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Telling Your Story: How to Make the Most of a Classroom Visit A Workshop for Scientists & Teachers Sponsored by [fill in name of sponsor]. Presented by [name of presenters or organization] [web address of presenters]. [Show image of web page of sponsoring or presenting organization].

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  1. Telling Your Story:How to Make the Most of a Classroom VisitA Workshop for Scientists & TeachersSponsored by [fill in name of sponsor] Presented by [name of presenters or organization] [web address of presenters] Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  2. [Show image of web page of sponsoring or presenting organization] [Show URL of sponsoring or presenting organization] Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  3. Overview of TYS • TYS is an approach to “telling the story” of science. • TYS invites scientists to tell that story in K-12 classrooms. • TYS helps teachers and scientists collaborate to incorporate this story into a successful classroom visit. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  4. Goals for the workshop By the end of this workshop: Scientists will have an outline of a scientific story they can tell in a classroom. Scientists and teachers will know how to work together to help students learn about scientific inquiry through contextualized ocean research. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  5. Why Visit a Classroom? Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  6. 1. Benefits for Students Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  7. All citizens need to understand the oceans better. Photo credit: NOAA Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  8. Scientists bring their loveof science to students. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  9. Scientists can dispel student misconceptionsabout scienceand scientists. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  10. Scientists can help students understand how real science is done. Photo credit: USGS Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  11. Scientists can help students gain a realistic view of science as a career.“As young people become interested in what is actually done in a science career, versus what they imagined, they quickly see themselves as more likely to become a scientist.” Dr. Sarah Oktay Managing Director, Nantucket Field Station Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  12. Scientists can describe how they use evidence and logic to explain the world. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  13. Scientists can explain where research questions come from. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  14. Students can begin to imagine that a life in science is possible for them, too. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  15. 2. Benefits for Teachers The visit can provide access to current research. The visit may change the way a teacher teaches science. The visit may lead to an ongoing partnership with a scientist. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  16. 3. Benefits for Scientists Provides a way to contribute to improved science literacy. Fulfills outreach and broader impact goals. May provide a new perspective on their own work. It’s fun! Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  17. 4. Benefits for Institutions • Helps fulfill outreach and community service goals. • Increases public understanding of and support for science. • Builds goodwill in the community. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  18. Before Becoming a Visiting Scientist Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  19. Homework: Preparing Your Three stories Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  20. Your Personal Story Your Workplace Story Your Research Story Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  21. Your Personal Story When I was your age… Photo credit: Nick Haddad Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  22. Your Personal Story • When did your interest in science first emerge? • Was it inspired by a particular person or event? • When did your interest in the ocean emerge? Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  23. Your Personal Story • What excites you about your work? • The mysteries you are trying to solve? • The contributions you’ll make? • The great field trips? • The people you work with? Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  24. Your Personal Story • What do you do on weekends? Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  25. Your Workplace Story • Where is your workplace? Locate it using a map or Google Earth. • Is there a PowerPoint describing your workplace? • Are there some special stories about your workplace? Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  26. The Story of Your Research • The research story you tell depends on the age and knowledge of the audience. • What is your research and why is it important? • Show where your research occurs. Use a map. • What kinds of equipment do you use? Ships? Robotics? Collection devices? Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  27. The Story of Your Research • Who else is working with you in trying to solve this problem? • How long have you been working on this challenge? • Why is it important to live with uncertainty? Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  28. The Story of Your Research • What is a theory? What examples can you share? • How do you know what you know? • Who checks your work? Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  29. Developing Your Three Stories Using Concept Mapping Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  30. Concept Mapping Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

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  32. Being Effective in the Classroom The classroom component. The homework component. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  33. Being Effective in the Classroom Homework • Work on your three stories. • Meet with the teacher, in person if possible. • Identify comparisons or similes that will support student understanding. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  34. Being Effective in the Classroom • Revise and refine your stories. • Make sure your presentation fits into the available time block. Remember: bells ring. • Plan to arrive at school early. You may not be able to make up lost time. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  35. Being Effective in the Classroom While in the classroom • Present your research as a mystery you and others are trying to solve. • Pose questions students can answer. • Bring objects students can handle or keep. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  36. Being Effective in the Classroom • Show images … Photo credit: NOAA NOAA NOAA Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  37. Being Effective in the Classroom • Show maps and data … NOAA Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  38. Being Effective in the Classroom • Be interruptible… to a point. • Student questions can actually help you tell your story… • Discuss this issue with the teacher. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  39. Being Effective in the Classroom • Support student understanding … • Give students the big picture • Adapt your language to the age of the students. The teacher can help you do this. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  40. Being Effective in the Classroom • Take time to check with students about their understanding. • The teacher can help here… Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  41. Being Effective in the Classroom You don’t want to lose them… Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  42. Being Effective in the Classroom • Maintain a sense of humor • Share funny stories about your own mishaps. • Be able to laugh at yourself. Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  43. Enjoy the ride! Being Effective in the Classroom • And one more thing... Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  44. Follow Up After the Visit Don’t just ride away . . . Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  45. After the Visit • Leave something behind • Make yourself available • Maintain the relationship • Solicit feedback Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  46. Resources Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  47. Questions, wrap-up, & evaluation Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

  48. Thank you! • [presenter names] Telling Your Story Workshop [date]

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