Unit 1 Teacher’s Edition
Activities
Teacher Edition
Activity 1
Number of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1
What role can evidence play in decision-making?
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Skipton’s Water
Activity Type: Field TripNumber of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1
What role can evidence play in decision-making?
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Activity 2
Number of 40-50 minutes class periods: 2
How do people collect information about the physical world?
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Validating Measurements
Activity Type: LaboratoryNumber of 40-50 minutes class periods: 2
How do people collect information about the physical world?
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Activity 3
Number of 40-50 minutes
class periods: 2
What role does new technology play in the development of scientific ideas over time?
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Scientific Advancement
Activity Type: Card-based InvestigationNumber of 40-50 minutes
class periods: 2
What role does new technology play in the development of scientific ideas over time?
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Activity 4
Number of 40-50 minutes class periods: 2
How can technology improve people’s ability to collect information about the natural world?
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Testing Local Water
Activity Type: Field TripNumber of 40-50 minutes class periods: 2
How can technology improve people’s ability to collect information about the natural world?
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Activity 5
Number of 40-50 minutes class periods: 2
What is the role of evidence and iteration in developing scientific knowledge?
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Iteration of Ideas
Activity Type: ReadingNumber of 40-50 minutes class periods: 2
What is the role of evidence and iteration in developing scientific knowledge?
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Activity 6
Number of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1
How can evidence be used to support or refute a claim?
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Claims and Evidence
Activity Type: Computer SimulationNumber of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1
How can evidence be used to support or refute a claim?
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Activity 7
Number of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1-2
What is the role of evidence in evaluating scientific explanations?
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Evidence and Explanations
Activity Type: Card-based InvestigationNumber of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1-2
What is the role of evidence in evaluating scientific explanations?
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Activity 8
Number of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1
What role does scientific optimism play in the development of scientific solutions?
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Science Is a Human Endeavor
Activity Type: VideoNumber of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1
What role does scientific optimism play in the development of scientific solutions?
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Activity 9
Number of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1-2
How can you utilize the processes of iteration and collaboration to construct a device to improve water quality?
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Water Quality Design Challenge
Activity Type: LaboratoryNumber of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1-2
How can you utilize the processes of iteration and collaboration to construct a device to improve water quality?
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Activity 10
Number of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1
How are key scientific ideas reflected in modern solutions to regional water issues?
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Solutions Through Scientific Optimism
Activity Type: PresentationNumber of 40-50 minutes class periods: 1
How are key scientific ideas reflected in modern solutions to regional water issues?
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Teacher Edition
For each activity there is a teacher edition and a student book. The teacher edition is designed to support teachers in fostering student learning over the entire unit. Some of the information provided pertains to day-to-day instructional management: how to prepare the classroom, what materials are needed, sample student responses, and how to modify materials for diverse learners.
Teacher edition, Unit 1: Evidence & iteration in science (5 Mb)
