Bio1.LS1 Demonstrate how DNA sequence information is decoded through transcriptional and translational processes within the cell in order to synthesize proteins. Examine the relationship of structure and function of various types of RNA and the importance of this relationship in these processes
SPI 3210.4.9 Evaluate the scientific and ethical issues associated with gene technologies: genetic engineering, cloning, transgenic organism production, stem cell research, and DNA fingerprinting. 93210.4.7 Conduct research to explore the scientific and ethical issues associated with emerging gene technologies.
Engineering with Pens
Current Science Standards
http://www.tennessee.gov/education/article/science-standardsNew Science Standards (Implementation 2018)
Paired Text Sets
Session Materials
Coral Reefs (Ecosystems)
BIO1.LS2, ECO.LS2 and EVSC.LS2
Immunizations
BIO2.LS4 and BIO2.ETS2
HAP.LS1 and HAP.ETS2
HAP.LS1.21
BIO1.LS3 and BIO1.ETS2
Newsela Life Sciences: Inheritance of Traits
BIO2.LS4
Newsela Life Sciences: Growth and Development of Organisms
Newsela Physical Sciences: Types of Interactions
Chem Matters
CHEM2.PS1.15
CHEM2.PS1.13
Newsela Issues Overview: Batteries
Newsela Going to Pieces: Hoverboard Batteries Become Shrapnel in Safety Tests
Newsela Will hot sales of hot car help us cool down the planet? Tesla betting on it
Newsela Pollution and Its Harmful Effects
Chem Matters
ECO.ESS3 and EVSC.ESS3
ECO.ESS3, ECO.LS4, and EVSC.LS4
PHYS.PS2
Newsela Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
Newsela Physical Science: Physics and Engineering
PSCI.PS2
SCRE.ETS2 and
SCRE.ETS3
Newsela Think Like a Scientist
NY Times Learning Network Studying the Studies: Evaluating Science and Health News Reports
Blank Text Sets Form
Resources for Completed Text Sets
Boston Public Schools Science and Literacy Texts
Louisiana Department of Education, K-12 Planning Resources
Scroll down to ELA Guidebooks, then click on grade level. See also science resources.
NewsELA Text Sets
SUNY Geneseo Text Set Resources
Literacy Design Collaborative
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Close Reading and Technical Writing Grant Text Sets
Additional Materials
Genetically Modified Organisms and Hunger Games
Please scroll down to bottom of the page.
NY TImes Food Fight: Researching and Debating the Future of GMOs
NY Times Learning Network: Tinkering with Nature, Weighing the Benefits and Risks of Genetically Engineering Animals
Nature Writing
Fishbowl Activity based on Silent Spring
Bio-Poem Example
Acrostic Summary of Silent Spring
Finding High Quality
Non-fiction and
Informational
Text Sources
Newsela
Smithsonian Tween Tribune
Science News for Students
Scientific American
Science Daily
Public Library of Science (Biology)
NSTA's Outstanding Science Trade Books
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Flipboard
National Geographic
cpalms
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