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What is What is Earth Science Earth Science by Design?by Design?
What is ESBD?What is ESBD?• A year-long program of
professional development for middle school and high school level teachers of Earth science
• Created by TERC and AGI with funding from NSF
3 Key ESBD Components3 Key ESBD Components• Understanding by Design (UbD)• Earth as a System• Scientific Visualizations
Component 1: Understanding Component 1: Understanding by Designby Design• ESBD is based on the
Understanding by Design (UbD) approach developed by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
UbD is… UbD is… a a deliberatedeliberate approach to: approach to:• Selecting what to teach• Designing assessments• Designing instructional strategies
UbD is:UbD is:• Similar to “task analysis”• Not new curriculum• Systematic• Coherent and aligned• Consistent with many other
pedagogical models
UbD assumes that:UbD assumes that:• The goal is understanding• We don’t often get understanding• To achieve understanding, we
need to design for it• There is a process for achieving
understanding
Backward Design:Backward Design:• Is the process we use to design for
understanding• It has 3 stages
Stage 1: Stage 1: Identify Desired ResultsIdentify Desired Results• Determine what you want students
to understand, in detail!• These are the big ideas and the
supporting knowledge and skills
Stage 2: Stage 2: Determine Acceptable EvidenceDetermine Acceptable Evidence• Develop a suite of assessment
tools• Monitor student understanding
throughout the unit, rather than just testing at the end
Stage 3: Stage 3: Plan Learning ExperiencesPlan Learning Experiences• Your design should engage student
interest• Equip them with knowledge and
skills• Develop understanding
Component 2: Earth as a Component 2: Earth as a SystemSystem• Earth can be thought of as a
system of interacting “spheres”• Geosphere• Atmosphere• Hydrosphere (& Cryosphere)• Biosphere
Component 3: Component 3: Scientific VisualizationScientific Visualization• Contemporary Earth science relies
upon scientific visualization and a space age perspective
• Incorporating real-time data and visualization tools into your teaching is a key goal
Your Goals This Week:Your Goals This Week:• To understand the UbD design process• To learn how to apply this process in
your teaching• To understand the systems approach to
Earth science• To become familiar with resources to
help you effectively use real-time data and visualization tools in your teaching
You will demonstrate you You will demonstrate you have met these Goals:have met these Goals:• By applying what
you learn this week to the design of an Earth science unit that you can teach during the coming school year
• Ask questions as needed throughout the workshop
• Complete Daily Reflections during the workshop
• These strategies will help us monitor your understanding on an ongoing basis
We ask that you:We ask that you:
• Use the Unit Checklist to critique your Earth Science by Design Unit
• Implement your unit with students• Keep an ESBD journal or “blog”
containing notes and reflections that you record as you implement your unit
Self assessment strategies:Self assessment strategies: