The Unit
The unit should take a full six weeks marking period to be completed at the beginning of the school year or during the fall semester. Completing the unit early on, gives the students the opportunity to use the skills learned in upcoming lessons and establishes a foundational skillset. The plan is to finish observations, readings, and the hands-on model in six weeks by doing tasks daily. One week will devoted to understanding terms, readings, concepts and investigating. The students will build upon an interchangeable word wall within the class and a personal interactive notebook vocabulary list if we are virtual. The virtual word list will be comprised in the form of a foldable that can be revisited at any time during the unit. This week the students will follow anchor charts and glue a miniature copy into their interactive notebook. The other weeks will be filled with observation, simulation, and completing indoor air tasks. The students will be writing in their interactive notebooks and this will take longer because my students do not write daily at this level. The students will be reflecting on the changes and various of other activities in their notebooks. At the end of the unit, students will have explored lungs, created their own mock lung, have a level of comprehension in regards to their indoor air quality within their homes, and developed an understanding of their health by using real life applications.
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