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Biology Common Core RI.7.1 resources for Microsoft PowerPoint

Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary Reader's Guide

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Gail Jarrow has written an engaging account of the search for the source of the typhoid fever outbreak in 1907. This is the reader's guide and supplementary materials that I used with my students while we read this book. Students were asked to find evidence in the text, use timelines, identify arguments of opposing individuals and define words using context clues. This book will fit easily into any life science class or English Language Arts class. In addition, this product works very easily w

Subjects:

Biology, Close Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RI.7.1

, RI.7.10

, RI.8.1

, RI.8.10

, RI.9-10.1

Research and Reliable Sources in Sceince

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Russo Bio Class

Use the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus to help your students learn about how to identify reliable scientific sources. The key to this assignment is to be excited about your introduction of this organism and to not let on that the website is a hoax! I had my 10th graders super excited about the tree octopus and were intently researching for a majority of the class period until someone finally said, "This seems made up!" By utilizing Google drive, students can add their own ideas to

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Biology, Science