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Causal Patterns
RECAST Activities
Assessing Understanding
The Classroom
Causal Patterns
Big Ideas
The Details
Six Causal Patterns
Video Examples – Six Videos (each less than 1 minute long)
Additional Video Examples – Four Videos (each less than 1 minute long)
Causality and Misconceptions
Common Default Assumptions - Chart
Test Your Ideas
Density: Teacher Self-Check Quiz
Ecosystems: Teacher Self-Check Quiz
View Students Ideas
Six Video Examples - Ecosystems
Six Video Examples - Density
Analyzing Causality
Questions to Ask - Chart (PDF, 88KB)
Density Example - Table (PDF, 116KB)
Ecosystems Example - Table (PDF, 116KB)
FAQs
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RECAST Activities
Big Ideas
The Details
Inside the Activities
Two Candles Activity (video)
Diagnosing Need
General Examples (PDF, 188KB)
Ecosystem Examples (PDF, 192KB)
Density Examples (PDF, 188KB)
Designing the Activities
Causal Complexity Chart (PDF, 104KB)
Video Examples
General Examples
Video Examples (Straws and Condensation) for Relational and Non-Obvious Causality
Instructions for Relational Causality Activity (PDF, 264KB)
Instructions for Non-Obvious Causes Activity (PDF, 239KB)
Ecosystem Examples
Video Examples (Food Web and Decomposition) for Relational and Non-Obvious Causality
Instructions for Relational Causality Activity - Food Web (PDF, 208KB)
Instructions for Non-Obvious Causes Activity - Decomposition (PDF, 296KB)
Density Examples
Video Examples (Two Candles and Inferring Density) for Relational and Non-Obvious Causality
Instructions for Relational Causality Activity - Two Candles (PDF, 244KB)
Instructions for Non-Obvious Causes Activity - Inferring Density (PDF, 204KB)
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Assessing Understanding
The Big Ideas
The Details
Diagnostic Assessment
Teachers’ Comments
Conceptual Change
Understanding Goals
Assessments
Which Assessment
Self-Assessment
Informal Assessment
Ecosystems As-You-Go Assessment Questions
Density As-You-Go Assessment Questions
Galileos's Thermometer Task (PDF, 140KB)
Formal Assessment
Ecosystems: Inventory (PDF, 80KB)
Ecosystems: Rubric (PDF, 168KB)
Ecosystems: Individual Student Score Sheet (PDF, 84KB)
Ecosystems: Scoring Tips for Teachers (PDF, 76KB)
Density: Inventory (PDF, 100KB)
Density: Rubric (PDF, 156KB)
Density: Individual Student Score Sheet (PDF, 92KB)
Density: Scoring Tips for Teachers (PDF, 76KB)
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The Classroom
The Big Ideas
The Details
Points for Practice
What Teachers Say
Supporting Techniques
Putting It Together
Causal Vocabulary (video)
Modeling in Science
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