D7930 Team

1. Elementary ScienceVocational Training TeamDistrict 7930  District 3770March 21 – April 9, 2013

2. D7930 Team Chris Doktor, Team LeaderRotarian, D7930 EarlyAct ChairArchitect, Olson Lewis + Architects Sally CrissmanSenior Science Educator, TERCScience Educator & Professional Development Provider, 40+ years Mary DominguezElementary Science Specialist, Belmont Public SchoolsScience Educator & Professional Development Provider, 40+ years Andy MaddoxRotarian, D7930 Interact ChairTechnologist, Bass Rocks Technology

3. District 7930 • District 7930 is made up of 47 Rotary Clubs • District Governor Terri Kidder, 2012-2013

4. Workshop Goals Describe what’s happening in science education in the United States and the implications for teaching and learning. Experience science investigations firsthand to highlight best teaching practices. Introduce teaching strategies and resources to support inquiry-based science lessons.

5. Workshops

6. Conversations

7. Learning by Doing!

8. Childhood Experiences Ask: What kinds of childhood experiences influence our attitudes toward science? • Form groups of 6-8 people • Talk to each other about your own (personal) science experience when you were young: • What were the best, most positive science experiences • What were the worst, most negative ones? • Make a chart • Post your chart • Look at other charts

11. Investigating Height Ask: What is the typical height of a workshop teacher? Explore/collect data: • Collect height data • Display group data (make a human graph along the wall) Make meaning: What can we claim about the typical height of a workshop teacher? What new questions does this raise?

13. Mystery Beads Ask: What causes the beads to change color? • Explore the beads (4 minutes) What do you observe? What do you think is going on? • What’s a question about these beads that you can investigate in the next 20 minutes? You’ll need to collect some data.

15. Ask:What did the owl eat? Collect observational data: Place your pellet on a sheet of newspaper. Pull apart the pellet with a toothpicks or your hands. Separate the bones from fur and feathers. Sort the bones (skulls, jaws, ribs, arms and legs). Decide how to display them. Two possibilities… Assemble the bones from a single animal, recreating the original skeleton. Make a display of all of the bones you found, organizing them in an interestingway. Mount your bones on heavy paper with glue. Owl Pellets

18. Paper Helicopters Ask:How can you change the motion of a helicopter? • Make a helicopter using the pattern. • Explore the motion of the helicopter as it drops from a height: • How does it rotate? • Can you modify your design to change the rotation? to go faster or slower?

20. Ask: What makes the diver sink and float? Fill a 1 or 2 liter soda bottle with water. Using a cup of water, fill the dropper with enough water so that the dropper barely floats upright in the glass. Place the dropper in the bottle and screw the cap on tightly. Explore:Find out how to make the dropper sink, float, or hover in the water. What’s going on? Try a ketchup packet instead of a dropper Try other materials -marshmallow, foam peanuts, paper clips, etc. Cartesian Divers

22. 500 Teachers

31. Observations

48. SalamatPo!Thank you!