Classroom Resource

A Blast From the Past With Nuclear Chemistry

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

11, 12

Overview

After students have studied the basics of fusion and fission as well as the splitting of the atom, groups of three choose a nuclear chemistry topic to research, finding the “what, how, where, and why” of their subject. After conducting their research, students use the free Web 2.0 tool Timetoast to construct an online timeline that features fifteen important facts with images and captions about their topic. Students then use the timelines to present their newly acquired knowledge to the class.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.8

Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines and explain how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content and organize information.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.11.8

Vocabulary

  • Academic disciplines
  • Domain-specific vocabulary
  • Content organization

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to read, analyze, and evaluate texts from various academic disciplines.
  • Content-specific text will often include a particular structure and domain-specific vocabulary.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from subjects other than English language arts to determine the use of domain-specific vocabulary.
  • Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from subjects other than English language arts to determine how the academic discipline organizes content.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Different academic disciplines may utilize different vocabulary.
  • Different academic disciplines may arrange content in particular organizational styles.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.13

Synthesize multiple sources of information (including diverse media), evaluate the credibility and accuracy of each source, and share information orally.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.11.13

Vocabulary

  • Synthesize
  • Diverse media
  • Evaluate
  • Credibility
  • Accuracy

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to synthesize information from multiple, diverse sources.
  • Presentation skills.
  • Strategies to evaluate information from multiple sources.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Discern credible and accurate sources from a variety of sources.
  • Synthesize information from multiple, diverse sources.
  • Orally present the synthesized information.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Oral presentations should only incorporate information from credible, accurate sources.
  • Information from multiple sources can be combined into an effective presentation.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.24

Evaluate the credibility of sources in terms of authority, relevance, accuracy, and purpose.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.11.24

Vocabulary

  • Evaluate
  • Credibility
  • Authority
  • Relevance
  • Accuracy
  • Purpose

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to assess the credibility of research sources.
  • Features of authoritative, relevant, and accurate research sources.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Evaluate the credibility of research sources in terms of authority, relevance, accuracy, and purpose.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Before using a source in their research projects, they should evaluate the credibility of the source in terms of its authority, relevance, accuracy, and purpose.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.27

Synthesize research results, using responsible, ethical practices to gather information, and write clear, coherent products demonstrating command of language that is suitable for the target audience and purpose.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.11.27

Vocabulary

  • Synthesize
  • Responsible research practices
  • Ethical research practices
  • Command of language
  • Target audience
  • Purpose

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to synthesize research findings from multiple sources.
  • Responsible and ethical research practices.
  • Grade-appropriate writing skills.
  • The conventions of standard, formal English.
  • Strategies to modify writing for a particular audience and purpose.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Synthesize research findings from multiple sources.
  • Write clear, coherent documents using responsible and ethical research practices.
  • Incorporate conventions of formal, standard English into clear, coherent writing products.
  • Modify writing to be suitable for a particular audience and purpose.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • An effective research project will include a synthesis of multiple information sources.
  • Ethical and responsible research practices are necessary when writing academic and workplace documents.
  • The conventions of standard, formal English are necessary for effective academic and workplace communication.
  • Written language should be adapted, depending on the audience and purpose.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.29

Compose clear, coherent writing that incorporates information from a variety of scholarly and non-scholarly sources and demonstrates a clear position on a topic, answers a research question, or presents a solution to a problem.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.11.29

Vocabulary

  • Scholarly source
  • Non-scholarly source

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The difference between a scholarly and non-scholarly source.
  • Research skills.
  • Formal, academic writing skills.
  • Information learned through the research process can be used to answer a question, solve a problem, or take a position.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Incorporate information from a variety of scholarly and non-scholarly sources into a written document.
  • Compose clear and coherent writing to defend a position, answer a question, or present a solution to a problem by using evidence from source documents.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • A combination of scholarly and non-scholarly sources can be utilized in writing.
  • Scholarly sources can give credibility to academic and workplace documents.
  • Effective writing is clear and coherent and utilizes a variety of research sources.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.30

Synthesize research using responsible and ethical practices to create and orally present clear, coherent products demonstrating command of language that is suitable for the target audience and purpose.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.11.30

Vocabulary

  • Synthesize
  • Responsible research practices
  • Ethical research practices
  • Command of language
  • Target audience
  • Purpose

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to synthesize research findings from multiple sources.
  • Responsible and ethical research practices.
  • Oral presentation skills.
  • The conventions of standard, formal English.
  • Strategies to modify spoken language for a particular audience and purpose.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Synthesize research findings from multiple sources.
  • Orally present clear, coherent products using responsible and ethical research practices.
  • Incorporate conventions of formal, standard English into clear, coherent presentations.
  • Modify spoken language to be suitable for a particular audience and purpose.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • An effective presentation will include a synthesis of multiple information sources.
  • Ethical and responsible research practices are necessary when creating academic and workplace presentations.
  • The conventions of standard, formal English are necessary for effective academic and workplace communication.
  • Spoken language should be adapted, depending on the audience and purpose.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.8

Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines and explain how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content and organize information.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.12.8

Vocabulary

  • Academic disciplines
  • Domain-specific vocabulary
  • Content organization

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to read, analyze, and evaluate texts from various academic disciplines.
  • Content-specific text will often include a particular structure and domain-specific vocabulary.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from subjects other than English language arts to determine the use of domain-specific vocabulary.
  • Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from subjects other than English language arts to determine how the academic discipline organizes content.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Different academic disciplines may utilize different vocabulary.
  • Different academic disciplines may arrange content in particular organizational styles.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.13

Evaluate the credibility and accuracy of sources from diverse media and/or formats and then use multiple suitable sources of information to develop an idea or further a position.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.12.13

Vocabulary

  • Evaluate
  • Credibility
  • Accuracy
  • Diverse media

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Presentation skills.
  • Strategies to evaluate the credibility and accuracy of multiple, diverse sources.
  • Synthesize information from multiple sources to develop an idea or further a position.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Discern credible and accurate sources from a variety of sources.
  • Synthesize information from multiple, diverse sources.
  • Utilize multiple sources of information to develop an idea or further a position.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Oral presentations should only incorporate information from credible, accurate sources.
  • Information from multiple sources can be combined into an effective presentation that develops an idea or furthers a position.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.24

Evaluate the credibility of sources in terms of authority, relevance, accuracy, and purpose.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.12.24

Vocabulary

  • Evaluate
  • Credibility
  • Authority
  • Relevance
  • Accuracy
  • Purpose

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to assess the credibility of research sources.
  • Features of authoritative, relevant, and accurate research sources.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Evaluate the credibility of research sources in terms of authority, relevance, accuracy, and purpose.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Before using a source in their research projects, they should evaluate the credibility of the source in terms of its authority, relevance, accuracy, and purpose.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.27

Synthesize research results, using responsible, ethical practices to gather information, and write clear, coherent products demonstrating command of language that is suitable for the target audience and purpose.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.12.27

Vocabulary

  • Synthesize
  • Responsible research practices
  • Ethical research practices
  • Command of language
  • Target audience
  • Purpose

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to synthesize research findings from multiple sources.
  • Responsible and ethical research practices.
  • Grade-appropriate writing skills.
  • The conventions of standard, formal English.
  • Strategies to modify writing for a particular audience and purpose.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Synthesize research findings from multiple sources.
  • Write clear, coherent documents using responsible and ethical research practices.
  • Incorporate conventions of formal, standard English into clear, coherent writing products.
  • Modify writing to be suitable for a particular audience and purpose.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • An effective research project will include a synthesis of multiple information sources.
  • Ethical and responsible research practices are necessary when writing academic and workplace documents.
  • The conventions of standard, formal English are necessary for effective academic and workplace communication.
  • Written language should be adapted, depending on the audience and purpose.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.29

Compose clear, coherent writing that incorporates information from a variety of scholarly and non-scholarly sources and demonstrates a clear position on a topic, answers a research question, or presents a solution to a problem.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.12.29

Vocabulary

  • Scholarly source
  • Non-scholarly source

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The difference between a scholarly and non-scholarly source.
  • Research skills.
  • Formal, academic writing skills.
  • Information learned through the research process can be used to answer a research question, present a solution to a problem, or take a position.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Incorporate information from a variety of scholarly and non-scholarly sources into a written document.
  • Compose clear and coherent writing to defend a position, answer a question, or present a solution to a problem by using evidence from source documents.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • A combination of scholarly and non-scholarly sources can be utilized in writing.
  • Scholarly sources can give credibility to academic and workplace documents.
  • Effective writing is clear and coherent and utilizes a variety of research sources.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.30

Synthesize research using responsible and ethical practices to create and orally present clear, coherent products demonstrating command of language that is suitable for the target audience and purpose.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.12.30

Vocabulary

  • Synthesize
  • Responsible research practices
  • Ethical research practices
  • Command of language
  • Target audience
  • Purpose

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to synthesize research findings from multiple sources.
  • Responsible and ethical research practices.
  • Oral presentation skills.
  • The conventions of standard, formal English.
  • Strategies to modify spoken language for a particular audience and purpose.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Synthesize research findings from multiple sources.
  • Orally present clear, coherent products using responsible and ethical research practices.
  • Incorporate conventions of formal, standard English into clear, coherent presentations.
  • Modify spoken language to be suitable for a particular audience and purpose.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • An effective presentation will include a synthesis of multiple information sources.
  • Ethical and responsible research practices are necessary when creating academic and workplace presentations.
  • The conventions of standard, formal English are necessary for effective academic and workplace communication.
  • Spoken language should be adapted, depending on the audience and purpose.
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