Instant Bulletin Board

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• Instant Bulletin Board

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• Stage 2 Planning Meeting,
• February 22, 2007

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Agenda

• Break _at_ 945
• Stage 2
• Skills Continua
• Scaffolding
• 3 Main Areas
• 5Es
• Lesson Planning
• Choose 2 Activities

• Introductions
• Smarter Science the program
• Pilot Schools Update
• Curriculum Review
• - Impact on Smarter Science
• We get around
• Stage 1 Handbook
• Smarter Science blog
• Website

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Stage 1 Smarties
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Smarter Science the program
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Curriculum Review
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Highlights of the Proposed Revisions

• Strand Overview
• strands have been reduced in number from 5 to 4
• 4 traditional subdivisions of science (i.e.,
  Biology, Physics, Chemistry Earth Space)
  remain represented this aligns with Secondary
• Matter Materials and Energy Control have been
  replaced with Understanding Matter Energy

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Highlights of the Proposed Revisions

• Overall Specific Expectations
• 20 fewer expectations
• order of overall expectations, and clusters of
  specific expectations have been reversed (STSE
  expectations are first, followed by Skills of
  Inquiry, Design Communication, the
  Understanding Basic Concepts

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Highlights of the Proposed Revisions

• (Overall Specific Expectations continued)
• Grades 1-8 design changed to technological
  problem solving
• scientific inquiry refers to skills of
  research experimentation
• skills of scientific inquiry and technological
  problem solving are divided into 4 subsets (i.e.,
  initiating planning, performing recording,
  analyzing interpreting, and communicating)

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Highlights of the Proposed Revisions
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Highlights of the Proposed Revisions
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What does this mean for Smarter Science?

• Good News!!
• Increased emphasis on
• skills
• issues outside of the classroom (e.g.,
  environment)
• increased emphasis on critical thinking

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Some Discrepancies.

• Planning section
• 2. Some STAGE1 activities need to be modified

• Gr. 2 Hovercraft change in strands
• Gr. 3 Choositz not a great fit in Forces
  Causing Movement
• Gr. 5 Hot Air Balloon change in grade/strand
• Gr. 7 Hand Boiler/Drinking Bird change in
  strands

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We Get Around

• Science Fair Conference
• Scitech pilot Project
• Toronto District School Board
• STAO conference this Fall

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Pilot Schools Update
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Smarter Science Manual

• Philosophy for Smarter Science program
• Thinking Skills
• Questioning Skills Developmental Continua
• Scaffolding
• Integration of Literacy and Numeracy
• Combined Grade Strategies
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Glossary of terminology

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Stage 1 Handbook
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Stage 1 Handbook
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Stage 1 Handbook
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Stage 1 Handbook
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Smarter Science blog

• http//smarterscienceteacher.blogspot.com/

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Thames Valley District School Board Science
Website
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Thames Valley District School Board Science
Website
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The 5Es Lesson Plan

• See handout

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Break

• 15 minutes

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Levels of Inquiry

• Moving from..
• Structured
• Guided
• Independent

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Skills of Emphasis

• Inquiry Experimentation
• Inquiry Research
• Technological Problem Solving
• Combined Skills Continuum
• identifies specific skills students should be
  able to do at the end of each division

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Skills Of STAGE 2

• 3 main areas related STAGE 2
• Planning
• Conducting
• Recording

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Skills Of STAGE 2
Where do the process skills of STAGE 2 fit?
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5 Es Lesson Planning

• Sample Activity
• Carolina Fast Plants
• How can we develop a structured lesson for Gr. 3
  Understanding Life Systems, that focuses on the
  skills of STAGE 2?