1. IMSS Summer Institute 2011 Overview $11.4 Million
5-year award begins July 2010
Overview

2. "The important thing is not to stop questioning
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
--Albert Einstein

3. Science is the search for, rather than the answer to our questions of how and why. -- The Right Question at the Right Time

4. IMSS Overview
Welcome
• Elements of Inquiry • Program Outcomes • 2 Week and Day 1 Agenda • Instructional Case

5. Triad Question
What distinguishes inquiry science instruction from other science instruction?
Characteristics / Examples
Frayer Model

7. Inquiry Science is Student Centered
Student Responsibility for Learning
The student’s role as a learner
Students make decisions; identify where they need help; assist others learning; advance group knowledge
Student Active Thinking
How students engage with the content
Students do intellectual work; generate ideas; use logic; make deductions; brainstorm; engage in active questioning; link ideas; use prior knowledge
Student Motivation
Student’s personal investment in the learning process
Curiosity; persistence; concentration; focus

8. Essential Elements of Inquiry
From National Science Education Standards
• Learner engages in scientifically oriented questions • Learner gives priority to evidence in responding to questions
• Learner formulates explanations from evidence • Leaner connects explanations to scientific knowledge
• Learner communicates and justifies explanations

9. IMSS Outcomes
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10. Increase Science Content Knowledge
Summer Institute Outcomes
Increase Science Content Knowledge
Understand and Apply Essential Elements of Inquiry
Collaboratively develop an instructional case (1-2 lessons)
Teachers/student collaboratively engaged

11. Instructional Case Includes
Detailed teaching guide / lesson plans that will be shared
Essential elements of inquiry
Literacy strategies
Assessments
Collaboratively developed and peer reviewed.

12. "One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year."

13. IMSS Instructional Case Template
Introduction to the
IMSS Instructional Case Template
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14. The Instructional Case is divided into 5 Sections
Subtitle
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15. Section 1 Identify the Science Content Standard(s)
that the lesson(s) will address
[We will discuss how to unpack these
standards on Day 2.]
Copy the standard(s) number, letter, and words onto the template
Draft a generative question that will pique the interest of the students, and drive the lesson(s)

16. Section 2 Unpack the Standard(s) and determine
the lesson objectives for both
content and process skills
[We will discuss how to do this on Day 2.]

17. Section 3 Select appropriate Formative and
Summative Assessments to determine
if students are learning the lesson
objectives. Performance Assessments
should be considered as choices
for formative and/or summative purposes.
[We will discuss different types of
Assessments to consider on Day 5.]

18. Section 4 Plan lessons to include the Essential Elements of Inquiry.
[Introduced on Day 1, and discussed
throughout the institute.]
Your lesson plans can be in a variety
of formats (Madeline Hunter,
Gradual Release of Responsibility, etc.)

19. Section 5 Identify the Instructional Strategies
that will improve access to the
lesson(s) by all students (English
Language Learners, G.A.T.E., Learning
Disabled, etc.
Literacy strategies will also be shared.
[Many strategies will be introduced
and discussed throughout the institute.]

20. Agendas
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21. Introductions: IMSS Partners
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