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• Data • Brain research • Student feedback • 21st century needs • Learner Agency/Motivation/Engagement • Research-based best practice Sample Student Feedback "It helps you understand what engineers actually do because when we learn something, afterwards I can go back and say, yeah, I remember that, I can connect to it." 3 -Gianna Pistoria (gr. 6) Building the foundation of learning by encouraging ... • Developing Understanding & Designing Solutions • Systems Thinking & Modeling • Students Conducting Investigations, Solving Problems, and Engaging in Discussions • Students Discussing Open-Ended Questions that Focus on the Strength of the Evidence Used to Generate Claims

~ CJUinl I lC ft wt ~ f)l l. .,u· ~ ln • \lO!t} ~ ) ~ ~ ·~ ~0*., - .-: ~ l f l .- I'*t What do we want s tudents to rience in EPSD science? e xp e 6 ll v .,...-. OK«IIIC:L. '1o • IC' Af'lto." -..... t..- .. l't.,-lActf .... Atell o u u. . 'Ut.lki'Giccl ... .,.c::ee.--n .. -:. , _. • • L Doing science and thinking like a scientist . .. • Defining problems & designing multiple solutions • Students conducting investigations, building models, solving problems through collaborative problem solving • Aligned to NGSS Standards from earth, life, and physical science strands • Content: 6th Grade: Forces & Motion, Geology, Populations & Ecosystems o o 7th Grade: Chemical Interactions, Diversity of life , Heredity & Adaptations o 8th Grade: Water on Earth, Meteorology, Astronomy

7 • curriculum revised for 18-19; standards addressed in context of people and places • performance of science and engineering practices through problem and project based learning crosscutting concepts emphasized across earth, life, and physical science core ideas 8

• CP Environmental Science • AP Environmental Science • Geology of the National Parks • Astronomy • Advanced Astronomy • Oceanography • Meteorology • PL TW Environmental Sustainability • Anatomy & Physiology, CP • Botany & Zoology • Genetics/Microbiology, Honors • AP Biology • l<eystone Biology- Honors, CP, Applied 10

• Chemistry • New Course: • AP Chemistry Physics of • AP Physics 1 Movement • AP Physics 2 {Biomechanics) • AP Physics C • Physics 11