Monitoring Tool

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Anticipated
Instructional Support
Who/What
Solutions
Assessing
Advancing Questions
Questions
It is important to
Why is it important to
Why is this important to
understand
understand what happened
us?
because if we were to the sailor?
ever in a situation
like this, we would
want to know why
we shouldnt drink
seawater.
It could help those
with no access to
water.
Seawater affects
How does seawater affect
What do our red blood
how much water
our body?
cells do?
remains in red
How does this relate to the
blood cells.
sailor and us?
Red blood cells
deliver oxygen to
our body. Without
this oxygen, we
would die.
It is important to
keep a balance of
salt and water in
and out of our cells.
The cell will shrink
Do you think the cell will
What is your evidence

Order

because the water

goes to where
there is a high salt
concentration.
The cell will expand
because the salt
goes to where
there is a high
water
concentration.
It stays the same
because the salt
cant get into the
cell.
Cells remain the
same when we
drink freshwater
because there is an
equal balance of
water inside and
outside of the cell.
Cells are in isotonic
solution and
therefore do not
need to undergo
osmosis.
Unanticipated Solutions

shrink, expand, or stay the

same? Why?

from the experiment?

How does this compare to

us drinking regular
freshwater?

If salt affects our cells,

what is happening when
we drink regular water?