The Teaching Box

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The Teaching Box
STUFF Background content Lesson
plans Overheads Posters and pictures Bulletin
board Props Extra credit Quizzes Cool stuff
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Updating my teaching box
Searching the Internet Google National
Science Digital Library DLESE
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DLESE TEACHING BOXES Earth System Science
Resources and Strategies for the Classroom
Shelley E. Olds, DLESE Program Center Judy
Scotchmoor, UC Museum of Paleontology
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Phase 1 2004
The Players DLESE Program Center,
UCAR University of California Museum of
Paleontology University of Colorado San Francisco
State University US Geological Survey, Menlo
Park San Francisco Unified School
District National Center for Atmospheric Research
The Products Evidence for Plate
Tectonics Essentials of Weather
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What makes DLESE Teaching Boxes so cool?

• How they are built teachers working with
  scientists.
• Development uses a team approach, therefore the
  product is sound in both science content and
  pedagogy a quality guarantee.

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Teamwork
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What makes DLESE Teaching Boxes so cool?
1. How they are built

• A conceptual framework
• Each box is developed around a set of
  interconnected concepts that incorporates
  national and state science standards.

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What makes DLESE Teaching Boxes so cool?
1. How they are built
2. A conceptual framework
3. A focus on inquiry Each box engages
students in the process of science focusing on
the gathering and analysis of evidence.
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From continental drift
To plate tectonics
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What makes DLESE Teaching Boxes so cool?
1. How they are built
2. A conceptual framework
3. A focus on inquiry
4. Earth system science
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What makes DLESE Teaching Boxes so cool?
A Professional Development Opportunity Teachers
gain

• increased understanding of science content
• experience with inquiry-based learning
• the opportunity to design, develop and share
  conceptual frameworks, lesson plans and other
  teaching resources
• university credit to satisfy NCLB requirements

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Phase 2 2005
The Players DLESE Program Center,
UCAR University of California Museum of
Paleontology University of Colorado US Geological
Survey, Menlo Park Teachers from the San
Francisco Bay Area
The Products Global Ups and Downs Changing sea
levels Living in Earthquake Country A Feeding
Frenzy Seasonal upwelling Making Mountains
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Selecting the Focus
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Framing the Concepts
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Selecting the Resources
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Writing the Glue
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What do DLESE Teaching Boxes look like?

• A topic with an earth system focus e.g.
  upwelling
• Incorporate national and state science, math,
  and language arts standards within a conceptual
  framework
• Provide flexibility with interconnected lessons
  for 3-6 weeks of inquiry-based instruction
• A culminating activity to assess student
  learning

• A quality guarantee

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THANK YOU ! http//www.teachingboxes.org
The current project is a collaborative effort of
teachers, scientists, educators, and designers at
the DLESE Program Center, the University of
Colorado, Boulder, University of California
Museum of Paleontology, U.S. Geological Survey,
and several San Francisco Bay Area schools with
funding from the National Science Foundation.