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Content Area:
Rationale and Relevance:
● Skills taught in this lesson will
○ Be able to verbally characterize worms in a whole group setting
Content Standards:
● Physical Science
○ Objects can move in a variety of ways that can be described by speed and
direction
■ Observe, investigate, and describe how different objects move
○ Objects can be sorted by physical properties, which can be observed and
measured
■ Observe, investigate, and describe how objects can be sorted using their
physical properties
■ Explain why objects are sorted into categories
■ Sort a set of objects based on their physical characteristics, and then
explain how the objects are sorted
● Life Science
○ Organisms can be described and sorted by their physical characteristics
■ Sort a group of items based on observable characteristics
■ Communicate and justify an evidence-based scientific rationale for sorting
organisms into categories
Big Ideas: Improve student ability to comprehend printed text, parts of a story
Inquiry Questions:
● What do know about worms already?
● What questions do you have about worms?
● (At end of lesson) What have you learned about worms? Have your questions been
answered?
○ If no: How can we find answers to the rest of your questions?
● Specific focus questions (will be used today):
○ What do worms need to live?
○ What are the parts of a worm?
Evidence Outcome:
● Students will be able to verbally describe 2 or more characteristics of a worm
independently in a large group setting
● Students will be able to write