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A Whole New World: The Search for Water Lesson PlanA Whole New World: The Search for Water Lesson Plan
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Science 4 Inquiry
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Grade
9th - 12th
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Science
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Duration
4 days
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Year
2016
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A Whole New World: The Search for Water

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Scholars find Earth won't support humans much longer and need to identify a planet with water to inhabit. They test four unknown samples and determine which is the closest to water. Then they explain and defend their results.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

water, controlled experiments, data collection, data analysis

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Remind students to follow all safety precautions when working with unknown samples
  • Extend the lesson by discussing what we can do to take care of the water on our planet while we wait to discover it on another

Classroom Considerations

  • Relies on prior knowledge of measurements, atoms, molecules, and bonding

Pros

  • Includes a high level of student engagement throughout
  • Offers many resources
  • Follows a 5E format

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.9-10.3 RST.9-10.4 RST.9-10.7 RST.11-12.3 RST.11-12.4 RST.11-12.7

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