Text Set 1

For my text set, I will be using the GSE 8^thgrade Physical Science standard S8P5, which states students will obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about gravity, electricity, and magnetism as major forces acting in nature. These three forces can be explored through many different mediums. The text provided will allow students to have access to evidence to meet the requirement of creating an argument about the idea that fields, such as the gravitational field, exists when in contact or without contact between the objects. The S8P5 requires students to carry out investigations that show charges in an insulator and conductor, and then investigations to show the factors that cause different strengths of electric and magnetic forces. There is a lot to cover in this one standard, but there are many different videos and written demonstrations that provide students can use as material to then remodel the demonstration for their own learning. The standard mentions that investigations are not limited to just generators or motors, but these two must be included through the investigation process. Through my text set, students will be able to have a variety of sources that provide the essential information that will be most beneficial to their learning and meeting the standard. The text set will allow them to make meaning and understanding of the standard that will be tested.

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