Learning is a journey Learning is a journey Not a guided tourNot a guided tour

• Academic students develop students’ knowledge Academic students develop students’ knowledge and skills through the study of theory and and skills through the study of theory and abstract problems. These courses focus on the abstract problems. These courses focus on the essential concepts of a subject and explore essential concepts of a subject and explore related concepts as well. They incorporate related concepts as well. They incorporate practical applications as appropriatepractical applications as appropriate

• Applied courses focus on the essential concepts Applied courses focus on the essential concepts of a subject and develop student’s knowledge of a subject and develop student’s knowledge and skills through practical applications and and skills through practical applications and concrete examples. Familiar situations are used concrete examples. Familiar situations are used to illustrate ideas and students are given more to illustrate ideas and students are given more opportunities to experience hands-on opportunities to experience hands-on applications of the concepts and theories that applications of the concepts and theories that they study.they study.

How do I support all learners? How do I support all learners?

• Turn to a partner. Answer the Turn to a partner. Answer the following question. following question.

• How many overall expectations could How many overall expectations could you meet with the Oh Deer activity you meet with the Oh Deer activity and the apple demo?and the apple demo?

• How many specific expectations How many specific expectations could you meet with the Oh Deer could you meet with the Oh Deer activity and the apple demo?activity and the apple demo?

How do I support all learners?How do I support all learners?

• Turn to a different person and Turn to a different person and answer the following questionanswer the following question

• Which specific expectations could Which specific expectations could you leave out? Why?you leave out? Why?

How do we help all learners?How do we help all learners?

• We choose what we want students to We choose what we want students to learn based on their interests and learn based on their interests and our enduring knowledge-and provide our enduring knowledge-and provide them with different kinds of activities them with different kinds of activities and justify our activity based and justify our activity based program by clustering ministry program by clustering ministry expectations!!!expectations!!!

The TEAM approachThe TEAM approach

•T- talkerT- talker

•E-encouragerE-encourager

•A-articulatorA-articulator

•M- moverM- mover

•Question cupsQuestion cups

Find your TEAMFind your TEAM

• Introduce yourselves and establish Introduce yourselves and establish your roles-please try to stay in those your roles-please try to stay in those roles to see how it feels…..roles to see how it feels…..

How are the big ideas from the How are the big ideas from the curriculum guidelines linked to curriculum guidelines linked to

the overall expectations?the overall expectations?

Use the white boards or 11 x 17 paper Use the white boards or 11 x 17 paper provided to demonstrate the connections provided to demonstrate the connections between the big ideas and the overall between the big ideas and the overall expectations.expectations.

How can you make these connections How can you make these connections interesting for your students? Record your interesting for your students? Record your ideas on the whiteboards too.ideas on the whiteboards too.

Student questions…..Student questions…..• At the beginning of the unit- use At the beginning of the unit- use

questions to find out what interests your questions to find out what interests your studentsstudents

• Pick one question that your team thinks Pick one question that your team thinks would interests students. How many would interests students. How many expectations cluster with that expectations cluster with that expectation?expectation?

• OPTIONAL-With your TEAM begin OPTIONAL-With your TEAM begin planning your unit. Include activities that planning your unit. Include activities that you already have in your repertoire!you already have in your repertoire!

Sharing ResourcesSharing Resources

• Turn to a partner and share your resource Turn to a partner and share your resource

• Could you use your activity to have Could you use your activity to have students explore before you make a note students explore before you make a note together? Why? Why not?together? Why? Why not?

• How many expectations cluster with your How many expectations cluster with your activity?activity?

The Egg as your Eye DemoThe Egg as your Eye DemoHow is egg white like your eye?How is egg white like your eye?

What could happen if acid or base What could happen if acid or base made contact with your eye?made contact with your eye?

PredictPredict ExplainExplain

ObserveObserve ExplainExplain

So what?So what?

How can I make science How can I make science interesting?interesting?

• Having students focus on application, Having students focus on application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation questions analysis, synthesis and evaluation questions rather than knowledge and comprehension rather than knowledge and comprehension questions while they are learning and being questions while they are learning and being assessed certainly helps.assessed certainly helps.

• The hand-out provides examples of words The hand-out provides examples of words that you can use to support student learning that you can use to support student learning

How to talk so kids can How to talk so kids can learnlearn

• Work with your TEAM to discuss the Work with your TEAM to discuss the following questionsfollowing questions

• So –what did you think of Chapter 2?So –what did you think of Chapter 2?

• What did you like?What did you like?

• What was problematic for you?What was problematic for you?

For Next classFor Next class

• Read STAY SAFE and answer the Read STAY SAFE and answer the questions provided in a hard copy questions provided in a hard copy format.format.

• This assignment will be submitted to This assignment will be submitted to your instructor at the beginning of your instructor at the beginning of next class and assessed for next class and assessed for completioncompletion

BIO BLOGBIO BLOG

• What have you learned in this class What have you learned in this class that supports your teaching that supports your teaching philosophy-one or two examples philosophy-one or two examples would be greatwould be great

• What are we taking too long to get What are we taking too long to get to?to?