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Blended Learning Strategies For Elementary Science

Meet the Speakers! Amanda Crooks Kelsey Moore Customer Success Representative Account Manager

What We’ll Be Covering ■ Icebreaker ■ Distance Learning & the TCI Subscription ■ Managing Blended Learning Live Instruction vs. Independent Work: ○ How do you decide? ■ Live Instruction Tips Investigations with physical distancing ○ Science Discourse, Engineering, & Performance ○ Assessments ■ Reflection

Icebreaker 1. Get two sticky notes (or tear a sheet of paper in half). 2. Think about your distance learning experience last Spring. 3. Write down your biggest disaster and biggest success.

Icebreaker 4. Crumble up and throw away your disaster (learn from it and move on)! 5. Share your biggest success in chat.

Welcome Back! Blended In Class Distance Learning

Distance Learning

Let’s Go Live!

Program Planning Unit Planning Lesson Planning

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Live Instruction or Independent Work? or

Blended Learning Live Instruction or Independent Work? ■ Move the Zoom poll over to the left side of your screen. ■ For each scenario: Look at the image and read the caption. ○ Decide whether you’ll do this during live instruction ○ or as independent work. Vote in the poll. ○ ■ There will be two sets of five scenarios.

1. Reading Text and Answering Notebook Questions

2. Doing Lesson Games

3. Student Discussions

4. Taking Lesson Assessments

5. Student Presentations

Stop & Reflect Your Ideas ■ What’s one tool or strategy that you will use this Fall to conduct class discussions or presentations (in a blended environment)? ■ Respond in chat.

1. Conducting an Engineering Investigation

2. Conducting an Investigation and Taking Data

3. Conducting an Investigation that Uses Station Handouts or Placards

4. Conducting an Investigation with a Dissection

5. Developing and Using Models

Stop & Reflect Your Ideas ■ Think of one of your favorite investigations. ■ Write down one part you will do as “live instruction” and one part you will do as “independent work.” ■ Record it in your notes.

In Class

Live Instruction Tips 1. Be safe when physically distancing. 2. Be intentional when grouping. 3. Use materials purposefully. 4. Model. 5. Lead with phenomena. 6. Share investigation instructions.

Tips for Blended Learning 1. Be safe when physical distancing. ■ Wash hands. ■ Sanitize materials. ■ Wear masks. ■ Go outside when possible. ■ Use tape to mark off space.

Tips for Blended Learning 2. Be intentional when grouping. ■ Make smaller groups. ■ Work individually. ■ Split class - investigation / reading.

Tips for Blended Learning 3. Use materials purposefully. ■ Additional materials. ■ Project or share handouts digitally. ■ Answer Notebook questions online.

Tips for Blended Learning 4. Model. ■ Create lab station to model. ■ Could be live or recorded. ■ Use Enhancing Learning links.

Tips for Blended Learning 5. Lead with phenomena. ■ Use Observing Phenomena video. ■ Do the Try it! at home or individually. ■ Do Claim, Evidence, Reasoning explanation at the end.

Tips for Blended Learning 6. Share investigation instructions. ■ Use the Fast Track Investigation. ■ Students can follow along step-by-step. ■ Answer Notebook questions online. ■ Don’t need to physically pass out any materials.

Comment in the chat. Which tip would you use to modify this lesson? ■ Be safe. ■ Be intentional when grouping. ■ Use materials purposefully. ■ Model. ■ Lead with Phenomena. ■ Share investigation instructions

Additional Tips Blended Learning in the Science Classroom ■ Science Discourse ■ Engineering ■ Performance Assessments

Stop & Reflect Your Ideas ■ Think of one investigation, discussion, engineering activity, or performance assessment that you will commit to “making it work” in a blended environment this Fall. Record it in your notes.

Key Takeaways You can modify almost any investigation with one of our tips. Do your best to determine what should be done at independently vs live instruction. Share what you have found that works (and doesn’t work) with fellow TCI teachers—we can all learn from each other!

Questions

Reflection Pick one: What’s something in this session that… Squared with what you already knew. Made you view something from a new angle . “Completed the circle ” for you.

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