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Launching Lessons (Unit 0) Overview: Click Here
Launching Lessons (Unit 0) Overview: Click Here
The Middle School Groupwork unit is designed to help students learn two of the important components of productive and efficient groupwork and establish expectations for norms and behavior in the classroom. Groupwork is an instructional strategy that has the capacity to promote more equitable classrooms, provide opportunities for student interactions, and increase science discussion with the goal of improving student learning. However, groupwork can be challenging to implement. Student participation and the quality of the conversations and products can vary widely. Often the dynamics within a group and how students perceive each other become barriers to productive, more equitable, and rigorous groupwork. This Launch Unit is a version of the Groupwork Unit that has been modified for distance learning. The lessons are examples of ways to set up synchronous and asynchronous learning sessions.
The Middle School Groupwork unit is designed to help students learn two of the important components of productive and efficient groupwork and establish expectations for norms and behavior in the classroom. Groupwork is an instructional strategy that has the capacity to promote more equitable classrooms, provide opportunities for student interactions, and increase science discussion with the goal of improving student learning. However, groupwork can be challenging to implement. Student participation and the quality of the conversations and products can vary widely. Often the dynamics within a group and how students perceive each other become barriers to productive, more equitable, and rigorous groupwork. This Launch Unit is a version of the Groupwork Unit that has been modified for distance learning. The lessons are examples of ways to set up synchronous and asynchronous learning sessions.
Science Launching Lessons written by Patrice Scinta and Charnelle Ruff.
Questions about Middle School Science Science?
Reach out to the Science team in C&I: Vanessa Carter, carterv@sfusd.edu; Jeffrey Dowling, dowlingj@sfusd.edu; Judith Gerber, gerberj@sfusd.edu (Safety Officer); Eric Lewis, lewise2@sfusd.edu; Patrice Scinta, scintap@sfusd.edu
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