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Professional Development in ScienceProcessing Scientific Data
February 2014
Learning Goal
Investigate a model of instruction to engage students in scientific inquiry.
Success CriterionCreate a plan to purposefully spiral scientific processes into current lesson plans.
Intentional Science Conversation
Question Focus
Capture the students’ interest and provide them with a reason to design and carry out an investigation.
Get students to ASK QUESTIONS!!!
Reaction Time
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“Reaction Time”
Will using the non-preferred hand affect
reaction time?
Experiment and Collect Data
Variation: Give students sets of
data
Give Students a Set of Data
Analyze and Explain the Data
• Make sense of the data collected and develop a conclusion based on evidence.
• Create a display to include the question, the claim, the support, and the explanation.
Simple but EffectiveThe Question: Will using the non-preferred hand affect reaction time?The Claim
The Support
(Insert Data)
The Explanation
(Include Data and Research)
This graphic organizer
helps students WRITE a
conclusion!!!
Share Data and Explanation
• students share their arguments and critique the arguments of their classmates.
• each team has an opportunity to revise their arguments in order to make them better.
Shift 4: Read, write and
discuss text based
evidence
Write an Investigation report
Goal of the investigation
or Hypothesis
Methods used during the
investigation to collect data
Final Argumentor
ConclusionFormat could be a graphic organizer,
paragraph, power point, etc.
Shift 5: Write from multiple sources
Increase Rigor in Assessments
PLC Suggestion• Identify areas where you can add more data
processing lessons.
• Share one of your best resources for collecting data or obtaining data sets
• Set a goal to add one data processing activity this month and try it! Next month share your experience.
Let’s take a break
PLCProfessional Learning Community
ResourcesACThttp://www.actstudent.org/testprep/descriptions/scidescript.html
NASA Data Setshttp://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/
Reaction Time Sheep gamehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf
Using the Scientific Method to Measure Multitasking and Response Timehttp://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/response_time.html#at_pco=smlre-1.0&at_tot=4&at_ab=per-13&at_pos=2