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CER Practice: Earbuds & Hearing Loss

  • CW: Highlighted & Annotated article with CER.

  • DN: Have you ever heard a noise ‘piiiiiiiiiiiiii’ from one ear?

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  • CW: Highlighted & Annotated article with CER.

  • DN: Have you ever heard a noise ‘piiiiiiiiiiiiii’ from one ear?

RESOURCES

Article (Not available online on this site.) Copies available in class.

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering question.

10min Class reads article together and go over key details of each paragraph.

10min> Students highlight and annotate main paragraphs (3,4, 6 and 7).

5min> Students write the outline for the Claim using the ABC method.

5min> Students convert Claim outline into a full sentence. Students share claims.

5min> Students write outline for Evidence and find supporting text using the ABC method.

5min> Students convert Evidence outline into a full sentence. Students share evidence.

5min> Students write the outline for the Reasoning using the ABC method.

5min> Students convert Reasoning outline into a full sentence. Students share reasoning.

5min Clean up. Wrap up.

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Chemistry: Atoms to Molecules (1 of 2)

CW: Completed Atom cut outs.

DN: Cut out atoms.

EQ: How do atoms connect to form molecules?

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  • CW: Completed Atom cut outs.

  • DN: Cut out atoms.

  • EQ: How do atoms connect to form molecules?

RESOURCES

Periodic Table of Elements

Atoms, Bonds, & Molecules Handout

Atoms Paper Models (Lewis Dot) - Not Available Online

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the questions in their notebooks.

10min Students cut out Lewis Dot structures for Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, and Carbon.

25-30min Paper model molecules. Students create, one at a time, the following molecules: H2O, CH4, O2, N2, CH2O, N2H2, C2H2, and CO2. Teacher offers suggestions, hints, and tips. Students hold up finished molecules to compare structures.

5min Teacher demonstrates how to draw simplified molecule structures using their paper model molecules as reference.

5min Students draw the simplified structures for their molecules on the Atoms, Bonds, & Molecules Handout.

5min Students share their answers on the board and the classroom verifies.

5min Students draw the simplified structures for H2O2 and C2H6 without making a paper model first on the Atoms, Bonds, & Molecules Handout.

5min Students share their answers on the board and the classroom verifies.

10min Student complete the handout by answering the questions on the back.

5min Class goes over the answers.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

AIM: Students will create models of molecules by bonding atoms together.

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Chemistry: Introduction to Atoms

CW/HW: Complete notes (p55), diagrams (p54), write margin questions and paragraph summary (p57).

DN: What is an atom?

EQ: What are atoms and how are they organized?

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  • CW/HW: Complete notes (p55), diagrams (p54), write margin questions and paragraph summary (p57).

  • DN: What is an atom?

  • EQ: What are atoms and how are they organized?

RESOURCES

Atoms, Molecules, and Organization Notes Handout

Atoms, Molecules, and Organization Notes Diagrams

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering question in notebook.

20min Students take Organization of Matter notes.

10min Students write margin questions and paragraph summary.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Chemistry: Introduction

CW/HW: Finish Period Table Valentine’s Card message and decorate. Quality matters.

DN: Label p51-53 as ‘Do Now’ at the top. Then answer the question, “What are chemicals?”

EQ: How do atoms connect to form molecules?

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  • CW/HW: Finish Period Table Valentine’s Card message and decorate. Quality matters.

  • DN: Label p51-53 as ‘Do Now’ at the top. Then answer the question, “What are chemicals?”

  • EQ: How do atoms connect to form molecules?

RESOURCES

Periodic Table of Elements

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the questions in their notebooks.

15min Chemicals in Food Activity. Separate into ‘healthy’ and ‘not healthy,’ then ‘chemicals’ and ‘no chemicals,’ and then ‘has atoms/molecules’ and ‘no atoms/molecules.’

10min Chemicals in Food CER. (A=Food; B=Atoms/Molecules; C=Chemicals)

10min Students use the periodic table to create a Valentine’s message on the cover of the card using the names or atomic numbers only. Example (Do not copy): Uranium, Copper, Tellurium (on cover) and U CuTe (inside card).

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Immune System: Story

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  • CW: Immune System Story + 3 Illustrations

  • DN: What do antibodies do?

RESOURCES

Immune System Story

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

25min Immune System Story. Teacher explains the assignment. The class comes up with story equivalents (ie Normal Cells = Students). Students then explain the immune system through a story. Students share stories.

10min Immune System Story Illustrations. Students illustrate three scenes from their immune system story.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up

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