Teacher Support Materials
How did Triceratops evolve?
Teacher
Instructional Guide
This teacher resource includes lesson objectives, instructional strategies, and a guided outline for the successful facilitation of Research Quest in the classroom.
Student
Research Assistant Notebook
This notebook uses structured documentation as a strategy to support students as they work through their investigation. It includes guiding questions, organizers and prompts to help them record and evaluate their evidence, track their thinking, and use all of this to develop an evidence-based response to their research question: "How did Triceratops evolve?". This process helps make student critical thinking visible which helps you and your students reflect on their learning and where they can use additional support and practice.
Teacher
Level 1 Teacher Key: Traits Tracking Activity
(Print optional)
Teacher
Level 2 Teacher Key: Phylogenetic Tree Activity
(Print optional)
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Level 3 Teacher Key: Ceratopsian Diversity
(Print optional)
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Level 4 Teacher Key: Paleogeography Activity
(Print optional)
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Paleo Prep Guide
(Print optional)
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Vocabulary Guide
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Student
Level 1 - Traits Observation Chart
(Print optional)
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Level 3 - Graphing Diversity
(Print optional)
Student
Ceratopsian Profile Cards (x4)
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Ceratopsian Profile Cards (x2)
(Print optional)
Assessment
Student Learning Assessment Tool
This document is designed to assist teachers as they monitor and record evidence of critical thinking skills in students. It includes a rubric with definitions and examples of target behaviors as well as a chart to document critical thinking skills in individual students.
Assessment
Student Rubric for Assessing Learning Outcomes
This is a tool that students can use to self-assess their competency at behaviors targeted in Research Quest investigations— gathering data, making inferences, building a hypothesis, and verbal communication.
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