LS G3:M2:U2
Constructing Explanations and Arguments: Inheritance, Variation, and Frog Ponds: Unit 2
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Total Time: 1.5 hours of instruction Section 1 1. Opening A. Reading Aloud: Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle (15 minutes) B. Observing a Habitat (10 minutes) Optional Extension: Pond Mapping 2. Obtaining Information A. Naming the Problem (20 minutes) B. Naming a Solution (20 minutes) Section 2 1. Asking Questions A. Scientists Meeting: Gathering Ideas (25 minutes) |
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Total Time: 2.5 hours of instruction Section 1 1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning from Unit 1 (10 minutes) B. Constructing a Habitat Anchor Chart (15 minutes) 2. Using Models A. Hungry Bullfrog Simulation (20 minutes) 3. Engaging in Argument A. Frog and the Environment Argument (40 minutes) Optional Extension: Hungry Bullfrog Simulation: Round 2 Section 2 1. Planning and Carrying Out an Investigation A. Scientists Meeting: Planning an Investigation (30 minutes) B. Setting Up the Duckweed Experiment (20 Minutes) 2. Evaluating Information A. Scientists Meeting: Building Understanding (15 minutes) |
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Total Time: 2 hours of instruction Section 1 1. Opening A. Reviewing Focusing Question and Learning Target (15 minutes) 2. Obtaining Information A. Reading Aloud: “Life in a Pond” (10 minutes) B. Close Reading: “Life in a Pond” (25 minutes) Section 2 1. Communicating Information A. Creating a Pond Cross-Section Diagram (20 minutes) 2. Obtaining Information A. Third Read of “Life in a Pond” (20 minutes) B. Revising a Pond Cross-Section Diagram (10 minutes) Section 3 1. Evaluating Information A. Scientists Meeting: Building Understanding (20 minutes) |
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Total Time: 3 hours of instruction Section 1 1. Opening A. Reviewing Focusing Question and Learning Target (15 minutes) 2. Carrying Out an Investigation A. Gathering Data from Duckweed (10 minutes) 3. Analyzing and Interpreting Data A. Scientists Meeting: Analyzing and Interpreting Data (25 minutes) B. Engaging in Argument: Duckweed and Habitat (25 minutes) Section 2 1. Obtaining Information A. Habitat Stations (50 minutes) Optional Extension: Frog Habitat Observation Section 3 1. Engaging in Argument A. Identifying Evidence (30 minutes) B. Scientists Meeting: Building Understanding (25 minutes) |
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Total Time: 3.5 hours of instruction Section 1 1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets (15 minutes) Optional Extension: Visit Pond Site 2. Engineering Design Cycle A. Introducing the Challenge (10 minutes) B. Imagining: Frog Ponds (10 minutes) C. Planning: The General Shape and Structures of the Pond (15 minutes) D. Creating: Frog Pond Explanatory Model (30 minutes) Optional Extension: 3-D Pond Design E. Praise, Question, Suggestion: Frog Pond Explanatory Model (15 minutes) F. Revising: Frog Pond Explanatory Model (30 minutes) G. Pair Share: Frog Pond Explanatory Model (10 minutes) Optional Extension: Build a student-designed frog pond 3. Evaluating Information A. Scientists Meeting: Making Meaning (15 minutes) Section 2 1. Evaluating and Communicating Information A. Summative Assessment (50 minutes) Optional Extension: Presentation to Authentic Audience B. Reflecting on Learning (10 minutes) |
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