8-week Culturally Responsive Curriculum Map
Tim Essential Questions Idaho Content Standards
e and CCSS- Literacy
fram Standards
e
Wk How do electron 11-12.C.1.1.1 Use the periodic
1-4 configurations affect table to predict physical and
chemical properties.
molecular 11-12.C.2.1.4 Distinguish and
interactions?
classify all matter into
appropriate categories.
11-12.C.5.2.1 Assess the role of
What diverse
chemistry in enabling
individuals
technological advances.
contributed to 11-12.C.5.3.1 Evaluate the role
creating the periodic of chemistry in energy and
table? environmental issues.
USA-Common Core State
How is the periodic
Standards (June 2010) [ELA &
table used to predict
Literacy in Science- Grades 11-
atomic properties? 12]:
4. Determine the meaning of
symbols, key terms, and other
What are metals, and
domain-specific words and
what are their phrases as they are used in a
properties? specific scientific or technical
context relevant to grades 11
Where do metals 12 texts and topics.
7. Integrate and evaluate
come from? multiple sources of information
presented in diverse formats
How are more pure and media (e.g., quantitative
metals obtained? data, video, multimedia) in
order to address a question or
solve a problem.
10. By the end of grade 12,
read and comprehend
science/technical texts in the
grades 11CCR text complexity
band independently and
proficiently.
Essential Instructional Strategies Formative and
Skills/Concepts and Activities Summative
to be targeted Assessments
- Understand the - Use interactive - Weekly quizzes will be
organization and periodic tables for given every Friday to
determine if students
purpose of students to become
periodic tables familiar with the learned the material. The
quizzes will have open-
while learning organization and
notes for the last 3
about the patterns.
minutes.
diversity in the - Present multimedia - Packets will go along
periodic tables ways of learning, with any experiment
history. including audio books, done in class and will
- Understand videos, and online have a discussion
what qualities resources. question section to
make metals - Experiment and determine if students
useful, and what physically interact with understand the concepts
properties metals and the being tested.
- The students will be
metals possess. accompanying
given formative
- Critically think reactions.
assessment while doing
about where - Learn about metals class activities and
metals come with real examples in answering questions in
from around the the classroom and at class discussions.
world and how home, and what - Field trips will be
these metals are purposes these metals accompanied with KWL
extracted. serve. charts and prompts to
- Try to take a field trip discuss the importance
to various mining sites of the trip.
and metal extraction - Summative review days
and worksheets will help
facilities.
determine where student
- Do simple experiments learning needs support.
demonstrating how pure - Any student may ask
metals may be for an alternate
extracted. assessment, more time,
or other
accommodations.
Wk How are cultures 11-12.C.1.1.1 Use the periodic
5-8 affected by the table to predict physical and
chemical properties.
process of obtaining 11-12.C.2.1.4 Distinguish and
metals?
classify all matter into
appropriate categories.
11-12.C.2.5.1 Illustrate the Law
What are transition
of Conservation of Mass and the
metals?
Law of Definite Proportions.
11-12.C.2.5.2 Classify, write and
Why are certain balance chemical equations for
metals used for common types of chemical
certain tasks reactions and predict the
products.
(reactivity)?
11-12.C.5.2.1 Assess the role of
chemistry in enabling
How do different technological advances.
11-12.C.5.3.1 Evaluate the role
places use different
of chemistry in energy and
metals?
environmental issues.
What are the USA-Common Core State
reactions of metals? Standards (June 2010) [ELA &
Literacy in Science- Grades 11-
12]:
How does the Law of 4. Determine the meaning of
Conservation apply? symbols, key terms, and other
domain-specific words and
Do different types of phrases as they are used in a
metals affect the specific scientific or technical
context relevant to grades 11
surrounding areas 12 texts and topics.
differently? 7. Integrate and evaluate
multiple sources of information
presented in diverse formats
and media (e.g., quantitative
data, video, multimedia) in
order to address a question or
solve a problem.
10. By the end of grade 12,
read and comprehend
science/technical texts in the
grades 11CCR text complexity
band independently and
proficiently.
- Critically - Students will research - Weekly quizzes will be
consider the a certain metal in their given every Friday to
determine if students
benefits and own culture and other
costs of cultures around the learned the material. The
quizzes will have open-
obtaining metals world; they will find out
notes for the last 3
in relation to why the metal is used
minutes.
different and what effects it has - The students will follow
cultures around on communities. a rubric when
the world as - Students will complete researching metals and
well as interactive simulations presenting the
environments. that demonstrate the information to the class.
- Obtain a concept of reactivity. (I The presentations may
deeper will use the analogy of be given in various ways.
understanding partners at a party to - Packets will go along
with any experiment
of the periodic help them remember
done in class and will
table by what reactivity means)
have a discussion
knowing - Through experiments, question section to
transition students will observe determine if students
metals and the different reactions of understand the concepts
reactivity. metals as well as fill out being tested.
- Understand worksheet to - The students will be
and be able to comprehend what the given formative
compare the reactions do. While assessment while doing
different types contemplating the class activities and
of metal reactions, answering questions in
class discussions.
reactions; be measurements and
- A rubric will be provided
able to consider quantifications will be for the research paper as
the real-world made to show students well. Students will be
effects of that the Law of given options to present
reactions to Conservation applies to their research in other
extract metals. everything. ways if they feel as
- Realize the - Students will return to though they would learn
Law of the projects they more or be better
Conservation presented about the assessed.
- A summative Kahoot!
continues to effects of obtaining
game will be given to
apply to metals metals, and write a
help students gage what
as well as all research paper on why
they know before the
chemical certain metals have/ do unit test.
reactions. not have different - Any student may ask
effects on the for an alternate
surrounding areas while assessment, more time,
using the knowledge or other
they have gained about accommodations.
reactions.