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Learning and Innovation Skills

The Four Cs
1 thumbs down

2 not much

3 derp

4yeah/ok

5 YES! Very much

Communicate:
How important is it to YOU that you communicate your ideas to others?
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How much do you think you benefit from hearing other students ideas?
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How well do you think you communicate your ideas to the teacher?
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How well do you communicate your ideas to your group?

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How well does the Academic Discussion poster help you when communicating?
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Collaborate:
How important is it to YOU that you collaborate well with others?
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How much do you think you benefit from collaborating with others?
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How well do you collaborate with others?

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How well do you listen to others?

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Do you think when jobs are given to the group that collaboration is better?
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Think Critically:
Do you think you understand what think critically means in math and science?
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How important is it to YOU that you think critically?

How well do you think critically?

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How well do you reflect on other students thinking and how it relates to your own?
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How well do you reflect on your own thinking?
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Can you think of some examples when the class demonstrated thinking critically in math
and/or science?

Creativity
Do you think you understand what creativity means in math and science?
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How important is it to YOU that you think creatively?

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How well do you think creatively?

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How well are you connecting ideas and concepts to come up with something new?
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How important is it for you to see other students creative ideas?
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Can you think of some examples when the class demonstrated creativity in math and/or
science?

Comments?

C:

Popcorn Science
1.

Weigh the popcorn in grams and ounces.

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2.

Microwave the bag for about 3 minutes. Be very careful when you
take it out as it is VERY HOT and the steam can burn you.

3.

Weigh the CLOSED bag. Write down the weight in grams and ounces.
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4.

Now OPEN THE BAG, carefully and weigh a third time. Write down
the weight in grams and ounces.
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5.

If there is a difference in the three weights, why do you think?

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6.

If you were to hit the popcorn kernels with a hammer and break them
apart do you think they would still pop? Why?
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Now look at the http://www.livescience.com/49754-popping-popcornslo-mo-d-for-science-video.html website.

8.

Popped corn is a physical change from corn kernels. Come up with an

explanation as to why popping corn is a physical change and not a
chemical change.
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9.

In a group of four, discuss and draw a cognitive map for a popcorn

kernel popping. Include some of these words:
corn kernel, heat energy, water molecules, steam, force, combust,
change form, physical change, popcorn, appearance, fast

You will be presenting your cognitive map to the class using these sentence
frames to help you explain yourself.
This concept map represents ________. ___________ and ___________ are
connected because _________________. There is a relationship between

_________ and ___________ because __________________. Also ____________

and ______________ are linked because _______________.

D:

Survey about Cognitive Maps

Do you REALLY think cognitive maps helped you become more of a critical
thinker? Like how?

Do you think cognitive maps helped you on your science tests? Tell me
more.

Did you use cognitive maps as a pre-write tool? When? How?

Did you use cognitive maps as a way to organize your thoughts? Example
please.

Did you use cognitive maps as a puzzle, one that you couldnt see until all
the pieces were put together? Did that strategy help you?

Do you think cognitive maps are a good way to show your knowledge? Why
or why not?

Do you think cognitive maps are creative? Give an example.

Would you like cognitive maps to be used in future tests? Why or why not?

Anything else you want to say about cognitive maps?