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Pender County Schools - Science Unit Planning Template
Grade___
Adapted from TIA/SEA: A collaborative project of Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir,
New Hanover, Pamlico, Pender, Wayne County Schools and Clinton City Schools
(June, 2012)
Level of Thinking:
How do protists interact with the
environment?
How do protists compare and contrast to
other organisms?
How do protists obtain food and produce
energy for life processes?
How are different types of protists
classified?
2. Understand: Classifying, Summarizing,
Comparing, and Explaining
A. Factual Knowledge
B. Conceptual Knowledge
a. Knowledge of
classification
6. Create: Generating and Producing
A. Factual Knowledge
D
Essential Questions:
Science Strands:
6-8: Life Science (L)
Essential Standard(s):
7.L.1 Understand the processes, structures and functions of living organisms that
enable them to survive, reproduce and carry out the basic function of life.
Clarifying Objective(s):
7.L.1.1 Compare the structures and life functions of single-celled organisms that carry
out all of the basic functions of life including:
• Euglena
• Amoeba
• Paramecium
• Volovox
Science Reading Standards
2. Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of
the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Science Writing Standards
2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events,
scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
b. Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete
details, quotations, or other information and examples.
d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or
explain the topic.
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Pender County Schools - Science Unit Planning Template
Grade___
Adapted from TIA/SEA: A collaborative project of Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir,
New Hanover, Pamlico, Pender, Wayne County Schools and Clinton City Schools
(June, 2012)
Information and Technology Standard (NC Essential Standards):
D
7.TT.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks.
7.TT.1.1 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to access
information.
Pacing: TBD
Instructional Task Academic Instructional
Analysis: The
Vocabulary Resources
Learner Will…
(TLW)
Assessment/ Performance
Tasks
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Pender County Schools - Science Unit Planning Template
Grade___
Adapted from TIA/SEA: A collaborative project of Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir,
New Hanover, Pamlico, Pender, Wayne County Schools and Clinton City Schools
(June, 2012)
TLW classify
Tier 2
Text:
Constructed-Response 1:
NC End-of-Grade Choose one category from your
protists according Words
to their structures. (interdiscipli Coach Book:
grouped protists and write a
D
nary words) Science Grade 8
TLW research and Locomotion Copyright 2007
(Stimulus #3)
create a foldable/ Function
Engulfs
diagram on the four
Colony
protists (structure
and all life
function), in order
to compare the
locomotion of each
protist.
TLW summarize
how each protist
gets its food.
Tier 3
Words
(domain
specific)
Pseudopods
Euglena
Amoeba
Paramecium
Volvox
Cilia
Chlorophyll
Flagellum/
Flagella
Metabolism
Chloroplast
Eyespot
Nucleus
Electronic
Resources:
Protist Profiles
(Stimulus #1)
paragraph explaining why each
protist is a part of that category.
Constructed-Response 2:
Focusing on locomotion, write a
paragraph explaining how each
protist moves (paramecium,
amoeba, euglena, and volovox).
http://
www.learnnc.org/ Constructed-Response 3:
lp/media/uploads/ Focusing on the food sources of
2012/05/
protist_mug_shots. protists, write a paragraph
comparing how each protist gets
pdf
food.
Protist 4-flap
Foldable (Stimulus Final Performance Task: After
#2)
researching the four protists,
http://
www.learnnc.org/ choose two protists (euglena,
lp/media/uploads/ amoeba, paramecium, and
2012/05/
volovox), and compare their
protist_foldable_1.p
structures and life functions
df
Guided Practice
(Stimulus #2)
(locomotion, food source, and
specialized cell structure).
http://
www.learnnc.org/
lp/media/
uploads/
2012/05/
guided_practice_q
uestions_and_ans
wers.pdf
Differentiation: Differentiation must be flexible and meet the individual needs
of students with regard to readiness, interest, and learning style.
RA
Pender County Schools - Science Unit Planning Template
Grade___
Adapted from TIA/SEA: A collaborative project of Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir,
New Hanover, Pamlico, Pender, Wayne County Schools and Clinton City Schools
(June, 2012)
Content
Reflection:
Product
Learning
Environment
With higher
Protist 4-flap
groupings, students foldable: fill in partial Read-aloud, small
will find their own
outline for EC
group, extended
sites for information, students.
time, etc. will be
while lower
provided for students
groupings will be
Writing tasks: Will be with those
provided with a list of completed on
accommodations.
guided sites.
computer by students
with modifications.
D
Content will not be
changed
Process