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NGSS: Structure and Function Instructional VideoNGSS: Structure and Function Instructional Video
Publisher
Bozeman Science
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Grade
K - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
9:29
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
Technology
Video
Internet Access
Year
2013
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Instructional Video

NGSS: Structure and Function

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The Next Generation Science Standards list Structure and Function as the sixth concept that applies to every type of science. The video explains the relationship between structure and function. To finish, it offers the progression of skills for instructors to teach.

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Concepts

education, teaching strategies

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Complete the activity using the link at 1:00 with all of your pupils
  • Discuss how the scale of objects determines their functions

Classroom Considerations

  • Relies on basic scientific knowledge, common among science teachers

Pros

  • Offers examples of lessons from early elementary through high school
  • Highlights the importance of the concept in multiple scientific disciplines

Cons

  • None

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