Reach for the Stars!

1. Reach for the Stars! Title 1 Science & Math Camp Teacher Training August 2, 2012

2. Notebooking 2 1 5 4 3

3. Collaborative Effort Title 1 Department Specialist + Science Department Specialist = Incredible and meaningful opportunity for teachers and students

4. Research behind your Resources Developmental Studies Center is a nonprofit educational publisher dedicated to children‘s academic, ethical, and social development. There work has been supported by grants from more than 40 foundations and governmental agencies. Those grants have enabled them to incorporate rigorous cycles of pilot testing, field testing, evaluation, and revision into the development of their programs. There work involves collaborations with schools and districts across the country, and with after-school organizations such as the YMCA of the USA and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. These partnerships help to ensure that programs are practical and feasible to implement, and that they are effective with diverse students in a broad range of settings.

5. Background Creating a Culture for Learning DSC materials are written to inspire teachers and empower students. By carefully integrating curriculum materials with reflective professional development, DSC can fulfill its promise for students and teachers.

6. Background Students do the thinking and talking about ideas. Every day, DSC students share original, innovative, personal observations, ideas, and opinions and display the confidence to explain and defend them.

7. Background Students are intrinsically motivated to learn. The increased level of engagement with DSC’s instructional materials captures students’ imagination and motivates student learning from within.

8. Background Programs build a classroom community of learners. With a sense of community, students feel safe to explore, learn to ask questions, work together, reach agreement, and go deeper into what they are learning.

9. Background Students become better readers, writers, and thinkers. DSC students grow through the grades as readers, writers, thinkers, and principled people who express themselves with passion and intent.

10. Background Partner work deepens the learning. In DSC classrooms, students learn to be effective collaborative partners who not only can express their own ideas, but also benefit from the ideas of others.

11. Background Instruction builds teacher expertise and reflection. Instructional support for teacher practice develops incrementally throughout the year and is enhanced with interactive, reflective professional development.

12. Background Students take responsibility for their own learning. DSC students have a voice in their classroom, use cooperative structures, develop shared values, and take responsibility for their own learning and behavior.

13. Reflect 1:2 • Your thoughts about the information shared. • What you hope to get out of this training. One minute to write Two minutes to share with a partner

16. As you enjoy the video: Record in your notebook Ideas, strategies, and highlights that you want to remember.

17. Reflect 1 minute: Look over your video notes, add, edit, expand Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up Give one—Get one x 3

18. Includes: 1 AfterSchoolKidzScience Overview1 Beach Science Handbook4 session guides16 question cards1 Video Clips DVD1 package of food coloring1 package of hard candies*1 plastic jar with lid2 “Rocks and Minerals” sheets4 station signs5 bags of “Beach Bucket Items”*5 bottles of white glue5 large bags of sand*5 plastic cups with holes*5 plastic tubs10 beach photos12 hand lenses20 bags of sand samples*20 sorting cards100 3" x 5" index cards*

19. Effective Practices • Lab Safety • Investigative Process • Academic Language • Chunk & Chew • Notebooking • Observations, thoughts, questions, What if?, I wonder what would happen if…, • Scientist Meetings

20. Wordle Index Cards x 3 per person One word per card—Fill up the whole card with the word! Don’t be chintzy! INDEPENDENTLY As a group, sort and classify your words and create a wordle to represent your thoughts and ideas.

21. You are making an impact one STARat a time! Go Forth and Prosper!