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Why we have soap
What a disaster!
Water Worries
Pseudoscience
Good Spotting!
Pseudoscience
Walt: Understand the importance of thinking critically about information presented to us
Instructions:
1. Use the slides to help you find proof to support your answers
2. List the three pseudoscience ideas from the text and write down why they aren't true
3. Write a paragraph to explain why scientists work have to be reliable and valid and why they critique each other
4. We will work on the experiment of healthy chips together and you will have a followup for it
Read the articles and be prepared to share one idea from them
Fast Finishers: Reading Eggs, animations and blog commenting
Text: Pseudoscience by Sophie Fern
Activity: Agree/ Disagree
Potato Chips Investigation Followup
Extended Texts (you need to read both of these articles)
Watch the video below and list 3 ideas from it. You might need to watch it more than once
Water Worries
Walt: Understand the water cycle
Explain how water is reused
Key Concept:
Instructions
1. Make a copy of your activity and file it 2. Answer each slide carefully 3. Do you understand the water cycle? 4. What can we do to save water? Write 3+ sentences to explain what you have learned from reading this article Read at least one of the extended texts. Be ready to share an idea from these articles
Texts: Water Worries by Rachel McMillan
School Journal April 2012 Level 3
Extended Texts (you need to read at least 1)
Fast Finishers: Reading eggs, animations and blog commenting
What a disaster!
Walt: Understand the effects of the Rena Disaster
How does oil effect the oceans, sea life and humans
Instructions:
1. Discuss with a buddy from your group how the Rena Disaster has effected the environment and people
2. List 4 ideas in your activity
3. Listen to the story again using the audio file
Read at least one of the extended texts.
Audio: What a Disaster!
Activity: Cause and Effect
Activity: Bubble Experiment
Extended Texts: (you need to read at least 2 of them)
Rena disaster huge but environmental effects not long-lasting
Fast Finishers: Reading eggs, animations and blog commenting
Write a paragraph with your blog post to explain what you learned about oil and water
Why we have soap
Walt:
Key Concept:
Instructions
1. Make a copy of your activity 2. Answer each slide carefully 3. What did we find out about oil and water? 4. Explain why they don't mix? When posting to your blog, make sure you write 3+ sentences to explain what you learned. Read at least one of the extended texts. In the collaborative doc, write one fact that you read about. Do not repeat any ideas.
Texts: Why we have soap Jane Thomson, Connected 3 1998
Extended Texts: (you need to read at least 1)
Rena disaster huge but environmental effects not long-lasting
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