Unit #3 Driving Question: How can looking at the same information from different perspectives pave the way for progress?
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
Students will be able to:
- Describe how stars form.
- Explain what happens in the life of a star and explain what happens when a star dies.
- Explain how the death of stars results in the creation of heavier elements.
- Explain why the formation of stars and the emergence of elements are so important in our world.
- Understand what scholars from multiple disciplines know about a topic and the questions they can ask to gain an understanding of the topic from an integrated perspective.
- Understand how to use and apply the concept of periodization.
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 23, 2023 to October 27, 2023
Monday, October 23, 2023 Unit 3 Vocabulary Definition Sheet, Unit 3 Vocab Worksheet, Unit 3 Vocab Mad-Lib, Unit 3 Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Spurlock Museum Outreach Presentation: Writing
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation & Life Cycle of Stars Scavenger Hunt
Thursday October 26, 2023 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About New Chemical Elements
Friday, October 27, 2023 Threshold 2 & Threshold 3 Foldable Project
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 30, 2023 to November 3, 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023 Star Formation Causality Mental Maps & CER
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Star Comic Project
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 Chemical Element Superhero/Supervillain Project, Chemical Element Worksheet , Chemical Element Movie Poster
Thursday, November 2, 2023 Project Research Day
Friday, November 3, 2023 Project Work Day
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 17, 2022 to October 21, 2002
Monday, October 17, 2022 Unit 3 DQ Notebook, Unit 3 Vocab Worksheet, Unit 3 Vocab Mad-Lib, Unit 3 Vocab Crossword Puzzle
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation & Life Cycle of Stars Scavenger Hunt
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About New Chemical Elements
Thursday, October 20, 2022 No School (Family Conferences)
Friday, October 21, 2022 No School (Family Conferences)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 24, 2022 to October 28, 2022
Monday, October 24, 2022 Threshold 2 & Threshold 3 Foldable Project
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Star Formation Causality Mental Maps & CER
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Star Comic Project
Thursday, October 27, 2022 Chemical Element Superhero/Supervillain Project, Chemical Element Worksheet , Chemical Element Movie Poster
Friday, October 28, 2022 Project Research Day
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 25, 2021 to October 29, 2021
Monday, October 25, 2021 Unit 3 DQ Notebook, Unit 3 Vocab Worksheet, Unit 3 Vocab Mad-Lib, Unit 3 Vocab Crossword Puzzle
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation & Life Cycle of Stars Scavenger Hunt
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About New Chemical Elements
Thursday, October 28, 2021 Threshold 2 & Threshold 3 Foldable Project
Friday, October 29, 2021 Star Comic Project
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 1, 2021 to November 5, 2021
Monday, November 1, 2021 Star Formation Causality Mental Maps & CER
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Chemical Element Superhero/Supervillain Project, Chemical Element Worksheet , Chemical Element Movie Poster
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Project Research Day
Thursday, November 4, 2021 Project Research Day
Friday, November 5, 2021 Project Research Day
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 26, 2020 to October 30, 2020
Monday, October 26, 2020 Introduction to Unit #3 Vocab Mad Libs
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About New Chemical Elements
Thursday, October 29, 2020 Threshold 2 & Threshold 3 Foldable Mini-Projects
Friday, October 30, 2020 Star Comic Project
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 2, 2020 to November 6, 2020
Monday, November 2, 2020 Chemical Element Superhero/Supervillain Project, Chemical Element Worksheet, & Chemical Element Movie Poster
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 No School (Election Day)
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Project Work Day
Thursday, November 5, 2020 Project Work Day
Friday, November 6, 2020 Project Work Day
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 21, 2019 to October 25, 2019
Monday, October 21, 2019 The Universe: Secrets of the Sun Video Questions
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 The Universe: Life and Death of a Star Video Questions
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 The Universe: Supernovas Video Questions
Thursday, October 24, 2019 No School (SIP Day & Parent Teacher Conferences)
Friday, October 25, 2019 No School (Parent Teacher Conferences)
Lessons plans for the week of October 28, 2019 to November 1, 2019
Monday, October 28, 2019 Unit #3 Stars and Elements Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle Mini-Project and Vocabulary Definition Posters
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 Star Comic Project
Thursday, October 31, 2019 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About New Chemical Elements
Friday, November 1, 2019 Threshold 2 & 3 Foldable Mini-Project & This Threshold Today-Big History in the News Threshold 2 and Threshold 3
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 4, 2019 to November 8, 2019
Monday, November 4, 2019 Star Formation Causality & Consequences Circles Mental Maps & CER Writing Assignment
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Mendeleev, Curie, & Payne-Gaposchkin & Scale-Timelines and Periodization
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Chemical Element Superhero/Supervillain Project & Movie Poster & Movie Trailer Mini-Project
Thursday, November 7, 2019 This Threshold Today-Big History in the News and What Do You Know, What Do You Ask
Friday, November 8, 2019 School Wide Veteran's Day Remembrance & Celebration
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 5, 2018 to November 9, 2018
Monday, November 5, 2018 SEL Needs Assessment Survey & Unit #3 Stars and Elements Vocabulary Crossword Mini-Project
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation & The Star Comic Project
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 New Chemical Elements (What Did Stars Give Us Video Questions & Thresholds 2 and 3 Foldables Mini-Project)
Thursday, November 8, 2018 Project Work Day
Friday, November 9, 2018 School Wide Veteran's Day Remembrance & Celebration
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 12, 2018 to November 16, 2018
Monday, November 12, 2018 Star Formation Causality & Consequences Circles Mental Maps & CER Writing Assignment
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Chemical Superhero Project
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Chemical Superhero Project
Thursday, November 15, 2018 Chemical Superhero Project
Friday, November 16, 2018 Chemical Superhero Movie Poster & Movie Trailer
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 19, 2018 to November 23, 2018
Monday, November 19, 2018 Chemical Superhero Movie Poster & Movie Trailer
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Chemical Superhero Movie Poster & Movie Trailer
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Thursday, November 22, 2018 No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Friday, November 23, 2018 No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 16, 2017 to October 20, 2017
Monday, October 16, 2017 Investigation #2 (Making Your Claim & Developing Your Body Paragraphs)
Tuesday, October 17, 2017 Investigation #2 (Making Your Claim & Developing Your Body Paragraphs)
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Investigation #2 (Writing the Essay-Due at the End of Class) & Unit #3 Stars & Elements Vocabulary
Thursday, October 19, 2017 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation & The Star Comic Project
Friday, October 20, 2017 Introduction to Causality Part 1 & Part 2
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 23, 2017 to October 27, 2017
Monday, October 23, 2017 Multiple Causality: The Story of Alphonse the Camel and Alphonse the Camel Autopsy Report
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 Multiple Causality: The Lunchroom Fight Part 2
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Multiple Causality: The Lunchroom Fight Part 2
Thursday, October 26, 2017 No School (Parent Teacher Conferences)
Friday, October 27, 2017 No School (Parent Teacher Conferences)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 30, 2017 to November 3, 2017
Monday, October 30, 2017 New Chemical Elements (What Did Stars Give Us Video Questions & Thresholds 2 and 3 Foldables Mini-Project)
Tuesday, October 31, 2017 Chemical Element Facebook Profile Page Project (Research Page, Facebook Profile Page Directions, Facebook Template)
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Chemical Element Facebook Profile Page Project (Research Page, Facebook Profile Page Directions, Facebook Template)
Thursday, November 2, 2017 Unit #4 Vocabulary Puzzle Project & Vocabulary Quiz
Friday, November 3, 2017 Spurlock Museum Visit (Water)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 17, 2016 to October 21, 2016
Monday, October 17, 2016 Unit #3 Stars & Elements Vocabulary
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Unit #3 Stars & Elements Vocabulary
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 The Life of a Star (How Were Stars Formed Video Graphic Organizer)
Thursday, October 20, 2016 The Life of a Star (A Big History of Everything-Stars Graphic Organizer) (Thresholds 2 and 3 Foldables Mini-Project)
Friday, October 21, 2016 Star Comics (Star Comic Instructions)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 24, 2016 to October 28, 2016
Monday, October 24, 2016 New Chemical Elements (Threshold 3 Video Graphic Organizer and What Did Stars Give Us Graphic Organizer)
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 Chemical Element Facebook Profile Page Project (Research Page, Facebook Profile Page Directions, Facebook Template)
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Chemical Element Facebook Profile Page Project (Research Page, Facebook Profile Page Directions, Facebook Template)
Thursday, October 27, 2016 No School (Parent Conferences)
Friday, October 28, 2016 No School (Parent Conferences)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 31, 2016 to November 4, 2016
Monday, October 31, 2016 The Periodic Table of Elements (Ways of Knowing: Chemistry, Crash Course: The Periodic Table)
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 The Periodic Table of Elements (Dmitri Mendeleev Reading, Marie Curie Reading)
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Investigation #3 (Documents, Investigation #3 Graphic Organizer)
Thursday, November 3, 2016 Investigation #3 (Investigation #3 Outline)
Friday, November 4, 2016 Investigation #3 (Pre-Writing in Google Docs)
Monday, October 23, 2023 Unit 3 Vocabulary Definition Sheet, Unit 3 Vocab Worksheet, Unit 3 Vocab Mad-Lib, Unit 3 Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Spurlock Museum Outreach Presentation: Writing
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation & Life Cycle of Stars Scavenger Hunt
Thursday October 26, 2023 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About New Chemical Elements
Friday, October 27, 2023 Threshold 2 & Threshold 3 Foldable Project
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 30, 2023 to November 3, 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023 Star Formation Causality Mental Maps & CER
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Star Comic Project
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 Chemical Element Superhero/Supervillain Project, Chemical Element Worksheet , Chemical Element Movie Poster
Thursday, November 2, 2023 Project Research Day
Friday, November 3, 2023 Project Work Day
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 17, 2022 to October 21, 2002
Monday, October 17, 2022 Unit 3 DQ Notebook, Unit 3 Vocab Worksheet, Unit 3 Vocab Mad-Lib, Unit 3 Vocab Crossword Puzzle
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation & Life Cycle of Stars Scavenger Hunt
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About New Chemical Elements
Thursday, October 20, 2022 No School (Family Conferences)
Friday, October 21, 2022 No School (Family Conferences)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 24, 2022 to October 28, 2022
Monday, October 24, 2022 Threshold 2 & Threshold 3 Foldable Project
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Star Formation Causality Mental Maps & CER
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Star Comic Project
Thursday, October 27, 2022 Chemical Element Superhero/Supervillain Project, Chemical Element Worksheet , Chemical Element Movie Poster
Friday, October 28, 2022 Project Research Day
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 25, 2021 to October 29, 2021
Monday, October 25, 2021 Unit 3 DQ Notebook, Unit 3 Vocab Worksheet, Unit 3 Vocab Mad-Lib, Unit 3 Vocab Crossword Puzzle
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation & Life Cycle of Stars Scavenger Hunt
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About New Chemical Elements
Thursday, October 28, 2021 Threshold 2 & Threshold 3 Foldable Project
Friday, October 29, 2021 Star Comic Project
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 1, 2021 to November 5, 2021
Monday, November 1, 2021 Star Formation Causality Mental Maps & CER
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Chemical Element Superhero/Supervillain Project, Chemical Element Worksheet , Chemical Element Movie Poster
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Project Research Day
Thursday, November 4, 2021 Project Research Day
Friday, November 5, 2021 Project Research Day
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 26, 2020 to October 30, 2020
Monday, October 26, 2020 Introduction to Unit #3 Vocab Mad Libs
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About New Chemical Elements
Thursday, October 29, 2020 Threshold 2 & Threshold 3 Foldable Mini-Projects
Friday, October 30, 2020 Star Comic Project
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 2, 2020 to November 6, 2020
Monday, November 2, 2020 Chemical Element Superhero/Supervillain Project, Chemical Element Worksheet, & Chemical Element Movie Poster
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 No School (Election Day)
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Project Work Day
Thursday, November 5, 2020 Project Work Day
Friday, November 6, 2020 Project Work Day
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 21, 2019 to October 25, 2019
Monday, October 21, 2019 The Universe: Secrets of the Sun Video Questions
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 The Universe: Life and Death of a Star Video Questions
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 The Universe: Supernovas Video Questions
Thursday, October 24, 2019 No School (SIP Day & Parent Teacher Conferences)
Friday, October 25, 2019 No School (Parent Teacher Conferences)
Lessons plans for the week of October 28, 2019 to November 1, 2019
Monday, October 28, 2019 Unit #3 Stars and Elements Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle Mini-Project and Vocabulary Definition Posters
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 Star Comic Project
Thursday, October 31, 2019 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About New Chemical Elements
Friday, November 1, 2019 Threshold 2 & 3 Foldable Mini-Project & This Threshold Today-Big History in the News Threshold 2 and Threshold 3
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 4, 2019 to November 8, 2019
Monday, November 4, 2019 Star Formation Causality & Consequences Circles Mental Maps & CER Writing Assignment
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Mendeleev, Curie, & Payne-Gaposchkin & Scale-Timelines and Periodization
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Chemical Element Superhero/Supervillain Project & Movie Poster & Movie Trailer Mini-Project
Thursday, November 7, 2019 This Threshold Today-Big History in the News and What Do You Know, What Do You Ask
Friday, November 8, 2019 School Wide Veteran's Day Remembrance & Celebration
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 5, 2018 to November 9, 2018
Monday, November 5, 2018 SEL Needs Assessment Survey & Unit #3 Stars and Elements Vocabulary Crossword Mini-Project
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation & The Star Comic Project
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 New Chemical Elements (What Did Stars Give Us Video Questions & Thresholds 2 and 3 Foldables Mini-Project)
Thursday, November 8, 2018 Project Work Day
Friday, November 9, 2018 School Wide Veteran's Day Remembrance & Celebration
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 12, 2018 to November 16, 2018
Monday, November 12, 2018 Star Formation Causality & Consequences Circles Mental Maps & CER Writing Assignment
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Chemical Superhero Project
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Chemical Superhero Project
Thursday, November 15, 2018 Chemical Superhero Project
Friday, November 16, 2018 Chemical Superhero Movie Poster & Movie Trailer
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 19, 2018 to November 23, 2018
Monday, November 19, 2018 Chemical Superhero Movie Poster & Movie Trailer
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Chemical Superhero Movie Poster & Movie Trailer
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Thursday, November 22, 2018 No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Friday, November 23, 2018 No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 16, 2017 to October 20, 2017
Monday, October 16, 2017 Investigation #2 (Making Your Claim & Developing Your Body Paragraphs)
Tuesday, October 17, 2017 Investigation #2 (Making Your Claim & Developing Your Body Paragraphs)
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Investigation #2 (Writing the Essay-Due at the End of Class) & Unit #3 Stars & Elements Vocabulary
Thursday, October 19, 2017 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Formation & The Star Comic Project
Friday, October 20, 2017 Introduction to Causality Part 1 & Part 2
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 23, 2017 to October 27, 2017
Monday, October 23, 2017 Multiple Causality: The Story of Alphonse the Camel and Alphonse the Camel Autopsy Report
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 Multiple Causality: The Lunchroom Fight Part 2
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Multiple Causality: The Lunchroom Fight Part 2
Thursday, October 26, 2017 No School (Parent Teacher Conferences)
Friday, October 27, 2017 No School (Parent Teacher Conferences)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 30, 2017 to November 3, 2017
Monday, October 30, 2017 New Chemical Elements (What Did Stars Give Us Video Questions & Thresholds 2 and 3 Foldables Mini-Project)
Tuesday, October 31, 2017 Chemical Element Facebook Profile Page Project (Research Page, Facebook Profile Page Directions, Facebook Template)
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Chemical Element Facebook Profile Page Project (Research Page, Facebook Profile Page Directions, Facebook Template)
Thursday, November 2, 2017 Unit #4 Vocabulary Puzzle Project & Vocabulary Quiz
Friday, November 3, 2017 Spurlock Museum Visit (Water)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 17, 2016 to October 21, 2016
Monday, October 17, 2016 Unit #3 Stars & Elements Vocabulary
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Unit #3 Stars & Elements Vocabulary
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 The Life of a Star (How Were Stars Formed Video Graphic Organizer)
Thursday, October 20, 2016 The Life of a Star (A Big History of Everything-Stars Graphic Organizer) (Thresholds 2 and 3 Foldables Mini-Project)
Friday, October 21, 2016 Star Comics (Star Comic Instructions)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 24, 2016 to October 28, 2016
Monday, October 24, 2016 New Chemical Elements (Threshold 3 Video Graphic Organizer and What Did Stars Give Us Graphic Organizer)
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 Chemical Element Facebook Profile Page Project (Research Page, Facebook Profile Page Directions, Facebook Template)
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Chemical Element Facebook Profile Page Project (Research Page, Facebook Profile Page Directions, Facebook Template)
Thursday, October 27, 2016 No School (Parent Conferences)
Friday, October 28, 2016 No School (Parent Conferences)
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 31, 2016 to November 4, 2016
Monday, October 31, 2016 The Periodic Table of Elements (Ways of Knowing: Chemistry, Crash Course: The Periodic Table)
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 The Periodic Table of Elements (Dmitri Mendeleev Reading, Marie Curie Reading)
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Investigation #3 (Documents, Investigation #3 Graphic Organizer)
Thursday, November 3, 2016 Investigation #3 (Investigation #3 Outline)
Friday, November 4, 2016 Investigation #3 (Pre-Writing in Google Docs)