IN-SCHOOL TRAINING: 9^TH GRADE CURRICULUM

Monday 9/25

• 9^th Community
• 9^th MAD Overview

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Looking ahead:

• 10/5 & 10/10
• Community at Hoover
• 10/16, 10/20, 10/23
• Explore at Torrey Pines
• 10/31
• MAD at Hoover

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COMMUNITY NORMS

We love learning …

• We come prepared, ready to learn, and willing to ask questions.
• We bring the tools we need to be successful.
• Prepare to focus and engage on the content and with each other.

We choose leadership…

• We role model and engage in peer-mentorship.
• We volunteer to lead, offer assistance, advice, and opinions.
• We are leaders who prioritize the team and community.

We believe in community …

• We co-create a supportive community for learning new ideas, concepts, and perspectives.
• We support each other in learning new things.
• We welcome new members to the Ocean Discovery family.

We stand for justice…

• We engage in brave and challenging conversations.
• We are mindful of our time on the “mic” and make space for others to contribute.
• We are passionate educators who bring new curriculum to our students.

We imagine possibilities…

• We take risks and try new and innovative curriculum.
• We believe in our students and each other.
• We provide constructive solutions to challenging problems.

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IS: 9^TH GRADE PROGRAM OVERVIEW

1. Community Building
• Program Intro
• Scavenger Hunt on Hoover Campus
• Torrey Pines Introduction

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• Explore
• Torrey Pines
• mapping & growth data collection

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• MAD
• Hoover Campus
• Data Analysis – GIS Map
• Science Leader Interviews (in person)
• Vision Board

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IS 9^TH GRADE: COMMUNITY OVERVIEW

Goal: Students establish the belief that they are a unique individual contributing to a community of science.

Program Theme: I can be the science leader the world needs.

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Intro & Program Overview

• Ice Breaker: Extreme Rock, Paper, Scissors!
• Staff Intros & Community Building
• Community Agreements, Program Theme & Science Leader, Science Discovery Process

Scavenger Hunt via Turf Hunt (Who is needed for science?)

• On Campus, will “meet” 5 science leaders through videos & answer questions

Debrief

• Science Careers & STEM Workforce statistics

Reflection

Explore Preview

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IS 9^TH GRADE: COMMUNITY BUILDING

**Refer to 9^th Community Building PowerPoint & Curriculum

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IS 9^TH GRADE: CAMPUS LOGISTICS

Office Check In

- Must have valid Driver’s License or ID

- Check in Kiosk: Volunteer > Scan ID > Meeting with Teacher > Print > Wear

- Check out: Scan sticker to check out

- Repeat process if leaving and coming back

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Staff Bathrooms

- Main Office – ask staff

- On campus – ask teachers for key & location

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Staff Lunch

- Ask teachers if you can remain in their classroom, other students may be in there as well

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IS 9^TH GRADE: CAMPUS LOGISTICS

Scavenger Hunt

10/5 – 2 classes at a time

10/10 – One class at a time

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• Class management
• Orange Lanyards
• Other students out at that time
• Establish bathroom passes with teacher prior
• Boundary posts + engagement

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• Scavenger Hunt Site
• 15 foot radius
• Staff “Post”
• Utilize Teacher

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Bathroom

classrooms

IS 9^TH GRADE: SCAVENGER HUNT TECH

iPhones

• 1 phone per group (groups of 3)
• 15 iphones per teaching team
• Charge in between classes
• Check out/in sheet
• Will get phone after establishing group name

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Turf Hunt App

• All games need to be downloaded at the lab prior to going on campus
• App directions in curriculum/powerpoint
• Note: after the first period, the game will be “complete”, will need to open the app and start over before handing out to students.

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Hot Spot + Signal Booster

• 1 per class/teaching team
• All phone need to be connected to hotspot �at the lab prior to going on campus
• Turn on just before handing out iPhones
• iPhones should automatically connect
• Turn off at end of scavenger hunt
• One person in charge of holding during scavenger hunt (long range)

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*Return all tech to Jenn/Alexa at the end of the day

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IS 9^TH GRADE: DEBRIEF, REFLECTION, EXPLORE

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IS 9^TH GRADE: COMMUNITY

Questions?

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BREAK!

Return to the lab at…

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IS 9^TH GRADE: MAKE A DIFFERENCE OVERVIEW

Goal: Students build belief that they can make a difference and that a career in science is a possibility for them through creating a vision board and interviewing science leaders who are Hoover High alumni.�

Program Theme: I can be the science leader the world needs.

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Intro & Science Leader Review (Who can be a science leader?)

• Name tags, Short intros, Ice Breaker, re-visit theme, review Science Discovery Process

Data Analysis – GIS Map

• Group observations, individual analysis on chromebook
• Answer questions on worksheet (TEACHERS WILL COLLECT)

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Science Leader – Student Connection

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Science Leader Vision Board

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Science Leaders at Hoover

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Go Awesome

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IS 9^TH GRADE: MAD – DATA ANALYSIS

**Refer to 9^th grade MAD curriculum & powerpoint

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IS 9^TH GRADE: MAD – SCIENCE LEADER INTERVIEW

Science Leaders (2) will be with you all day

• Give brief overview of the entire lesson
• Include the Explore and data collection prior
• Brief intro to each class
• Encouraged to interact with students

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2 Science Leaders

• Half the class, split in 2 groups
• About 8 students per Science Leader

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Must ask questions

- Facilitated by instructor

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Student Questions

• Sheet of suggested questions
• Encourage students to ask, their own or from the sheet

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Instructors need to be able to carry & guide the conversation (20 minutes)

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IS 9^TH GRADE: MAD – VISION BOARDS

Google Jamboard

• Template for students
• Example 2023 ; Example 2022

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Chunk directions as you see fit & alternate question responses with pictures

Example:

• Model question #2 together as a class. Have students share out different ideas, model how to put answers in as a post-it and add an image to illustrate that answer.
• Answer question #1
• Add a picture that represents YOU
• Answer question #3
• Find a quote that means something to you, can we a music lyric, line from a poem or something your family says, etc.

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IS 9^TH GRADE: MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Questions?

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IS 9^TH GRADE: EXPLORE OVERVIEW

Goal: Student build belief that they can recognize and do science and that science is important and relevant while collecting and analyzing data at Torrey Pines State Reserve.

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Theme: Who does science?

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Introduction

• Review of Torrey Pines, Leave No Trace, Community Agreements, Theme, Explorer Backpack, Hiking

Data Collection

• Tree Mapping and Tree Growth

Trail Walk

Walk to the Beach

Lunch

Self Reflection

Closing

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IS 9^TH GRADE: EXPLORE LOGISTICS

Supply Pick Up

• Arrive to the lab by 8:15am
• Can drive into parking lot (if garage is working)

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• What you need:
• Supply bins
• General Supplies & Explore Backpacks
• Extra water bottles
• Tech: iPhones, hot spots & signal boosters, charging bank
• Make sure to have enough data sheets

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• Everything will be in Transitional Storage
• *If arriving before building opens (8am), do NOT attempt to go into main building. Alarm will go off!

Set Up:

• Need to leave one car at the bottom
• Need to flag all trees with correct #
• (Show Tree # GPS Map)

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IS 9^TH GRADE: EXPLORE LOGISTICS

Each class will be split into 2 (~15 per group)

• 2 groups per trail

1) Growth > Trail Walk

2) Mapping & Trail Walk

• Students will work in groups of 3-4 during the data collection
• 1 backpack + iphone per group

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Lunches will be stored in Fellows car

• Will need to drive down while students walk down
• “Reserve” lunch tables

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Tech for each teaching team

• 5 iphones
• 1 charging bank
• 1 hot spot
• Only 3 signal boosters

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IS 9^TH EXPLORE: TORREY PINES OVERVIEW

• Torrey Pines is a State Natural Reserve
• Reserves are designated to protect threatened plants, animals, habitats or unique geological formations.

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• Out of the 279 California State Parks, only 14 are reserves

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• It is over 1,500 acres
• Includes miles of beaches, the lagoon area to the east and the bluffs

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• Named after the rarest pine tree (only found here and Santa Rosa)

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• Projects / Scientific Studies: Bee Monitoring Project, Coastal Erosion, Protection and maintenance of Torrey Pines, PINC Project

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• Threats to the Torrey Pine trees include habitat loss, impacts from climate change: increased wildfires, stress from droughts and increased bark beetle infestations

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IS 9^TH GRADE: EXPLORE INTRODUCTION LOCATIONS

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IS 9^TH GRADE: TRAIL MAPS

Guy Fleming Trail

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IS 9^TH GRADE: TRAIL MAPS

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Parry Grove Trail

IS 9^TH GRADE: TRAIL MAPS

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Red Butte/Razor Pt Trail

IS 9^TH GRADE: GROWTH DATA COLLECTION

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• Instructors / assistants will need to flag each tree with a #
• Groups can record data on the same tree

IS 9^TH GRADE: MAPPING DATA COLLECTION

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• Try our best to not let students measure the same tree

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• We will need to keep everyone in sight

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• “Leap frog” from tree to tree

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Entering Data:

• Students sit in an area
• All groups input each of their Tree Mapping data points

IS 9^TH GRADE: EXPLORE CLEAN UP LOGISTICS

Clean Up

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• All lunch material is picked up

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• Make sure all materials are inside backpacks (reset)

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• Make sure all flags have been removed from trees

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• Return waivers & rosters to box

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• Return iPhones to Jenn

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• Check out with Floor Lead – let them know of anything needing to be replaced, teacher communications, etc.

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Questions? Comments? Concerns?

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