WEATHER
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
eSSENTIAL qUESTIONS
- What are the most common safety hazards in the classroom?
- How are the weather TEKS vertially aligned?
- What do I need to know about weather so that I can teach my students accurate information and eliminate misconceptions?
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Three types of investigations
- Descriptive Investigations
- Comparative Investigations
- Experimental Investigations
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Descriptive Investigations
- collecting data to draw conclusions about natural or man-made systems
- include a question, but no hypothesis
- no comparisons are made
- no variables
- examples include dissections, models, and surveys
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Comparative investigations
- collecting data about different organisms, objects, or events OR collecting data under different conditions
- include a question and hypothesis but no controlled variable
- examples include comparing the growth of two plants in different locations or recording how different animals adapt to changes in temperature
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experimental investigations
- fair tests
- include a variable
- examples include determining the best fertilizer for a tomato plant or the best detergent to get out a ketchup stain
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TEKS
safety
Safety rules are like this little girl's kick board. As long as you have them in place you can relax, but if they are pushed aside, you will panic!
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TEKS
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weather or climate?
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wind
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