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Earth’s Features

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Earth’s Features

The guiding question of this investigation is, Why do large waves often block the entrance to some harbors in New Zealand? In this lesson, the goal ...

Putting Radioactivity to Work

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Putting Radioactivity to Work

This lesson provides a basic introduction to nuclear chemistry and exponential functions. Students learn about the discovery and history of radioactiv...

Harnessing the Atom’s Power

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Harnessing the Atom’s Power

In this lesson, students explore the process of nuclear fission from historical, scientific, and environmental perspectives. They focus on how nuclear...

Nuclear Fusion: Harnessing the Power of the Stars

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Nuclear Fusion: Harnessing the Power of the Stars

In this lesson, students consider nuclear fusion and its potential to meet human energy needs in the future, as well as the substantial technology and...

Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident

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Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident

In this lesson, students continue their consideration of nuclear fission and its practical application in power plants by examining the events leading...

The Gammatown Crisis Challenge

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The Gammatown Crisis Challenge

In this lesson, students synthesize their learning from the previous lessons to address the module’s culminating challenge—the Gammatown Crisis Ch...

Water, Water Everywhere!

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Water, Water Everywhere!

This lesson introduces students to the module challenge—the Rainwater Roundup Challenge. Through a slideshow and water activity, students learn abou...

Earth’s Spheres

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Earth’s Spheres

In this lesson, students continue to explore rainwater by examining the interconnectedness of Earth’s spheres. Students investigate water handling f...

How Much Rain Can We Catch?

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How Much Rain Can We Catch?

In this lesson, students continue to address the Rainwater Roundup Challenge as they determine the best shape and dimensions for a storage container f...

The Rainwater Roundup Challenge

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The Rainwater Roundup Challenge

This lesson begins with a student email to the teacher for the class bringing to their attention a big problem with the rainwater-recycling project—...

The Hybrid Language of the Science Classroom

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The Hybrid Language of the Science Classroom

In this chapter, ways are discussed in which language serves different social purposes. We highlight the social language of science as a unique hybrid...

Inquiry-Based Science as a Context for Communication

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Inquiry-Based Science as a Context for Communication

In this chapter, ways are examined in which you can make use of science inquiry lessons to support the development of the multimodal language of scien...

The 5R Instructional Model for Science Instruction for Emerging Multilinguals

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The 5R Instructional Model for Science Instruction for Emerging Multilinguals

In our effort to support inquiry-based lessons and hybrid language learning, we developed the 5R Instructional Model. This chapter outlines the Model ...

Replace

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Replace

In this chapter, replace is discussed as one component of the 5R Instructional Model. Replacing serves to facilitate the development of more precise...

Reveal

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Reveal

In this chapter, reveal is introduced as one component of the 5R Instructional Model. A critical aspect of this “R” is that it supports Emergent...

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