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You are purchasing the Paperback format of this book. How to Use the
The Scientific Method - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
• Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations.
• Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills.
• Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go.
• Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes!
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Tips:
• Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs.
• Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine.
• To download the graphic organizers labeled "GO" in the Table of Contents click
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• Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson.
The Scientific Method - Common Core Lessons and Activities includes: • Reading for Information
• Higher-Order Thinking
• Writing Problems
• Primary Source Analysis
• Vocabulary
• Graphic Organizers
• Map Activities
• & More!
Here is the Table of Contents for
The Scientific Method - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:Scientific Method: Reading Informational Text
In the Past: Main Idea
Steps In the Method: Ordering Events
Asking Questions: Concepts & Processes
Questions: Broad & Specific: Classifying Information
Research: Reading Informational Text
Gathering Knowledge: Research & Writing
Construct a Hypothesis: Reading Informational Text
Galileo's Experiment: Experiment Analysis
Scientific Method Chart: Graphic Organizer G
Use Your Senses: Applying Concepts G
Quality vs. Quantity: Compare & Contrast
Standard Measurements: Vocabulary G
The Slime Experiment: Problem-Solution-Results GO9
Experiment: Variables & Controls: Concepts & Processes G
Sound and Pitch: Experiment Analysis
An Inventive Experiment: Primary Source Analysis
Tools of a Scientist: Applying Concepts G
Sharing Your Opinion: Writing Activity
Common Core Correlations
G: Includes Graphic Organizer
GO: Graphic Organizer is also available 8.5" x 11" online download HERE numbers online).
(numbers above correspond to the graphic organizer"