Unit Overview
The Unit Overview contains a summary description of the unit and individual lessons.
It features essential/unit questions that align with the unit benchmarks.
Unit Blueprint
The Unit Blueprint is a comprehensive table that aligns individual lessons,
essential/unit questions, benchmarks, and assessments. This interactive tool
contains links to teacher-generated sheets, student work samples, helpful
teacher tips, and video clips (if applicable).
Download an Adobe® Acrobat® (PDF) version of the entire blueprint.
Unit Benchmarks
The Unit Benchmarks provides a list of benchmarks (learning goals) for the unit.
Project 2061 by the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences was
used for selecting enduring, developmentally appropriate benchmarks. The benchmarks
are organized by chapters from Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
Research
on Student Misconceptions
Research on Student Misconceptions contains research about common student misconceptions
related to the unit of study. Research from the Research Base (Chapter 15) of Benchmarks
for Science Literacy is primarily used. Additional research is used to supplement
areas not addressed by Project 2061.
Resources
The Resources web page provides an annotated bibliography of web sites, videos,
and books related to the unit of study. It contains hotlinks to relevant
sites.