Bring Science Alive!. Life Science Adaptations I Cells and Genetics I Ecosystems
TCt
Program Components Reference Text
Interactive Student Notebook
Reference Texts provide background and additional context for students as they complete investigations.
During investigations, students record observations, graph data, construct arguments, and more in their Interactive Student Notebooks.
Social Studies Alive!
Social Studies Alive!
History Alive!
History Alive!
Geography Alive!
Geography Alive!
At the end of the school year, you’ll be able to look back at the pages of your notebook to see all the science you have explored!
Government Alive! Econ Alive! Bring Science Alive!
www.teachtci.com
www.teachtci.com
Adaptations
In the Interactive Student Notebook, you will • think about what you already know • take notes from your reading • record discoveries from each investigation • show what you have learned
Your Science Investigation Journal
Ecosystems 100% NGSS
100% NGSS
Social Studies Alive!
In the Interactive Student Notebook, you will • think about what you already know • take notes from your reading • record discoveries from each investigation 100% • show what you have learned
www.teachtci.com 800-497-6138
NGSS
Interactive Student Notebook
Ecosystems
TCI offers programs for elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
Cells and Genetics
Interactive Student Notebook Your Science Investigation Journal
At the end of the school year, you’ll be able to look back at the pages of your notebook to see all the science you have explored!
Adaptations
800-497-6138
www.teachtci.com 800-497-6138
Bring Learning Alive!
Cells and Genetics
Interactive Student Notebook
Cells and Genetics
Bring Science Alive! 800-497-6138
In the Interactive Student Notebook, you will • think about what you already know • take notes from your reading • record discoveries from each investigation • show what you have learned
Cells and Genetics
Econ Alive!
Adaptations
Government Alive!
Cells and Genetics
TCI offers programs for elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
Interactive Student Notebook
Bring Learning Alive!
Adaptations
Interactive Student Notebook
Adaptations Bring Learning Alive! TCI offers programs for elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
Ecosystems
Interactive Student Notebook 100% NGSS Your Science Investigation Journal
At the end of the school year, you’ll be able to look back at the pages of your notebook to see all the science you have explored!
History Alive! Geography Alive!
Econ Alive!
Ecosystems
Government Alive!
Bring Science Alive! Ecosystems
www.teachtci.com
800-497-6138
www.teachtci.com 800-497-6138
100% NGSS
100% NGSS
Materials Kits Ready-to-use Materials Kits are prepped and organized for you to seamlessly integrate into each lesson.
Online Resources Simulations, lesson presentations, customizable 3-Dimensional assessments, and more are at your fingertips.
Unwrapping a TCI Unit
L I F E
S C I E N C E
P R O G R A M
C O N T E N T S
Bring Science Alive! Life Science Adaptations Unit 1 - The History of Life on Earth Anchoring Phenomenon: Similar fossils have been found in the same aged rock in fossil digs that are over 100 miles apart. Storyline: As a paleontologist, students will collect data from one of six fossil sites around the world. They will analyze the data and find patterns between different fossil sites to form a more comprehensive view of the history of life on Earth.
1 Earth’s History
Phenomenon: You would usually find shells by the ocean, but fossilized shells can be found in the middle of the desert.
2 Fossils and the History of Life
Phenomenon: Dinosaurs once roamed the earth, but now we do not find them alive anywhere.
Engineering Challenge: Designing a Fossil Extraction Toolset Description: Design a tool set based on criteria and constraints, then use it to extract a plaster model of a fossil. Performance Assessment: Analyzing a Fossil Dig Site Anchoring Phenomenon: Similar fossils have been found in the same aged rock in fossil digs that are over 100 miles apart. Storyline: Act as a paleontologist - obtain and organize information from a fossil dig site. Present your findings and then compare the patterns you found at your dig site to patterns found at other dig sites.
Unit 2 - The Evolution of Life Anchoring Phenomenon: Whales live in water and look like big fish, but they have traits of land-dwelling mammals. Storyline: As evolutionary biologists, students will collect data about the survival, anatomy, and evolutionary history of whales. They will analyze the data to explain why whales have internal organs more similar to those of mammals that live on land. Finally,they will try to determine which organism is the closest living relative to the whale.
3 Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Through Natural Selection
Phenomenon: Darwin found many kinds of finches with different sized and shaped beaks on the different islands of the GalĂĄpagos.
4 Observing Natural Selection in Action
Phenomenon: In only 2 years, the average beak size of finches on Daphne Major got almost 1mm larger.
5 Genes and Natural Selection
Phenomenon: Lovebirds in captivity have unique colorations not found in the wild population.
6 Evolutionary Relationships
Phenomenon: Crayfish, spiders, and dragonflies may seem very different at first glance, but they have many similarities.
Performance Assessment: Evolutionary History of Whales Anchoring Phenomenon: Whales live in water and look like big fish, but they have traits of land-dwelling mammals. Storyline: You are an evolutionary biologist. Explore real fossil data, the embryological data on whales, the physical structures of whales and other organisms, and genetic data on whales to support an argument about which organism alive today is most like a whale.
L I F E
S C I E N C E
P R O G R A M
C O N T E N T S
Unit 3 - Human Impacts on Evolution Anchoring Phenomenon: Moreton Bay in Australia is rapidly declining in health due to increases in population around the bay. Storyline: As part of a bioethics committee, you will research and debate if and how humans should deal with rapid environmental changes that affect the survival and evolution of other organisms. You’ll try to decide whether to mitigate the speed of the environmental changes, use technology to change the rate of evolution, or come to a completely different solution.
7 Artificial Selection
Phenomenon: Bulldog skulls have dramatically changed in shape over the past 150 years.
8 Genetic Engineering and Society
Phenomenon: Before 1922, diabetes was a death sentence. However, by the early 1990s, people with diabetes could live long and relatively normal lives.
9 Human Population and Global Change
Phenomenon: The Aral Sea shrunk to a quarter of its size in only 50 years.
Engineering Challenge: Redesigning “Trash” to Reduce Environmental Impact Description: Design a solution for a local environmental problem using second hand materials. Performance Assessment: Bioethics Debate Anchoring Phenomenon: Moreton Bay in Australia is rapidly declining in health due to increases in population around the bay. Storyline: In a bioethics committee session, research and debate if and how humans should deal with problems around a changing environment. Use evidence to support your arguments.
Cells and Genetics Unit 1 - Traits Anchoring Phenomenon: Organisms have unique physical and behavioral traits that help them survive. Storyline: The island of Madagascar has plants and animals that exist nowhere else on the planet. Plan an eco-tour, highlighting how the unique physical and behavioral traits of these organisms have helped them survive.
1 Traits for Survival
Phenomenon: Humans have opposable thumbs, but turtles do not.
2 Traits for Reproduction
Phenomenon: The blue-footed booby has bright blue feet that the males show off by strutting in front of the females.
Engineering Challenge: Designing a Seed Dispersal Device Description: Design, build, test, and modify a structure for dispersing seeds that mimic the traits that plants have to disperse seeds in nature. Performance Assessment: Planning a Trait Trek to Madagascar Anchoring Phenomenon: Organisms have unique physical and behavioral traits that help them survive. Storyline: Plan a Trait Trek to Madagascar and design a brochure for your travelers that demonstrates how each organism’s unique traits help it survive and reproduce.
L I F E
S C I E N C E
P R O G R A M
C O N T E N T S
Unit 2 - Bodies Anchoring Phenomenon: People become sick when body systems don’t function properly. Storyline: Everyday, people all over the world get sick. Sometimes they recover; sometimes they don’t. Like a doctor, use evidence from medical charts, test results, and medical fact sheets to “diagnose” problems four patients are experiencing.
3 Interacting Body Systems
Phenomenon: Doctors know generally what is inside a living person’s body without having to cut them open.
Engineering Challenge: Designing a Prosthetic Hand Description: Design, build, test, and modify a prosthetic hand to serve a specific function.
4 Levels of Organization
Phenomenon: Body systems, like the skeletal system, are made of smaller and smaller parts.
5 Controlling Body Systems
Phenomenon: Sometimes people lose their coordination or memory.
Performance Assessment: Diagnosing JJ Anchoring Phenomenon: People become sick when body systems don’t function properly. Storyline: Diagnose your fourth patient, JJ, using your knowledge of body systems and information processing.
Unit 3 - Cells Anchoring Phenomenon: A bacterial cell, created in a biology laboratory, has no parent. Storyline: Some scientists believe they are on the verge of creating life itself. Work as a technician in a biology lab to create a model of a synthetic animal or plant cell. Then, devise a test to determine if synthetic organisms are really alive.
6 Cell Theory
Phenomenon: People once believed that mice could be generated from dirty shirts in bags of wheat.
7 Parts of Cells
Phenomenon: Many cells, like this paramecium, can move around and fulfill their needs without legs or body systems.
Performance Assessment: Modeling Synthetic Cells Anchoring Phenomenon: A bacterial cell, created in a biology laboratory, has no parent. Storyline: Create a model to prototype the development of a synthetic cell and develop an investigation that will determine whether a synthetic cell is a living thing.
Unit 4 -Genes Anchoring Phenomenon: Some organisms look exactly like their parents and others do not. Storyline: Coral reefs around the world are threatened by rising ocean temperatures. Working as an official at a National Park, you’ll use your understanding of genes and inheritance to devise a management plan to save local coral reefs.
8 Proteins, Genes, and Chromosomes
Phenomenon: Some cats have short, straight hair and some cats have long, wavy hair.
9 Inheriting Genes
Phenomenon: Some organisms, like bacteria, are identical to their parents but other organisms, like dogs, are not.
10 Genes and the Environment
Phenomenon: Identical twins look similar but not exactly alike.
Performance Assessment: Conserving Coral Reefs Using Genetics Anchoring Phenomenon: Some organisms look exactly like their parents and others do not. Storyline: In order to save coral reefs in a marine park, design a management plan using your knowledge of coral reproduction, allele combinations, and genetic inheritance.
L I F E
S C I E N C E
P R O G R A M
C O N T E N T S
Unit 5 - Changes in Genes Anchoring Phenomenon: An organism’s traits can be altered by a change in its genes. Storyline: Organisms’ traits are altered when their genes are changed by mutations or genetic engineering. Critique articles about mutations and genetic engineering by assessing the reliability of each article’s source.
11 Genetic Mutations
Phenomenon: Some people have six fingers on one hand and some grapefruit are bright red.
Engineering Challenge: Designing a Dog Breeding Process Description: Design criteria for how to breed a new type of dog using artificial selection techniques.
12 Engineering and Genetics
Phenomenon: Before the 1990s, there were no glow-in-the-dark mice, but now there are many kinds of glow-inthe-dark mice.
Performance Assessment: Investigating Genetic Engineering Anchoring Phenomenon: An organism’s traits can be altered by a change in its genes. Storyline: Present a news story on genetic engineering techniques and their potential consequences after researching story leads.
Ecosystems Unit 1 - Resources in Ecosystems Anchoring Phenomenon: When various species of cichlid fish are combined in aquariums, some stop eating to the point of dying. Storyline: The living things on our planet interact with each other and with the nonliving parts of the environment in dynamic ecosystems. Apply what you learn about resources, interactions, and changes in ecosystems to solve a problem in the fish exhibit at a zoo.
1 Resources in Living Systems
Phenomenon: Poison dart frogs kept in captivity lose their toxicity over time so they are no longer poisonous.
2 Interactions Among Organisms
Phenomenon: Acacia trees produce a nectar that does not help the tree itself, but is eaten by stinging ants that live on the tree. Engineering Challenge: Preserving Frog-Bat Interactions Description: Build a sound shield to protect acoustic interactions from highway noise.
3 Changing Ecosystems
Phenomenon: Although the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens destroyed all life near the eruption, the area is now covered in green and full of life.
Performance Assessment: Changing Resources for Cichlid Fish Anchoring Phenomenon: When various species of cichlid fish are combined in aquariums, some stop eating to the point of dying. Storyline: Use your understanding of the resources and interactions in dynamic ecosystems to determine what needs changing in the cichlid fish exhibit where some species are unhealthy. Then, present your solution at a conference.
L I F E
S C I E N C E
P R O G R A M
C O N T E N T S
Unit 2 - Energy and Matter in Ecosystems Anchoring Phenomenon: Over a period of five years, a local park has grown a lot, acquiring an incredible amount of new matter and energy. Storyline: You will take on the role of science animator to represent the invisible pathway that a single atom of carbon and one unit of energy take as they travel through the world.on land. Finally,they will try to determine which organism is the closest living relative to the whale.
4 Capturing the Sun’s Energy
Phenomenon: Epiphytes, plants that can live high in trees, grow and flower in spite of having no roots that touch the ground.
5 Using Stored Energy
Phenomenon: Antlions use a lot of energy to build sandy pits and then lie in wait until an ant falls in, at which point an antlion pegs the ant with sand until it falls to the very bottom of the pit.
6 Food Webs and Trophic Pyramids
Phenomenon: In Yellowstone National Park, it is very easy to observe hundreds of types of plants but nearly impossible to spot a wolf.
7 Global Cycles of Matter
Phenomenon: Runoff from a fertilized field empties into a pond, triggering the growth of green muck.
Performance Assessment: Animating Global Pathways Anchoring Phenomenon: Over a period of five years, a local park has grown a lot, acquiring an incredible amount of new matter and energy. Storyline: Become a science animator. Visualize the invisible global pathways of matter and energy by creating claymation videos. Understand how matter and energy can move between nonliving and living things, causing changes like forest growth in a local park.
Unit 3 - Humans and Changing Ecosystems Anchoring Phenomenon: Abalone populations in southern California have been declining steadily since the 1960s. Storyline: As investigative TV reporters, students will explore the interaction between people and their environment. Learn how scientists use biodiversity to study ecosystem health, how people depend on ecosystems, and how people design solutions when ecosystems are unhealthy. Finally, they’ll report on a local story about human and ecosystem interactions.
8 Biodiversity
Phenomenon: The kakapo is a flightless parrot that lives in New Zealand. In the 1970s, only 18 individuals were left alive; now there are about 160 living individuals.
9 The Importance of Healthy Ecosystems
Phenomenon: Almond farms in California truck in billions of honey bees from around the nation to pollinate their orchards each spring.
10 Engineering Solutions and Protecting Ecosystems
Phenomenon: The populations of wild animals, such as the lynx and rabbit, tend to rise and fall in cycles, but the global human population is just rising—dramatically.
Engineering Challenge: Designing a Fishing Net Description: Design a fishing net that will help preserve biodiversity by targeting certain species rather than all species. Performance Assessment: People and Ecosystems Anchoring Phenomenon: Abalone populations in southern California have been declining steadily since the 1960s. Storyline: Using what you know about human impact on populations, work in groups to research a local story of population growth impacting resources. Present your investigative report to the class.
U N W R A P P I N G
A
T C I
U N I T :
P H E N O M E N A
A Phenomena-Rich Program TCI believes that phenomena makes science more meaningful for students. Bring Science Alive! provides many opportunities for students to engage with, investigate, and make sense of natural phenomena in their own lives.
Anchoring Phenomenon The anchoring phenomenon encourages students to make connections with the world around them. Students then further explore the phenomenon during the Performance Assessment.
Lesson Phenomenon
Local Phenomenon
Each lesson begins with an investigative phenomenon that is used to pique students’ interest and drive instruction throughout the investigations. At the end of a lesson, students use what they learned to make sense of the phenomenon.
Students build a deeper, personal connection to the phenomenon through direct observation or by conducting research to find out more about the phenomenon in their local area.
U N W R A P P I N G
A
T C I
U N I T :
P H E N O M E N A
Bring Science Alive! covers a variety of phenomena topics to engage every student.
Multimedia Phenomena
Phenomena are presented through videos, images, and hands-on observations.
Rich multimedia throughout the program provide easy ways for students to interpret the phenomena.
U N W R A P P I N G
A
T C I
U N I T :
I N V E S T I G A T I O N S
Three-Dimensional Learning Students set forth to investigate each lesson’s phenomenon. Each carefully-designed investigation guides students through mastering the lesson’s science practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas.
Lessons are broken out into modules so that teachers can pick and choose what works for their classroom.
Lessons are presented in an easy-to-use, customizable slideshow format.
Pacing is provided for teachers to plan in advance.
Each and every lesson focuses on at least one Science and Engineering Practice, one Disciplinary Core Idea, and one Crosscutting Concept.
Investigations are designed to meet Math and ELA Common Core standards as specified by NGSS.
U N W R A P P I N G
A
T C I
U N I T :
I N V E S T I G A T I O N S
Material Kits are prepared and organized to seamlessly integrate into each lesson.
Consumable Materials can easily be ordered online.
Everything needed for one lesson is grouped together into a clearly labeled bag.
Adaptations Materials Kit
AP-20-1
Item #LM-0609
Materials List Bin 1 Engineering Challenge: Designing a Fossil Extraction Toolset
Earth’s History Oval bottle with cap, 12oz
1
Truffle mold, silicone
2
Pony beads, blue, pkg/480
1
Tempera paint, powdered, brown
1
Pony beads, green, pkg/480
1
Chisel set, pkg/3
2
Bag, zip lock, 6x6”
6
Chip brush, 1”
8
Measuring cup, 2 cup
1
Paint brush, synthetic
8
Graduated beaker, 200mL
8
Toothbrush
8
Fossil model, set
3
Drill bit, 1/16”, set/7
1
Draw string pouch, pkg/25
2
Toothpick, red
8
String
1
Pushpins, pkg/100
1
Adaptations Materials Kit
AP-20-1
Item #LM-0609
Engineering Challenge: Designing a Fossil Extraction Toolset continued
Materials List Bin 1 Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Through Natural Selection continued
Chopsticks, pair
12
Slip joint pliers
8
Sandpaper, coarse
10
Boxwood pick, bundle
2
Nail
8
Test tube, 10mL with cap
8
Powder funnel
8
Jar, 10g
8
Foam balls, small
1
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Through Natural Selection
Tweezers
8
Scoops and spoons, assorted, set
4
Dry beans, assorted, 1lb
1
Marble, 5/8”, pkg/200
1
Box, 4.5x4.5x5.5”
8
Skewers, bamboo, pkg/100
1
Flashlight, keychain
8
Fingernail clippers
8
Acetate sheet, red
1
Observing Natural Selection in Action
Adaptations Materials Kit
AP-20-1
Item #LM-0609
Observing Natural Selection in Action continued
Acetate sheet, blue
1
Human Population and Global Change Counting chips, pkg/1000
2
Loose In This Bin
Materials List Bin 1 In Box 2, continued Sand, fine, 4 cups
1
Soil, 4 cups
1
Sand, ultra fine, 4 cups
1
Sand, navy blue, 1lb
2
Cup, plastic, 9oz, pkg/50
4
Sand, light blue, 1lb
1
TCI Adaptations poster
1
Sand, green, 2lb
1
Hand drill
4
Sand, grey, 1lb
2
Rubber mallet, 16oz
4
Sand, brown, 2lb
1
In Box 2 Sand, coarse, 4 cups
In Box 3 1
Plaster of paris, 25lb box
1
Cells & Genetics Materials Kit Item #LM-0630
Engineering Challenge: Designing a Seed Dispersal Device continued
Traits for Survival Rubber band, #62
Materials List Bin 1
1
Engineering Challenge: Designing a Seed Dispersal Device
Cotton balls, pkg/300
1
Thread
1
Construction paper, pkg/50
1
Yarn
1
Paper, tissue, pkg/24
1
Sticky dots, sheet
1
Twist ties, pkg/2000
1
Interacting Body Systems Wax paper, roll
1
Aluminum foil, roll
1
String
1
Rubber band, #54
1
Measuring tape
1
Preserved frog
8
Cells & Genetics Materials Kit Item #LM-0630
Materials List Bin 1 Engineering Challenge: Designing a Prosthetic Hand continued
Engineering Challenge: Designing a Prosthetic Hand
Cardboard tube
8
Ping pong ball
16
Cardboard sheet
16
Yarn
1
Cup, paper, 3 oz
16
Levels of Organization Clay, modeling, pkg/4
1
Craft sticks, pkg/100
1
Elastic cord
1
Mounting putty
1
Prepared slides, Set/8
1
Loose In This Bin Plastic tubing
Rubber band, #54
Straw
1 Gloves, medium, box/100
1
Gloves, small, box/100
1
TCI Cells poster
1
1
75
Cells & Genetics Materials Kit Item #LM-0630
Cell Theory
Materials List Bin 2 Cell Theory continued
Beaker, 1000mL
1
Toothpicks, box/750
1
Coverslips, pkg/100
1
Prepared slides, set/6
1
Sodium chloride, 0.9%
1
Tape, packing
1
Iodine solution
1
Loose In This Bin Methylene blue
1
Spray bottle
8
Nutrient agar, 23g
1
Vial, 10mL, pkg/25
1
Microscope slides
1
1.5mL Microcentrifuge Tube, pkg/100
1
Marker, black
8
Pipet, pkg/70
1
Stirring rod
1
Petri dish, sterile
25
Cotton swab, pkg/2
32
Cells & Genetics Materials Kit Item #LM-0630
Parts of Cells
Materials List Bin 3 Proteins, Genes, and Chromosomes
Box, plastic
1
Clay, modeling, pkg/4
2
Salt
1
Embroidery thread set
1
Dialysis tubing, 10ft roll
1
Red ribbon
1
Dialysis tubing clamp
2
Plastic bag, zip lock, 13 x 15�
1
Activity ring
8
Genes and the Environment Food coloring, set/4
1
Planter trays
96
Glitter, silver
1
Seeds, radish
1
Seeds, broccoli
1
Performance Assessment: Modeling Synthetic Cells
Clay, modeling, pkg/4
8
Cells & Genetics Materials Kit Item #LM-0630
Genetic Mutations
Materials List Bin 3 Loose In This Bin
Ruler
16
Planter tray
2
Dice
32
Potting soil, 8 quart
1
Pony bead, blue, pkg/1000
1
Pony bead, red, pkg/500
1
Tri-bead, green, pkg/480
1
Pony bead, white, pkg/1000
1
Elastic cord, black
3
Ecosystems Materials Kit
AP-20-1
Item #LM-0661
Engineering Challenge: Preserving Frog-Bat Interactions
Materials List Bin 1 Food Webs and Trophic Pyramids
Sound meter
1
Transparency film, pkg/32
1
Carpet square, 8x8”
8
Yarn
1
Craft sticks, pkg/100
1
Duct tape, 60yds x 2”
3
Construction paper, assorted, pkg/50
1
Masking tape
16
1
Performance Assessment: Animating Global Pathways
Clay, modeling, pkg/4
Capturing the Sun’s Energy Straw, unwrapped
Global Cycles of Matter
1
Engineering Solutions and Protecting Ecosystems
Pie pan, aluminum, 8”
15
Pony bead, red, pkg/500
1
Cups, 9 oz
18
Some chemicals in this materials kit have expiration dates. If you received a chemical that is expired at the time of delivery and you would like a replacement, please contact us at info@teachtci.com.
Ecosystems Materials Kit
AP-20-1
Item #LM-0661
Engineering Challenge: Design a Fishing Net
Materials List Bin 1 Common Materials
Fishing line, 25yds
2
Air pump, aquarium
1
Twine, 100ft
1
Airline tubing, 25ft
1
Paint stirrer
16
Air stone, aquarium
2
Duct tape, 10yds x 2�
2
Fish food, flake
1
Embroidery hoop, 9�
4
Three way splitter
1
Straw, unwrapped
75
Tap water conditioner, 4oz
1
Hex nut, pkg/100
1
Thermometer, aquarium
2
Cork, #5
16
Live materials set, coupon
1
Plastic toy fish, small
12
Bromothymol blue indicator
1
Dissolved oxygen test kit
1
Some chemicals in this materials kit have expiration dates. If you received a chemical that is expired at the time of delivery and you would like a replacement, please contact us at info@teachtci.com.
Ecosystems Materials Kit
AP-20-1
Item #LM-0661
Common Materials continued
Materials List Bin 1 Loose In This Bin continued
Pipette
8
Nitrile gloves, small, box/100
1
Test tube
24
TCI Ecosystems poster
1
Test tube rack
2
Teaspoon, plastic
5
Glass aquarium, 5.5 gallon
1
Name badge label, pkg/100
1
Aquarium top for 5.5 gallon
1
Check valve, 1/8�
1
Aquarium light
1
Loose In This Bin
In Box 2
In Box 3
Portable speaker
1
Glass aquarium, 5.5 gallon
1
Aquarium gravel, 5lb
4
Aquarium top for 5.5 gallon
1
Nitrile gloves, medium, box/100
1
Aquarium light
1
Some chemicals in this materials kit have expiration dates. If you received a chemical that is expired at the time of delivery and you would like a replacement, please contact us at info@teachtci.com.
U N W R A P P I NG
A
TC I
U N I T:
ENG I N EER I NG
C H A L L ENG ES
Thinking Like an Engineer Engineering Challenges throughout the program allow for students to think like engineers as they solve real-world problems related to the Anchoring Phenomenon.
Students are assigned roles and come together to solve an engineering problem. This mirrors a real-world engineering team.
Teams develop solutions, conduct iterative testing, and use data (or results) to improve their solutions.
Students come up with their own metrics to measure the success of their design solution.
U N W R A P P I NG
A
TC I
U N I T:
ENG I N EER I NG
C H A L L ENG ES
Rubrics detail what is expected at each achievement level.
Engineering Challenge Rubric
Students go through the engineering design process for each challenge.
Rubrics are provided for the students so that they can thoughtfully answer questions knowing what they will be graded on.
U N W R A P P I N G
A
T C I
U N I T :
A S S E S S M E N T S
Checking Student Progress Bring Science Alive! offers a variety of assessments types to evaluate student learning.
Formative Assessment
Lesson Game In a Lesson Game, students answer selectedresponse questions about the lesson. Results are automatically tracked in your gradebook.
Key Science Concepts Videos, diagrams, and detailed illustrations provide an additional check for students’ understanding.
Notebook Monitor students’ progress in their notebooks as they go through the lesson and investigations.
Interactive Tutorials Students can check their own understanding of main ideas with Interactive Tutorials.
Simulations Students explore scientific concepts through an interactive game-like environment, which allows them to check and evaluate predictions.
Wrap-Up Slides Lead a culturally-responsive discussion with carefully designed three-dimensional questions.
U N W R A P P I N G
A
T C I
U N I T :
A S S E S S M E N T S
Summative Assessment Assessment items evaluate mastery of all three NGSS dimensions. Questions range in Depth of Knowledge levels 1-4.
Interactive stimuli engage students and prepare them for digital state tests.
A series of discrete items and performance tasks create a well-rounded assessment.
Performance Assessment
Students work collaboratively or individually to complete the tasks.
Analytical rubrics are provided to assess student work individually.
Hands-on Performance Assessments provide opportunities to check student understanding of the Performance Expectations.