Exam 3: Planning Units and Lessons

Continuing to think about the teaching scenario in question 6, describe in a paragraph how, during your instruction, you would use the UDL strategy of providing students with multiple means of engagement.

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Responses will vary, but must include strategies for providing students with a variety of approaches to tap into their interests, challenge them appropriately, and motivate them to learn.

Which of the following teaching principles is centered on the premise of providing learners with various ways of acquiring information and knowledge?

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The concept of using kits to teach science is presented in this chapter. Outline the considerations to which a teacher should attend when provided with a science kit to use in the classroom.

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The considerations are as follows:
• Keep it simple
• Familiarize yourself with the kit
• Use the kit as a guide
• Modify the kit to fit your needs
• Use the science kit QuickCheck

In a paragraph, discuss the pros and cons of the use of textbooks in science unit planning. In your discussion, be sure to include information about what textbooks do and do not provide for teachers of science.

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Question 4

If you were planning a year's worth of science for children and debating whether to include the study of mammals, which of these terms would best summarize the curriculum issue with which you were dealing?

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Question 5

Continuing to think about the teaching scenario in question 6, describe in a paragraph how, during your instruction, you would use the UDL strategy of providing students with multiple means of expression.

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Question 6

In which stage of the 5E learning cycle would a teacher most likely present the essential question?

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Question 7

To which of the following ideas is curriculum scope most related?

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Question 8

Which of the following considerations of the place of science in the overall curriculum describes how learning is most optimized?

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Question 9

Imagine that you are teaching a group of elementary students the criteria for classifying certain plant life as fruits. In a paragraph, describe how, during your instruction, you would use the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategy of providing students with multiple means of representation.

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Question 10

In two or more sentences, briefly define the term sequence as it relates to elementary science curricula. Provide an example of how knowledge about a logical sequence of the science curriculum will be important to you as a teacher.

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Question 11

A teacher decides that a unit on arachnids should follow a unit on insects. In previous years, arachnids were taught first. Which of the following best describes what the teacher has done?

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Question 12

If your instructional techniques included teaching children to learn to confront the differences between what they believe and what they discover with their own senses so that their existing mental model must be modified, which of the following principles would be employed?

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Question 13

Write a sketch of one daily lesson plan and a list of unit assessment strategies for the science unit topic "About Food Webs".

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Question 14

Which of the following is not a component of a performance objective?

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Question 15

Which of the following would most likely be considered a lesson topic?

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Question 16

Write a lesson performance objective and a sketch of one daily lesson plan for the science unit topic "About Our Food".

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Question 17

Which of the following is not included as one of the stages in the 5E learning cycle?

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Question 18

In two or more sentences, briefly define the term scope as it relates to elementary science curricula. Provide an example of how knowledge about the scope of the science curriculum will be important to you as a teacher.

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Question 19

In two or more sentences, briefly define the term unit planning as it relates to elementary science curricula. Provide an example of how advanced knowledge about the components of a science unit will be important to you as a teacher.

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Continuing to think about the teaching scenario in question 6, describe in a paragraph how, during your instruction, you would use the UDL strategy of providing students with multiple means of engagement.

Which of the following teaching principles is centered on the premise of providing learners with various ways of acquiring information and knowledge?

The concept of using kits to teach science is presented in this chapter. Outline the considerations to which a teacher should attend when provided with a science kit to use in the classroom.

In a paragraph, discuss the pros and cons of the use of textbooks in science unit planning. In your discussion, be sure to include information about what textbooks do and do not provide for teachers of science.

If you were planning a year's worth of science for children and debating whether to include the study of mammals, which of these terms would best summarize the curriculum issue with which you were dealing?

Continuing to think about the teaching scenario in question 6, describe in a paragraph how, during your instruction, you would use the UDL strategy of providing students with multiple means of expression.

In which stage of the 5E learning cycle would a teacher most likely present the essential question?

To which of the following ideas is curriculum scope most related?

Which of the following considerations of the place of science in the overall curriculum describes how learning is most optimized?

Imagine that you are teaching a group of elementary students the criteria for classifying certain plant life as fruits. In a paragraph, describe how, during your instruction, you would use the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategy of providing students with multiple means of representation.

In two or more sentences, briefly define the term sequence as it relates to elementary science curricula. Provide an example of how knowledge about a logical sequence of the science curriculum will be important to you as a teacher.

A teacher decides that a unit on arachnids should follow a unit on insects. In previous years, arachnids were taught first. Which of the following best describes what the teacher has done?

If your instructional techniques included teaching children to learn to confront the differences between what they believe and what they discover with their own senses so that their existing mental model must be modified, which of the following principles would be employed?

Write a sketch of one daily lesson plan and a list of unit assessment strategies for the science unit topic "About Food Webs".

Which of the following is not a component of a performance objective?

Which of the following would most likely be considered a lesson topic?

Write a lesson performance objective and a sketch of one daily lesson plan for the science unit topic "About Our Food".

Which of the following is not included as one of the stages in the 5E learning cycle?

In two or more sentences, briefly define the term scope as it relates to elementary science curricula. Provide an example of how knowledge about the scope of the science curriculum will be important to you as a teacher.

In two or more sentences, briefly define the term unit planning as it relates to elementary science curricula. Provide an example of how advanced knowledge about the components of a science unit will be important to you as a teacher.

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