Synthesizing Information

1. Synthesizing Information Launch Activities Haines City High School Creator: Charles Wynne

2. Quick Video on Reading Synthesis • http://www.pike.k12.in.us/schools/nasc/classes/kwallace/Key+6+-+Synthesizing.htm

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4. Watch the video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVf34XQtBfo&feature=related

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6. Watch this video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewCk_Shb7Hk

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8. Writing Opportunity • What do you think? Were the Phoenix Lights real?

9. SIGNAL WORDS • Both • Collective(ly) • Correlation • Similarities • Differences • Lead(s) • Suggest • Relate • Explain

10. Synthesizers are Detectives! • Watch the video at the link below and determine whether or not you think this was an ACTUAL alien craft. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvdzc9FAmTc

11. Writing Opportunity! Complete the following sentence with details from the video for support: Those who view this video will learn that…

12. Synthesizing Information Acquisition Haines City High School Creator: Charles Wynne

13. What is synthesis? • Synthesis is just putting the pieces of the puzzle together

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17. Synthesizing Information Practice and Assessment Haines City High School Creator: Charles Wynne

18. Use the bits of information gathered from several different sources to form a conclusion.

20. Science – article 1 May 19, 2010 By Stephen Ornes Diet fads come and go, but in the end, there’s really only one rule for losing weight: Burn more energy than you consume. In April, scientists from California reported on a chemical that might help people burn fat. It’s called dihydrocapsiate, it comes from a pepper, and in a recent study it was shown to boost the body’s energy burn. Its name, dihydrocapsiate (di-HI-droh-CAP-see-ate), isn’t easy to say. And Peter Piper never picked it. But it might be easy to find: It is a chemical cousin of capsaicin (kap-SAY-sin), the chemical that makes chili peppers so hot. But unlike its fiery family members, dihydrocapsiate won’t send you running for a glass of water if you eat it. In fact, you won’t even know it’s in your body. Dihydrocapsiate could help people lose weight, delivering the positive effects of hot peppers without the fiery side effects. In theory, the chemical could be consumed safely and help a 100-pound person burn an extra 160 calories per day. Of course, it would be very easy to undo these sizzling effects with one slice of cake or a sugary soft drink. A chemical like dihydrocapsiate may help a person burn more than he consumes — but it can’t change a person’s eating habits. “As I always say,” Heber told Science News, “a supplement doesn’t make up for diet.”

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23. Science – article 2 Not all fats are created equal: There’s white fat, which stores energy. There’s also another kind of human body fat that actually burns energy and heats up. Babies have this kind of fat, and earlier this year, scientists found that adults have it too. Called brown fat, this substance is stored mainly in the upper body. According to a new study, it may be possible to make brown fat out of other kinds of cells in the body, such as skin cells. A team of researchers, led by Bruce Spiegelman of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass., made brown fat tissue from the skin cells of mice and mouse myoblasts. (A myoblast is a cell that will develop into muscle.) Because brown fat can burn excess energy, researchers hope it may be used to treat obesity and diabetes. Obesity, which is the condition of being overweight, can lead to other major health problems. Diabetes is a general name given to several different types of illnesses, all of which relate to the body’s ability to manage energy.

24. Complete the Active Reading Guide

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26. Writing Opportunity! • Summarize what you learned from the two sources (articles) we read and tell me what conclusion or new idea you have come to based on this information?

27. My judgment or new idea • Scientists are finding more and more natural sources of weight loss. • These things could help people fight obesity • People who are stubborn will still not lose weight, though.

28. Math Current Total Income: $1,300 per month

29. Cost of the car • Total Cost: $3,200 (plus interest) • Monthly Loan payment: $85.00 • Loan payment duration: 4 years

30. Promotion • Charlie’s promotion will pay him an additional $200 a month but will require him to move to an apartment costing him $800 a month.

32. Writing Opportunity! • What does Charlie have to give up in order to afford the car? • EXPLAIN your answer!!!

33. Social Studies – The Mayan Calendar Among their other accomplishments, the ancient Mayas invented a calendar of remarkable accuracy and complexity. At right is the ancient Mayan Pyramid Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. The pyramid was used as a calendar: four stairways, each with 91 steps and a platform at the top, making a total of 365, equivalent to the number of days in a calendar year. The Maya calendar was adopted by the other Mesoamerican nations, such as the Aztecs and the Toltec, which adopted the mechanics of the calendar unaltered but changed the names of the days of the week and the months. An Aztec calendar stone is shown above right. The Maya calendar uses three different dating systems in parallel, the Long Count, the Tzolkin (divine calendar), and the Haab (civil calendar). Of these, only the Haab has a direct relationship to the length of the year.

34. Main Idea • Summarize the main idea from this article IN YOUR OWN WORDS!

35. Social Studies – The Egyptian Calendar The earliest Egyptian calendar was based on the moon’s cycles, but the lunar calendar failed to predict a critical event in their lives: the annual flooding of the Nile river. The Egyptians soon noticed that the first day the "Dog Star," which we call Sirius, in Canis Major was visible right before sunrise was special. This so-called ‘heliacal rising’ always preceded the flood by a few days. Based on this knowledge, they devised a 365-day calendar that seems to have begun in 4236 B.C.E., the earliest recorded year in history. The three main Egyptian pyramids line up directly with these stars in Orion’s belt. They eventually had a system of 36 stars to mark out the year and in the end had three different calendars working concurrently for over 2000 years: a stellar calendar for agriculture, a solar year of 365 days (12 months x 30 + 5 extra) and a quasi-lunar calendar for festivals. The later Egyptian calendars developed sophisticated Zodiac systems, as in the stone calendar at right.

36. Main Idea • Summarize the main idea from this article IN YOUR OWN WORDS!

37. Similarities Between the two Main Idea from article 1 • Main Idea from article 2 My unique conclusion – what it all means

38. English – from…The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck They arose in the dark no more to hear the sleepy birds’ first chittering, and the morning wind around the house while they waited for the first light to go out to the dear acres. These things were lost, and crops were reckoned in dollars, and land was valued by principal plus interest, and crops were bought and sold before they were planted. Then crop failure, drought, and flood were no longer little deaths within life, but simple losses of money. And all their love was thinned with money, and all their fierceness dribbled away in interest until they were no longer farmers at all, buy little shopkeepers of crops, little manufacturers who must sell before they can make, Then those farmers who were not good shopkeepers lost their land to good shopkeepers. No matter how clever, how loving a man might be with earth and growing things, he could not survive if he were not also a good shopkeeper. And as time went on, the business men had the farms, and the farms grew larger, but there were fewer of them.

39. About the author JOHN STEINBECK • Lived from 1902 – 1968 • Born in Salinas, California • Made ends meet by working as a farm laborer while studying at Stanford University. • Dropped out of Stanford University • Tried a career at freelance writing, but it did not pan out • Is now an acclaimed American author with many popular books, such as: The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, In Dubious Battle, The Long Valley, and so on.

40. Answer the Question John Steinbeck’s experience working on farms probably: A)  Made him an expert in California history B)  Contributed to his writing about gourmet foods C)  Contributed to his writing about farm workers D)  Led to him owning a farm E)  Led to him writing about husbandry

41. Process of Elimination! John Steinbeck’s experience working on farms probably: A)  Made him an expert in California history B)  Contributed to his writing about gourmet foods This cannot be the answer because nothing in the passage refers to foods, especially gourmet food. C)  Contributed to his writing about farm workers D)  Led to him owning a farm E)  Led to him writing about husbandry

42. Process of Elimination! John Steinbeck’s experience working on farms probably: A)  Made him an expert in California history B)  Contributed to his writing about gourmet foods C)  Contributed to his writing about farm workers D)  Led to him owning a farm This cannot be the answer because nothing in the passage refers to him owning a farm at any point in his life. E)  Led to him writing about husbandry

43. Process of Elimination! John Steinbeck’s experience working on farms probably: A)  Made him an expert in California history B)  Contributed to his writing about gourmet foods C)  Contributed to his writing about farm workers D)  Led to him owning a farm E)  Led to him writing about husbandry This cannot be the answer because the passage talks more about the farmers and the economy than the actual farm animals.

44. Which answer is best and why??? John Steinbeck’s experience working on farms probably: A)  Made him an expert in California history B)  Contributed to his writing about gourmet foods C)  Contributed to his writing about farm workers D)  Led to him owning a farm E)  Led to him writing about husbandry

45. ANSWER John Steinbeck’s experience working on farms probably: A)  Made him an expert in California history B)  Contributed to his writing about gourmet foods C)  Contributed to his writing about farm workers D)  Led to him owning a farm E)  Led to him writing about husbandry

46. Synthesizing Information Extending and Refining Haines City High School Creator: Charles Wynne

47. Writing Opportunity! • Using the information on the next few slides, you need to come to a conclusion that answers this question: “What should Nathan eat for lunch to ensure he has enough energy I need to the double-header on Saturday for the regional competition and why?”

48. About Nathan • He is a Varsity baseball player whose coach told him that he needs: “A good, nutritious meal rich in protein” so he can lead the team to victory in the regionals. • He has a double-header tomorrow morning, which will probably last six hours. • He has to order his lunch from the cafeteria and needs to decide what items would be best for him to have.

49. Coach’s Suggestion • Meal should have: • At least 12 grams of protein • No more than 10 grams of carbohydrates • No more than 500 calories • No more than 12 grams of fat

50. Lunch Menu and Nutrition