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Apr 18, 2024
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EDU 230 - Michigan K-12 Science StandardsCredits: 1 Open to teachers, principals, and other K-12 school leaders in the Great Lakes Bay Region interested in becoming more familiar with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Three-Dimensional Learning, a fundamental pedagogical frame shift, demonstrated with particular emphasis on Developing and Using Models and Engaging in Argument from Evidence. Learn how to create phenomena-based lessons that follow the Performance Expectations of the NGSS.
Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): None Lecture Hours: 15 Lab Hours: 0 Meets MTA Requirement: None Pass/NoCredit: Yes
Outcomes and Objectives
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
- Show how the NGSS aligns to the National Research Council's (NRC) Framework for K-12 Science Education.
- Demonstrate how phenomena-based teaching helps with the shift toward Three-Dimensional Learning.
- Identify the eight Science and Engineering Practices, the seven Cutting Concepts, and the Disciplinary Core Ideas found in the NGSS document.
- Design and develop lesson plans specific to NGSS.
- Identify one phenomenon that can be used to teach the practice of Modeling in the first three weeks of school.
- Develop a series of three (3) grade-level appropriate lesson plans that includes at least one Practice, one Cross Cutting Concept, and one Disciplinary Core Idea.
- Share the newly created lesson plans on the Delta College eLearning site and participate in an online discussion board.
- Implement the prepared lessons.
- Implement the modeling practice in the classroom.
- Assess student learning.
- Note adjustment for continuous process improvement.
- Disseminate results from implementation and follow up.
- Participate in the informal presentation on the development and implementation of the three NGSS lesson plans by reporting back to the class during a 2-hour wrap-up session that includes a provided rubric.
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