CLASS 3All the “Other” Standards

WALK AWAY

Comfortable with the steps of a science lab Seeing examples of good educational videos Knowing more about how culture, gender,

and the brain play into learning science Prepared to experiment on one another next

week

AGENDA Old business Parts of a Science Lab (PHEOC) (Standard C) How to teach:

P H E O C

Standards A and B techniques (including cool videos)

Standards G and H techniques (including cool videos)

Closing

OLD BUSINESS

½ time report sheets Resource for life

PARTS OF A SCIENCE LAB ( OR THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD OR STANDARD C- SCIENCE INQUIRY) 5 Main Parts P- Problem (or question) H- Hypothesis E- Experiment (includes materials and

procedure) O- Observations (or data) C- Conclusion

Why is this a part of being scientifically literate?

TEACHING P Early Elementary: List questions about the world

Middle Elementary: List questions where YOU could find the answer.

Late- Middle School: List questions that fit the following format “How does changing __________ change ____________?” These are the independent and dependant variables respectively.

Great website- ScienceBuddies.com (check out wizard)

Important because: nature of science- provides a starting point and a focus.

TEACHING H Early Elementary: Anytime you work on

prediction.

Middle Elementary: Make an “educated guess” about the answer to your questions.

Late- Middle School: Practice predicting answers to your questions. I use the format “I think ______ because _____”

WHY IT MATTERS: Prediction skills are vital in life. It acknowledges your bias and focuses your

research

TEACHING E Peanut butter sandwich lab (do) Lessons.... How to adapt to different levels….

Important because Technical Writing Guides process Should be driven by student Gives a reference to the level of specifics you

need

TEACHING O Early Elementary: Draw pictures of what you

observe.

Middle Elementary: Describe what you observe/ take measurements and fill them into a table.

Late- Middle School: Create a table and collect measurements to test your question.

Important because: teaches organization of information, helps to create and interpret graphs

TEACHING C Early Elementary: What did you learn?

Middle Elementary: Summarize your learning. Was your hypothesis correct? Ask a new question that this makes you think of.

Late- Middle School: Answers the questions: Restate the purpose of the experiment Summarize what they did in the experiment Summarize of what the data showed Whether or not their hypothesis was correct? AND

WHY OR WHY NOT? A concluding sentence (or two) What they would change to repeat the research? Recommendations for future research?

Important because: teaches summarization, the nature of science, and technical writing.

TECHNIQUES FOR STANDARD A AND B

A- Science Connections

When is science useful in your life?

When is life useful in science?

B- Nature of ScienceBest story we have so far (see Eureka)Communal/ Collaborative (see stories/

biographies/ movies like And the Band Played On or anything about Nikola Tesla)

Based on guess test revise guess retest

A CHECK ON STANDARDS SO FAR

A- Science Connections (we just talked about) B- Nature of Science (we just talked about) C- Science Inquiry (all the lab stuff we did

today) D- Physical Science (last week) E- Earth and Space Science (next week) F- Life Science (week one) G- Science Applications (doing now) H- Science in Personal and Social

Perspectives (doing now)

STRATEGIES FOR STANDARDS G AND H

G- Science Applications Talk about science careers (Neil DeGrasse

Tyson video)Talk about technology (good, bad, ugly)Work on design (try this with paper airplanes)Look at local and global problems (connect to

technology)

H- Science in Personal and Social PerspectivesEvaluate media about these issuesPlan a problem to a world issue/ science

problemTalk about personal health and safety

GENDER DIFFERENCES TO CONSIDER

Sight

Sound

Problem Solving

Recommended Resources- Dr. Leonard Sax

CULTURE DIFFERENCES TO CONSIDER

Giving directions

Writing cause and effect

Values and Science topics

BRAIN RESEARCH RESOURCES

Teen brain

Developmental levels

Resources: Primal Teen

CLOSING

Yikes, that was a lot… Questions? Worries – new, old, other? Discussion about next class Homework bookmark