1. Mystery Science Summer 2017 Professional Development
Presented By Angela Eaton

2. What is Mystery Science?
An online supplemental science resource that engages students by presenting a real world mystery. Students are then guided to make observations and resolve mystery.
Mystery Sciences uses hooks and questions to get students thinking about the science world around them. Essential question in this example: Do you think you should water a cactus? The website gives a video with background knowledge and then asks students to answer discussion questions followed by experiment. Mystery Science lesson begins by presenting students with a mystery. Students are guided to make observations and connections between what they’re observing to help them resolve the mystery. The scientific conclusion is the climax of this investigation—the solution to the mystery

3. How does Mystery Science motivate students?
Provides mystery (hook), multimedia (photos, videos), and engages students to collaborate when solving real world problems.

4. What standards does Mystery Science teach?
Mystery Science aligns curriculum with Next Generation Science Standards
It is important to make sure that your grade level aligns curriculum to Arizona State Standards (not just units in Mystery Science). HAND OUT SCIENCE standards. Also, every lesson meets our own MS Motivational Standards (MSMS)…stated by Mystery Science. It is nice that the science standards will open in Google Doc.

5. What standards need to be included in your instructional plans?
PASS OUT AZ standards AND correlating mapping units (ADD image in PP). Arizona State Science Standards- this may mean you are in a different grade level to meet standards.

6. How will you know that students mastered concept?
Each Mystery Unit has an assessment…assessments are available on Google doc which makes them editable. Answer keys are also included (Assessment is not included in Supplemental unit-FYI)

7. Who will provide resources needed for mystery science investigations?
SCHOOL and PARENT Donation- science team member will work with master teacher
Parent donations- Perfect opportunity- Meet the teacher
Science team member- work with master teacher
Master teacher- order using requisition forms + =

8. Let’s get started…. Username: Password:
Username:
Password:
Create own Mystery Science Account-Open - and create Mystery Science Account

9. *Arizona State Standards *Laptop *Materials for mystery investigation
Your Grade level Needs
*Arizona State Standards
*Laptop
*Materials for mystery investigation
*Task Cards
In order to meet your grade level needs, we will be completing a mystery science investigation that is specific to your grade level needs. You will AZ state standards, laptop, materials for mystery investigation, task cards. Each person will read task card in order and record responses (if necessary on the back). If a person chooses the discussion questions then they can choose 1 response to one discussion rather than multiple discussions. Be sure to turn in task cards when finished (I will need the information on it…science team member)