Updated CC-CRS Aligned Unit

Primary Common Core Task
Pros and Cons of HFCS
Defined by CC Standard RST.9-10.9
4. Read Food Labels
IOD 301, 402
Content: carbs, lipids, proteins, energy/calories
14. Food Testing Lab
Content: carbs, lipids, proteins
IOD 402, 501
RST.9-10.7,
RST.9-10.9
9. Bomb Calorimetry Lab
Content: carbs, lipids, energy/calories
SIN 401, 402, 403
RST.9-10.9
10. Critique Experiment
"A Sweet Problem"
Content: carbs, lipids
SIN 402, 403, 404
RST.9-10.6
Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when these findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.
11. Design Experiment:
HFCS vs. Sucrose Taste Test
SIN 402, 403
WHST.9-10.2
8. Read "Facts About HFCS"
Content: carbs
critical thinking
about author bias
7. Read "The Trouble with Trans Fats"
Content: lipids
RST.9-10.2
RST.9-10.2
17. Conflicting Viewpoints: Read and
compare "The Truth About HFCS"
and "The Effects of HFCS"
EMI skills
RST.9-10.2,
RST.9-10.9
15. Compare Data Presentations
"Sugar Consumption in the US"
and "Overweight Adolescents"
IOD 301, 303, 304, 402
EMI 401, 501, 502
Content: carbs
critical thinking
about causal relationships
Content: carbs
16. Forum:
How the Government
Affects What You Eat
(cc) image by anemoneprojectors on Flickr
Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text, defining the question the author seeks to address.
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.
Translate quantitative or technical
information expressed in words in
a text into visual form and translate information expressed visually or mathematically into words.
Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
WHST.9-10.1
Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
The CC-CRS Aligned Unit
Primary Common Core Task
Supporting
Content or CC Task
Supporting
Content or CC Task
Supporting
Content or CC Task
College Readiness Skills
Start of Unit:
Primary Task Assigned
Integrated Forum
RST.9-10.2
Use this document
to brainstorm
plans for a unit:
Then use one
of these to plan
the details:
College Readiness Standards:
Demonstration of discrete skills
at increasing levels of sophistication
Include performance tasks
for ranges of grade levels
Common Core Standards: