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Science: 45 minutes total per day following the A/B day schedule, with the exception of AP and articulated/transcripted coursework
Science: 45 minutes total per day following the A/B day schedule, with the exception of AP and articulated/transcripted coursework
Over the course of a week, lessons should provide students an opportunity to participate virtually in a balance of learning activities that build and require conceptual understanding and application of the Next Generation Science Standards (core ideas, science and engineering practice, and cross-cutting concepts).
Over the course of a week, lessons should provide students an opportunity to participate virtually in a balance of learning activities that build and require conceptual understanding and application of the Next Generation Science Standards (core ideas, science and engineering practice, and cross-cutting concepts).
High School Science Curriculum
High School Science Curriculum
Start where you left off with the understanding that review will be necessary and online learning will not look like face to face classroom instruction (see guidelines and supports below).
Life Science, Physical Science, and Earth Science: Continue to follow district curriculum.
Any TC/AS course: Continue to follow BTC provided curriculum. For BTC specific questions, contact Kolleen Onsrud.
AP: Continue to follow AP provided curriculum. For AP specific questions, contact Brian Babbitts.
PLTW: Continue to provide PLTW curriculum. For PLTW specific questions, contact Kolleen Onsrud.
Students should spend the large majority of their time on the major work of the grade. Rather than racing to cover topics in a mile-wide, inch-deep curriculum, the Standards require us to significantly narrow and deepen the way time and energy is spent. We focus deeply on the major work of each grade so that students are college and career ready and can gain strong foundations in thinking, learning, and doing like a scientist. You will need to pick and choose the most essential standards for students to master. Use the REAL priorities as a framework to guide your thinking here. Items of importance should meet all four criteria.
Readiness: Prepares students for future courses and content levels.
Endurance: Is valuable over time beyond a single test date
Assessment: Adequately prepares students for national or state assessments.
Leverage: Represents practices and content that are useful across multiple subjects and disciplines
Resources
Resources
Courses should continue to use their primary resources. For available online teacher and student resources, versions can continue to be accessed as they have been in the past.
Lab
Lab
Labs and manipulatives are an important part of the science learning experience. There are online manipulative tools available, but we also have many available through our digital resource options. We need to be mindful of access/equity for students. Not all students will have access to school-like manipulatives, so what can we use as alternatives (for example, household items such as macaroni noodles).
To continue with lab experiences for students, staff can utilize:
To continue with lab experiences for students, staff can utilize:
Virtual simulations
Virtual lab demonstrations
Teacher modeled lab demonstration
When demonstrating or showing videos of laboratory experiences, it is important to choose what is essential. In addition, you need to provide students with what they need to complete the lab, such as sample data, directions, safety measures, visuals, scaffolds/templates, etc.
Resources
Resources
Glencoe 9-10
AP Central updates and instructional supports
Community in myPLTW
Khan AP courses: Khan/AP maps, College board exam information, and past free-response question links for: Science, AP Biology, AP Chemistry (and AP Chemistry Beta), AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2
Khan AP Biology: they've added new exercises for Unit 6, focused on gene expression and regulation
Khan AP Chemistry (Beta): covers topics from the first three units of the AP standards
Discovery Education available through classlink
DE Virtual learning support, guide, and DEN
Science Specific Resources
Curated, sortable resources
WiseLearn vetted resources and curated collections
Informational text and science articles
Google Classroom - A free web service developed for schools to share assignments with students. This video shows how it works, and in this blog post, teacher Morgan Stipe explains how she sets up her Google Classroom with OUR
Assessment tools
Wide Open School EL Supports
STEM
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