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**Day Eight - The Nature of Science ** by George Mikota III esson Plan Document Typ sson Plan **Lesson Plan Subject** Science The Nature of Science 8th grade 50 minutes The overall purpose of this lesson will be for the students to discover what important roles scientists play in our society. The students will be able to explain how the scientific discovery that their scientist worked on has changed the world.
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 * **<span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IL Correlated Sets ** -- ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IL.13.A.5b ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">> Explain criteria that scientists use to evaluate the validity of scientific claims and theories. ||
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**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Materials ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Computer lab

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. The teacher will begin the class with the second part of the example presentation where the scientific discovery will be explained by the teacher.
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2. Then the teacher will introduce the students to the wall where they will display the scientist's and their major scientific discoveries. The students will have to create a poster of their scientist with all of the elements that are listed on the rubric for them to fulfill.

3. The class will then have the rest of the class to work on their projects. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(1, 12%) || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student has through representation of the scientist's background || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student has some good information about the scientist || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student has very little to no background on the scientist || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(2, 25%) || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student has more than adequate knowledge and representation of the scientist's discovery/invention || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student has a few good points about the scientist's discovery/ invention || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student shows little to no understanding of scientific discovery/invention || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(2, 25%) || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student demonstrates mastery knowledge and understanding of the importance of discovery/ invention || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of the importance of the discovery/ invention || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student shows little to no understanding of the importance of the discovery/ invention || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(1, 12%) || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Scientist poster is neat and well organized, with very few errors, and appealing to look at. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Scientist poster is somewhat organized, colorful, with some errors. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Scientist poster is unorganized, and has a sloppy presentation || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(2, 25%) || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Group seems knowledgable about the Scientist, and comfortably talks about the scientist for full 4 minutes || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Group seems somewhat knowledgeable about the Scientist, presentation lasts for 2-3 minutes. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Group has little to no information to share about the scientist, presentation lasts for 0-1 minutes. ||
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