Phenomenal Toolbox

Connecting 3-Dimensions + Phenomena to Students' Lives

• Framing "The Work that Teachers Do with 3-D Tasks" (3D TaskWorks sessions)
• Science Capital (list of Science Capital links collected by 3DTaskWorks)
• Student Voice in Science/STEM (washingtonstatelaser.org)
• Cultural Formative Assessment (STEM Teaching Tools PD Module)

Understanding & Using Phenomena that Drive Tasks/Units

• Fundamentals of phenomena (nextgenscience.org)
• STEM Teaching Tool #28: Qualities of a Good Anchor Phenomenon
• STEM Teaching Tool #42: Using Phenomena in NGSS-Designed Lessons and Units

Websites devoted to finding Phenomena

• Phenomena for NGSS (ngssphenomena.com)
• #ProjectPhenomena (searchable database)
• Free Websites for Finding NGSS Anchoring Phenomena (sunrisescience.blog)
• Best Sites for NGSS Phenomena (iexplorescience.com)

Task Alignment

• SEP matrix
• CCCC matrix
• DCI matrix

Task Design/Modification

• STEMtool #30 (design tasks that engage students in the Science & Engineering Practices)
• STEMtool #41 (design tasks that engage students in the Crosscutting Concepts)

Sources of Phenomenal, 3-D Tasks

• Task Annotation Project in Science (TAPS) - Tools for analyzing NGSS-designed tasks...numerous examples of assessment tasks designed for learning activities.SNAP (Stanford...
• Bethel SD item clusters
• et.al.

Learning Activity with Phenomenal, 3-D Tasks

• Get students interacting with each other to figure out phenomena / problems.
• Talk Strategies (STEM tool #35)
• Tools for online interactions

Practical Reflection on 3-Ds: Value - Confidence - Use

• Practical Measures for Teachers & Students (UW - Deb Morrison, et.al.)
• e.g. Teacher Reflective Surveys

Are My Students Experiencing What I Want for Them?

• The Power of Parallel Processing: Student + Teacher Reflections
• e.g. Student Reflective Surveys, a.k.a. "Student Voice"