OpenSciEd Unit 6.3 · Lesson 13 · 13.A
Revisiting Our Driving
From Teacher Edition
Facilitation guidance from the lesson plan — what to notice in student thinking and how to respond while teaching.
Building towards
13.A.2 Develop and use a model to describe and explain unobservable mechanisms that drive the cycling of matter and the flow of energy into and through the air to cause some storms to produce large hail while others do not.
What to look / listen for
See Gotta-Have-It Checklist for key ideas students should include in their models.
What to do
Cue students to use their Gotta-Have-It checklist as they work through the model. Pose questions to help students connect to how the cycling of matter and flow of energy are leading to the phenomenon with prompts such as:
Where in this system are energy changes occurring?
What is driving the movement of the water and hail?
If groups indicate that they are done but there are still ideas or parts of the explanation missing, pause the groups and have them do a quick gallery walk and then cue them to continue to add to their group model.
Materials
Last updated from official OpenSciEd on 7/1/2026
Assessment opportunity guidance
L13-AO2.html
Student handout
6.3 Lesson 13 Handout Revisiting Our Driving.docx
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Teacher guide
6.3 Lesson 13 Teacher Edition.docx