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STEM strategies lesson plan

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             Creating the STEM Strategies Lesson Plan was more challenging when attempting to tie a historical perspective in while also using a state standard for the selected grade level. My goal was to incorporate the benchmark, science principles, and a 7th-grade mathematical concept. The 5 E's strategy was helpful as explains the process of building the learning experience (Duran & Duran, 2004). Starting a topic with activation of prior knowledge is a strategy that is consistent with my current lesson design. If I plan an exploration activity, my students require extended time to understand the expectations and to activate critical thinking. Students would likely have a personal connection to the question "What would life be like without certain inventions?" (Buxton & Provenzo, 2011, p.45). This tied in well with the historical perspective of "harnessing power" from Project2061's benchmarks (American Association for the Advancement of Scie...
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The heat is on!

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Ice caps and impacts

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 9. Extended Questions a. What happens if the polar ice caps melt?                According to the United States Geological Survey (2022), if the ice caps were to melt, they would displace the ocean water and cause it to rise enough to cover coastal cities. This would occur due to the volume of water contained in the ice caps which is estimated to be enough to cause water to rise by approximately seventy meters. This would impact ecosystems at coastlines as it would move the coastline significantly inward causing disruptions in reproductive patterns of animals, disruptions to common food sources, and those displaced to the new coastline would be competing with different species that inhabit that area already. Fresh water and estuaries near the coastline would become salinized as well, causing disruption and possible endangerment to species found exclusively in these habitats. Areas below sea level would be su...
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