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TfU Picture of Practice: A Year of 8th Grade Science with Bill McWeeny
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Culturing/Ecology Unit: Assignments: Making Connections

 

Making Connections Assignments:

Regardless of students' science level, they should be able to complete these assignments. The exam will prove challenging, though.

The Water, Oxygen
and Nitrogen Cycles

Students connect their understanding of the nurient cycles with the life in their tanks.
Peer and Teacher Assessment.

Current events
and more

Students connect the lessons of how an ecosystem works with current events and their lives.
Teacher Assessment.

Exam and Final Evaluations

Students take a 10th grade standardized biology exam, review their journal work and assess their learning experience.
Self and Teacher Assessment.

 

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