8th Grade Science Weeks 24 & 25

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1	BCSD Units of Instruction 8th Grade Weeks 24 & 25 Content*					8th grade Essential NGSS: MS-PS1-2 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred 5E Lesson - MS-PS1-2: Chemical Reactions - Before & After
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4	4th-8th=240 min. Total Daily
5	*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.
6	Time	Engage	Explore*	Explain*	Elaborate*	Evaluate*

7	Synchronous (40 min, can be divided into smaller increments to equal up to 40 min.)	- Teacher faciliated whole class discussion (20-30 min) - Demonstrations or demo videos (25 min) - See lesson plan for links - - -	- Teacher directions/faciliation/demonstration of station activity (20-30 min) - - -	- Direct instruction & facilitation of asynchronous activities (20-30 min) - - - -	- Teacher directions/faciliation of asynchronous activities (30-40 min) - - - -	- Teacher directions/faciliation of creation of student presentations (30-40 min, daily until complete) - - - - -
8	Asynchronous (40 min, can be divided into smaller increments to equal up to 40 min.)	- Thinking Maps for notetaking (20-25 min) - 📘 Circle Map template - 📘 Tree Map template - -	-📘 Lab Station Observation Sheet (25-30 min) - - - -	-💻BrainPOP (15-20 min, each) -💻Achieve 3000 (2 options, 20-30 min, each) -💻Zingy Learning - Chemical Reactions (20-25 min, each) -💻Ck-12 activities (20-30 min)	- Online simulations (30-40 min, each day) -💻 Phet - Reactants, Products & Leftovers (20-30 min) -💻 Phet - Reactions & Rates (20-30 min) - -	-🎥 Student presentations about chemical reactions(30-40 min, each day until complete) - - -
9			*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	*Evaluate activity options may take multiple days depending on teacher choice
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