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4 More for 3-5
Reviewed by: Marsha (Fort Lauderdale, FL) on 8/29/2019 9:06:11 AM
Cute video but I think I will used it more for 3-5 than K-2
This video is organized around the big question of the Physical Properties of Matter and it includes meaningful content. The video is 3:36 long. It is animated with a cool factor as it is part of a set of Vlog Brothers youtube channel called Crash Course Kids. It engages the students as it includes a real life connection - lunch bags. It focuses on the physical properties of hardness, conductivity and magnetism. It reviews the properties of temperature and transparency.
2-PS1-2 Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose. Clarification Statement: Examples of properties could include, strength, flexibility, hardness, texture, and absorbency. Assessment Boundary: Assessment of quantitative measurements is limited to length.
This resource appears to be designed to build towards this performance expectation, though the resource developer has not explicitly stated so.
Comments about Including the Performance Expectation In order to meet the expectations for 2-PS1-2, the students will need to make a determination about the materials and their purposed based on their properties. The video, like all videos, can not authentically engage the students in the figuring out. Even though investigations are included in the video, it would be preferable that the investigations also be conducted by the students to achieve a deep alignment to the performance expectation.
This resource appears to be designed to build towards this science and engineering practice, though the resource developer has not explicitly stated so.
Comments about Including the Science and Engineering Practice The Practice Example is implicit in this resource. It can be reached if the teacher engages the students in the ideas explained in the video through discussion and hands on investigation. The video by itself does not meet the Practice Example. It needs to be accompanied with other rich lessons that use real-world connections to describe, and sort properties in order to answer or solve a problem.
This resource appears to be designed to build towards this disciplinary core idea, though the resource developer has not explicitly stated so.
Comments about Including the Disciplinary Core Idea To ensure that the full Core Idea is met, a group investigation is suggested. The video sets the stage for a group investigation in organizing the materials in the students' lunches according to various properties. Students would next gather the materials from their lunches, organize them into properties (for example: hardness) and then explain the reasons for the groups.
This resource appears to be designed to build towards this crosscutting concept, though the resource developer has not explicitly stated so.
Comments about Including the Crosscutting Concept The teacher would need to support an investigation that used the video as a jumping off point for the resource to be aligned to the Crosscutting Concept. In this investigation and accompanying discussion about properties of familiar materials, the teacher would ask the students to describe patterns that they notice. They should do this after they have organized materials from their lunches according to their properties (e.g., do you notice anything else similar about all of the items in the hard group?).