Appendix
My cross curricular lesson involves several subject areas: Mathematics, Language Arts, Life Science, and Technology. This unit aligns with California Common Core Standards for mathematics, English language development, Language Arts, and Mathematical Practices Standards.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.B: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.3: Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other. For example, estimate the population of the United States as 3 times 108 and the population of the world as 7 times 109, and determine that the world population is more than 20 times larger.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.4: Perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific notation are used. Use scientific notation and choose units of appropriate size for measurements of very large or very small quantities (e.g., use millimeters per year for seafloor spreading). Interpret scientific notation that has been generated by technology.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 Model with mathematics.
CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP6 Attend to precision.
California Department of Education, English Language Development Standards for 8th Grade: SL.8.1, 6; L.8.3, 6.1. Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative discussions on a range of social and academic topics.
California Department of Education, English Language Development Standards for 8th Grade: SL.8.4‐6; L.8.1, 3. 9. Expressing information and ideas in formal oral presentations on academic topics.
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