Telluride Elementary / Intermediate Integrated Curriculum Map
Magnets and
Motors; Solar Energy
Timeline Unit/Month/ Objective |
Essential Questions |
LA Expectation/
Standard
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Science Standards
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Project/ Activity
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Resources Primary (P) Secondary (S) |
Assessment R=
Rubric D=
Differentiated EX= Exemplar
available |
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Magnets
and Motors/ February (4
weeks) To
learn about the relationship between magnets and motors, their function and
how they help us in everyday life Solar
Cars April (1
week) |
What
are the properties of magnets? How are
they used? Why
does a compass always point north? What
is magnetism and how do animals use it? How
is magnetism related to electricity? How
do electricity and magnets work together to make a motor work? How
is the earth like a magnet? How
do we use magnets/motors in everyday life? Why
are they important in our daily lives? What
is an electric circuit? What
is solar energy? How is it used as an
alternative energy source? |
1.a.
Comprehension strategies for fiction and nonfiction 1.b.
Summarize text passages [informational text] 1.c. Main idea/detail [fiction
& nonfiction] 1.d.
Infer using clues 2.b.
Fully develop ideas in writing with thorough support 2.c.
Organize writing [intro and conclusion] 2.i.
Create readable documents 2.j.
Communicate effectively [evaluate] 2.l.
Use content vocab. accurately 3.b.
Use standard English 3.f.
Paragraphs [indent, one focused idea] 3.g.
Spelling 3.i. Write legibly in manuscript/cursive. 4.c.
Distinguish between fact/opinion 4.d. Make predictions, draw conclusions from fiction text. 6g.
Respond to literature |
1.c.
Plans and conducts a variety of simple investigations 1.d.
Appropriate tools to gather data 2.h. Understand that there are different types and sources of energy
(light, heat, motion, kinetic, potential to light, kinetic to heat) and
(instead of “but”) energy cannot just appear or disappear. 2.i. Recognize that there are different types of forces (gravity and
magnetism). 5.b.
Repeat science experiments with same conditions 5.c.
Understand the use of models to represent events and objects (for example,
comparing a map of the school to the actual school; a model of the Earth to
the Earth itself). |
STC
Kit/Student Activity Book: ü
Note taking ü
Scientific observations ü
Discovery experiments Lesson
1: Pre Assessment Lesson
2: What can magnets do? Lesson
3: How can you find out what magnets
do? Lesson
4: Measuring Magnets Lesson
5: Building a Compass Lesson
6: Using a Compass: Which Way Is Which Lesson
7: Creating Magnetism Through
Electricity Lesson
8: Making Magnets With Electricity Lesson
9: Designing an Experiment To Test the
Strength of an Electromagnet
Lesson
12: Making a Motor Lesson
13: Building a Spinning Coil Motor Lesson
14: What Is Inside an Electric Motor Lesson
15: How Does a Motor Work Lesson
16: Generating Electricity Building
solar car Solar
Wind Kits Scientific
inquiry process Creating
their own experiment Follow
scientific process to complete experiment |
STC
Kit/Student Activity Book (Lessons 1-16): |
Magnets and Motors
Notebook/Journal Lesson Questions End of Unit Assessment Solar Car Functional Unit Vocabulary: Magnetism Magnetic Field Attract Repel Compass Electric Circuit Short Circuit Electric Current Electromagnetic |