Science and Engineering Practices Lesson Plan Templates in 7th Grade Science

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I am a Changemaker!

Ashoka

Updated:

2020

2 Comments

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Multiple Subjects
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Animals
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Collaboration
- Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Current Events
- Developing and using models
- Discussions
- Engaging in argument from evidence
- Engineering Design
- Informative/Explanatory Writing
- Instructional Strategies
- Key Ideas and Details
- Language
- Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science and Society
- Narratives
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Persuasion
- Planning and carrying out investigations
- Research
- Research Skills
- Speaking and Listening
- Systems and System Models
- Using mathematics and computational thinking
- Visual Arts
- Writing
K-2, 3-5, MS

Maryland DOE

What does it mean to be a changemaker? Young people will reflect on the skills and attributes needed to be a changemaker and hear inspirational...

Science of Innovation: Self-Driving Cars

NationalScienceFoundation

Updated:

2018

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Multiple Subjects
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Community, Global, and Ethical Impacts
- Computers and Communication Devices
- Developing and using models
- Injury Prevention and Safety
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Personal and Community Health
- Planning and carrying out investigations
- Using mathematics and computational thinking
3-5, MS, HS

Standards aligned

At Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, computer scientist Sebastian Thrun and his team of software engineers are creating a fleet of...

Carbon Dioxide, Temperature, and Human Impact

vwarheit

Updated:

2021

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Multiple Subjects
- Air
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Chemical Bonding
- Chemical Reactions
- Collect, Represent, and Interpret Data
- Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Earth and Human Activity
- Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
- Energy
- Engaging in argument from evidence
- Environment
- Foundations for Multiplication
- Habitats
- Math
- Measurement and Data
- Natural Resources
- Number and Operations in Base 10
- Observations
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Personal and Community Health
- Plants
- Predictions
- Questioning
- Scientific Method
- Scientific Thinking and Inquiry
- Solve problems involving measurement and estimation, conversion
- Solving Problems Using Whole Number Multiplication and Division
- Using mathematics and computational thinking
- Volume
- Weather
- Weather and Climate
- Working with Parents
K-2, 3-5, MS

Standards aligned

This lesson on carbon dioxide, temperature, and human impact was developed by Hanna Nielsen at the Coastal Ecosystems Institute, and it centers on a...

Design Thinking - A Project-Based Learning Approach

Mind My Education

Updated:

2019

1 Comment

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Multiple Subjects
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Classroom Materials
- Developing and using models
- Digital Tools and Collaboration
- Discussions
- Employability Skills
- Engineering Design
- Informative/Explanatory Writing
- Key Ideas and Details
- Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science and Society
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Oral Reports
- Pace and Clarity
- Planning and carrying out investigations
- Reading Standards for Informational Text
- Research
- Speaking and Listening
- Technology Research Tools
- Writing
3-5, MS, HS

With this project-based learning activity, your students can work together to create real solutions to real problems in their world! This organized...

CRAP Test for Reliable/Credible Sources

Adam Feinberg

Updated:

2019

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Multiple Subjects
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Civics and Government
- Current Events
- Economics
- Engaging in argument from evidence
- Geography
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Research
- Research Skills
- US History
- World History
Middle School

This is a form to fill out about a source students want to use for research. It goes through the source's credibility, reliability, accuracy, and...

Photosynthesis Engineering Performance Task - Carbon Sequestration

Rebecca Newburn

Updated:

2018

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Multiple Subjects
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Ecology
- Engaging in argument from evidence
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Planning and carrying out investigations
- Using mathematics and computational thinking
Middle School

NGSS

This is a rigorous and engaging engineering performance task for a unit on photosynthesis . The storyline for the unit: You are a group of soil...

“Invention Education” lesson series where students are the inventors

PBS NewsHour Extra

Updated:

2021

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Multiple Subjects
- 1990s and 2000s
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Civics and Government
- Computer Science
- Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Current Events
- Earth and Space Science
- Engaging in argument from evidence
- Industrial and Technology Education
- Information Technology
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Physics
- Planning and carrying out investigations
- Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens
MS, HS

These 20 project-based lessons explore inventions saving endangered species, finding renewable energy sources and more. STEM and humanities teachers...

What's in your Backyard?- By Kathy Port (performance task and lesson)

cheryl.bobo_1844194

Updated:

2018

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Multiple Subjects
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Area, Surface Area and Volume
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Key Ideas and Details
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Oral Reports
- Research
- Using mathematics and computational thinking
Middle School

Alaska DOE

In this project, students will investigate the biodiversity within their schoolyard or other local environment in order to identify the natural and...

Green & Healthy Schools Education Initiative

danbertalan

Updated:

2017

0 Comments

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Multiple Subjects
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
Middle School

WISCONSIN NEEDS OUR NEXT GENERATION TO EMBRACE A SENSE OF SUSTAINABLE OWNERSHIP IN THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET. AND THE GREEN & HEALTHY SCHOOLS...

Unit: Introducing Engineering Through Careers -MS- By: Jessica Erwin, Sam Schlobohm, and Corby Weyhmiller

cheryl.bobo_1844194

Updated:

2018

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Multiple Subjects
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Developing and using models
- Engaging in argument from evidence
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Planning and carrying out investigations
- Using mathematics and computational thinking
Middle School

NGSS

The purpose of this unit is to expose our middle school students to the process of engineering and connecting what they learn to viable career...