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Interdisciplinary learning in action

Interdisciplinary learning in action. Green Ambassadors Institute Los Angeles, CA February 7 & 10 2014. Who are we?. Amy Frame Director of Curriculum & Instruction. Sammy Lyon Service Learning Coordinator. who are you?. why are we still here?. What is green ambassadors?.

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Interdisciplinary learning in action

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  1. Interdisciplinary learning in action Green Ambassadors Institute Los Angeles, CA February 7 & 10 2014

  2. Who are we? Amy Frame Director of Curriculum & Instruction Sammy Lyon Service Learning Coordinator

  3. who are you?

  4. why are we still here?

  5. What is green ambassadors?

  6. Best practices

  7. What we are going to do ? • Monday February 10 • ECMS Benchmark Refinement Day • Teacher Teams at Work • Scoring Teacher Models with Rubrics • Benchmark Refinement Protocol • Work Time with ECHS & ECMS Teachers • Unit Design Cycle • Deepening Content Knowledge • Assessing & Reflecting • Friday February 7 • ECHS Community Forum • Student Projects • Student Q & A • Teacher Insights • Work Time with ECHS Teachers • Unit Design Cycle • 3 Entry Points • Standards • Themes • Projects

  8. What is interdisciplinary instruction & Why do we do it?

  9. Real World Why?

  10. Why? Real Science

  11. Concrete, Project-Focused Abstract, Concept Focused

  12. How do we plan interdisciplinary instruction?

  13. Unit design cycle

  14. Sort and group the Unit Design Cycle Words • Set them down on your poster paper arranged like some sort of graphic organizer. activity Part 1

  15. Three entry points

  16. 2. • Find thematic connections. Unit design cycle

  17. 2. Find thematic connections.

  18. What makes a question essential? The best essential questions are really alive. People ask, discuss, and debate them outside school. They arise naturally in discussion, and they open up thinking and possibilities—for novices and experts alike. They signal that inquisitiveness and open-mindedness are fundamental habits of mind and characteristic of lifelong learners. In a more practical sense, a question is alive in a subject if we really engage with it, if it seems genuine and relevant to us, and if it helps us gain a more systematic and deep understanding of what we are learning.

  19. Which of our tour questions could be essential questions? Which are more like guiding questions? Quick Question

  20. Big ideas

  21. California’s Environmental Principles & Concepts • Principle I: People Depend on Natural Systems • Principle II: People Influence Natural Systems • Principle III: Natural Systems Change in Ways that People Benefit from and can Influence • Principle IV: There are no Permanent or Impermeable Boundaries that Prevent Matter from Flowing between Systems • Principle V: Decisions Affecting Resources and Natural Systems are Complex and Involve Many Factors

  22. Three entry points

  23. 1. • Choose learning objectives. Unit design cycle

  24. Next gen science standards

  25. Unit planning • English • Math • History • Science • Handwork • & Games • College Prep & Advisory

  26. 1. Choose learning objectives.

  27. How are the new standards an opportunity for you? Quick Question

  28. Unit learning goals

  29. Three entry points

  30. Unit design cycle • 3. • Design the project.

  31. Unit design cycle

  32. Team work time

  33. Unit design cycle • 4. • Deepen content knowledge.

  34. 4. Deepen content knowledge.

  35. Unit design cycle

  36. 5. • Analyze assessment data. Unit design cycle

  37. 5. Analyze assessment data.

  38. 6th Grade ibm # 3: Silk road business plan

  39. Lunch break 12:00-12:45

  40. Match the terms with their definitions. • Rearrange your graphic organizer if needed. • Glue words and definitions down. activity Part 2

  41. Team work observations • Which steps on the Unit Design Cycle do you see teachers using? • What effects will these steps have on student learning?

  42. Green school programs PITFALLS PATHWAYS

  43. pitfalls • Thinking it’s easy or black and white thinking. • Making it too big. • Not aligning the assignments to the rubrics. • Not knowing content knowledge. • Using an old, dead project.

  44. pathways • Teach and assess your real standards. • Make time for Collaboration. • Do the teacher model, really. • Teach and practice team dynamics. • Let it be messy and experimental.

  45. Warp the space time continuum • IBM Days • 1 – Plan • 2 – Refine • 3 – Analyze • Common Prep Time • 4 hours per week • Lunch Team Meetings • 30 minutes a week • Team Planning Days • 8 hours X 3 units/year • August PD • 3 Weeks

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