1. West Windsor-Plainsboro Connect-Ed Phase II Team Jeff Grabell, Dutch Neck Elementary School Heidi Wachtin, Millstone River School Penni Bowen, Community Middle School Carolyn SooHoo, High School North Rob Richard, Science Supervisor K-12 Where We’ve Been & Where We’re Going…

2. Summer 2009: Chemistry Mapping What We Did: Mapped K-12 Chemistry Curriculum Established our PLC What We Learned: Saw the big ideas and connections across curriculum and grades

3. Chemistry Map…

4. Summer 2010: Summer Institute What We Did: Created and presented a mini- BIM on “heat transfer” Shared our Chemistry Maps What We Learned: Needed to improve outreach Recognized a measuring tool was needed

5. Summer 2010: Mapping Teams What We Did: Created and trained two new teams that mapped Life Science & Astronomy Aligned maps to new state standards Added a new member (Carolyn) to our PLC What We Learned: Recognized challenge of mapping curriculum to state standards

6. Maps…

7. Winter 2011: Mapping Revisions What We Did: Revised the chemistry map to align with the new NJCCCS What We Learned: Science nerds never retire!

8. Spring 2011: Spring Institute What We Did: Presented mini-BIM “Perfections and Discrepancies” Presented Chemistry, Life Science and Astronomy maps Administered survey to measure effectiveness of maps and institute What We Learned: Connected with enthusiastic, receptive colleagues, eager to gain content and process knowledge

9. Summer 2011: Summer Institute & Map Completion In Progress: Preparing another institute Preparing to map Physics and Earth Science curricula Expanding outreach to administrators

10. Impact of Our PLC On Ourselves Developed awareness of K-12 flow of big ideas and where we fit in Enhanced content and process knowledge Increased confidence in sharing BIT On District Exposed a number of colleagues to BIT Created formal documents showing flow of big ideas and connections with NJCCCS

11. Envisioning the Future Conduct follow-up survey of institute participants and mappers Analyze collected data Continue to foster vertical and horizontal connections Export BIT to other disciplines Have BIT recognized as an integral part of our district’s professional development

12. Testimonials… “Some colleagues and I attended a workshop this past Saturday regarding big ideas and how they flow through our curriculum in science…it was just AWESOME to get to have time to discuss and work on making sure everything we do matches up and there are no gaps.” “There is so much they modeled in terms of pedagogy and concept development that it re-inspired me to develop intentional lesson plans from introduction to wrap-up.” “I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed this workshop and how valuable all of us in attendance thought it was...is there any way we can incorporate more K-12 big idea planning into our PD next year?”