don’t move firewood it bugs me! an inquiry based lesson cycle on invasive species by jeff anderson...
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Don’t move firewood it bugs me!An Inquiry Based Lesson Cycle
on Invasive Species
By Jeff Anderson [email protected] & Leslie Silbernagel [email protected]
Northwest Local School DistrictCincinnati, Ohio
Ohio Resource Center and Learning and Teaching Collaborative
• Goal: Each team created 2 inquiry based lesson cycles, that integrated several nonfictional texts and aligned to Ohio’s New Learning Standards (ONLS) for Science in grades K-5 .
Nonfiction Text Set
• Today there is a much greater emphasis on nonfictional text than in the past (Common Core)
• A text set is a set of 5 – 15 books, articles, or other forms of media that all relate to a specific concept
• Focus for the project - choose high-quality texts that relate to a specific topic and help foster inquiry
The 5 E Learning Cycle
Evaluate: formative
and summative assessment
Engage: Teacher helps spark student interest and
activate prior knowledge
Explore: Students learn about a topic using testable
questions
Explain: Students make
evidence based claims, produce some
product
Extend/ Expand:
Students dive deeper or apply to a new or real world situation
Don’t move firewood it bugs me!An Inquiry Based Lesson Cycle
on Invasive Species
• ONLS alignment: Grade 5 – Life Science– Content Statement: Organisms perform a variety of
roles in an ecosystem• Content elaboration: Investigations of locally threatened or
endangered species must be conducted and include considerations of the effects of remediation programs, species loss and the introduction of new species on the local environment
• Testable question: What happens when you add a new species is to an ecosystem?
Day 1 - Engage
Day 1 - Engage
Inforgraphic Questions1. What information can be found on the infographic?2. Who is the author?3. Who is the intended audience?4. What is the message the author is trying to send?
Day 2 - Explore
Day 2 - Explore
Day 3- Explore
Day 4 & 5 - Explain
Day 6 & 7 Elaborate
Summative assessment: Write a persuasive letter explaining why you feel the release of wasps is the right or wrong thing to do. Use examples to support your argument.