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Hominids and Evolution - Lesson and DBQ
Hominids and Evolution – DBQThe main goal of this lesson is to have students compare different hominids and describe how they evolved over time.Check out an alternate version of this lesson here!This lesson comes with a 15 Slide PowerPoint that includes:A Do Now QuestionClass NotesInformational Graphics/ChartsA Video LinkAssessment QuestionsActivity InstructionsA Conclusion QuestionThere are three different activity options based on a 5 document DBQDocument 1 - Human Evolution Image Document 2
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6th - 11th
Also included in: Prehistoric Times - Unit Bundle
DBQ - America enters WWI
Students will analyze 9 documents to answer the question: Should America have ended neutrality and entered WWI? Documents support both sides and there are guiding questions for each document. Also, you can tailor the amount of scaffolding. You can just use the question and the documents or students can use the planning page on the page to help break down and categorize the documents into the two sides.
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6th - 10th
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Data Analysis: Deforestation & Oxygen Gas Human Impact CER Open Response
Students identify the pattern between deforestation (decreasing area of forest) & decreasing amount of oxygen gas in the air. Using line graphs, students are guided in describing the relationship between two data sets to describe the negative human impact on ecosystems. A claim - evidence- reasoning (CER) graphic organizer is provided to guide students' writing. Encouraged to incorporate evidence, students are also prompted to think about the importance of each element of the CER writing too
Creating a Climate Change Model
This assignment asks students to read, highlight and annotate passages about the greenhouse effect, the albedo effect, and human impact on the climate. As they read, students add information to their model. Once their draft model is completed, they will transfer it to a poster board. NGSS HS-LS2-7.Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.HS-ESS3-5. Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models
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8th - 12th
Writing in Science - Constructed Response Strategy
With literacy becoming more of a focus in education and the need to reach higher depth of knowledge in science, writing is imperative!
This constructed response strategy will help your students learn to set up there writing, think analytical about their prompt, and to reach those higher depth of knowledge skills in science. This strategy is great in setting up for DBQs can easily transfer into other subject areas.
Packet Includes:
- CSET Breakdown & Directions
- CSET Samples
- CSET Blank
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5th - 12th
Honors Earth Science articles with questions and answers
This is a collection of 12 articles intended for high-schoolers, that have accompanying questions and answers to have students review the articles closely. The articles come from scientific american, MIT, and other sources.The articles correlate to North Carolina state standards. Adding these articles improves the rigor of an Honor's level class although they can also be used to supplement any earth science or environmental class.
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8th - 12th
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DBQ Document Based Questioning - Bats
DBQ titled: Why are Bats important to the ecosystem?
This is a DBQ document based questioning on Bats. It has full instructions for students. 5 total documents.
Lists the source for the documents so students can practice citing information from text.
This can be tied in with 7th grade Georgia standards of ecosystems or just general fun research for students.
This can also be used to teach students how to cite evidence from articles or on the internet.
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4th - 12th
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Vietnam War Agent Orange Primary Source Quote Activity (TEKS Based)
Primary source analysis activity based on a quote about Agent Orange from a Vietnam Veteran in 2018. The activity also requires students to research the recent lawsuit involving the manufactures of Round Up.
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10th - 12th
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Chemical Bonding: Soap and Social Justice Discussion
Use this discussion as part of your chemical bonding unit to your culturally responsive classroom. Have students consider the usefulness of soap and the consequences of not having access to it. Students will consider the question: "should soap be considered a basic human right?" Throughout the unit and use their knowledge of chemical bonding to provide evidence for their response. They will ultimately make soap to see the process and chemistry behind it.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Chemical Bonding: Soap and Social Justice Unit
AIDS Crisis DBQ
This is a 45-60 minute DBQ lesson with materials on the 1980s American AIDS crisis. Students will analyze three primary source documents (a TV interview with Dr. Bijan Safai [chief of dermatology for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center], a TV news segment featuring Rashida Hassan Abdul-Khabeer [founder of Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health Issues], and a radio interview with Ann Northup [representative for AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power]) by reading them and using the content to com
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10th - 12th
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Nervous system, neurons digital review activity + worksheet middle school
Inspire independent revision, with this interactive game designed to help your students master the concepts, structures and functions of the neuron, brain and spinal cord. There are five interactive activities (25 questions) to complete. Each activity will test for understanding of keywords, applying knowledge (to the abuse of substances)and the ability to interpret what a question is requiring.The colorful game is self-correcting, providing feedback after each activity. All activities must b
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7th - 9th
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MS-LS1-3
Argumentative Essay: Globalization
Argumentative Essay: Has globalization of the world economy created a better world, or has it made the world a more dangerous place?Essay background, prompt and guidelines provided.Document sources on information include;3 all text documents1 photograph with short text document2 charts1 political cartoonCan be used in an array of humanities courses.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Circulatory system digital activities, worksheet, 7th grade science
Inspire independent consolidation, with this Digital interactive game designed to help your students master the concepts, structures and functions of the heart and circulation. There are five interactive activities (25 questions) to complete. Each activity will test for understanding of keywords, question types and applying knowledge to graphs.The colorful game is self-correcting, providing feedback after each activity. All five activities must be completed to win the game. Students succeed as
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6th - 9th
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MS-LS1-3
GMOs Benefits and Drawbacks- DBQ
This DBQ can be used in any science course, but it is most appropriate for Biology, Environmental Science, Life Science, or Current Topics in Science course. It provides students with six document for them to analyze in order to generate an argument for whether to support GMOs or not.
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7th - 12th
Print and GO: Slime Molds (Zimmerman) Reading and Questions
This supplemental assignment is an introduction into a slime mold predation lab. It is aligned to the NGSS SEP: Obtaining, Evaluating and Communicating Information. Students have background information on the author and content context before reading the approximately 2 page article. There are 15 questions based on the reading; answers are italicized and should be removed before printing. There are 15 questions aligned to the reading and an extension question to further student engagement.
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9th - 12th
HS-LS2-1 Elephant v Human Populations in Mozambique (CER Writing Prompt)
The data for this prompt came from a real research article and it has been shortened and adapted for high school students. It is aligned to the NGSS standards.
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9th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-LS2-1
Biology A Discussion Questions
This resource contains sample discussion questions related to the first half of a Biology course. The questions are organized by unit and encourage students to think more deeply about biology content. In my setting, I like to use these questions as a homework activity, but they also work as an extension to a unit or as a buffer if you don't have anything planned. The goal behind these questions is that there is no right answer. This requires students to find their own evidence to support whateve
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9th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-LS1-7
, HS-LS3-2
Also included in: Biology A Discussion Questions Bundle
Case Study: Environmental Effects of Aral Sea (Topic 5.10)
Case study about the causes and consequences of the agricultural practices which led to shrinking Aral Sea. It best matches Topics 5.10 in AP Human Geography Course-Exam Description as of 2020 (Consequences of Agricultural Practices), available also in a bundle.Document-Based Questions activity to improve students' ability to connect the content knowledge with the skills needed to pass AP Human Geography Exam. The case study includes Free Response Questions with the task verbs as indicated in Co
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Unit 5 AP Human Geography Bundle (Agriculture and Rural Land Use)
DBQ- Have Humans Reached Their Carrying Capacity- An Analysis
This is a DBQ (document-based question) project that allows students to examine a series of sources to determine if humans, a unique biological population, has reached its carrying capacity. This can be used in biology, environmental science, or any other science course where data and document analysis are integral. This is editable so you can add and change as many documents as you need to in order to support the needs of your students.
Science Literacy: Has Earth Reached its Carrying Capacity?
Students often fail to make the connection between the science they learn in the classroom, and how it is be applied in the real world. This "Article of the Week" series follows Dave Stuarts's format and is designed to bridge that gap using real articles from reliable sources.The assignment asks students to perform a close reading, annotations, and to use evidence from the article to support a claim. It also asks students to reflect - giving them a chance to interject their own thoughts and opin
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Ecology, Populations and Biodiversity Bundle
S3 Manhattan Project Source Based Activities w/Answers
This outstanding, comprehensive resource provides the student with an engaging narrative as well as a great deal of practice using historical sources to hone their skills. This product can be used in the classroom and/or as a well-structured homework assignment. The Manhattan Project, an Anglo-American effort to develop nuclear weapons during World War II, is regarded as one of the most notable megaprojects of the 20th century, despite its controversy. It combined expertise, industrial productio
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10th - 11th
Case Study: Sustainable Cities in USA (Topic 6.8 & 6.11)
Case study about the selected sustainable cities in USA (Milwaukee and Minneapolis), effects of New Urbanism and green policies. It best matches Topics 6.8 and 6.11 in AP Human Geography Course-Exam Description as of 2020 (Urban sustainability and Challenges of Urban Sustainability), available also in a bundle.Document-Based Questions activity to improve students' ability to connect the content knowledge with the skills needed to pass AP Human Geography Exam. The case study includes Free Respons
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Unit 6 AP Human Geography Bundle (Cities and Urban Land Use)
Should We Bring Back Extinct Species?
This DBQ allows students to research topics in order to answer the question of whether we should bring back extinct species. It combines the topics of genetics, evolution, ecology, and ethics during the exploration.
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9th - 12th
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AP Environmental Science Unit 1- The Living World: Review Packet
This lesson will allow students to engage in all of the topics for AP Environmental Science Unit 1 (as outlined by the College Board in the 2019 curriculum update). This activity can be used as a review at the end of the unit, as a webquest to have students learn on their own, or as a virtual lesson by putting the resources the students need right in their online learning platform. The stations all include some of the following skills as they learn the content: models to examine, calculations to
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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