Curriculum+Framing+Questions

Module 2, Activity 2 = = =Brainstorming Essential, Unit, and Content Questions =

====Curriculum Framing Questions (CFQs) tie the content of your class to other disciplines and events outside your classroom. They help students focus on the important ideas and develop a deeper understanding of the content material. ====


 * ====**Essential** questions are broad, open-ended questions that address big ideas and enduring concepts. They often cross disciplines and help students see how subjects are related. ====
 * ====**Unit** questions are tied directly to a project and support investigation into the essential question. Unit questions are open-ended and help students demonstrate how well they understand the core concepts of a project. ====
 * =====**Content** questions are fact-based, concrete questions that have a narrow set of correct answers. Often content question relate to definitions, identifications, and general recall of information-similar to the types of questions you would typically find on a test. Content questions support both unit and essential questions. (Unit 2, p2.05) =====

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Look at the following examples: =====


 * ====**Essential:** What is essential for life? ====
 * ====**Unit:** Am I really growing like a weed? How would you grow a big, strong beanstalk to reach the giant’s house? ====
 * ====**Content**: What are the basic requirements for life? ====

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For each of the following sets of CFQs write examples for the missing questions (red categories). Choose the **Edit tab** and then type in your examples beneath the category or the previous addition. It is ok to take another's idea and rework it. We're brainstorming. Essential questions are the hardest to write and content are the easiest. Which type do you use most frequently with your students or you've been asked by your teachers/professors? The type of questions we ask determines the depth of a student's learning. =====

**Proofread and do not delete others work!**

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**Essential:** What does it take to change the world? A person with a life changing idea and the will to make it happen.=====

**Unit:**
How did the Irish potato famine effect life in the US? It prompted the immigration of the Irish to the U.S.. Hosw does an earthquake change the landscape of a country? An earthquake can change the landscape by leveling cities and change the course of rivers.

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**Content:** ===== What is an earthquake? An earthquake is caused when two planetary plates shift.


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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Is diversity essential to a healthy world? The jury is still out on this one. We have people of different races, religions and backgrounds killing each other. Even if we were all the same we would still find something to fight about. =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Are rain forests worth saving? Yes. They help filter the CO in the atmosphere. =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What is a rain forest? It is a massive area of forest. =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What lives in a rain forest? Many types of mammals. =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Where are rain forests located? There are several area that contain rain forest. Such as South America, Africa and Asia. =====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Essential: Is there another life sustaining planet?** =====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Unit: How do rocks change over a period of time? Rocks can change chemical makeup. For example: Diamond.** =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks? =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">How are rocks formed? The are created by pressure and time. =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What is the rock cycle? The rocks life cycle is liquid and then a solid. =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Essential:** Is math more than numbers? Yes. =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Content : Relate the breakdown of music into 5th.** =====

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<span style="color: #ff0600; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Essential: Can music be used as a source of commuication?** =====

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Unit:**
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What can music teach us about history? How does music inspire people today?

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Content: What are the elements of music?** =====