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Board of Education Presentation December 8, 2016

Zemmer Campus, 8/9 Building

Presenters

• Amy Maruca and Mike Hobolth
• Russ Reitz: DC Experience
• Matt Nowak: NGSS
• Beth Rupprecht: CMP3/Algebra
• PSAT

Russ Reitz: DC Experience

Next Generation Science Standards

Matt Nowak Board Presentation December 8, 2016

THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE LEARNING

• CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS
• SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

PRACTICES

• DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS

Crosscutting Concepts help students explore connections across the four domains of science, including Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Engineering Design. When these concepts, such as “cause and effect”, are made explicit for students, they can help students develop a coherent and scientifically-based view of the world around them.

• 1. Patterns
• 2. Cause and Effect
• 3. Scale, Proportion, and

Quantity

• 4. Systems and System

Models

• 5. Energy and Matter in

Systems

• 6. Structure and Function
• 7. Stability and Change of

Systems

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES

Science and Engineering Practices describe what scientists do to investigate the natural world and what engineers do to design and build systems. The practices better explain and extend what is meant by “inquiry” in science and the range of cognitive, social, and physical practices that it requires. Students engage in practices to build, deepen, and apply their knowledge of core ideas and crosscutting concepts.

• 1. Asking questions and defining

problems

• 2. Developing and using models
• 3. Planning and carrying out

investigations

• 4. Analyzing and interpreting data
• 5. Using mathematics and

computational thinking

• 6. Constructing explanations and

designing solutions

• 7. Engaging in argument from

evidence

• 8. Obtaining, evaluating, and

communicating information

DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

• Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) are the key ideas in

science that have broad importance within or across multiple science or engineering disciplines. These core ideas build on each other as students progress through grade levels and are grouped into the following four domains: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Engineering.

Timeline

• Michigan adopted the Next Generation Science

Standards in November 2015.

• Teachers around the state of Michigan are completing

the NGSX Professional Learning Series. Lapeer teachers are working on completing the 6 unit course that covers models, discussion, building a classroom culture that supports public reasoning, lesson planning, and exploring the phenomena.

• The next Series focuses on designing lessons and

assessment.

• Full implementation of the Next Generation Science

Standards is Fall 2019, with the first assessment in Spring of 2020.

Lapeer Community School Teachers

• Most Lapeer Community Science Teachers 8-12

will have completed Units 1-6 by the end of the 2016-2017 school year.

• The professional development started in 2015

during the school year, continued throughout the summer with a three day training by James Emerling of the Genesee ISD, and is continuing throughout this school year.

• Some teachers have completed the three week

summer training on modeling and assessment and a one week summer course on the Disciplinary Core Ideas.

Sticky Water

CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS

• Energy and Matter in

Systems SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES

• Asking questions and

defining problems

• Developing and using

models

• Engaging in argument

from evidence

• Obtaining, evaluating,

and communicating information DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

• HS-PS1-2 Matter and

its Interactions

Sticky Water

• How many drops of water can

you fit on a penny?

• What happened?
• Why did the water make the

dome?

Gallery Walk

• All boards were placed in the hallway.
• Groups read, discussed, and wrote comments on

the boards.

• Students took pictures of their boards, emailed

them to the teacher, discussion and model revisions took place during class.

• Nine talk moves were used throughout the

process.

• Nine talk moves

Beth Rupprecht Learning Coach

Math Curriculum and Practices

CONNECTED MATHEMATICS PROJECT & ALGEBRA PILOT

• Mathematical Practices
• Higher level thinking
• Mathematical “Talk” &

Vocabulary

• Problem Centered
• Inquiry based

PSAT

PSAT: Going forward

• Emphasis on PSAT skills/assessment in both 8th

and 9th grades

• Incorporation of Khan Academy into student

preparation

• Continued deepening of teaching through

MAISA and math programs

Thanks!