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Understanding by Design

We believe in learning – all kinds of learning for all kinds of people, delivered in a personal style. Because wherever learning flourishes, so do people. How can we teach ALL students to develop an understanding of the scientific world in which they live?. Understanding by Design.

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Understanding by Design

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  1. We believe in learning –all kinds of learningfor all kinds of people,delivered in a personal style.Because wherever learningflourishes, so do people.

  2. How can we teach ALL students to develop an understanding of the scientific world in which they live?

  3. Understanding by Design Understanding by design is the ability to transfer learning to new, different and unique experiences • Big Ideas • Essential questions • Backward mapping

  4. UbD in Practice

  5. Don Buckley Founder of NYCIST Zipporah Miller Former K-12 Science Supervisor Michael Padilla Former Middle School Teacher Kathryn Thornton Former Astronaut Michael Wysession Author of 50+ Scientific Publications Grant Wiggins UbD Co-Author Written by Leading Educators

  6. Key Features • Personal • Relevant • Engaging • For teachers and students!

  7. 1. Personal 3 pathways to match the way students learn and the way teachers like to teach! • Reading • Inquiry • Digital

  8. 2. Relevant Builds the big ideas of science as students interact with their world • Engaging questions • Real-world context • Thinking like a scientist

  9. 3. Engaging Engaging questions and concepts help students interact with the big ideas of science • Interact with the book • Interact online • Interact with inquiry

  10. Components Scaffolded Inquiry Materials Untamed Science Content Leveled Readers Teacher’s Edition Write-In Student Edition Digital Path

  11. For more information • myScienceOnline.com • Interactive Science Virtual Sampling • myPearsonTraining.com • Pearson Rep • Contact info presenter

  12. Key Features • Personal • Relevant • Engaging • For teachers and students!

  13. Optional Slides

  14. Leading the World with ELL Support • Pearson leads the world with support for ELL by: • Research based instruction • Teacher support • Differentiated instruction • Scaffolded learning • Frontloading concepts • Building understanding • Concrete- from known to new • Supporting language production • Targeting reading skills • Assessment

  15. Assessment • The purpose of assessment is to improve student learning • Inform planning • Transform teaching

  16. Right There ResourcesTeacher Edition - Print & Online • Differentiated instruction for all science, reading, inquiry and digital content • Chapter & lesson planners • Building background notes • Lesson BLM • Chapter tests • School to home letters • Teacher Download & resource centre • Search function online

  17. Write-In Student Edition • Engage with the page • Interact with Visuals • Interactive – read, write, draw, self-assess • Interactive vocabulary • My Planet Diary • Envision It • Target Reading skills

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