Science Collaborative Science Teacher Leadership Academy

1. Science Academy Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit IHE Faculty Achieving Students IU IU K-12 Teachers Science CollaborativeScience Teacher Leadership Academy

2. Magnetic Quotes • Walk around the room and read all the statements on the walls. • Choose one statement that attracts you and stand near that statement. Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

3. Magnetic Quotes Introduce yourselves to one another and discuss the following: • Why did you select this statement? (What attracted you?) • What does this statement have to do with your work? Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

4. Magnetic Quotes • Introduce your group members to the large group. • Report briefly on your group’s discussion about the inquiry statements. Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

5. Academy Aims Adapted from Horizon Research PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION UPDATES! • Standards Aligned System (SAS) • Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) • PDE Science, Technology, Environment and Ecology Updates • PSSA Science • Data, Assessment Anchors, Assessment • Graduate Competency Examinations (GCAs) • LESSON DESIGN/IMPLEMENTATION • Misconceptions - Prior Knowledge & Common Misunderstandings • Materials/ Resources/ Manipulatives • Sequencing • Student Engagement • Teacher Facilitation • Questioning • Assessment of Student Understanding • LEARNING CULTURE • Classroom Climate • Collaboration • CONTENT • Engagement with Big Ideas • Conceptual Understanding • Engagement with Phenomenon • Evidence Based Explanations Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

6. Research and Standards Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

7. Inquiry Immersion into Inquiry Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

8. Lesson Design The BSCS 5E Model Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

9. Collaborative Lesson Design and Revision Tuning Protocol Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

10. Professional Learning CommunitiesNorms of Collaborative Work Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

11. Professional Learning Communities Teacher Leadership and Advocacy Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

12. Science Academy Goals • Participants understand Science as Inquiry as described in the National Science Education Standards • Participants develop an understanding of leadership, the change process, and facilitating reform • Participants experience and reflect on professional development strategies to support science reform Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

13. Content Strands • Leadership/Advocacy • Science Learning and Teaching • Professional Learning Communities Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

14. Year 1 at a Glance Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

15. Curriculum • Annenberg: Harvard – Smithsonian • Private Universe • Minds of Our Own • Learning Science Through Inquiry • AIU 3 – Math Science Collaborative • Science Teacher Leadership Academy • Exploratorium – Fundamentals of Inquiry • PA Building a Presence – Inquiry Toolkit Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

16. Year 1 Agenda • Day 1: Inquiry – Need for Change?, Why Process Skills? Processes of Inquiry, Process Circus, Reflection, * PDE Update! Assessment Anchors/Assessment • Day 2: Process Skills Revisited, 3 Levels of Inquiry, Investigable Questions, Private Universe • Day 3: Inquiry – 5E Lesson Model, Five Essential Features of Inquiry, Abilities and Understandings, Video Case Studies, How People Learn Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

17. This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EHR-0314914. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the granting agency. Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

18. Reflection Quandaries • Given a Battery, a Bulb and a Wire, How would you light a bulb? • If you wanted to see your whole body in a mirror, what could you do? • Mirror is Mounted Parallel on a Wall • Does size matter? Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

19. Minds of Our Own • What does this mean to you as a teacher? • What are the implications for our student learning? • What does this tell you about how our minds work? Annenberg - CPB Math and Science Project. (1997). Minds of our own. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Available at: www.learner.org Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

20. Could it be… • When we see something we do not believe, our minds simply reject what we see? Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

21. How People Learn Science • Begins with Eliciting Student Ideas • Science Notebooks • Uncovering Student Ideas in Science – Formative Assessment Probes (NSTA) • Card Sorts • Posters • Thought Experiments • Checklists, Questionnaires • Statement Strips (Brainstorming) Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science

22. Taking Science to School • Engagement with Phenomenon • Hands On and Minds On • Evidence Based Explanations • Social Construction of Knowledge • Interpretation of Evidence • Arguments Presented • Conceptual Understanding • Linking facts, ideas and concepts • Connecting these to the real world through experience Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8. (2007) Available at: http://books.nap.edu/ Science Academy at the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit Adapted from Math Science Collaborative at AIU 3 Adapted from Private Universe Project in Science