Alignment to Key Advance Prep Teaching SEPUP Assessment HCS/SC Core Title Concepts Notes to Teachers Periods Activity Curriculum and Processes 1 What Do You How to conduct Student notebook, large 1 6-1.2 What makes something a Know an experiment; newsprint, overhead 6-1.4 scientific experiment? About fair test 6-2.1 Student Activity Book Experiments? 6-2.7 p.2Question6 2 Identifying Defining an Activity Sheet 1A, 1B, 1 How would changing one 6-1.4 Variables independent large newsprint or variable affect the life cycle of 1 and Planning variable transparency index cards the plant? a Fair Test Student Activity Book Selection pp.12-15 WEEK 3 Outlining the Designing an Activity Sheet 1A,1B, see 1 How do you identify the 6-1.2 Experimental experiment variable wheel(pg 18 SG), independent, dependent and Plan Activity Sheet 2 controlled variables in a Daily Data Record Sheet scientific experiment? Student Activity Book p. 19, question 6&7 4 Planting the Following Activity Sheet 3, see TG pg 42 1 State your independent, 6-1.2 Seeds procedures to set up lights and watering tanks dependent, and controlled 6-1.5 ensure a prior to activity. (Water from variables. 6-2.5 controlled top the two days following Student Activity Book p. experimental design planting Plant on Mon/Tues) 24, questions 2-4&8 4a SC Overview of Life McDougal Littell 1 6-2.5 Essentials: cycle: Germination Science pp. 104-108 2 Reproductive and plant McDougal Littell Adaptations development SC Lab Manual p.135 WEEK TEXTBOOK Teacher’s Choice 4b SC Structures for Bus Gets Planted 2 6-2.4 Essentials: Survival and Defensive Defense McDougal Littell Science p.561 Structures of and 59-60 Plants Choice Teacher’s TEXTBOOK
SEPUP Activity Title Key Concepts and Processes Advance Prep Notes to Teachers Teaching Periods Assessment Alignment to HCS/SC Core Curriculum WEEK 1 1 What Do You Know About Experiments? How to conduct an experiment; fair test Student notebook, large newsprint, overhead 1 What makes something a scientific experiment? Student Activity Book p.2Question6 6-1.2 6-1.4 6-2.1 6-2.7 2 Identifying Variables and Planning a Fair Test Defining an independent variable Activity Sheet 1A, 1B, large newsprint or transparency index cards Student Activity Book Selection pp.12-15 1 How would changing one variable affect the life cycle of the plant? 6-1.4 3 Outlining the Experimental Plan Designing an experiment Activity Sheet 1A,1B, see variable wheel(pg 18 SG), Activity Sheet 2 Daily Data Record Sheet 1 How do you identify the independent, dependent and controlled variables in a scientific experiment? Student Activity Book p. 19, question 6&7 6-1.2 WEEK 2 4 Planting the Seeds Following procedures to ensure a controlled experimental design Activity Sheet 3, see TG pg 42 set up lights and watering tanks prior to activity. (Water from top the two days following planting Plant on Mon/Tues) 1 State your independent, dependent, and controlled variables. Student Activity Book p. 24, questions 2-4&8 6-1.2 6-1.5 6-2.5 4a SC Essentials: Reproductive Adaptations TEXTBOOK Overview of Life cycle: Germination and plant development McDougal Littell Science pp. 104-108 McDougal Littell SC Lab Manual p.135 Teacher’s Choice 1 6-2.5 4b SC Essentials: Defensive Structures of Plants TEXTBOOK Structures for Survival and Defense Bus Gets Planted McDougal Littell Science p.561 and 59-60 Teacher’s Choice 2 6-2.4
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