Florida Keys to Learning: NGSSS Benchmarks and Important Terms
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This chapter provides an overview of the Florida Keys to Learning, including NGSSS Benchmarks, important names and terms, and the most important ideas students should know. The student-friendly text is clustered into sections and accompanied by illustrations and graphic organizers. Activities encourage student interaction and summarization, and practice items are based on EOC specifications.
Florida Keys to Learning: NGSSS Benchmarks and Important Terms
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ChapterOpener • NGSSS Benchmarks • Important Names and Terms
Florida “Keys” to Learning • The Most Important Ideas Your Students Should Know • Purposes: • An Overview that Provides a Framework for More Detailed Information in the Chapter • A Preview that Checks What Students Already Know • A Summary that Students Can Refer to after Reading the Chapter
Student- Friendly Text • Clustered into Sections • Emphasizes Key Concepts • Accompanied by Illustrations, Cartoons and Graphic Organizers
Student Interaction:The Active Citizen • Some activities ask students to role play, apply and reorganize information they have just read, or to view this information from different perspectives • Other activities go beyond the book and ask students to conduct research or interpreting primary documents
Summary and Reinforcement:Chapter Concept Map • Research continues to demonstrate the value of concept maps for cognition • Each concept map emphasizes key relationships
Summarization, Reinforcementand Resources for Different Learning Styles Review Cards at the End of Each Chapter
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