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Fostering

Inquiry-Driven Literacy

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Introductions

Rich Bacolor

bacoloR@resa.net

Michelle Wagner

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Laura Gabrion

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Quick Tour of the Zoom Bar

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  • What grade/subject do you teach?
  • What is your favorite Super Power?

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How do we keep teaching science inquiry during a pandemic?

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What are “Priority” Standards?

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“To be science literate is to be able to see how and why science and engineering really matter, to know how to reason from evidence, and to have a sense of how scientists and engineers do what they do...When they are adults, today’s students will need to apply their capacity to think scientifically about important global challenges—such as climate change, the production and distribution of food, the supply of water, or pandemic diseases—even if they are not scientists or engineers themselves.”

Source: Seeing Students Learn Science, NAP (2017)

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What other barriers keep us from teaching science inquiry during a pandemic?

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Source: NSSME (2018)

Source: WestEd (2020)

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What if “The Scientific Method” and “Learn to Read Then Read to Learn” are BOTH WRONG?

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How dare you!!

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How to READ, WRITE, SPEAK, & LISTEN like a Scientist!

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What do you Notice?

What do you Wonder?

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M&M Science?

Don’t let Science Inquiry be The Monster. A good phenomenon can make you feel like a Rap God. If you’re The Way I Am, you need it to be easy to do, accessible for all students, and offer opportunities to Lose Yourself in science. You’re gonna Love the Way You Sci with this one...

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DO - TALK - READ - WRITE (Seeds Science Roots of Reading Sequence)

The “M&M Tragedy” Phenomenon:

What happens when M&Ms are placed in hot water?

Directions

Step 1: Make a Prediction - what will happen? (Short Discussion)

Step 2: What do you NOTICE?

Step 3: What do you WONDER?

Step 4: What do you THINK?

Adapted activity from:

W.Vogel & M. Starr

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Modeling the Phenomenon:

Draw what you think is happening to the M&Ms?

Include:

  • Components: parts of the system
  • Mechanisms: how those parts work
  • Interactions: how parts and system work together to do what happened during the phenomenon

Text Features!!!!

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Where do we get these Integrate Inquiry lessons?

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CCC opportunties to Read, Write, Speak, and Listen Like Scientists Do

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Systems & System Models

Patterns

Energy & Matter

Cause & Effect

Scale Proportion Quantity

Structure & Function

Stability & Change

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 Leading ... Learning for All

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The QFT:

Question Formulation Technique

  • Choose a scribe to record questions for your table.
  • Take turns posing questions about the M&M phenomenon.
  • Do NOT stop to judge, discuss, or answer any of these questions.
  • Write down the question EXACTLY how it was asked.
  • If a statement is given instead of a question, turn it into a question.
  • Write down as many questions as you can in the time given.

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How do you work with Student Qs?

Open-ended questions:

requires an explanation

Example:

What will be on the test?

Closed-ended question: one-word answers, such as yes or no.

Example:

Is this going to be on the test?

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Create the DQB or Wonderings Column of the KLEWS

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Inquiry in Remote Settings? Yes!

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COVID-Science Inquiry Units

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Thanks!

Questions?

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