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  • Maglevs, Maps, and Magnets

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    This lesson introduces students to the module and the culminating challenge for the module—the Maglevacation Train Challenge. The focus is on train travel, and it’s helpful to access students’ prior experiences and…

  • Trains Through Time

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    This lesson provides information to enable students to identify the connection between the westward expansion of the United States and the proliferation of train travel. Students are also introduced to information…

  • Portable People

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    In this lesson, students explore passenger train travel today and compare it with other modes of transportation, using the jigsaw learning method. They explore electromagnets and identify independent and dependent…

  • Speeding Ahead–The Maglevacation Train Challenge

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    In this lesson, students apply their knowledge of mapping, geography, trains, and science concepts related to magnetism and speed to design their Maglevacation Trains. Each student team will design and build its train…

  • The Hybrid Language of the Science Classroom

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    In this chapter, ways are discussed in which language serves different social purposes. We highlight the social language of science as a unique hybrid that includes four modes—natural language, mathematical expressions…

  • Inquiry-Based Science as a Context for Communication

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    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 science. We focus on science as a context for language learning and…

  • The 5R Instructional Model for Science Instruction for Emerging Multilinguals

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    In our effort to support inquiry-based lessons and hybrid language learning, we developed the 5R Instructional Model. This chapter outlines the Model in general terms, and envisions it as an instructional tool for…

  • Replace

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    In this chapter, replace is discussed as one component of the 5R Instructional Model. Replacing serves to facilitate the development of more precise ways of meaning-making using the hybrid language of science.…

  • Reveal

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    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 Multilingual Learners (EMLs) as they develop language for new concepts…

  • Repeat

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    In this chapter, the role of repeat is examined within the 5R Instructional Model. Repetition is used to provide Emergent Multilingual Learners (EMLs) with multiple opportunities to encounter and express scientific…

  • Reposition

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    In this chapter, reposition is introduced as a component of the five Rs.The critical aspect of repositioning is to provide Emergent Multilingual Learners (EMLs) with extended opportunities to assume the complexities…

  • Reload

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    In this chapter, the “R” of reload is discussed. The critical aspect of reloading is that it provides Emergent Multilingual Learners (EMLs) with opportunities to revisit words they have previously encountered within a…

  • Voices From Teachers

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    This chapter brings the work full circle. We provide the voices of teachers who have used the 5R Instructional Model as a tool in developing their own science lessons. Thinking of this model as an overlay when using the…

  • Energetic Interactions

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    This lesson introduces the concepts of energy as the ability to do work, energy transformations, and potential and kinetic energy. It also presents the concept of scarce resources as an introduction to the module’s…

  • Renewable or Not?

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    In this lesson, students are introduced to the concept of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. By tracing their own energy supplies to the source, students learn that all energy on earth ultimately comes from the…

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