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Feeling overwhelmed by all the material contained in Cal Alive!, and not sure where to start? Let the Cal Alive! Classroom Guide help you out!


The Cal Alive! Classroom Guide contains:

-Comprehensive indexes of topics, graphics, and animations that let you easily

find the parts of the CD-ROMS that illustrate particular topics

-A user guide with detailed tips and instructions for navigating and using the CD-ROMS

-A project map for planning an overall curriculum strategy with Cal Alive!

-More than 350 pages of detailed steps for conducting 20+ Cal Alive!

classroom activities, as well as strategies for creating your own lessons

-A 23-page glossary of scientific terms

-A snapshot of recommended grade levels, California standards addressed, time

considerations, and vocabulary

-And much more!


California Content Standards

Science:

3rd grade: 3a-d

4th grade: 2a-c, 3a-c; 6a, c

5th grade: 3b, c; 4b; 6a-g

6th grade: 2d; 4e; 5a-d, e; 6b-e; 7d, e, h

8th grade: 5d

7th grade: 3a-d; 4c; 7a-e

History/Social Studies:

3rd grade: 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.2;

4th grade: 4.1.3, 4.1.5, 4.2.1, 4.4.6

5th grade: 5.1.1

History-Social Science Analysis Skills:

K- 5th grade—chronological and spatial thinking 1, 3, 4, 5; historical interpretation 1, 2, 3

6th-8th—chronological and spatial thinking 3

English-Language Arts:

4th grade: reading 2.2, 2.3, 2.4; listening and speaking 1.1, 1.2; writing 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.7, 1.9, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4

5th grade: reading 2.1, 2.3, 2.4; writing 1.1a-c, 1.2, 1.6, 2.3; listening and speaking 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2

6th grade: reading 2.1, 2.3, 2.4; written and oral English language conventions 1.1-1.5; listening and speaking, 1.7, 2.2; writing 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1a, 2.1b, 2.1c, 2.2, 2.3

7th grade: reading 2.2; writing 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1a, 2.1b, 2.2, 2.3; written and oral English language conventions 1.1-1.7; listening and speaking 2.2

8th grade: writing 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 2.3

Mathematics:

4th grade: number sense 1.4, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4; mathematical reasoning 1.0, 2.0, 3.0

5th grade: number sense 2.1, 2.2, 2.3; mathematical reasoning 2.4, 2.6

6th grade: number sense 1.4, 2.3; algebra and functions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3; mathematical reasoning 2.5, 2.7

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