Richland 2 e-Learning Science Support Docs

"Hands-On" Science through Remote Learning

Despite not being able to have our students with us, we can still provide authentic, observation-focused, inquiry-driven science learning experiences through both synchronous and asynchronous remote learning techniques. In this video, you will see two different FOSS kit investigations modeled through remote learning practices as a way of guiding students through observational data collecting and guided inquiry science learning. Although the video focuses specifically on FOSS kit examples, these practices can be applied to any authentic science where the focus of the learning is on observation, data collection, and sense making.

Note: In order to demonstrate the two different FOSS investigations, this video is ~60 minutes long. Feel free to watch it in chunks.

Remote Learning with FOSS in Richland 2.mp4

Richland Two FOSS Remote Learning Guidance and Teacher Support.

This support document, adapted from the Designing your FOSS Instruction (Grades 3-5), provides additional guidance in planning and delivering authentic science learning experiences using FOSS kit resources through remote learning techniques. It provides helpful tips for guiding remote learning science lessons as well as planning and delivering both synchronous and asynchronous videos lessons. Again, while this document specifically references FOSS kits, the ideas and suggestions described are easily adaptable to help turn any remote learning science lesson into an authentic, observation-focused, guided-inquiry learning experience for your students.

Asynchronous Science Teaching and Learning Tips and Suggestions.

This videos provides an overview of the elements of what Asynchronous Science Teaching and Learning as well as makes recommendations for grade-level specific asynchronous science lessons.

Tips for Staying Grounded when Teaching Remotely

This set of resources, tips, guidelines, and suggested tools gives you some additional ideas and strategies to make the most of your remote science teaching and learning experiences. This was posted on the OpenSciEd website.

SC ESOL Virtual Supports and Accommodations

The following documents are designed to help support science teaching and learning for ELL students. While these resources and recommendations are presented in the context of supporting ELL students, they represent good teaching and learning practices that can be readily adapted to support all students.

SC ESOL Virtual Supports and Accommodations

This document provides ideas and specific websites that could be used to provide sensory, graphic, and interactive supports to ELL students in the virtual setting

Challenges for ELLS in Science

This document details some of the specific challenges that ELL students face when learning science. This also includes links to resources that teachers can use to help their students overcome these challenges.

Grade Level SUpport Doc Overview:

The following links will take you to grade-level specific support docs to help you plan your Science eLearning experiences for your students.
These are NOT intended to serve as lesson plans. These should NOT be shared directly with students or parents.
They are intended to give you some ideas, suggestions, prompts, and links to online resources that you can use to plan your eLearning science lessons in a way that will follow the district's Digital Learning Framework Model.
Each support document begins with a general overview of how to use it along with recommendations on setting up and using general online resources such as NewELA, ReadWorks, Flipgrid, Edji, etc...

Lesson Planning for Elementary Science

In this video, I walk teachers through the process of planning a 5E guided inquiry science lesson plan that is standards-aligned and is adapted for the Phase Two instructional model.

Elementary Science Informational Text Resource List

Elementary Science online Informational Text Resources

This documents is an ongoing list of links to online information text articles, videos, interactives, and simulations sorted by grade level and unit content. As new articles, videos, and resources are identified and shared, they will be added to this list so check back often for new content.

Kindergarten

1st NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Senses, Weather, Plants in the Fall
2nd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Fall & Winter Weather, Plants & Animals in the Fall and Winter, Wood and Paper
3rd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Winter Weather, Plants and Animals in the Winter
4th NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Spring and Summer Weather, Plants and Animals in the Spring and Summer

1st Grade

1st NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Earth Materials
2nd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Light and Shadow
3rd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: The Night Sky and the Moon
4th NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Plants

2nd Grade

1st NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Weather
2nd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Solids and Liquids and Magnets
3rd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Animals
4th NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Pushes and Pulls

3rd Grade

1st NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Habitats
2nd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Earth Materials
3rd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Heat Transfer and States of Matter
4th NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Electricity and Magnetism

4th Grade

1st NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Weather and Climate
2nd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Astronomy
3rd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Characteristics of Organisms
4th NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Light and Sound

5th Grade

1st NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Ecosystems
2nd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Landforms
3rd NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Mixtures and Solutions
4th NW Science eLearning Support Doc: Forces and Motion

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