1. Using Mini-tasks to Build Content in the Science Classroom Virginia Rhame, Science Specialist, Northwest Arkansas Educational Coop vrhame@starfishnw.org vrhame@starfishnw.org Lesley Merritt, Science Specialist, STEM Center for Math & Science Ed lmerrit@uark.edu lmerrit@uark.edu

2. Science Literacy Framework Planning Template

4. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/states-of-matter

5. Understanding Natural Selection-The Concept of Fitness Read the lesson What is the goal of the lesson? How can you turn this into a mini-task? How can this mini-task be used (within a module, between modules, daily instruction, etc.)?

6. Create a Mini-Task using Natural Selection lesson