Focusing and Magnifying a Specimen Lesson

Description

• This download includes resources needed for one 45-minute science lesson. No prep needed!
• The resources are re-bundled from my Microscopes Unit Bundle.
• Purchase materials for the topic(s) pertinent to your classroom – not an entire unit!
• Files in this download are optimized for use with Adobe and Microsoft Office Products.

This lesson includes:
• A Bell Ringer or Exit Slip tiered to Bloom’s Taxonomy (key included)
• EDITABLE PowerPoint Slides, Scaffolded Notes and Modified Notes
• One Page of INB Input Notes and an INB Activity (key included)
• A 4-5 Question Quiz (key included)
• A Two-Part Reflection Exercise
• A Homework Assignment (key included)
• A Reading Passage with Text-Dependent Comprehension Questions (key included)
• Digital Versions of all Activities for Electronic Distribution and Collection

DISTANCE LEARNING – DIGITAL ASSIGNMENTS

This resource includes modified files that facilitate online – distance learning:
• Fillable slides designed to work with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint
• Interactive Notebook Quiz made with Google Forms. Google Classrooms not required.

Important Notes about Fillable Slides:
• Bell Ringers, Homework, Reading Passages & Digital INBs are available as fillable slides.
• Digital assignments CANNOT be edited. Only the text boxes or forms can be manipulated.
• Each assignment is saved as an individual file with the key removed for easy distribution.
• Digital assignments work in both Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides

All Digital resources can be shared via platforms that are password-protected or accessible only to students.

Learning Objective
Magnify a specimen, focus a specimen and adjust the lighting so to best view the specimen.

Next Generation Science Standards
This lesson enriches NGSS but does not support a specific standard.

POWERPOINT & NOTES
This download includes PowerPoint slides, scaffolded notes and modified notes. These resources are 100% EDITABLE in Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word.

INB LESSON
This download includes one INB lesson. The INB lesson consists of an overview with a photo of the completed INB activity, one page of input notes (differentiated when necessary), at least one INB activity, a 4-5 question mini assessment and a two-part reflection exercise. A digital INB lesson is included with EDITABLE notes, a digital INB activity, digital reflection exercise and Google Form quiz. Key included.

BELL RINGER
This download includes one tiered 3-part activity designed to “warmup” students at the beginning of a lesson. It can also be used as an exit slip at the end of a lesson. Full and half page printing options and key included. Fillable slide that can be used with Google Classrooms and Microsoft Teams included.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
This download includes one tiered 3-part homework assignment that probes low, mid and high order thinking. The assignment is designed to be completed in 15-20 minutes and can be used as a formative or summative assessment. Key included. Fillable slide that can be used with Google Classrooms and Microsoft Teams included.

READING PASSAGE
This download includes a one-page reading passage with text-dependent reading comprehension questions that probe low, mid and high order thinking. Key included. Fillable slide that can be used with Google Classrooms and Microsoft Teams included. Immersive Reader compatible passage included.

IMMERSIVE READER
This resource includes reading passages that can be read to a student with Microsoft’s Immersive Reader. Immersive-Reader compatible passages are read-only word documents accessed in a web browser. Internet access required. Students are provided links to the Immersive Reader compatible passages in the printable and digital versions of each activity.

Immersive Reader is a FREE Microsoft educational tool. You do NOT need a Microsoft account to access this tool in a web browser. Learn more about Immersive Reader HERE.

Immersive Reader can:
• Read the entire passage to a student
• Help pronounce individual words in a passage as a student reads
• Translate the entire passage or individual words in the passage for ESL students
• Change the font, text color and background color for students with visual impairments

Additional Notes
• Written and video instructions for students are included: http://safesha.re/ppk
• Download a FREE unit of Immersive Reader compatible reading passages HERE.

STUDENT FILES without Answer Keys
This download includes files designed to be directly distributed to students. PDF files of the bell ringer, INB lesson (which includes the INB input notes, INB activity, quiz and reflection), homework and reading passage are included WITHOUT the answer key.

SHARING FILES for Distance Learning, Homeschooling or At-Home Tutoring
Teachers can share all files in this lesson with students via email, password-protected websites (ex. Google Classrooms or Blackboard) or secure file sharing platforms (ex. Google Drive or DropBox). You CAN use these online resources to share with your students – and ONLY your students – as long as the general public cannot access the files.

TERMS OF USE
• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.
• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.
• Intended for classroom and personal use only.
• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.
• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.
• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).