1. NCOSP Learning Community Forum February 27-28, 2007 Science Curriculum Topic Study Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Practice Hierarchy of Content Knowledge, Science

2. NCOSP Learning Community Forum February 27-28, 2007

3. Who’s in the Room?

4. NCOSP Learning Community Forum February 27-28, 2007 3 Goals for Today (Review) Review Curriculum Topic Study (CTS) as a tool you can use to connect standards and research on learning to classroom practice. (Explore) Examine a scaffold that helps “unpack” a concept. (Apply) Consider ways CTS can help inform the writing of essential questions.

5. NCOSP Learning Community Forum February 27-28, 2007 (Re)Introduction to CTS “I got you a bunch of stuff- this is just the tip of the iceberg!”

6. NCOSP Learning Community Forum February 27-28, 2007 Elbow Partner Talk What does it mean to unpack a concept? What’s the purpose?

7. NCOSP Learning Community Forum February 27-28, 2007

8. Practice Unpacking Topic = properties of matter Concept = characteristic properties of matter Building our common understanding: “Characteristic properties” Card sort: arrange in a hierarchy, using colored strips as organizers. As you sort, discuss, justify how you are deciding which card goes where

9. NCOSP Learning Community Forum February 27-28, 2007 Choose Your Own Topic Find a CTS guide related to your topic. Pick one single concept (Scan CTS III to choose a concept). Using the Guiding Questions and Hierarchy Scaffold, unpack the concept. (Use CTS Section III for specific ideas) Once the concept is unpacked to “Facts and Terminology”, build it up to a “Big Idea” and “Unifying Concept or Idea”. Prepare a chart to share with the group.

10. NCOSP Learning Community Forum February 27-28, 2007 Reflections on Your Learning Write down one new insight and one question generated by this session. Share your thinking with your table group.

11. NCOSP Learning Community Forum February 27-28, 2007 Any Burning Questions?

12. NCOSP Learning Community Forum February 27-28, 2007 For Additional Information Visit the CTS web site at www.curriculumtopicstudy.org www.curriculumtopicstudy.org Contact: Page Keeley, CTS Principal Investigator and Project Director pkeeley@mmsa.orgpkeeley@mmsa.org Cheryl Rose, CTS Co-Principal Investigator for Mathematics CTS crose@mmsa.orgcrose@mmsa.org