Professional Development Resources

Sense-Making & the NGSS

• Beyond a Checklist
• Sense-making in the NGSS
• Architecture of NGSS
• Digging into the Science Framework
• NGSS & Common Core
  • Dialogue Toolkit
• Notice & Wonder
• SEPs in the Elementary Classroom
• How to Access NGSS Resources
• NGSS Cheatsheets (Butler Elementary)

Leadership

• NGSS for Administrators
• Norms of Collaboration
• Facilitation Resources

Action Research

• An Overview of ESIL Action Research
• Survey Development Slides
• "ESIL--How did we get here?" Presentation

Energy

• Presentation Slides
• Role Cards
• Energy Sources Booklet
• Batteries, Bulbs, and Wires Probe
• Electrical Circuits Text

Erosion & Engineering

• Landslide Science
• Engineering Landslide Risk Reduction

Fossils & Magnets

• Magnetism Slides
• Fossils Slides & Resources

Life Cycles & Survival

• Life Cycles Slides
• Life Cycles Resources
• Inherited Traits Resources

Space Science

• Sun & Shadows Slides
• "My Shadow"
• I Have a Little Shadow
• Sundial Data
• Day Length Data
• Dagger of Light
  • Narrative
  • Video clip

Waves

• Waves Slides
• Waves Resources

Sense-Making & the NGSS

• Sense-making in the NGSS
• What do the practices look like in an elementary classroom?
• Architecture of the NGSS (for teachers)
• Architecture of the NGSS (for admin)
• Going Deeper into SEPs & Connections to Math & ELA Practices
• Beginning Inquiry
• Lesson Analysis

Leadership

• Defining "Teacher Leader" - Day 1
• Facilitation - Day 2
• Equity - Day 3
• Elementary Teacher Leaders - Day 4

Physical Science - Chemistry

• Matter Slides
• NRC Framework Reading

Physical Science - Physics

• Forces & Motion Slides
• Omar & Keesha Friendly Talk
• OK Go Rube Goldberg Machine Video
• Wind Blowing Away Child Video
• Force Model

Life Science

• Habitats & Organisms Slides
• Productive Dialogue Protocols
• "For the Birds" Reading
• Bird Beak Illustrations
• Beak Tools

Engineering

• Wind Car Design Slides
• Wind Car Design Template
• Wind Car Design Comparisons
• Lecture Mapping