How Drugs Work

Appendix

The following California State Standards and Common Core Standards are address through this unit.

Nutrition and Physical Activity

1.3G Identify major internal and external body parts and their functions.

1.3N Discuss the benefits of eating a nutritious breakfast everyday.

1.4N List the benefits of healthy eating (including beverages and snacks).

5.2N Compare and contrast healthy and less-healthy food choices

7.1N Examine the importance of eating a nutritious breakfast everyday.

8.1N Practice making healthy eating choices with friends and family

Throughout this unit students will develop their own questions and perform investigations as they utilize the Science standards below.

4d Write or draw descriptions of a sequence of steps, evens and observation

4f Use magnifiers or microscopes to observe and draw descriptions of small object or small features of objects

4g Follow oral instruction for a scientific investigation

In high performing science classrooms students have a command of the academic language associated with the subject matter. Work produced and displayed also demonstrates student understanding. The content of lesson in this unit will be used during reading and writing blocks. The following standards will be used from English Language Arts

Key Ideas and Details

1. Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Craft and Structure

5. Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.

10. By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

Writing

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

7. Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).

8. Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Range of Writing

10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Speaking and Listening: Comprehension and Collaboration

1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

b. Build on others' talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.

c. Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

4f. Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in all content areas