Week of February 20 - 26

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
Feb. 20	Set up Seed Variation Experiment		none	Conduct a scientific investigation, choosing a method appropriate to the question being asked.
23	Engage: Pages 594 - 595, P/P 1 - 5		Page 595, R/C 1-4	Identify a question that scientists may investigate that is stimulated by the needs of society (e.g., medical research, global climate change)
24	Explore, Part 1: Pages 595 - 596, P/P 1 - 9		Pages 598 - 599, S/T Part 1, 1-4	Use proportional reasoning, functions, graphing, and estimation to solve problems.
25/26	Video - Chasing Ice - Record at least 10 important ideas/technologies Discussion and Reflection

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Next Generation Science Standards:

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations: Scientists and engineers investigate and observe the world with essentially two goals: (1) to systematically describe the world and (2) to develop and test theories and explanations of how the world works.

HS-ESS2-4.

Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in changes in climate.