Cell Parts: Exploring cell structure and function

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The student will investigate and understand relationships between cell structure and function. Key concepts include a) evidence supporting the cell theory b) characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; c) similarities between the activities of the organelles in a single cell and a whole organism.

BIO.4 The student will investigate and understand life functions of Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Key concepts include c) how the structures and functions vary among and within the Eukarya kingdoms of protists, fungi, plants, and animals, including humans.

Big Bang Theory/Cosmology

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The student will investigate and understand scientific concepts related to the origin and evolution of the universe. Key concepts include a) cosmology, including the Big Bang theory; and b) the origin and evolution of stars, star systems, and galaxies.

 

Atoms

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The student will investigate the modern model of atomic structure.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science in which models and simulations are constructed and used to illustrate and explain phenomena.

Art History: Mannerism

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Student will create a work of art based on movement in Art History such as Mannerism.

 

Pre-assessment: The students are asked to list the concepts of Mannerism. A list is composed on the board. Students will discuss the artists that they learned about and will discuss distinguishing features to each of the artist’s work.

Area & Perimeter

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Lesson Outcomes: Students will be able to find area and perimeter of 2+ composite figures

Parallel Lines and Transversals (Day 2)

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  1. This lesson is designed for a small group class of six special education students ranging from sophomores to seniors. These students struggle with math and grasping math concepts. They receive all direct math instruction in a small group special education classroom.
  2. This lesson is the second of several lessons in Chapter 3. This chapter deals with Parallel and Perpendicular Lines. It would be an appropriate lesson for the class at this time because it not only reviews the properties of parallel lines and the relationships between the angles formed when parallel lines are cut by a transversal but takes student’s learning a step further requiring each student to apply what they have learned to new situations as well as requiring them to create material that demonstrates their comprehension of the lesson’s main concepts.

Parallel Lines and Transversals

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  1. This lesson is designed for a small group class of six special education students ranging from sophomores to seniors. These students struggle with math and grasping math concepts. They receive all direct math instruction in a small group special education classroom.

Practical Application and Creation of Angle Relationships

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Practical Application and Creation of Angle Relationships in Everyday Street Maps and the Relationship of Angles Using Non-Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal.

Mentos and Math- An Explosive Mixture!

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In this Algebra 2 lesson, students will collect and analyze data, and then they will create an exponential model to answer a real-world problem.  This lesson will be used after students have been introduced to exponential functions. They should be familiar with both the shape and the standard form for an exponential function before they attempt this lesson.

The Real Transformers

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The lesson will have students discover the transformations (vertical and horizontal translations) that are applied when graphing absolute value, square root, and cube root functions. The lesson is geared to all students although an extension has been provided for more accelerated students.  The lesson will set the stage for using transformations to graph other functions later in the year (ie.exponential and logarithmic) and beyond ( conic sections).  We will revisit the functions in a future lesson regarding domain, range and real life modeling scenarios.