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Science Works! Article for CON or Against Arguments Common Core Close Reading: Why Are GMO's Not Safe This informative, CON GMO article is an awesome reading activity just loaded with the new anchor standards for science reading. The space provided for meta-cognitive markers encourage your students to strive for depth of knowledge with dialog and comments. Included is a "T" graph organizer for citation note-taking and fueling those PRO GMO arguments or debates. The added text-based standards

Science Works! Article for PRO Arguments Common Core Close Reading: Genetically Modified Organisms This informative, PRO GMO article is an awesome reading activity just loaded with the new anchor standards for science reading. The space provided for meta-cognitive markers encourage your students to strive for depth of knowledge with dialog and comments. Included is a "T" graph organizer for citation note-taking and fueling those PRO GMO arguments or debates. The text-based standards questio

Science Works! What Is A GMO? Common Core Close Reading: Genetically Modified Organisms This interesting, unbiased article on GMO's is an awesome activity just loaded with the new anchor standards for science reading. The space provided for meta-cognitive markers encourage your students to strive for depth of knowledge with dialog and comments. The text-based standards questions at the end ask students to find evidence and support their claims. Students will practice informational text an

Science Works! Life Science Common Core Close Reading Activity: Cells and Cancer This interesting article is the perfect introduction for encouraging common core closer reading techniques. Informative reading with text based questions asks students to seek evidence and write metacognitive markers for use in citations. Your students will be using text complexity to recognize purpose, text structure, language features and more. This is a real world topic students want to know more about.

NGSS Dynamic Deeper Diagrams for all Learners Photosynthesis Lesson with Leaf Rubbing Activity Included: Introduction and Background Notes and Tips Lesson Plan: Photosynthesis Pictorial In-put Chart Activity Instructional strategy directions Exit Ticket close activity Step by step color coded Pictorial Three Student examples provided Introduction and Background: The Leaf Rubbing activity and In-put Chart are really amusing to teach. Students love the leaf rubbing activity when you begin y

Science Works! Life Science Common Core Close Reading Activity: New Horizons for Stem Cell Research This interesting article is the perfect introduction for encouraging common core closer reading techniques and depth of knowledge. Informative reading with text based questions asks students to seek evidence and write metacognitive markers for use in citations. Your students will be using text complexity to recognize purpose, text structure, language features and more. This is a real world to

Pictorial Cellular Respiration In-put Chart Activities Included: Introduction and Background Notes and Tips Lesson Plan: Respiration Pictorial In-put Chart Activity Instructional strategy directions Step by step color coded Pictorial Close Tickets (back and front) Three Student Examples Introduction and Background: In-put Charts are really amusing to teach, and students look forward to these lectures. The included lecture notes are easy to follow, and step by step. You can use color coded

Science Works! In this fun puzzle activity students learn to visually recognize the phases of the cell cycle. Naturally students love puzzles, so building a sequence of events picture cards is easy and fun. This can be used alone, or as a preparation for a real microscope lab. Students gain understanding by starting to recognize the chromosomes and what they are doing by constructing these puzzles, then researching and summarizing the important characteristics and events of each phase. This a

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Science Works: Earth Solutions Close Reading :Web Quest Day One California's Next Generation Science Standards makes it clear that our young people need to start developing possible Solutions for Earth's problems. Students know human impact is taking its toll, they want to help. This lesson explores the beginning of having your students think about global problems and How we CAN search for possible SOLUTIONS.

Along with the "big idea" common CORE units it's FUN to have your students active and participating in conversations about the topic online in a Blog. I find it very effective for getting my students to form an opinion and take a stand. Argumentative writing soon follows. This Easy to read chart has clear guidelines for your students and allows effective communication and relationships to develop.

These flashcards are the perfect way to give your students a study tool they will value. There is a place to draw a simple picture along with lines for the written definitions. The word side is opaque obscuring the definition. You can play a whole class vocabulary game, partner pair-offs or just plain concentration. Can be used as a simple starter or a close activity. Perfect for science vocabulary or any topic where new vocabulary is important.