Subject/Grade Level/Unit Title | Timeframe/Grading Period | Big Idea/Themes/Understandings | Essential Questions | Standards | Essential Skills | Vocabulary | Assessment Tasks | Resources | |||||||||
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Science Grade 6 Scientific Reading and Scientific Method |
3-4 Weeks |
How to Read Scientific Articles How to Solve Scientific Problems How to Conduct Experiments Safely |
How do you write a scientific article summary? How do you form a scientific problem? How do you solve a scientific problem? |
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Close reading of scientific materials. Extracting facts from scientific materials. Constructing an article summary based on scientific materials. Citing facts in an article summary. Using observation and inferences. Identifying variables. Safely conducting experiments. Forming scientific questions. Forming scientific hypothesis'. Developing experimental procedures. Forming scientific conclusions.
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Fact Opinion Observation Inference Problem Variable Independent Variable Dependent Variable Hypothesis Experiment Data Conclusion |
Scientific Article Summaries Unit Lab Skills Unit Lab Reports Unit Class Activities Unit Quizzes Unit Assessment
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Read Works Articles Bill Nye Videos UPCO Intermediate Level Science |