Target Student Performance
Students complete the Expressing Ideas Tool for animals growing, helping them document, share, and examine their ideas. There are no “right” answers during this phase of the unit.
Resources You Provide
- sticky notes (1 per student)
- time-lapse video of child growing, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLTfq6JjPus&t=1s
Resources Provided
- 1.2 Expressing Ideas and Questions about How Animals Grow PPT
- 1.2 Expressing Ideas and Questions Tool for Animals Growing (1 per student)
- 1.2 Assessing the Expressing Ideas and Questions Tool for Animals Growing
- 1.2 Animals Storyline Reading: Learning from the Work of Hans Krebs (1 per student)
Recurring Resources
- Questions, Connections, Questions Student Reading Strategy
- Learning Tracking Tool for Animals
- Assessing the Learning Tracking Tool for Animals
- (Optional) Big Idea Probe: What Happens to the Fat? (1 per student)
- (Optional) Assessing the Big Idea Probe: What Happens to the Fat?
Setup
Prepare your computer for showing the PPT as well as a time-lapse video of a child growing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLTfq6JjPus&t=1s). Have 1 copy for each student of 1.2 Expressing Ideas and Questions Tool for Animals Growing, and sticky notes. Print one copy of the Big Idea Probe: What Happens to the Fat? (optional), and 1.2 Animals Storyline Reading for each student.