| MATTER AND ENERGY COURSE MATRIX |
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LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT |
EXTENSIONS |
ASSESSMENT |
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ENERGY |
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• Energy Sources
• Energy Conversion
• Energy on the Move
• Summary: Energy
• Science Notebook: Students write
about their observations of energy
sources and energy conversions. |
Math Extensions
• Problem of the week.
Science Extension
• Start an energy toy collection. |
Survey
Embedded Assessment
• Science Notebook
• Response Sheet
Benchmark Assessment
• I-Check 1 |
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LIGHT |
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• Reflection
• Throw a Little Light on Sight
• Summary: Light
• Science Notebook: Students record
the ways they worked with mirrors
to solve mirror challenges and what
happens to the appearance of objects
when different colors of light are
used to illuminate the objects. |
Math Extension
• Problem of the week.
Language Extensions
• Travel through the looking glass.
• Write mirror messages.
Art Extension
• Create mirror pictures.
Science Extensions
• Share light.
• Look at symmetry of faces.
• Make a periscope. |
Embedded Assessment
• Teacher Observation
• Science Notebook
Benchmark Assessment
• I-Check 2
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MATTER |
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• States of Matter
• Opinion and Evidence
• The Metric System
• Summary: Matter
• Science Notebook: Students record
predictions and measurements using
metric tools for mass and volume. |
Math Extensions
• Problem of the week.
• Estimate capacity of other containers.
Science Extension
• Determine volume of solid objects.
Language Extension
• Discuss metric prefixes. |
Embedded Assessment
• Science Notebook
• Teacher Observation
• Notebook Sheet
Benchmark Assessment
• I-Check 3 |
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CHANGING MATTER |
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• Change of State
• Particles
• Reactions
• Summary: Changing Matter
• Science Notebook: Students explain
the results of a chemical reaction. |
Science Extension
• Conservation of matter. |
Embedded Assessment
• Teacher Observation
• Notebook Sheet
Benchmark Assessment
• I-Check 4
Posttest |
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