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Investigations in Environmental Science
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  Unit 1: Land Use
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preview curriculum: curricular supports

Each chapter opens with a chapter overview, lesson overview and then the activity page.

Chapter Overview
Lesson Overview
Activity Page


The chapter overview helps students see the connections between the chapters and make the content connection to the decision they need to make for in the final activity.

  1. Connection to the current case

  2. Link to the previous chapter

  3. Highlight of what is to come in the chapter

  4. Explicit learning objectives


The lesson overview helps students see the connections between what they are about to learn in the various activities relates to their environmental decision.

  1. Driving Question - A question the students should be asking themselves as they work through the activities.


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  2. Identifies the important content students should be aware of while doing the activities.


The activity pages are designed to support student learning by posing an essential question to them at the beginning of the lesson and revisiting that question at the end of the lesson. Activity can range from hands-on, computer-based, classroom discussion, data analysis and readings.

 
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