Relationships Between Scientific Ideas in a Text
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Grades3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8Chemistry, Earth and Space Sciences, English Language Arts
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What it is
- This video lesson shows students how to gather information from a scientific text, connect it to other ideas and events, and tackle vocabulary by evaluating a passage about Professor Mario Molina's discovery of ozone layer depletion by CFCs.
- Students will learn how to interpret transitions, what to do with unknown words, and how to connect ideas in a scientific text with a simple example and then a detailed examination.
Teaching tips
Positives
- The narrator uses humor to engage students.
- The bowl of noodles as an analogy helps illustrate the topic to students in a memorable way.
Prerequisites
- Students should know the purpose of reading scientific texts.
- It may help students to understand what the ozone layer is.
- This video is 7 minutes and 41 seconds long.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Students with low listening comprehension may benefit from having a copy of the transcript to highlight and annotate.
- After watching the video, students can practice the strategies by reading an informational text on a scientific topic.
- Students can create an anchor chart depicting the bowl of noodles and relate the analogy to connecting ideas in an informational text.
- Science teachers can use this video to introduce a unit about how human activities impact the atmosphere.
From the scientist review
This resource allows students to learn about chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and their impact on the environment. It has credible information drawn from scientific research on CFCs and their impacts on the ozone layer. We reviewed this resource and it has passed our science credibility process.
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