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Does the idea of a new curriculum make you want to scream?

Does the idea of a new curriculum make you want to scream?. Photo: www. cbs . com. Essential Standards K-12 Science. November 8, 2011 Lee County Schools. 2009 NC Science Essential Standards. Common Core State Standards NC Essential Standards 2011 Summer Institute.

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Does the idea of a new curriculum make you want to scream?

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  1. Does the idea of a new curriculum make you want to scream? Photo: www. cbs. com

  2. Essential StandardsK-12 Science November 8, 2011 Lee County Schools

  3. 2009 NC Science Essential Standards Common Core State Standards NC Essential Standards 2011 Summer Institute

  4. 2009 NC Science Essential Standards • Adopted in February 2010 • Implemented and Assessed during the 2012-2013 School Year • Structured as Essential Standards withClarifying Objectives • Different than the 2004 SCOS which are structured as “Goals/Objectives”

  5. Clarifying Common Core & Science • No COMMON CORE Standards for SCIENCE ONLY Math and ELA • ELA Common Core addresses LITERACY for Science. • LEA’s will self-select how Science Literacy standards from the Common Core will be addressed by teachers

  6. What Has Changed Grade Levels? • Hand- Out • For some light reading later . . . Check out the vertical alignment plan for all grade levels. • Vertical Alignment K-12

  7. Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy • Provides the framework used for all NC Science Essential Standards • Common language used for all curriculum areas • Two-Dimensional Taxonomy: Cognitive Process and Knowledge Dimension

  8. Literacy Standards & Tech Standards • Literacy Standards • Tech Standards 6-8 • Tech Standards 9-12 These will be layered into the Science Curriculum.

  9. Strands of the Information and Technology Essential Standards • Sources of Information • Informational Text (K-5) • Research Process • Technology as a Tool • Safety and Ethics

  10. What is Science Literacy? • Familiarity with the natural world and respect for its unity • Awareness of important ways in which mathematics, technology, and the sciences depend upon one another • Key concepts and principles of science • Capacity for scientific ways of thinking • Knowing that science, mathematics, and technology are human enterprises and what that implies about their strengths and limitations • Ability to use scientific knowledge and ways of thinking for personal and social purposes

  11. NC Science Essential Standards: …from theory to practice But… an accumulation of facts is no more science… Science is built of facts the way a house is built of bricks; …than a pile of bricks is a house.  Henri Poincaré Ensuring a full, rich inquiry experience…. For the 21ST Century Critical Thinking Classroom

  12. Themes, Strands and Organizational Structure

  13. Domains and Strands K-12 The standards are based on three domains of science: physical, earth and life sciences. Within these 3 domains there are 10topic strands. • Physical Sciences - Forces and Motion; Matter: Properties and Change; Energy: Conservation and Transfer; Interactions of Matter & Energy (Chemistry and Physics only) • Earth Sciences – Earth in the Universe; Earth: Systems, Structures and Processes; Earth History • Life Sciences – Structures and Functions of Living Organisms; Ecosystems; Evolution and Genetics; Molecular Biology

  14. Essential Standards . . . • Within these topic strands essential standards are mastered as students engage in a vertical progression of steps along the K-12 journey in science education.

  15. P- Physical Science E-Earth Science L-Life Science STRAND 6 : Grade 6 P: Strand Physical Science 2: Essential Standard Number 3: Clarifying Objective Number

  16. Crosswalks

  17. Pacing Guides . . . Where do we begin? 1. Join Essentially Science Wiki • Essentially Science Wiki Space • Essentially Science Web Page 2.Fill in pacing guide templates with objective, learning targets, vocabulary and essential questions 3.Compile Science activities to support objectives 4.Start looking at ways to incorporate formative assessment 5.More detailed look at Bloom’s Taxonomy and review activities as a group 6.Layer Literacy and Technology Standards into Pacing Guides

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