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Connecting Literature with the California

Science Standards

Strategic Science TeachingGrade Eight – Physical Science

1 SST 8th/Physical Science

A lesson for each grade level: • Literature selection • Science Standards • Literacy Strategy • Science Investigation


http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/sc/ll/3 SST 8th/Physical Science

Browse The Elements Of The LessonStandards AlignmentLesson at a GlanceTeacher BackgroundMaterials and Advanced PreparationTeacher TipsCommon MisconceptionsExplicit Script for delivering the lesson

through the 5E instructional model

Teacher ReflectionTeacher and Student pages


The 5E Model of Instruction


October Sky Homer Hickman

Chemical ReactionsEssential Question:

How do different substances interact with each other?

Student Outcomes:Students explore the properties of chemical

reactions.Students investigate features of a chemical

reaction, and plan and conduct a scientific investigation to test a hypothesis.

Students initially encounter information about chemical reactions by reading about rockets in an engaging text. (Question the Author)


Learning Strategy: Question the Author

A Russian Traveler

The day is Friday, October 4. The year is 1957. People in many parts of the earth turned on radios and heard strange news. “Russia has used rockets to put a new moon in the sky” said one station.


Modeling the Literacy Strategy

A tiny new moon is a metal ball. It has a radio in it. The radio goes “Beep! Beep! Beep!” as the moon travels along.

The new moon is named Sputnik.

The ship is just big enough to carry a little dog. The ship sends out signals about the dog.

Everywhere people became interested in rockets and spaceships.

Russia has used rocket to put a satellite into space. The tiny satellite is shaped like a metal ball.


Question the Author (it takes practice!)

Students read and talk about ideas the author is trying to get across.What is the author trying to tell you?Why is the author telling you that?Is the message clearly stated?

Recast confusing ideas in clearer languageHow could the author have stated the ideas

in a clearer wayWhat would you want to say instead?


Read and Question the AuthorOctober Sky, Chapter 5

•Look for experiments involving chemical reactions in the text.•What do scientists consider as evidence of chemical reactions?

•Record responses.

The 5E Learning Cycle

Engage


Explore

Observing Matter:

Carefully add one piece of foil to the liquid and observe until no more reaction is occurring.

Decant liquid into fresh cupRepeat first step.Decant liquid into fresh cupRepeat again.


ExplainPredict what will happen to the third piece

of foil during the experiment.Record results from the three trialsAsk students what they conclude happened

to the the third piece of foil.


•Students present their hypothesis, experiment, and results to the class.•Ask them to confer with their groups to explain the results in terms of a chemical reaction.

EvaluateEvaluate


Elaborate

What change might you make to the aluminum-copper chloride reaction and the effect you might observe?

Make an experimental design for the new procedure.


Teacher ReflectionHow does the student work provide evidence that

students understand the properties of chemical reactions, and that they know how to plan and conduct a scientific investigation to test a hypothesis?

What instructional strategies used in this lesson promote student understanding? How do you know?

How does the literature selection support student understanding of the science concepts and processes?

How would you modify instruction to ensure understanding of outcomes by all students?


Your presenter will provide local contact information or you may contact your County Office of Education

Science Specialist for more information.Bibliography located in the publication:

Strategic Science Teaching Grades K-12: A Sampler of Science Lessons Connecting Literature with California

Standards, 2002, CDE

http://www.ccsesa.org/index/subCommittees.cfm?cid=120

Strategic Science TeachingProvided by CISC-Science Sub-

Committee


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