Angelica and I met at the start of this week to discuss our next steps moving forward transitioning from ecosystems into atoms and molecules. One way to do this is to bring back the organization of life that students learn about in 6th grade. In 6th grade, they mostly focus on the levels of cells to organisms. Now, we go down to the levels of atoms and up to the level of ecosystems or even biosphere.
We also felt that it is important to teach some of the periodic table, although we are not asked to do this in the NGSS. Two teachers at Utt Middle School, Melanie Formaneck and Claire Mathews with the support of digital learning coach Michelle Ciecek, created an interactive periodic table with articles at the top of each row to help students find the patterns and trends among the elements. You will find this in the agenda below.
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