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BCSD
Units of Instruction
8th Grade
Weeks 26 & 27 Content*
8th grade Essential NGSS: MS-PS1-3 Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
5E Lesson - MS-PS1-3: Synthetic Materials from Natural Resources
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4th-8th=240 min. Total Daily
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*Lessons have been adapted from BCSD Science Units. Please adjust pacing, and/or combining activities per day as necessary, for 2-3 days of weekly instruction. See 5E lesson for details.
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TimeEngageExplore*Explain*Elaborate*Evaluate
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Synchronous (40 min, can be divided into smaller increments to equal up to 40 min.)
- Teacher faciliated whole class discussion (20-30 min)
- 📙Jamboard
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- Teacher faciliation/demonstration of Student Activity (30-40 min)
-📕Teacher Answer Key
-📕Student Activity Sheet (PDF)
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- Direct instruction & continued facilitation of Student activity (30-40 min)
- Teacher facilitation of asynchronous activities (20-30 min)
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- Teacher directions/faciliation of research projects (30-40 min)
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- Teacher directions/faciliation of creation of research projects (30-40 min, daily until complete)
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Asynchronous (40 min, can be divided into smaller increments to equal up to 40 min.)
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-📒 Student Activity Sheet (25-30 min)
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-💻BrainPOP (15-20 min, each)
-💻Achieve 3000 (2 options, 20-30 min, each)
-💻Zingy Learning - Synthetic Materials (20-25 min)
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- Student creation of synthetic material research project (30-40 min, daily)
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-🎥 Student presentations about synthetic materials(30-40 min)
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*Explore activity options may take multiple days depending on teacher choice*Explain activity options may take multiple days depending on teacher choice*Elaborate activity options may take multiple days depending on teacher choice
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