Transcript File - Lincoln Teacher Network

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Students will be able to
› Understand the following words and use
them to enhance content knowledge in all
subject areas.
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Ban
Interact
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In today’s lesson on the brain, Professor Seemy is talking about mirror
neurons.
“When I touch my ear, neurons fire,” Professor Seemy says. “When I
watch you touch your ear, something interesting occurs. Some of those
same neurons fire again. We call these neurons mirror neurons.”
Professor Seemy continues. “Mirror neurons help us interact with other
people. When we see someone smile, mirror neurons remind us what it
feels like to smile. They also help us imitate complex behavior, like dance
steps.”
Jamal has been studying media violence, and he has an idea. “Hey,
mirror neurons could explain why TV violence makes people violent in
real life,” he says. “When a kid watches Spiderman punch, mirror
neurons help her understand punching, and also help her imitate it.”
“Wait, Jamal. Does TV really make people more violent?” asks Jennifer.
"If it does, I could understand why some people want to ban extreme
violence in the media."
“A great question,” says Professor Seemy. “Let’s take a look at the
data!”
Lets re-read the passage.
 Can I have a volunteer to read the first paragraph?
 Can I have someone read the next two sentences?
 What does
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Ban
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Circle the word as we explain what the word means.
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What is the Question?
› What does this mean?
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What is the Hypothesis?
› What does this mean?
What are the Materials for this experiment?
 What is the Procedure for this experiment?
 What is the Data for this experiment?
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› Analyze the data
› Interpret the data
What is the Data for this experiment?
Analyze the data
Interpret the data
Take 5 minutes to answer the following
questions with your table.
 Remember to use the data to answer the
second question.
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1. Is the hypothesis supported or not by the data?
2. What evidence supports your conclusion?
3. How would you make this a better
experiment?
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I will be around to see how you are doing
with the questions.
Was the Hypothesis correct?
 What was our evidence supports our
conclusion?
 How would you make this a better
experiment?
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Did this lesson help you to better understand our 5 words
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Rating
Ban
Interact
Occur
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› Do you understand how to use these words in science now?
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Rubric
› 0 – I do not understand WHY we did this
› 1 – I understand WHY we did this but I do not understand WHAT each
words means
› 2 – I understand WHY and WHAT each word means but I don’t
understand HOW to use them in science.
› 3 – I understand WHY, WHAT and HOW to use these words in
Science, but don’t understand WHEN I will use them in the real
world
› 4 – I understand WHY, WHAT, HOW and WHEN to use these words.