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OpenSciEd Unit 7.4 · Lesson 02

Lesson 02 · Check-in 4

MS-LS1-5MS-LS2-3Assessment opportunity · Formative assessment

From Teacher Edition

Facilitation guidance from the lesson plan — what to notice in student thinking and how to respond while teaching.

What to do

This is a great opportunity for students to self assess their engagement in classroom discussions using Self-Assessment for Classroom Discussions. This discussion rubric can be used anytime after a discussion to help students reflect on their participation in the class that day.

Say, Wait… now that we have investigated the candidates that are potential sources of food molecules, we have moved them all to the eliminated column. So if none of our candidates below the surface are inputs into the plant for food molecules, then what else might be going on for the plant to have food molecules? This is confusing. Where else could the stuff that makes up the food molecules be coming from?

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