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Tools for Integrating Literacy Practices & Science Content Session 2 Kirk Robbins November 14, 2012 Presented by: South Sound LASER Alliance Puget Sound ESD Tacoma Public Schools Presented by: South Sound LASER Alliance Puget Sound ESD Tacoma Public Schools

Another FREE Science Workshop Digging Deeper into Systems, Inquiry, and Application by Kirk Robbins DETAILS: Tuesday, November 27 Monday, December 3 4:30-7:30pm Pierce County Skills Center Light Dinner Provided Register:

Series Overview Session 1: What is integration? Topics vs Big Ideas Interactive Read Aloud: Spoon Session 2: Teaching Cross Cutting Science Standards with Picture books: Toy Boat and Those Darn Squirrels Session 3: Supporting science learning with informational text

Goals Participants will: Be provided with a growing set of tools and lessons for teaching important science ideas using narrative text. Develop a deeper understanding of Systems Develop a deeper understanding of the Design Process (engineering) Have opportunities to talk, listen, and share ideas with colleagues.

Digital Resources Teachscience4all.wordpress.com scienceandliteracy.wikispaces.com/Oc t-Nov+2012

What did we do last time? With an elbow partner- share what you remember doing and learning

FEEDBACK Describe the Most Important Idea you gained… Big Ideas versus Topics (mentioned several times) Integration definition Examples of “how to” integrate Looking forward to: MORE.. Books, lessons, tools, resources, … Quote: “Learning and improving my teaching is still exciting after ____ years”

No IntegrationFalse Integration Supportive Integration Full Integration No attempt is made to teach or intentionally reinforce the goals of more than one subject Learning goals of one subject are taught using the other subject as a theme or a topic in a lesson, but in a way that does not support or reinforce the learning goals of the other subject Lesson activity that is designed to teach the learning goal of one subject, but also intentionally reinforces or practices important knowledge and skills from the other subject Lesson that is designed to teach separate learning goals from each subject

SYSTEMS AND APPLICATION (Engineering) WA Science Standards Systems (20% of MSP) Inquiry (30% of MSP) Application (20% of MSP) Domains of Science (30% of MSP) Next Generation Science Standards Systems as a Crosscutting Concept Practices of Science and Engineering Engineering in Core Disciplinary Ideas

Why Use Narrative Text to Teach Science? Provide extra opportunity to teach/learn a difficult science idea Revisit a science idea from a prior grade Supplement weak or lacking opportunities in instructional materials Provide an Anchor Lesson for continued learning Provide extra opportunity to teach/learn a difficult science idea Revisit a science idea from a prior grade Supplement weak or lacking opportunities in instructional materials Provide an Anchor Lesson for continued learning

Teaching Systems Standards with a Picture Book 1.Participate as a learner 2.Listen to the story 3.We will examine the teacher guide for the lesson following the story

A Chair as a System A ‘system’ can be any living or nonliving thing…it can be very small or very big and complicated. This chair system has many parts that help it work. A ‘system’ can be any living or nonliving thing…it can be very small or very big and complicated. This chair system has many parts that help it work.

Interactive Read Aloud

Toy Boat as a System The Basic Systems Questions Sheet (BSQ)

Examine the Toy Boat Teacher Guide What questions might you ask students at your grade level? How does this guide help you plan instruction?

Teaching Application (Engineering) Standards with a Picture Book 1. Listen to the story 2. We will examine the teacher guide for the lesson following the story

Design Challenge: Build a bird feeder that provides easy access for birds BUT prevents squirrels from getting the bird feed Imagine you were given this challenge… What steps would you go through to solve it? (What are the Steps of the Design Process (Engineering Process)

Scientific Problem-Solving / Design Process: 1.Define the problem. 2.Gather information (learn) 3.Explore ideas (possibilities) 4.Make a plan (develop one of your ideas) 5.Test the solution (the plan) 6.Communicate the results

Interactive Read Aloud

What Step of the Design Process is this? With a partner: Verbally complete each step of the Design Process based on this picture With a partner: Verbally complete each step of the Design Process based on this picture

Examine the Those Darn Squirrels Teacher Guide Which activities/parts of the teacher guide might you use? How could you connect this book to your instructional materials?

Extension: The Marshmallow Challenge Now you are Fuzzy Little Geniuses… Challenge: Design a tower to reach a bird feeder. Constraints: 20 pieces of dry spaghetti, 1 meter of tape, 1 meter of string, 1 marshmallow. The marshmallow must be on top to represent the “load” of a squirrel

Other Guides and Books Preview the other picture books and guides All guides will be available electronically on the wiki

Feedback Form See you on Monday, November 26 th Here at the PDC from 4:30-6:30 pm Focus on using Informational Text to teach science ideas