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Blended Learning Strategies

For Elementary Science

Meet the Speakers!

Kelsey Moore Account Manager Amanda Crooks Customer Success Representative

What We’ll Be Covering

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Icebreaker

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Distance Learning & the TCI Subscription

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Managing Blended Learning ○ Live Instruction vs. Independent Work: How do you decide?

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Live Instruction Tips ○ Investigations with physical distancing ○ Science Discourse, Engineering, & Performance Assessments

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Reflection

Icebreaker

1. Get two sticky notes (or tear a sheet of paper in half). 2. Think about your distance learning experience last Spring. 3. Write down your biggest disaster and biggest success.

Icebreaker

• 4. Crumble up and throw away your disaster

(learn from it and move on)!

• 5. Share your biggest success in chat.

Blended

Welcome Back!

Distance Learning In Class

Distance Learning

Let’s Go Live!

Unit Planning Lesson Planning Program Planning

Blended Learning

Blended Learning

Live Instruction or Independent Work?

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Blended Learning

Live Instruction or Independent Work?

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Move the Zoom poll over to the left side of your screen.

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For each scenario:

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Look at the image and read the caption.

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Decide whether you’ll do this during live instruction

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Vote in the poll.

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There will be two sets of five scenarios.

• 1. Reading Text and

Answering Notebook Questions

• 2. Doing Lesson Games

• 3. Student

Discussions

• 4. Taking Lesson Assessments

• 5. Student

Presentations

Stop & Reflect

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What’s one tool or strategy that you will use this Fall to conduct class discussions or presentations (in a blended environment)?

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Respond in chat.

Your Ideas

• 1. Conducting

an Engineering Investigation

• 2. Conducting an

Investigation and Taking Data

• 3. Conducting an

Investigation that Uses Station Handouts or Placards

• 4. Conducting an

Investigation with a Dissection

• 5. Developing and

Using Models

Stop & Reflect

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Think of one of your favorite investigations.

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Write down one part you will do as “live instruction” and one part you will do as “independent work.”

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Record it in your notes.

Your Ideas

In Class

Live Instruction Tips

• 1. Be safe when physically distancing.
• 2. Be intentional when grouping.
• 3. Use materials purposefully.
• 4. Model.
• 5. Lead with phenomena.
• 6. Share investigation instructions.

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Wash hands.

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Sanitize materials.

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Wear masks.

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Go outside when possible.

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Use tape to mark off space.

1. Be safe when physical distancing.

Tips for Blended Learning

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Make smaller groups.

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Work individually.

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Split class - investigation / reading.

• 2. Be intentional when grouping.

Tips for Blended Learning

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Additional materials.

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Project or share handouts digitally.

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Answer Notebook questions online.

• 3. Use materials purposefully.

Tips for Blended Learning

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Create lab station to model.

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Could be live or recorded.

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Use Enhancing Learning links.

• 4. Model.

Tips for Blended Learning

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Use Observing Phenomena video.

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Do the Try it! at home or individually.

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Do Claim, Evidence, Reasoning explanation at the end.

5. Lead with phenomena.

Tips for Blended Learning

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Use the Fast Track Investigation.

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Students can follow along step-by-step.

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Answer Notebook questions online.

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Don’t need to physically pass out any materials.

• 6. Share investigation instructions.

Tips for Blended Learning

Comment in the chat. Which tip would you use to modify this lesson?

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Be safe.

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Be intentional when grouping.

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Use materials purposefully.

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Model.

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Lead with Phenomena.

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Share investigation instructions

Additional Tips

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Science Discourse

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Engineering

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Performance Assessments

Blended Learning in the Science Classroom

Stop & Reflect

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Think of one investigation, discussion, engineering activity,

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it work” in a blended environment this Fall. Record it in your notes.

Your Ideas

Key Takeaways

You can modify almost any investigation with one of our tips. Do your best to determine what should be done at independently vs live instruction. Share what you have found that works (and doesn’t work) with fellow TCI teachers—we can all learn from each other!

Questions

Reflection

Squared with what you already knew. Made you view something from a new angle . “Completed the circle ” for you. Pick one: What’s something in this session that…

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