Using mathematics and computational thinking </p><p>6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)</p><p> 7. Engaging in argument from evidence </p><p>8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information</p><p><a href="https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/Appendix%20F%20%20Science%20and%20Engineering%20Practices%20in%20the%20NGSS%20-%20FINAL%20060513.pdf">Science and Engineering Practice</a><br /></p><p>Are you looking for an engaging activity to introduce and review the science and engineering practices with upper elementary students? Look no further. This online unit is self-directed and designed for distance learning. Students will be introduced to each Science and Engineering Practice and then they will have a chance to practice each one with interactive Google Slides, videos, drag and drop activities, and even hands-on activities using simple household materials. No prep for teacher...just share in Google Classroom. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cFPT5FnjQWc" width="320" youtube-src-id="cFPT5FnjQWc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g2zGZAhh_qE/XzK_jEwSIII/AAAAAAAALlI/J6fw_7oxWm4dxuYfG8oSwzX6PclzaGYmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/science-and-engineering-practices.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Science and Engineering Practices for Elementary Students" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g2zGZAhh_qE/XzK_jEwSIII/AAAAAAAALlI/J6fw_7oxWm4dxuYfG8oSwzX6PclzaGYmwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/science-and-engineering-practices.png" title="Distance Learning Science Unit for 3rd-6th Grade" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tcXNzoEGva4/Xyrqjf3jAtI/AAAAAAAALiQ/SE2LaJEdNCM4IQvQG-B9s3JJxSBNb3rkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s603/Image%2B8-3-20%2Bat%2B6.35%2BPM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Distance Learning Digital Escape Room" border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="603" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tcXNzoEGva4/Xyrqjf3jAtI/AAAAAAAALiQ/SE2LaJEdNCM4IQvQG-B9s3JJxSBNb3rkwCLcBGAsYHQ/d/Image%2B8-3-20%2Bat%2B6.35%2BPM.jpg" title="FREE Digital Escape Room on Owls" /></a></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> This is a distance learning escape room on Owls. It is four 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th-grade students. It has interactive google slides and students will read informational text to try to crack the code so that they can break out. There are four codes to crack in this escape room. </h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Students will be given clues for each breakout code.</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GVNFtod-qCQ/XyrrZRjoCSI/AAAAAAAALiY/iTTZBVrv2V8KVGiZK1kwxe6mmog13q9lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-03%2Bat%2B1.51.28%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="FREE Digital Escape Room on Owls" border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GVNFtod-qCQ/XyrrZRjoCSI/AAAAAAAALiY/iTTZBVrv2V8KVGiZK1kwxe6mmog13q9lwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h358/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-03%2Bat%2B1.51.28%2BPM.png" title="Distance Learning Escape Room" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They will read informational text to gather facts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GjkM0Ski30c/XyrrhYZTEBI/AAAAAAAALic/wBpr16scQ00G-mEs-hnhe6mWmO_YuljvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-03%2Bat%2B1.52.50%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Digital Escape Room on Owls" border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GjkM0Ski30c/XyrrhYZTEBI/AAAAAAAALic/wBpr16scQ00G-mEs-hnhe6mWmO_YuljvgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h358/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-03%2Bat%2B1.52.50%2BPM.png" title="FREEBIE Remote Learning on Owls" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The questions are provided first, which encourages students to read back into the text.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Students will participate in drag and drop activities to help them solve the puzzles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MZ0d7Js1Hao/XyrrufiT4TI/AAAAAAAALis/yjglpYiqiTUjgQQPLSG-ryoPamZoUvhlACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-03%2Bat%2B1.42.06%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Escape Room on Owls for Remote Learning" border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="2048" height="355" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MZ0d7Js1Hao/XyrrufiT4TI/AAAAAAAALis/yjglpYiqiTUjgQQPLSG-ryoPamZoUvhlACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h355/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-03%2Bat%2B1.42.06%2BPM.png" title="FREE Distance Learning Escape Room on Owls" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w1HWA8-eA1U/XyrsOOBqCWI/AAAAAAAALi8/YZ41FOC17JQioUrzjZkbZvhqgdJHGK8PQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-03%2Bat%2B1.53.20%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Digital Escape Room on Owls FREE!" border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="2048" height="355" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w1HWA8-eA1U/XyrsOOBqCWI/AAAAAAAALi8/YZ41FOC17JQioUrzjZkbZvhqgdJHGK8PQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h355/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-03%2Bat%2B1.53.20%2BPM.png" title="Distance Education Escape Room" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then students will put their answers in the last slide. The shaded boxes will make up the code. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7wTGjw60ot4/XyrsdDtgmRI/AAAAAAAALjA/UmeLWJgVm5gFkagXL5s6p4ewYazWOJ2rwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-03%2Bat%2B1.57.23%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Escape Room in Google Forms" border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7wTGjw60ot4/XyrsdDtgmRI/AAAAAAAALjA/UmeLWJgVm5gFkagXL5s6p4ewYazWOJ2rwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h358/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-03%2Bat%2B1.57.23%2BPM.png" title="Escape Room in Google Forms" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The codes will be put in the Google Form. Once all the correct codes are put in the Google form students will get a message that they can escape. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are built-in Google Apps and Google Forms. You can use them in Google Classroom OR you can simply send a link to the student's email. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have created this FREE Escape room so that you can see how they work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You might also want to watch these videos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/digital-escape-room-for-3rd-4th-5th-or.html">Video on Sea Turtle Escape Room</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/digital-escape-room-for-3rd-4th-or-5th.html">Video on Honey Bee Escape Room</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out my Growing Bundle of Remote Learning Escape Rooms and get a Discount of 20% <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Escape-Room-Bundle-for-Science-Literacy-Distance-Learning-Save-20-5605025">Distance Learning Escape Room Bundle</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grab this free escape room on Owls today. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://motivated-composer-4169.ck.page/da521fc817">FREE Escape Room on Owls</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261354361677704793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-46259723915089111252020-07-25T16:38:00.006-07:002020-08-18T14:22:47.881-07:00Waves Online Unit For Google Classroom<h1 style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Fourth Grade Teachers, Are you looking for a completely online unit on Waves to address the NGSS standards? </font></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">I have a great online unit in Google Slides and Google forms on Waves. Students will learn about mechanical and electromagnetic waves. They will learn about transverse and longitudinal waves and they will make a model identifying crest, trough, wavelength, and amplitude of a wave.</font></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VWL2XzMJLvw/XzxGfPw8JmI/AAAAAAAALqY/9ZQPdqE6xzE1KSko-sUP2z40sAadSu8qgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Slide7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Waves 4th Grade Science Unit" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VWL2XzMJLvw/XzxGfPw8JmI/AAAAAAAALqY/9ZQPdqE6xzE1KSko-sUP2z40sAadSu8qgCLcBGAsYHQ/w427-h640/Slide7.png" title="Waves for 4th grade science" width="427" /></a></div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Waves-Distance-Learning-Unit--5813515">Waves Distance Learning Unit</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fc-wtXAxbK4/XxxGBMN-dSI/AAAAAAAALgQ/BE6n7XOp1HcR3rMaFzz6ewAuZ0NAXYmOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Slide125.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="NGSS 4-PS4-1" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fc-wtXAxbK4/XxxGBMN-dSI/AAAAAAAALgQ/BE6n7XOp1HcR3rMaFzz6ewAuZ0NAXYmOgCLcBGAsYHQ/w426-h640/Slide125.png" title="NGSS 4-PS4-1" width="426" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="5">Watch this overview of the resource. </font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1sIQqTjc84k" width="320" youtube-src-id="1sIQqTjc84k"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><font size="6">The unit includes informational text and interactive slides that the students respond right on the slide. </font></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kV-C4c4rSI4/XxxFS21nUwI/AAAAAAAALgI/9Z3-br5LykAMXfyyUBtmezPHyFU8PZAhACLcBGAsYHQ/s1978/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-07-24%2Bat%2B5.33.45%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Online Unit on Waves for Fourth grade" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1978" height="354" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kV-C4c4rSI4/XxxFS21nUwI/AAAAAAAALgI/9Z3-br5LykAMXfyyUBtmezPHyFU8PZAhACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h354/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-07-24%2Bat%2B5.33.45%2BPM.png" title="Online Unit on Waves for Fourth grade" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="5">The resource includes drag and drop activities to help seal the learning. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OPJFG6ydOFI/XxxGYZGHiKI/AAAAAAAALgY/TZtPCxiVqccDuyzFpSjWOFygRax16CNnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1964/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-07-24%2Bat%2B5.33.53%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="NGSS 4-PS4-1 Waves" border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1964" height="356" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OPJFG6ydOFI/XxxGYZGHiKI/AAAAAAAALgY/TZtPCxiVqccDuyzFpSjWOFygRax16CNnQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h356/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-07-24%2Bat%2B5.33.53%2BPM.png" title="NGSS 4-PS4-1 Waves" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This resource is designed to address the standards:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">NGSS 4-PS4-1. Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">NGSS 4-PS3-2. Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">This resource also covers Utah SEEd standards.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">Utah SEEd Standard 4.3.1 Develop and use a model to describe the regular patterns of waves. Emphasize patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength. Examples of models could include diagrams, analogies, and physical models such as water or rope. (PS4.A)</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="5">This unit is set up perfectly for distance learning and even includes videos of lab activities since students may not have materials at home. In the video, students are asked to identify transverse and longitudinal waves and see if they can observe the crest, trough, and wavelength.</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XVXaGj1oJHw" width="320" youtube-src-id="XVXaGj1oJHw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Get yours today!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Waves-Distance-Learning-Unit--5813515">Waves Distance Learning Unit</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kwL4TaLKQS4/XxxHfYTS3RI/AAAAAAAALgo/9YOwEnaM2k465F04PtBLH8TY2RoJqvCqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Slide126.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Waves Online Unit for 4th Grade" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kwL4TaLKQS4/XxxHfYTS3RI/AAAAAAAALgo/9YOwEnaM2k465F04PtBLH8TY2RoJqvCqQCLcBGAsYHQ/w426-h640/Slide126.png" title="Waves Online Unit for 4th Grade" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See my other fourth-grade science units:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/05/4th-grade-structure-and-function.html">Fourth Grade Unit on Structure and Function</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2018/08/earthquake-lab-activity-ngss-4-ess2-2.html">Earthquake Unit for Fourth Grade</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2018/07/4th-grade-ngss-lessons-and-units.html">Fourth Grade Science Lessons</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261354361677704793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-57019481120019239022020-07-24T13:44:00.006-07:002020-08-12T16:43:18.489-07:00Plant and Animal Adaptations Digital Unit - Distance Learning Resource for Middle School Science<h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Plant and Animal Adaptations</span></h1><div><div class="section section-0" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 1rem 0px; padding: 0px;">Adaptations are those differences that appear in a subset of individuals of a plant or animal species that turn out to improve their survival chances in a specific environment.</p></div><div class="mobile-display-ad" data-ad-unit-index="1" data-ad-unit-name="slot" style="-webkit-box-pack: center; background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; justify-content: center;"></div><div class="section section-1" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 1rem 0px; padding: 0px;">Those individuals, therefore, tend to produce more successful offspring for that environment. These changes may be physical, behavioral, or both.</p></div><div class="section section-2" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 1rem 0px; padding: 0px;">Plant and animal adaptations are the essence of survival and change in a species. All living species of plants and animals have adapted over time in response to conditions.</p></div></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Distance-Learning-Plant-and-Animal-Adaptations-Middle-School-NGSS-5784398" target="_blank"><img alt="Plant and animal adaptations Middle school unit" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tNQKMzlGLd8/XxsidOWPkYI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/EimfwVklouQ8NPV_k98fVzgN-A7YQTpfwCLcBGAsYHQ/w425-h640/Photo%2BJul%2B24%252C%2B1%2B02%2B12%2BPM.png" title="Plant and animal adaptations" width="425" /></a></h1>
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This digital unit is <i>perfect</i> for any middle school science teacher who is teaching remotely!</h2><div><div class="section section-4" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 1rem 0px; padding: 0px;">Animals with useful traits that help them survive in their environment are the animals that survive to have offspring, to which they tend to pass down the successful trait. The offspring with the trait again will tend to be more successful than their siblings without it.</p></div><div class="section section-5" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 1rem 0px; padding: 0px;">A trait must be used to be considered an adaptation. Leftover features from an earlier adaptation sometimes are seen and are considered "vestigial" traits. If they do not contribute to survival, such traits will disappear in the species over time, because they either don't matter or have become detrimental.</p></div><div class="section section-6" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 1rem 0px; padding: 0px;">Another way in which animals adapt is through behavioral adaptation, in which a changed behavior contributes to improved survival and is handed down to the offspring of the survivors.</p></div></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Students will learn about the structure and function of different parts of plants and about animal adaptations. In the same strand of standards is <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/02/animal-and-plant-cells-for-interactive.html">Animal and Plant Cells</a>.</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">Middle school students will love these online science activities perfect for distance learning. Students will also love learning about human systems like the <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/respiratory-system-online-unit-for.html">respiratory system</a>, <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/circulatory-system-online-unit-ngss-ms.html">circulatory system</a>, and <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/digestive-system-online-unit-for-middle.html">digestive system</a>.</h3>
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Teaching science via distance learning is very challenging. This complete unit makes it easy to remotely educate your students using Google Slides.</div>
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</div>Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566330975108335860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-80969179395923033822020-07-19T18:12:00.007-07:002020-08-27T09:56:01.837-07:00Pangea - Middle School Science Unit - NGSS MS-ESS2-2 and MS-ESS2-3<h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pangea Unit for Middle School</h1><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BmykXQilFsw/XxTay7WkC-I/AAAAAAAAAVM/XPTd_g3hAaA49FqgNK7RGV28GboX2SZbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Photo%2BJul%2B19%252C%2B6%2B38%2B30%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pangea unit for Middle School Science" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BmykXQilFsw/XxTay7WkC-I/AAAAAAAAAVM/XPTd_g3hAaA49FqgNK7RGV28GboX2SZbwCLcBGAsYHQ/w425-h640/Photo%2BJul%2B19%252C%2B6%2B38%2B30%2BPM.png" title="Pangea and Continental Drift" width="425" /></a></h1>
<p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px;">About 300 million years ago, Earth didn't have seven continents, but instead one massive supercontinent called Pangaea, which was surrounded by a single ocean called Panthalassa.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px;">The explanation for Pangaea's formation ushered in the modern theory of <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2018/03/plate-tectonics-and-middle-school.html">plate tectonics</a><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2018/03/plate-tectonics-and-middle-school.html">,</a> which posits that the Earth's outer shell is broken up into several plates that slide over Earth's rocky shell, the mantle.</p><aside class="hawk-placeholder" data-render-type="fte" data-result="missing" data-skip="dealsy" data-widget-id="1042022378157842200" data-widget-type="seasonal" style="--amazon-orange: #ffce00; 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Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">MS-ESS2-3.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Utah SEEd</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Standard 7.2.5</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Ask questions and analyze and interpret data about the patterns between plate tectonics and:</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">(1) The occurrence of earthquakes and volcanoes.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">(2) Continental and ocean floor features.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">(3) The distribution of rocks and fossils.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Utah SEEd</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Standard 7.2.2 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales. 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Students will enjoy a great hands-on research-based project to get students thinking about fossil records and how they help to show geologic changes over time.</div>
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Then, the students will look at the fossil evidence and try to match up the ancient landmass pieces to try to form the supercontinent, Pangea. This activity is really engaging!</div>
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Students will reflect on the <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/07/analyzing-fossil-record-online-unit.html">fossil evidence</a> and changes to the Earth's surface in interactive notebook flaps and response pages that get them to think about the pros and cons of Alfred Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift.</div>
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NGSS 3-ESS2-1. Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.</div>
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NGSS 3-ESS2-2. Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.</div>
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NGSS 3-ESS3-1. Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.</div>
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This is a great resource that works well for distance learning. It includes reading passages, graph and chart making, evaluating designs, and a quiz at the end of the unit in Google Forms. The quiz is completely editable and self-grading!</div>
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This standards-aligned complete unit will help you cover standard NGSS MS-PS2-4 and Utah SEEd 7.1.5, and your students will enjoy the engaging activities! <span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Gravity and Mass Unit for Middle School: Students will learn that gravity is a force that attracts and it is influenced by mass and distance of interacting objects. Students will construct arguments based on evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects in the MS NGSS and Utah SEEd 7th Grade resource.</span></font></h3>
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The unit begins with a slide show on gravity and includes a strategic note-taking guide.<br />
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The unit goes on to have graphing activities, informational text articles, QR code research, and an activity for making arguments from evidence gathered.<br />
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<span data-offset-key="8q137-0-0" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This resource is aligned completely with </span><span data-offset-key="8q137-0-1" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">NGSS MS-LS4-1. </span><span data-offset-key="8q137-0-2" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on finding patterns of changes in the level of complexity of anatomical structures in organisms and the chronological order of fossil appearance in the rock layers.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include the names of individual species or geological eras in the fossil record.] </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This resource also includes the use of phenomena, videos, a suggested schedule, and directions. The unit ends with a Google Form Quiz that is self-grading and editable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Students will learn about different types of fossils and about the geologic column. they will learn about strata, stratigraphy, and how fossils are formed.</span></div>
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NGSS MS-LS4-2. Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on explanations of the evolutionary relationships among organisms in terms of similarity or differences of the gross appearance of anatomical </div>
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Are you covering Earth's Place In the Universe, space, and the solar system in your 4th or 5th-grade class?</h2><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The basic idea is that the Sun is a star that appears larger and brighter than other stars because it is closer to Earth.
The rotation of Earth on its axis and orbit of Earth around the Sun causes observable patterns.
These include day and night; daily changes in the length and direction of shadows; and different positions of the Sun and stars at different times of the day, month, and year. </span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
This engaging unit begins with <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/05/using-phenomena-to-help-engage-students.html">phenomena</a> and will help you teach your class about the sun's brightness, the seasonal appearance of stars, and daily changes of shadows. <span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Students will love these interesting activities regarding the Sun's brightness, the seasonal appearance of stars, and daily changes of shadows. This resource uses phenomena to engage the students. This resource is designed to address two of the 5th grade standards for NGSS from the Earth’s Place in the Universe strand.</span></span></p>
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It's designed to address two of the 5th grade NGSS standards (NGSS 5-ESS1-1, 5-ESS1-2) and it's also aligned with Utah SEEd 4th grade standards (Utah SEEd 4.4.1 and 4.4.2). Students will use several <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/08/science-and-engineering-practices.html">Science and Engineering Practices</a> to make sense of this science. </div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">5-ESS1-2. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Also aligned with Utah SEEd 4th grade standards</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Utah SEEd 4.4.1</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Construct an explanation </span>that differences in the apparent brightness of the Sun compared to other stars is due to scale. Emphasize relative distance from Earth, not sizes of stars.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Utah SEEd 4.4.2</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Analyze and interpret data </span>of observable patterns to show that Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the Sun.<br style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Students will learn that the movements in the solar system affect how we see the night sky and how we see shadows. Students will also learn that stars may be bigger than our Sun, but not appear that way because of the great distance they are from Earth. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Students will also learn about the make-up and layers of our Sun and about the life cycle of a star. Students will create graphs and answer questions based on the graph they have created.</p></div>
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Lynda Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566330975108335860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406559760446276107.post-55660003484216481512020-06-28T11:33:00.006-07:002020-08-19T14:10:37.892-07:00Atoms, Molecules, and Compounds NGSS MS-PS1-1 and Utah SEEd 6.2.1<h1 style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Atoms, Molecules, and Compounds Distance Learning NGSS MS-PS1-1, Utah SEEd 6.2.1</span><span face="" style="font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Middle School Students will love learning about molecules and atoms in this online unit. Students will learn about the structure of atoms and molecules. They will make models of atoms and molecules. This resource is designed to address the standards NGSS MS MS-PS1-1 and Utah SEEd 6.2.1. </span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hgVB83jWuNQ/XvjhxRHT73I/AAAAAAAALSA/a569TmhusFYTAK4XZ9NVdFbO-IuoI0eaQCK4BGAsYHg/s1416/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-06-28%2Bat%2B12.28.56%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Molecules, Compounds and Elementts" border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="944" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hgVB83jWuNQ/XvjhxRHT73I/AAAAAAAALSA/a569TmhusFYTAK4XZ9NVdFbO-IuoI0eaQCK4BGAsYHg/w425-h640/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-06-28%2Bat%2B12.28.56%2BPM.png" title="NGSS MS-PS1-1, Utah SEEd 6.2.1" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div data-block="true" data-editor="ggrl" data-offset-key="cfe9o-0-0" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cfe9o-0-0" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cfe9o-0-0" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This resource is aligned with MS-PS1-1. Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.[Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on developing models of molecules that vary in complexity. Examples of simple molecules could include ammonia and methanol. Examples of extended structures could include sodium chloride or diamonds. Examples of molecular-level models could include drawings, 3D ball and stick structures, or computer representations showing different molecules with different types of atoms.][</span><span data-offset-key="cfe9o-0-1" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include valence electrons and bonding energy, discussing the ionic nature of subunits of complex structures, or a complete description of all individual atoms in a complex molecule or extended structure is not required.</span><span data-offset-key="cfe9o-0-2" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">] and</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="ggrl" data-offset-key="e9f6j-0-0" style="background-color: white; 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Emphasize understanding that there are differences between atoms and molecules and that certain combinations of atoms form specific molecules. Examples of simple molecules could include water (H2O), atmospheric oxygen (O2), and carbon dioxide (CO2). 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There are google slides and google worksheets that students can type directly on. There are also interactive drag and drop slides and other interactive slides. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Students will read informational text passages in a Google slide show. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0a8qdsFqf74/XvjX_GLUNtI/AAAAAAAALQE/3ihI7C9wz6gYR8I4NpbPMngcrwpsPzOTACK4BGAsYHg/s1880/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-06-27%2Bat%2B7.11.33%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Google Interactive Slides" border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1880" height="425" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0a8qdsFqf74/XvjX_GLUNtI/AAAAAAAALQE/3ihI7C9wz6gYR8I4NpbPMngcrwpsPzOTACK4BGAsYHg/w640-h425/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-06-27%2Bat%2B7.11.33%2BPM.png" title="NGSS MS-PS1-1, Utah SEEd 6.2.1" width="640" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">This resource also comes with a printable pdf of worksheets and a slide show without the drag and drops for face to face instruction.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d50huP_SOXg/XvjYUj9j9hI/AAAAAAAALQY/if1gSmbCUCMJnfAFm9rPVurkmFZnHsvSwCK4BGAsYHg/s1886/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-06-27%2Bat%2B7.14.19%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Developing Models Molecules, Elements and Compounds" border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1886" height="424" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d50huP_SOXg/XvjYUj9j9hI/AAAAAAAALQY/if1gSmbCUCMJnfAFm9rPVurkmFZnHsvSwCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h424/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-06-27%2Bat%2B7.14.19%2BPM.png" title="Developing Models Molecules, Elements and Compounds" width="640" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">Teachers will love the versatility of having both a pdf and google slides to choose from. This resource can be printed or used entirely online. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;">For the hands-on lab, students can use household items, toothpicks, small soft candies, or something else. 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<div>Your upper elementary or jr. high class will LOVE this close reading unit that addresses the Reading Informational Text Standards while promoting science literacy! Students will learn all about the delicate ecosystem of the coral reef and why it is important to our world environment. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima_nova, "Helvetica Neue", helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 0.75px;">Coral reefs protect coastlines from storms and erosion, provide jobs for local communities, and offer opportunities for recreation. They are also are a source of food and new medicines.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima_nova, "Helvetica Neue", helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 0.75px;"> Over half a billion people </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima_nova, "Helvetica Neue", helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 0.75px;">depend on reefs for food, income, and protection. Fishing, diving, and snorkeling on and near reefs add hundreds of millions of dollars to local businesses. The net economic value of the world’s coral reefs is estimated to be nearly tens of billions</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima_nova, "Helvetica Neue", helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 0.75px;"> of dollars per year. These ecosystems are culturally important to indigenous people around the world.</span></div>
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This unit is aligned with common core standards for reading informational text CCSS RI.6.3, 6.4, 6.6, and 6.7 as well as NGSS MS-LS2-4.</div>
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Inside the unit, I include a suggested schedule that shows you how to use this unit over the course of 7 days. It includes over 50 pages/slides!</div>
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This unit contains a LARGE variety of different activities. It begins with an informative slide show and continues with a three-page informational text article.</div>
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This reading unit has a science theme and students will learn about the delicate ecosystem of a coral reef.</div>
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They will learn why coral reefs are important and they will learn how to protect coral reefs.</div>
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Students will learn that many animals that live on the coral reef have interesting <a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/07/plant-and-animal-adaptations-digital.html">adaptations</a> for surviving in this habitat.</div>
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Try this coral reef reading unit in your class TODAY:</h2><div><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Coral-Reef-CLOSE-Reading-Science-Literacy-Unit-4677574">Coral Reef Reading Unit</a></div><div> <img alt="Coral Reef CLOSE Reading Science Literacy Unit" height="640" src="https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Coral-Reef-CLOSE-Reading-Science-Literacy-Unit-4677574-1594023490/original-4677574-1.jpg" title="coral reef ecosystem reading unit" width="640" /></div><div><br /></div><div>See other resources for Science</div><div><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/07/plant-and-animal-adaptations-digital.html">Animal and Plant Adaptations</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/07/analyzing-fossil-record-online-unit.html">Patterns in the Fossil Record</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://excellenceinteachingscience.blogspot.com/2020/06/digital-escape-room-for-3rd-4th-5th-or.html">Sea Turtle Digital Escape Room</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check it out! <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Digestive-System-Online-Paperless-Unit-NGSS-MS-LS1-3-and-Utah-SEEd-733-5695107">Digestive System</a></span></div>
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Your 1st-grade class will enjoy these fun activities while learning about animal parents and their babies!</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">First-grade students will love learning about animals and their babies. These interesting activities will engage them.</h3>
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Students will learn that young animals and plants are like their parents, but not exactly.</div>
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They will read informational text to learn more about animal parent behavior that helps their young survive.</div>
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