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Order to Chaos: Dominoes or Dam?

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Order can devolve into chaos.

  • Sometimes it happens because of an outside force – like dominoes being knocked over.
  • Other times the chaos comes from within – like a dam cracking over time.

Students will think of examples of each. Then they’ll ponder, is it more common for an outside force to push order into chaos? Or does order fall to chaos within itself?

Worksheet

worksheet

Three questions to get students thinking about how order can turn into chaos.

Sample Answers

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Three levels of sample responses.

ELA Standards
2.RI.3, 2.W.1.a, 2.W.2.a
3.RI.3, 3.RI.8, 3.W.1.a, 3.W.2.a
4.SL.1.d
5.W.1.b, 5.W.2.a
6.W.2, 6.W.2.a
7.W.2, 7.W.2.a
8.W.2, 8.W.2.a

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