Topic outline

    • Activities that ask students to look at natural science phenomenon and asking them to find claims, evidence and reasons for their ideas.

    • TED-Ed is a great option for a flipped classroom or on days you may have a substitute. It is free to create an account and you can use lessons that have already been created or you can use any video off of YouTube and make your own lesson. Easy directions here.

    • In this activity students will explain the behavior of Fortune Telling Fish using the Scientific Method.  This is a fillable PDF that can be used with your learning management system.

    • These are a series of activities for students to understand the basic of science with claims, evidence and reasoning.  These can be used for introductory activities or to fill in with different concepts.  The link below will take you to the original blog posts.

      Link to Activities

    • How will Graph of the Week help my students?

      This assignment not only helps our students to become lifelong critical and analytical thinkers, but also benefits them in the following ways:

      ​     • Improve academic literacy

           * Develop civically engaged students through oral discourse
      Giving students a platform to share their voice and serve their interests
           * Link mathematics to real-world situations
           * Develop students’ Habits of Mind
           * Improve written communication
           * Give students current events awareness
           * Build community among all grade levels
           * Improve SAT, SBAC and Common Core assessments

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