Task A : What Does Science Talk in the Classroom Look Like? Individual Work

On Your Own:​

Components: Grade-appropriate video examples and resources (NO SURVEY)

Relevance: Choose between primary, elementary, and secondary options

Preparation: This individual work portion prepares you to engage in reflective group discussion

"Instruction can be designed in ways that foster a positive orientation toward science and promote productive participation in science classrooms. Such approaches include offering choice, providing meaningful tasks and an appropriate level of challenge, giving students authority over their learning while making sure their work can be examined by others, and making sure they have access to the resources they need to evaluate their claims and communicate them to others." - Taking Science to School.

Questions from prior work continues to drive your discussion and should be considered as you engage with the materials below:

Q: Why is it important to engage all of our students in science talk?

Q: How do students engage in talk during science in your classroom (what protocols, norms, or framing do you use)?

Q: How would you like them to engage?

Please select the grade level that is most relevant for your practice and watch all video segments and engage with any readings or articles. Be ready to bring your observations and questions to your small group discussion in Task B during the next zoom session.

As you engage, make connections to your own practice and your vision for increased productive participation by more of your students.

Primary Grades (30 minutes)

• Video #1 - Scientific Modeling in the Early Grades
• Video #2 - Critiquing and Revising Models
• Video #3 - Building Scientific Ideas

Upper Elementary (30 minutes)

• Talk Moves Video Overview
• Talk Moves Video Overview Transcript
• Talk Moves Primer (read pages 7-11)
• Talk Moves Checklist

Secondary (40 minutes)

• Facilitating Academic Discourse
• Energy and Matter Across Science Disciplines
• Discourse Primer (read pages 5-14 paying attention to "discourse moves")

There is no survey for this task. Be ready to engage in active discussion around what talk looks like for the next task.