where practices collide introduction to science, math, literacy practices and themes
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Where Practices COLLIDEIntroduction to Science, Math, Literacy Practices and Themes
An Overview of Development, Research, and Outcomes
Sarah YoungK-12 STEM Liaison
Utah State Office of EducationSTEM Action Center with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development
Agenda
What are we currently doing in the classroom?
What are the challenges?
What opportunities exist for authentic STEM learning?
Questions, Answers, and Additional Resources
Introductions
Sarah Young, K-12 STEM Liaison, Utah State Office of Education and STEM Action Center
Role designed to support STEM education and projects in Utah
Work with licensing, designing community resources, and STEM Schools Designation for Utah
Disclaimer
There are MANY items that we will touch upon that really require additional investigation and discussion, but for the sake of time we will not engage in that today.
I speak fast, but I love questions.
What is the role of standards in education?
Talk with your colleagues about your thoughts on why we have standards in education? Be prepared to share reasons at the conclusion of the discussion.
You have 120 seconds… yes, I’m serious.
Ideas?
Educational standards help teachers ensure their students have the skills and knowledge they need to be successful by providing clear goals for student learning.
What is your best lesson?
Take 5 minutes to share your BEST lesson with the individual next to you.
Make sure you identify the standard/practice that is the goal of your lesson.
Limited Resources
TIME
What opportunities exist for authentic connections for interdisciplinary learning?
We need to find ways to get the best “bang for your buck”.
However, it needs to be authentic and aligned with your goals.
Content can be challenging… but critical thinking skills are the SAME across content.
MATH PRACTICES
M1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
M2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
M3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
M4. Model with mathematics.
M5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
M6. Attend to precision.
M7. Look for and make use of structure.
M8. Look for and express regularity in repeated
NEW Utah Science Standards
The UT SEEd Standards – Science with Engineering Education Standards
These are still being developed… so guess what??? They build on ELA and mathematics standards in Utah.
Quick overview of ideas.
Three Dimensions of Science Learning:
For both SCIENCE and
ENGINEERING.(PRACTICES not
skills.)
This represents for knowledge from Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Physical Science.
These are the themes that exist across all science disciplines. This is not currently explicitly articulated in our standards.
Science Performances
• Engaging Students in Science and Engineering Practices
• Using Core Ideas as evidence in Science Performances
• Clearly Defined and Meaningful Useof Crosscutting Concepts
Change of approach
Isolated Science Instruction
Bundling Science Instruction
Science & Engineering Practices
1- Asking questions or defining problems2- Developing & using models3- Planning & carrying out investigations4- Analyzing and interpreting data5- Using mathematics & computational thinking6- Constructing explanations7- Engaging in argument from evidence8- Obtaining, evaluating, & communicating
information
Wait… Where is LITERACY?
Right, what happened with literacy???
Literacy has many of the same “practices” but they are defined as student capacities.
So what does that lens look like?
How does this help inform instruction?
#1 WHERE DO YOU GET THE MOST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK???
#2 Guiding authentic interdisciplinary instruction.
#3 USING THE SAME VOCABULARY FOR KIDS
Start building a framework for coherence.
What is your best lesson?
What suggestions to do you have for incorporating practices into your instruction?
Take 5 minutes to discuss the inclusion of practices into your BEST lesson with the individual next to you.
Questions and Comments
If you have questions that come up later DO NOT HESITATE to use my email to ask.
Thank you for doing great work with our students, and this process and new standards will give you a platform for goals that address
concerns and provide more clarity.