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LIFE SCIENCE VIDEO CASE

Metabolic Processes in Fungi
7th grade Life Science

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Pre-teaching interview

 

Day 1 & 2

Eliciting experiences and early ideas about decomposition, digestion & reproduction

Day 2

Building background knowledge and making sense of decomposition, digestion and reproduction

Day 3 & 4

Initial explanations of decomposition and extracellular digestion

Day 4, 5, & 6

Making sense of yeast activity & building initial model of digestion and respiration

Day 6

Building content knowledge about respiration & refining the model

Day 7 & 8

Investigating digestion & respiration in yeast

Day 9 & 10

Generating evidence-based explanations

Day 11

Applying and extending the model

Day 11 & 12

Folding in reproduction

Day 12

Synthesizing all ideas and generating a new representation explaining the relationships among life processes in fungi

Post teaching interview