Many schools need high-quality units to meet their state standards, especially if they vary significantly from the NGSS. BSCS Science Learning has extensive experience with designing, and adapting Storylines units. Come to this session to apply a BSCS design tool that can be used for adaptation.

Please note: space is limited.

TAKEAWAYS:
Experience with a tool to unpack and compare target standards by clarifying key ideas, listing prerequisites and challenges, and considering what students should “figure out” and not just “learn about." Consider and share how to apply tools and processes for adapting HQIM in your local context.

SPEAKERS:
Elaine Klein, Jean Flanagan

Participants will engage with a unit on climate change designed to be localized. They will use tools to brainstorm local anchoring phenomena and ways to make the unit relevant for their students, community, and teaching context. All materials are freely available.

TAKEAWAYS:
Climate change units should help students understand the impacts they are experiencing and prepare them to participate in solutions. Localizing students’ climate learning is one way to do that. Storyline design tools and resources can support teachers in developing this kind of localized learning.

SPEAKERS:
Candice Guy-Gaytán, Audrey Mohan, Lindsey Mohan, Betty Stennett, Emily Harris

Learn how student interest & identity are co-equal dimensions with disciplinary core ideas, science & engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts when designing phenomenon-driven assessments. Participants will learn how to use tools to elicit information about students for use in design.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators engage with the 5D Assessment Project's tools to elicit and use information about students' interests and identities to design meaningful, phenomenon-driven assessment opportunities. Work with examples of meaningful assessment aligned to the elements of the NGSS.

SPEAKERS:
Elaine Klein, William Penuel, Abraham Lo

Want to create 3D assessment tasks that students enjoy completing and leave wanting to learn more? Join us for this session where we will explore three different approaches to choosing phenomena and problems for assessments that align to standards and connect to students’ interests and identities.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will leave with a plan for learning about your students’ interests and the priorities of their communities pertaining to a 3D standard you are teaching and assessing next semester.

SPEAKERS:
Elaine Klein, William Penuel, Abraham Lo