Content Objective: I can understand what scientific modeling is by completing several activities.

Language Objective: I can talk to create a definition of scientific modeling by discussing with my classmates.

Bellwork: What is a model and what is modeling (in Science)

In science, model (noun) is a representation of an idea, an object or even a process or a system that is used to describe and explain phenomena that cannot be experienced directly. 

Modeling (verb) is the action of representing …

http://cadrek12.org/stem-practices-scientific-modeling(Models are central to what scientists do, both in their research as well as when communicating their explanations.)