Resource Overview
Written and scaffolded for ELL, students observe a short demonstration showing how populations grow when the birth rate exceeds the death rate.
Students will be able to:
- Describe how the birth and death rates affect population size.
- Participate in a demonstration using water and measuring cups as a model.
- Explain what makes death rates lower.
- Understand arithmetic concepts using a visual demonstration.
- Identify and use comparison words for changes in quantities and numbers.
- Define: birth rate, death rate.
- Write example sentences for new vocabulary words.
Features of This Resource
- TESOL lesson plan, includes a greater focus on practicing English-language speaking, writing, listening and reading
- Scaffolded for L2, L3 and L4 levels of language proficiency
- Visual representation of math equation
- Opportunity for authentic learning with real-world data
- Identify and use the quantity words: more, less, fewer, higher, lower, add, subtract, bigger, smaller
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