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Blended Learning Teaching Strategies Middle School Science

Meet the Speakers! Nathan Marsha Curriculum Developer Director, Product Experience

Icebreaker 1. Get two sticky notes (or tear a sheet of paper in half). 2. Think about your distance learning experience this 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

What We’ll Be Covering ■ Distance Learning Using Your TCI Subscription ○ ■ Blended Learning Live Instruction vs. Independent Work: ○ How do you decide? ■ Live Instruction Tips for Investigations ○ Science Discourse, Engineering, & Performance ○ Assessments

Distance Learning

Program Planning Unit Planning Lesson Planning

Let’s Go Live!

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 you will use this fall to conduct class discussions or presentations (in a blended environment)? ■ Respond in chat.

Moon Phases 1. Conducting an Investigation to Develop and Use Models

Solar System 2. Conducting an Investigation to Classify Based on Data

Ecosystems 3. Conducting an Investigation with Station Handouts

Body Systems 4. Conducting an Investigation with a Dissection

Designing a Hot Pack 5. Conducting an Engineering Investigation

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

Tips for Live Instruction 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.

Engineering Challenge: Designing a Prosthetic Hand

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

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

Tips for Live Instruction 3. Use materials purposefully. ■ Additional materials and common materials. ■ Project or share handouts digitally. ■ Answer Notebook questions online.

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

Tips for Live Instruction 5. Lead with phenomena. ■ Use Observing Phenomena video. ■ Have students use the Connections to Your Life suggestion at home or individually.

Tips for Live Instruction 6. Share investigation instructions. ■ Edit and share the Lesson Guide slides! ■ Students can see step-by-step directions, questions, images, drag/drops, etc. ■ Answer questions in the Notebook buttons or Notebook page online.

Types of Waves Comment in the chat. Which tip would you use to modify this lesson? ■ Be safe when physically distancing. ■ Be intentional when grouping. ■ Use materials purposefully. ■ Model. ■ Lead with phenomena. ■ Share investigation Lesson Guide slides.

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

Key Takeaways You can modify almost any investigation with one of our tips. Do your best to determine what should be done as live instruction vs. independent work. 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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