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Phenomenon-Based, Literacy-Rich Learning Using Digitized
Museum Objects
Los Angeles Convention Center - 408B
Engage with Research Quest, free, online,
NGSS-focused, phenomenon-based investigations using authentic museum
objects and research to build students' literacy, critical thinking,
collaboration, and communication skills.
Takeaways: Teachers will: 1. experience an exemplar set of free resources that successfully integrate NGSS and ELA standards to provide students with meaningful, self-directed learning; 2. recognize that providing students with opportunities to research phenomenon-based problems professional scientists devote their careers to using the collections and data they build new knowledge from can empower students to better understand the enterprise of science, the natural world, and the natural history of our world—while building their literacy and critical-thinking skills; and 3. understand that creating opportunities to make critical thinking visible is an essential scaffold necessary to support student efficacy with problem finding and problem solving.
Speakers
Madlyn Larson (Natural History Museum of Utah: Salt Lake City, UT)
Voices of Hope: Climate Science Unit
Los Angeles Convention Center - 502B
Climate Science can be a difficult topic, however
focusing on hope and action allows students to see they can make a difference.
Come see how!
Takeaways: 1. Gain strategies to support all students, but especially English Learners (using OCDE, Orange County Department of Education, Project GLAD® strategies); 2. Learn the content and the relevant issues that are impacting climate change; and 3. How to focus on the importance of maintaining hope. We do this by showing students how their actions will make a difference.
Speakers
Kate Lindholm (North Central Educational Service District: Wenatchee, WA)
Presenter Materials for this Session:
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Voices of Hope: Climate Science Unit
Graphic Organizer "A Warming earth"
Getting Students to Read in Science
Los Angeles Convention Center - 502B
Reading should not be limited to English courses. Leave
with strategies on how to motivate students to explore science through
scientific novels. Review three years of qualitative data on how novels
increased literacy, scientific fluency, scientific connectivity, and
college preparation in a marine biology course.
Takeaways: Teahers will: 1. learn how to use articles to make their content more applicable to the lives of the students; 2. receive strategies on how to get students to read more scientific articles; and 3. receive resources on selecting grade-appropriate scientific articles.
Speakers
Jonte' Lee (Calvin Coolidge Senior High School: Washington, DC)