1. Incorporating Earth Science into Other High School Science Classes
Cheryl Manning
Science Teacher National Earth Science
Evergreen High School Teachers Association
Evergreen, Colorado Current President

2. Introduce yourself to 4 other people in the room
Name
Where you live and work
What are you hoping to get from this workshop
I am Cheryl Manning. I live and work in Evergreen, Colorado -- in the mountains an hour west of Denver. I love geology and get to teach the Earth Sciences in my high school. I also teach Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Physics. I am also the President of NESTA. I hope to learn from all of you.

3. Google Drive Folder

4. The Issues of Earth Science Courses in High Schools
Earth Science is taught in Middle School
In an ideal world, Earth Science should be a Senior level course required for all students. However, this is not the ideal world.
In the four years of high school, most students take courses in Biology, Chemistry and Physics because this sequence ...
Leaves room for Electives, AP Science courses, etc.
Is required by most colleges
Most science teachers have degrees in Biology or the Physical Sciences
Understanding the complexities of Earth Science requires a solid understanding of Chemistry and Physics
There are many opportunities to incorporate Earth Science concepts into the other high school courses.

5. What are we doing today and why?
Modeling an instructional style that you will be able to use when working with pre-service and inservice teachers.
Exploring the links between Earth Science and traditional Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Courses
Creating resources that could be used in high school classes and could be archived on the Earth Educators Rendezvous site and beyond.

6. Using NGSS Performance Expectations 3-Dimensional Learning
Disciplinary Core Ideas
Cross-Cutting Concepts
Science and Engineering Practices
High School Earth and Space Science Concepts
Space Systems
History of the Earth
Earth’s Systems
Weather and Climate
Human Sustainability

8. Work Groups -- The “Other” Sciences
In which of the following might Earth Science fit ?
Biology
Structure and Function
Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Natural Selection and Evolution
Physical Sciences
Chemistry
Structure and Properties of Matter
Chemical Reactions
Energy
Physics
Forces and Interactions
Waves and EM Radiation

9. Google Drive Folder

10. Getting Started http://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/index.html
Getting Started
Start by acknowledging what you know best → the Earth and Space Sciences
This is already a part of your thinking so we will rely on that background knowledge.
Get into groups -- Biology, Chemistry, or Physics
In your groups, find out what is being taught in the other high school courses by examining the Performance Expectations and Disciplinary Core Ideas in the NGSS for
Physical Science - Today, focus on either Chemistry or Physics
Life Science
Check out some of the teaching resources on the Teach the Earth Collection at

11. Making Connections http://ngss.nsta.org/AccessStandardsByTopic.aspx
Using the NGSS examine the DCIs for Biology, Chemistry or Physics
Start identifying those Disciplinary Core Ideas in your subject area that could be demonstrated using Earth & Space Science phenomenon.
Use the Google Docs created for your group to organize your thinking:
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Examine the Disciplinary Core Ideas in Earth Science. Find the DCI that best connects to your listed DCIs. If you don’t find a match, you may need to reframe it or let it go.
Brainstorm some questions that might be generated by teaching this Earth & Space Science Content in the other subject area.

12. Creating Learning Opportunities
Work together to ...
Choose one of the questions above that would challenge student’s thinking in both your subject area and the Earth & Space Sciences.
Use that question as a guide to create a lesson, project, or unit of study that teaches both the subject area and the Earth & Space Science concept.
If you have time, identify the NGSS Crosscutting Concepts and Science & Engineering Practices your lesson incorporates.
Sharing your lessons and feedback on what makes these good lessons, what were the challenges of connecting the conceptual understandings, etc.

13. Complete the Workshop Evaluation!!
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THANK YOU!