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Alex: Better Living Through Science Lesson PlanAlex: Better Living Through Science Lesson Plan
Publisher
Alabama Learning Exchange
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
940L
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Alex: Better Living Through Science

Curated by ACT

This lesson involves research on scientists whose accomplishments have impacted areas of nutrition, sanitation, or health care. Students will research an area of their choice, record information on a graphic organizer, and use the information to write a five-paragraph narrative essay to present to the class.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

sanitation

Additional Tags

graphic organizers, health care, narrative essay writing, alex, alabama learning exchange, nutrition, biological scientist, narrative writing

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

W.5.2.b W.3.1.a SL.5.3 SL.4.4 W.4.2.e RI.4.6 W.4.2.b W.5.3.d SL.3.4 W.4.1.a RL.5.6 SL.3.2 W.4.3.e RI.4.8 SL.5.2 RI.5.8 RI.5.7 SL.4.3 SL.5.1.c SL.3.1.c W.5.3.e SL.4.2 W.3.2.d W.3.1.d SL.4.1.c RL.3.6 W.3.2.b W.3.1.b SL.3.6 RI.5.6 W.5.2.e W.4.1.d W.5.1.d SL.5.5 W.4.1.b W.5.1.b

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