1. How to NOT teach Photosynthesis
By Angie Redmon (who is not a member of the WVC science faculty)

2. #1: Find a cool You Tube Video

3. #2: Be Nice to a Science Teacher
“Erica, you are the best science teacher ever and I love that color on you!”

4. #3: Ask the Right Questions (and teach your students to do the same)
Let your students to learn from the data.
Use the science to help teach or reinforce a key math concept.
Encourage students to do further research on their own.
Have students formulate questions for the science teams.

5. #4: Find a Simple Diagram

6. Don’t forget the standards-MS
Grade 6
Write a mathematical expression or equation with variables to represent information in a table or given situation.
Draw a first-quadrant graph in the coordinate plane to represent information in a table or given situation.
Represent a problem situation, describe the process used to solve the problem, and verify the reasonableness of the solution.
Extract and organize mathematical information from symbols, diagrams, and graphs to make inferences, draw conclusions and justify reasoning.
Grade 7
Write an equation that corresponds to a given problem situation and describe a problem situation that corresponds to a given equation.
Represent proportional relationships using graphs, tables, and equations, and make connections among the representations.
Evaluate different displays of the same data for effectiveness and bias, and explain reasoning.
Extract and organize mathematical information from symbols, diagrams, and graphs to make inferences, draw conclusions, and justify reasoning.
Make and test conjectures based on data (or information) collected from explorations and experiments.
Grade 8
Represent a linear function with a verbal description, table, graph, or symbolic expression, and make connections among these representations.
Determine the slope and y-intercept of a linear function described by a symbolic expression, table, or graph.
Interpret the slope and y-intercept of the graph of a linear function representing a contextual situation.
Determine and justify whether a given verbal description, table, graph, or symbolic expression represents a linear relationship.

7. Don’t forget the standards-Algebra
Represent a function with a symbolic expression, as a graph, in a table, and using words, and make connections among these representations.
Identify and interpret the slope and intercepts of a linear function,
Use and evaluate the accuracy of summary statistics to describe and compare data sets.
Make valid inferences and draw conclusions based on data.
Find the equation of a linear function that best fits bivariate data that are linearly related, interpret the slope and y-intercept of the line, and use the equation to make predictions.
Synthesize information to draw conclusions, and evaluate the arguments and conclusions of others.
Algebra 2
Analyze a problem situation and represent it mathematically.
Select and apply strategies to solve problems.