Shaunquetta N. Johnson
Connecticut has implemented the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to better prepare students for college and rigorous learning. The CCSS blends with disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts across k-12. The standards connection across school curricula and promotes classroom discourse. Connecticut is also shifting toward The Next Generation Science Standards to advance a quality science education. The main standards this lesson will focus on are:
S1 Ask questions and define problems
S3 Plan and carry out investigations
S4 Analyze and interpret data
S7 Engage in argument from evidence
S6 Construct explanations and design solutions
S8 Obtain evaluate, and communicate information
W 3.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic
Students will learn the strategy of asking questions which will engage students in research, independent learning, and communication. Students will learn how to hypothesize and support that hypothesis with evidence. Furthermore, students will learn to think analytically and provide rich explanations to interpret data. The goal is to equip students with higher order thinking skills.