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CELL Guide
Heat and Heat Transfer
LABLEARNER’S 3-D APPROACH TO SCIENCE INSTRUCTION
Phase 1 – Defined Understanding
The defined boundaries of this phase provide a framework for engaging parents and identifying students’ current knowledge of the topic(s) being explored.
Phase 2 – Dynamic Understanding
Change, activity, and progress characterize the dynamic phase. Its design will enable you to enhance students’ existing skills, interests, and understanding, as well as meaningfully build new ones.
Phase 3 – Deeper Understanding
By this point, students have moved through powerful and purposeful tasks that had them actively and intentionally construct an understanding of concepts. In this final phase, students will consolidate knowledge and make deeper connections among ideas.
Phase 1 – Defined Understanding
► Parent Newsletter
Encourage parents to connect to their child’s learning by providing them with a framework of the CELL. Use this link to access and share the Parent Newsletter.
► Baseline Assessment
Assess students’ current knowledge of the topic(s) being explored then set instructional and student learning goals. Use this link to schedule then invite students to take the Pre-test for the CELL.
Phase 2 – Dynamic Understanding
► Introduction and Fun Facts
Enhance your conceptual understanding by reading the student-level research on the topic(s) being explored. Use this link to access the research.
► Investigation 1
Locate the Investigation Summary, Concept Slides, Student Guide, Student Guide Scoring Rubric, and Teacher Guide for Investigation One through this link.
► Investigation 2
Locate the Investigation Summary, Concept Slides, Student Guide, Student Guide Scoring Rubric, and Teacher Guide for Investigation Two through this link.
► Investigation 3 (or Performance Assessment)
Locate the Investigation Summary, Concept Slides, Student Guide, Student Guide Scoring Rubric, and Teacher Guide for Investigation Three through this link.
Digital Equipment Used in Investigation One
Phase 3 – Deeper Understanding
►CELL Summary
Review the key ideas and learning goals for the CELL via this link.
► Enrichment
Encourage students to discover more about the topic(s) with associated STEM careers and external links.
► Summative Assessment
Evaluate student learning at the end of the CELL by comparing the Summative Assessment to students’ Baseline Assessments. Use this link to schedule then invite students to take the Post-test for the CELL.