The Standards
Within each of these content area lessons, Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards are met. We rely on these standards to ensure our students are receiving the enriched content they need in order to be obtain academic achievement. In the following sections, the standards that are met are listed for each content area. Each area also includes a description of how those standards were met within the lesson.
SCIENCE
NGSS:
5-PS1-1 - Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. (cells are really very small) 5-PS1-4 - Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances. (How did the scientists mix cells and substances to figure out that they had a cure?) |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
The students met these standards completing their investigative research and writing. The students were to use direct evidence from the "How HeLa Cells Work" article to support their points of view on the importance and effects of cell research by using quotes from the article. By using the evidence from the article, the students are using precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to explain their points of view on cell research. |
History
ELA-Literacy.R1.5.3: Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. ELA- Literacy. R1.5.7: Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
By creating and timeline and writing a paragraph students are examining the interactions between the scientists, researchers, and important individuals involved in cell research. Students will have to use the information from the sites and documents provided to look at both the scientific and historical implications of cellular research. Students will have to inferences from the text to explain how things would be different without and what the future will be like because of cell research. Students will be using the multiple resources to write their paragraph and to answer the questions needed to create their historical timeline |
MATH
CCSS 5.NBT.7 Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm. CCSS 5G-2 Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation. |