About This Lesson
Information and questions about fungi. Aligned to: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6.2 , RST.7.2 , RST.8.2 , CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6.3 , RST.7.3 , RST.8.3 , CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6.7 , RST.7.7 , RST.8.7
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Subject
Science — Life Science
Grade Level
Grades 6-8
Resource Type
Handout, Worksheet
Standards Alignment
Common Core State Standards
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Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
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The handout is terrible, and not based in science. To say that fungi are 'a strange group of living things including mushrooms, toadstools, moulds and thousands of other weird and wonderful things' is incorrect. There are edible, inedible, and poisonous mushrooms, but there is no such thing as a toadstool. Some folks, like myself, cannot eat a Shaggy Parasol - it causes an intense allergic reaction. Please put captions on the images so people know what they're looking at, and give photographers credit for their images! You need to talk about the role of fungi in nature, focus on the different types of fungi, and distinguish between mushrooms (large fruiting bodies visible to the naked eye) and other microscopic fungi. How can we help?
David Rust
President
North American Mycological Association
http://namyco.org/education/index.html