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LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
ìStandards-Based Instruction Modelî

Instructions: Develop a Standard-Based InstructionModel which describes what students will do. Begin theCulminating Task and Instructional Activities components with a verb.
Subject/Course: Science/Project Inquiry      Grade Level: 3rd      Standard No(s): State of California Academic Standards_3.d_& 3.f/LAUSD Standard #35.
Standard(s): (What students should know and be ableto do) Using various tools to order, count, observe, and measure objects and events in the world (#35), students will collect data in an investigation and analyze them to develop a logical conclusion (3.d & 3.f), that butterflies are specific to certain plants.
District Elementary Course of Study (Concepts) or SecondaryGuidelines for Instruction (Instructional Unit) _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Developed by: V. Heubner, S. Chapman, F. Encinas, B. Chapman, A. Culberson, and B. Washington.              School: 107th Street Elementary/MST Magnet              Cluster # 24              Phone # 323-756-8137

CULMINATING TASK/ASSIGNMENT
What will individual students produce to demonstrate achievement of the standard(s)?
ASSESSMENT
What criteria will be used to evaluate/score students work/performance of the culminating task?
INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES
What learning activities will students be involved in to acquire knowledge and skills to achieve the standard? Consider alternative strategies and modification to promote equal access for all learners.
TIME
How much (approximate) time will be required to complete each of the activities?
RESOURCES
What materials, textbooks, supplies, documents, etc., will be required for and instructional activity?
DIRECTIONS TO THE STUDENTSTask to be scored:
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  • Butterfly nets
  • Field glasses
  • Hand lens
  • Plants
       -Passion Vine
       -Nasturium
       -Plumbago
  • Soil
  • Outdoor clock
  • Outdoor thermometer
  • Wind anemometer
  • Butterfly charts
  • Field guides
       -caterpilars
       -butterflies & moths
  • Graph paper
  • Journals
  • Logs
  • *Model developed, refined, and field-tested by Mentor teacher Standard-Based Task Force School District1996, Los Angeles Unified


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