Monday, September 16
Graphing Quiz
-Edulastic
Tuesday, September 17
How can we capture and transform energy from the world around us to help meet our needs?
-Good Things
-Warmup
-MiStar Unit 7: Creating an Energy Plan
Wednesday, September 18
What scientific knowledge and evidence do we need to explain where and how electricity can be generated?
-Warmup
-Exploring Energy Generation Methods
Thursday, September 19
What scientific knowledge and evidence do we need to explain where and how electricity can be generated?
-Warmup
-Finish up MEECS Energy Cards
-Which Energy is most viable? Argument
Friday, September 20
What scientific knowledge and evidence do we need to explain where and how electricity can be generated?
***Early Release Day***
-Warmup
-Which Energy is most viable? Argument
All of the three dimensional primary subcomponents of the unit may be formatively assessed in this lesson; however, students’ knowledge will not be summatively assessed. Those subcomponents listed below are the focus of formative assessment in this lesson:
Semester Unifying CCC: Energy and Matter
Science and Engineering Practices
Disciplinary Core Ideas
Crosscutting Concepts
Asking Questions and Defining Problems
Ask questions that can be investigated within the scope of the classroom, outdoor environment, and museums and other public facilities with available resources and, when appropriate, frame a hypothesis based on observations and scientific principles. (MS-PS2-3)
No Disciplinary Core Ideas are included in this lesson.
Energy and Matter
Energy may take different forms (e.g. energy in fields, thermal energy, energy of motion).