Examining Curriculum Materials: III A & B: Engaging Students with Real World Phenomena (Examples)
Learning Goal: Benchmark 5E6-8 #1: Food provides the fuel and the building material for all organisms. Plants use the energy from light to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water. This food can be used immediately or stored for later use.
Name of material: Food for Plants by Kathy Roth
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Indicators - What must a material do to meet the criterion? |
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Justification and Citation How does the material meet this indicator? OR Why does this material fail to meet this indicator? Be sure to give specific examples |
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Category III : Engaging Students with Relevant Phenomena
Criterion A: Providing variety of phenomena Does the material provide multiple and varied phenomena to support the learning goal?
Criterion B: Providing vivid experiences Does the material provide an appropriate balance of firsthand and vicarious experiences with real world examples/phenomena that are explicitly linked to the learning goals? |
A1. The material provides real world examples/phenomena that are relevant to the learning goals. |
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A2. The material makes clear to the students the relationship between real world examples/phenomena and the learning goals. |
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A3. The real world examples/phenomena are likely to be comprehensible to students.
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B1. When practical and appropriate, the material provides firsthand experiences with real world examples/phenomena that are explicitly linked to the learning goals. |
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B2. The material provides other experiences (e.g. text, pictures, video) that give students a vicarious sense of real world examples/phenomena. |
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B3. The set of experiences is efficient, i.e. the benefits justify the costs in time and money.
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