Engaging Students with Science Instructional Tasks
Engaging Students with Science Instructional Tasks
Today’s Goals Today we will answer the questions: 1. What science resources are available and what is their purpose? 2. How can these resources best be used to increase student learning in my classroom? 3. What specific steps do I need to take before implementing these tasks in my classroom? By the end of today’s session you should be able to effectively utilize the posted science resources and help others understand their format and purpose. Louisiana Believes.
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Agenda • Purpose and availability of resources • Utilizing the resources • Closing reflection
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Key Skills • • • •
Engage in science questions Base explanations on evidence Connect explanations to scientific knowledge Communicate explanations effectively
In other words, students should: • Think Like Scientists • Read Like Scientists • Act Like Scientists Louisiana Believes
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Available Science Tasks 14-15 Release
15-16 Release
K
Nutrition
Weather Patterns
1st
Matter
2nd
The Environment
3rd
Force and Motion Rocks and Minerals
4th
Erosion Season
5th
Photosynthesis Astronomy
6th
Energy Phase Changes
Parents and Offspring Animal Features Shade Balls Bodies of Water Structure Comparisons Fossil Records Flowering Plants Plant Structures Energy Transformations Loss of Species, Loss of Ecosystem Properties Earth’s Subsystems Reintroducing Native Species Gravitational Waves Conservation of Matter Refraction
Note: 14-15 tasks include multiple scaffolding tasks and a culminating task 15-16 tasks are single tasks Where can you find the resources? Planning Resources
Available Science Tasks 14-15 Release 4th
5th 6th
7th
8th
Physical Science Biology
15-16 Release
Erosion Season
Plant Structures Energy Transformations Loss of Species, Loss of Ecosystem Photosynthesis Properties Astronomy Earth’s Subsystems Energy Gravitational Waves Phase Changes Conservation of Matter Reintroducing Native Species Cellular Transport Dead Zone Food Webs Genetic Probability Genetic Variation and Survival Gravity Human Impact Climate and Weather Water is Life The Development of Scientific Theories Effects of Radiofrequency Waves Comparing Organs DNA-RNA-Proteins
Animal Behavior Comparing Viruses to Other Types of Cells
Note: 14-15 tasks include multiple scaffolding tasks and a culminating task 15-16 tasks are single tasks Where can you find the resources? Planning Resources
Agenda • Purpose and availability of resources • Utilizing the resources • Closing reflection
Louisiana Believes
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Utilizing the Resources Your Turn: Complete the task specific to your grade level. 15-16 Release K
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Physical Science Biology
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Utilizing the Resources Discuss the task with a partner in your grade band: • What are students expected to know? • What are students expected to be able to do? • What knowledge can you gain from students’ responses? • How is the level of thought/engagement/skill that this task requires similar to and different from the paper and pencil that you have been using in your classroom?
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Utilizing the Resources
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Utilizing the Resources: Your Turn • Work with your grade-band colleagues to follow the same process with another instructional task. – Analyze the task – Determine the skills and knowledge needed prior to students doing the task.
Louisiana Believes.
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Agenda • Purpose and availability of resources • Utilizing the resources • Closing reflection
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Utilizing the Resources Discuss at your table: How do these tasks require students to: • Think Like Scientists • Read Like Scientists • Act Like Scientists
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Reflect Upon Today’s Goals 1. What new science resources are available and what is 1. What new science resources are available and what is their purpose? their purpose? 2. How can these resources best be used in the 2. How can these resources best be used to increase classroom? student learning in my classroom? 3. 3.How dospecific these resources impact What steps do I need to classroom take beforeinstruction overall? implementing these tasks in my classroom?
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Closing Reflection • How are you going to help other teachers in your school and/or district implement these in their classrooms? What should teachers understand about these resources before utilizing them? How do you plan to communicate this? What system can you help set up to give teachers time to work through the tasks themselves before they integrate them into the classroom? Louisiana Believes.
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Today’s Goals Today we will answer the questions: 1. What science resources are available and what is their purpose? 2. How can these resources best be used to increase student learning in my classroom? 3. What specific steps do I need to take before implementing these tasks in my classroom? By the end of today’s session you should be able to effectively utilize the posted science resources and help others understand their format and purpose. Louisiana Believes.
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Agenda • Purpose and availability of resources • Utilizing the resources • Closing reflection
Louisiana Believes
3
Key Skills • • • •
Engage in science questions Base explanations on evidence Connect explanations to scientific knowledge Communicate explanations effectively
In other words, students should: • Think Like Scientists • Read Like Scientists • Act Like Scientists Louisiana Believes
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Available Science Tasks 14-15 Release
15-16 Release
K
Nutrition
Weather Patterns
1st
Matter
2nd
The Environment
3rd
Force and Motion Rocks and Minerals
4th
Erosion Season
5th
Photosynthesis Astronomy
6th
Energy Phase Changes
Parents and Offspring Animal Features Shade Balls Bodies of Water Structure Comparisons Fossil Records Flowering Plants Plant Structures Energy Transformations Loss of Species, Loss of Ecosystem Properties Earth’s Subsystems Reintroducing Native Species Gravitational Waves Conservation of Matter Refraction
Note: 14-15 tasks include multiple scaffolding tasks and a culminating task 15-16 tasks are single tasks Where can you find the resources? Planning Resources
Available Science Tasks 14-15 Release 4th
5th 6th
7th
8th
Physical Science Biology
15-16 Release
Erosion Season
Plant Structures Energy Transformations Loss of Species, Loss of Ecosystem Photosynthesis Properties Astronomy Earth’s Subsystems Energy Gravitational Waves Phase Changes Conservation of Matter Reintroducing Native Species Cellular Transport Dead Zone Food Webs Genetic Probability Genetic Variation and Survival Gravity Human Impact Climate and Weather Water is Life The Development of Scientific Theories Effects of Radiofrequency Waves Comparing Organs DNA-RNA-Proteins
Animal Behavior Comparing Viruses to Other Types of Cells
Note: 14-15 tasks include multiple scaffolding tasks and a culminating task 15-16 tasks are single tasks Where can you find the resources? Planning Resources
Agenda • Purpose and availability of resources • Utilizing the resources • Closing reflection
Louisiana Believes
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Utilizing the Resources Your Turn: Complete the task specific to your grade level. 15-16 Release K
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Physical Science Biology
Louisiana Believes
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Utilizing the Resources Discuss the task with a partner in your grade band: • What are students expected to know? • What are students expected to be able to do? • What knowledge can you gain from students’ responses? • How is the level of thought/engagement/skill that this task requires similar to and different from the paper and pencil that you have been using in your classroom?
Louisiana Believes
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Utilizing the Resources
Louisiana Believes.
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Utilizing the Resources: Your Turn • Work with your grade-band colleagues to follow the same process with another instructional task. – Analyze the task – Determine the skills and knowledge needed prior to students doing the task.
Louisiana Believes.
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Agenda • Purpose and availability of resources • Utilizing the resources • Closing reflection
Louisiana Believes
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Utilizing the Resources Discuss at your table: How do these tasks require students to: • Think Like Scientists • Read Like Scientists • Act Like Scientists
Louisiana Believes
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Reflect Upon Today’s Goals 1. What new science resources are available and what is 1. What new science resources are available and what is their purpose? their purpose? 2. How can these resources best be used in the 2. How can these resources best be used to increase classroom? student learning in my classroom? 3. 3.How dospecific these resources impact What steps do I need to classroom take beforeinstruction overall? implementing these tasks in my classroom?
Louisiana Believes
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Closing Reflection • How are you going to help other teachers in your school and/or district implement these in their classrooms? What should teachers understand about these resources before utilizing them? How do you plan to communicate this? What system can you help set up to give teachers time to work through the tasks themselves before they integrate them into the classroom? Louisiana Believes.
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