Predicting and Preventing a "Dry Date" in South Central Texas

by Maria Reyes and Kenzie Yoder

Introduction
Anchor Video
Concept Map
Project Calendar
Lesson Plans
Letter to Parents
Assessments
Resources
Modifications
Grant

                                                        

Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

1

-Show anchor video

-Go over driving question

-Brainstorm possible information that will be helpful for the project

-Handout a few articles to get them started

-Have students pick groups

 

 

CAT: Background Knowledge Probe

-Lesson: Credibility of sources/ Types of sources

- Homework:  Part B of credibility worksheet

 

 

 

Goal:  The students will be able to determine if a source is credible and what type of source it is.

-Field trip to Shoal Creek/Greenbelt

-Work day: Trip to Library

- Students will start researching information that will be useful for the project.

 

 

Due:  Part B of Credibility Worksheet

 

Goal:  Students start to gather information about water, droughts, conservation, ect.

-Lesson:  Atomic Structure/ Water Structure

 

 

 

 

 

Goal:  Students will know the atomic structure of water and will be able to tie this in to future lessons

2

-Lesson:  Covalent Bonding

 

 

 

Goal:  students will understand the concept of covalent bonding

 

 

CAT: Background Knowledge Probe

-Lesson:  Hydrogen bonding/ dipole-dipole interaction

 

Goal:  students will be able to understand water’s hydrogen bonding and how this adds to the uniqueness of water.

 

CAT: One Sentence Summary

-Work Day:  Student will continue researching information

 

 

 

-Lesson:  Water as a Universal Solvent

 

 

 

Goal:  students will be able to connect water’s atomic structure and polar nature to why it is referred to as the universal solvent

-Lab:  Water as a Universal Solvent

 

 

 

Goal:  Students will see first hand how water dissolves many substances therefore making it a great solvent

3

-Work day:  finishing their researching

-Lesson: Colligative properties

 

 

 

Due:  List of sources with a justification why they are credible and what type of source they are(primary, secondary, tertiary)

-Lesson:  Colligative properties

 

 

 

Goal:  the students will understand why water is unique based on its colligative properties.

 

CAT - Problem Recognition Tasks

 -Work day: students will work on their concept maps and coming up with a solution to the drought problem

 

 

 

-Work day: Students will work on their concept maps and coming up with a solution to the drought problem

 

 

 

Due:  Concept map by the end of class

4

-Water in the ecosystem

 

 

Goal;  students will learn what major role water plays in ecosystems.

-Work day: Students will work on coming up with a solution

 

 

-Lesson:  Water in biological processes

 

Goal:  Students will learn how vital water is to them

-Lesson Work Quality

 

 

Due:  proposed solution

-Work day:  students will work on letter to community in which they address their the drought and their solution.

 

5

-Water quality lab

 

 

-Water Quality Lab

-Work day: Work on Letters to the community

 

Due:  Rough Draft of letter by the end of class.

-Water Standards

 

 

 

-Purification Techniques

 

 

 

 

6

Work Day:  Work on Final Letter and presentations

-Return Rough Drafts

Work day:  Work on Final Letter and presentations

Work day:  Work on Final Letter and Presentations

-Presentations

 

Due: Final letter to the Community

 

 

-Presentations

 

 

CAT: Group Work Evaluation

 

 

Algebra II Calendar