Summer Symposium, 2011

                                                    June 9, 2011 Good Afternoon,     Welcome to Where, Oh Where Has My Science Block Gone?  We will spend the next hour investigating how we can get science instruction back into our daily schedules.      What can you tell me about corona [kuh-roh-nuh]?  Please put your answer on a sticky note and place near the smartboard.                                                   Sincerely,                                                   Mike, Linda, & Becky http://2011ess.sfinstructionalresources.wikispaces.net/

      One of the most puzzling features of the Sun is what has been dubbed "the solar corona problem." There is a region around the Sun, extending more than one million kilometers from its surface, where the temperature can reach two million degrees. This region, called the solar corona, is where the solar wind originates. The corona has been found to emit X-ray radiation (the corona is a plasma; at temperatures greater than a million degrees a plasma will radiate a lot of X-rays). The corona can be seen only during solar eclipses, when the main radiation from the Sun's surface is blocked by the passage of the Moon or with special instruments.

Research• Initial impacts of NCLB on elementary science education

      George Griffith and Lawrence Scharmann      Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2008, Vol. 20:3  • Elementary School Science

      National Science Teachers Association, July 2002     • Teaching Science Literacy 

      Maria Grant and Diane Lapp      Educational Leadership, March 2011, Vol. 68:6     • Moving Elementary Science from Afterthought to Inquiry

      Rick Allen       Educational Leadership, August 2006, Vol. 48:8

 

Science and Literacy

Recommendations on Teaching ScienceBest Practice, Zemelman, Daniels, and Hyde, 2005

A List of Strategies in the Three-Part Framework (Lesson Planning)  Teaching Reading in Social Studies, Science and Math, Laura Robb, 2003

 

Science and LiteracySticky Note Summary• Interactive Read-Aloud using a Non-fiction story• Read 1 - 2 pages at a time• Students reflect on what they have heard and summarize on

a sticky note• Pair Share • At the end of the story, students use their sticky notes to

write a paragraph that summarizes the book.

  Math Process Standards Series (NCTM)by Susan O'Connell- Math and the Moon- Stars and Moons

Science and MathCognitively Guided Instruction•  Problem Solving (word problems vs. story problems)

  

Project Based Learning (The Whole Package) 

What is Project Based Learning (PBL)?   Project Analyzation• Trash to Treasures• Earth and Energy• School Zoo 

 

Resources • Books• Websites•  http://www.fossweb.com/•  http://www.abc.net.au/spark/•  http://www.ncsu.edu/imse/4/elementaryEd.htm•  http://www.alline.org/euro/escience.html•  http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/elem/escience.html•  http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/sci-tech/scigs.html•  http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/virtualmedia/elementary/science.htm• http://www.suite101.com/content/10-science-teaching-tips-for-elementary-school

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