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I created this PCA based on lesson 15.3 of the Cat Events unit.  Please feel free to use it in your own classroom.  Please let me know if you make any changes.  Enjoy! 
eqfrictionscenario_key.doc

eqfrictionscenario.doc

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Carolina Biological Supply has additional teacher tips documents for the STC/MS modules they carry:

Module teaching helps or product information:

Catastrophic Events

Earth in Space

Energy, Machines, and Motion

Human Body Systems

Properties of Matter

Cat Events Inventory - Alphabetical by Part Name

Cat Events Inventory - sorted by box

Cat Events Inventory - sorted by initial lesson

As an addition to the Volcano Assessment in the Catastrophic Event Text I created this “WASL like” question. I basically change the subject of one of the released items to model the viscosity lesson in the text. I used this instead of the performance assessment (looking at rocks) as part of my test. It gave students an opportunity to do a WASL like question and it also gave me useful feedback.
Viscosity WASL Question

Shani from Showalter MS says:

I created an alternative to the Anchor Activity in the Catastrophic Events text. I think others may find it useful. I know after trying the text’s anchor activity the products I received were not what I wanted and did not prove to me the students had done the research and transferred the information. The alternative I created seemed to give me much better results.

Download: catastrophic-events-research-project-research-requiremnts.doc

This 35 page document gives extensive detail on how to teach Catastrophic Events effectively. Word format. Also PDF.

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Here is the conceptual story for Catastrophic Events (STC/MS), in three parts:
Part 1 | PDF
Part 2 | PDF
Part 3 | PDF