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Blended Learning Teaching Strategies

Middle School Science

Meet the Speakers!

Nathan Curriculum Developer Marsha Director, Product Experience

Icebreaker

1. Get two sticky notes (or tear a sheet of paper in half). 2. Think about your distance learning experience this 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

What We’ll Be Covering

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Distance Learning

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Using Your TCI Subscription

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

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Live Instruction ○ Tips for Investigations ○ Science Discourse, Engineering, & Performance Assessments

Distance Learning

Program Planning Unit Planning Lesson Planning

Let’s Go Live!

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

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

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Respond in chat.

Your Ideas

Stop & Reflect

• 1. Conducting an

Investigation to Develop and Use Models Moon Phases

• 2. Conducting an

Investigation to Classify Based on Data Solar System

• 3. Conducting an

Investigation with Station Handouts Ecosystems

• 4. Conducting an

Investigation with a Dissection Body Systems

• 5. Conducting

an Engineering Investigation Designing a Hot Pack

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

Tips for Live Instruction

• 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.

Engineering Challenge: Designing a Prosthetic Hand

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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 Live Instruction

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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 Live Instruction

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Additional materials and common materials.

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Project or share handouts digitally.

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Answer Notebook questions online.

• 3. Use materials purposefully.

Tips for Live Instruction

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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 Live Instruction

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Use Observing Phenomena video.

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Have students use the Connections to Your Life suggestion at home or individually.

• 5. Lead with phenomena.

Tips for Live Instruction

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Edit and share the Lesson Guide slides!

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Students can see step-by-step directions, questions, images, drag/drops, etc.

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Answer questions in the Notebook buttons or Notebook page online.

• 6. Share investigation instructions.

Tips for Live Instruction

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

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Be safe when physically distancing.

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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 Lesson Guide slides. Types of Waves

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

Key Takeaways

You can modify almost any investigation with one of our tips. Do your best to determine what should be done as live instruction vs. independent work. 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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