Science

Quality Science Instruction Consists of…

· Big picture understanding of the standards and the learning cycle/plan for meeting those

· Purposeful guiding questions for each standard

· Engaging lessons that provide opportunities for students to have hands-on exploration of the topic

· Daily and purposeful opportunities for recording in science notebooks

Coaching Cycle Goals (Science/Engineering):

· Starting off right

o Planning and teaching fair test

o Setting up meaningful science notebooks

o Developing scientific identities – draw a scientist (planning & reflection)

· Developing a big picture

o Creating a learning cycle/plan for your unit objectives

o Designing focus questions

· Designing inquiry/5E lessons

o Main focus on student time for exploration, testing, and recording

· Focus on student notebooking

o Types of science notebook entries

o Modeling and scaffolding entries

· Assessing Understanding

o Building in purposeful assessment probes

o Designing final products to assess learning