1. Opening Activity: Oct 11, 2016
Get a computer, login and go to himsbio.pbworks.com.
Pick up notebook rubric from front table.
I can… Share initial ideas about how animals grow.
Homework:
Read and create a CVR entry in your journal for Oxygen article.
Complete Expressing Idea Tool

2. Animal Title Page ½ page write “Animals Unit”
½ page write “Academic Goal”
After your animal pretest experience…..
What do you want to find out about?
What do you want to learn?
What questions do you have?

3. Child Growing Video video of puppies growing
Have students watch a time-lapse video of a child growing.
Use the link in slide 3 of the 1.2 Expressing Ideas about How Animals Grow PPT (or above) to have your students observe a child growing.
You may want to use just the first minute.
video of puppies growing

4. Expressing Your Ideas
Use this tool to record your ideas about how you think a child grows.
It’s okay if you don’t know the “right answer” at this point!
At the end, you will have a chance to share your ideas and hear the ideas of your classmates.
Students complete the Expressing Ideas Tool on their own.
Show slide 4 of the 1.2 Expressing Ideas about How Animals Grow PPT.
Tell students that now they will take a few minutes to think and record their ideas about what happens when animals grow on their own.
Give each student one copy of 1.2 Expressing Ideas Tool for Animals Growing.
Give students about 5 minutes to complete the tool as individuals.
Encourage students to think about things they have seen in the world to help inform their ideas.