Description
Breathe new life into science learning with this powerful guidebook that shows how to create more thoughtful curriculum and differentiate lessons to benefit all students.
Table of Contents
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Introduction
1. Genetics: Our Past, Present, and Future: A Middle School Unit for Grades 6-8 - Lindsey Asbury
Introduction to the Unit
Background to the Unit
Content Framework
Unit Components and Rationale
Unit Sequence, Description, and Teacher Reflection
Lesson 1.1: Preassessment and Unit Introduction (Dominant and Recessive Genes)
Lesson 1.2: Punnet Squares and Predicting Heredity
Lesson 1.3: DNA
Lesson 1.4: DNA Extraction Lab
Lesson 1.5: DNA Fingerprinting and Crime Lab Investigation
Lesson 1.6: Genetics and European History
Lesson 1.7: Genetics in Practice
Unit 1 Appendixes
2. The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: What's at Stake? The Convergence of Science and Society, Grade 6 - Julie Martinek
Introduction to the Unit
Background to the Unit
Content Framework
Unit Assessments
Unit Sequence, Description, and Teacher Reflection
Lesson 2.1: Pretest: The Cause-and-Effect Relationship within a System
Lesson 2.2: Introduction to the Exxon Valdez Problem
Lesson 2.3: Setting Up the Stakeholders? Research Activities
Lesson 2.4: Prioritizing the Sites and Constructing a Persuasive Argument/Essay
Unit 2 Appendixes
3. Systems: An Integrated Approach to Science and English Instruction, Grades 9-10 - Kristina J. Doubet
Introduction to the Unit
Background to the Unit
Content Framework
Lesson/Unit Assessments
Lesson Sequence and Teacher Reflection
Lesson3.1: An Introduction to Systems
Lesson 3.2 (English): The Pearl, Part 1 (Chapters 1-3)
Lesson 3.3 (Science): Introducing Cell Structure
Lesson 3.4 (English): The Pearl, Part 2 (Chapters 4-6)
Lesson 3.5 (Science): Movement in Cells
Unit 3 Appendixes
4. The Periodic Table: Getting to Know and Appreciate the Elements and Their Families, Grade 10 - Fie Budzinsky
Background to the Unit
Content Framework
Overview of Key Lesson Ideas/Purposes
Lesson 4.1: The Elements: Getting to Know You
Lesson 4.2: The Elements: Up Close and Personal
Lesson 4.3: We Are Family!
Lesson 4.4: The Elements in Action
Lesson 4.5: Breaking News
Unit 4 Appendixes
