FAST & LOUDRev Up Science Literacy in Your School

ByDavid Mense – Craven County Schools

TRANSFORM YOUR CLASSROOM

“ECO-FRIENDLY” VERSION

•How do you prepare students for jobs that don’t yet exist?

•Thinking Skills•Communication Skills•Collaboration Skills

TEACHING STYLES

•Didactic• Inquiry•Combination•Laboratory Experiments

•“Inquirize” Your Teaching Everett, S., & Moyer, R. (2007)•The Many Levels of Inquiry Banchi, H., & Bell, R. (2008)

INQUIRY CONTINUUM

•Confirmation Inquiry•Structured Inquiry•Guided Inquiry•Open Inquiry

WHAT IS INQUIRY?

•5E lesson format – engage, explore, explain, elaborate, evaluate•Discrepant Events•PBL – Problem-based; Project-based – Is there a difference?

WHAT IS NEEDED ?

•Conceptual Understanding•Foundational Science Literacy•Emphasis on written explanation

WHAT IF?

•Approach education from a different way from when we were kids.

•Teach in Silos – NC Essential Standards are set up in this fashion•Cross cutting concepts – cross curricular•Scientific Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes

CORE CONCEPTS

•Energy•Water•Cycles•Density•Convection•Matter

•Teach to your strength!•YOU make the difference!

DEMONSTRATIONS

QUESTIONS

•Contact Information:

David MenseCraven County Schools252-514-6450davidmense52@gmail.com