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Brian Whitney
Hidden Springs Elementary, Boise School District
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As the Hidden Springs Elementary School STEM Specialist, I work with 1st-6th grade learners as they engage in problem based STEM inquiry units. We are passionate about our mission to Explore! Create! and Grow! Our lab also works to maintain a research agenda focused on teaching and learning in STEM contexts.

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Sat, Dec 20, 2014 12:26 AM in Science Notebook

Hi Julie, What is a voc? Thanks!

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Sat, Dec 20, 2014 12:25 AM in Science Notebook

I just caught your statement that reflection is the most important part of the INB, and I like that! I am a huge proponent of reflection; however, I have not used it in my assessment of INBs. We often reflect, but it is not graded. I have been pondering our STEM Lab and the level of rigor . . . I think we have room to grow and incorporating more assessment and intentionality in our use of INBs cou...

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Sat, Dec 20, 2014 12:15 AM in Science Notebook

Great question! I have wrestled with this for a few years now. I teach 375 1st-6th grade students as a STEM Specialist and every quarter sneaks up on me. When the final week of grading arrives, I scramble to figure out how to assess our SNBs (science note books). A few tricks I have learned that are easy include: 1) spot checking for key elements - well organized entries; a balance between note ta...

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