February 11, 2014

KINDERGARTEN SCIENCE:

DAY 2

Paul Drummond

Jennifer Gottlieb

Science Consultants, MISD

WELCOME!

One new thing I’ve tried in my classroom is….

….and as a result, my students…

SINCE WE LAST MET…

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES

A NEW MODEL FOR THE PRACTICE OF SCIENCE

ORCHESTRA STUDENTS ARE MUSICIANS;

STUDENTS ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM ARE

ATHLETES;

WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO OUR SCIENCE

STUDENTS HAVE TO BE SCIENTISTS?

PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER…

Next Generation Science Standards

Science & Engineering Practices

1. Asking questions and defining problems

2. Developing and using models3. Planning and carrying out

investigations4. Analyzing and interpreting data5. Using mathematics and

computational thinking6. Constructing explanations and

designing solutions7. Engaging in argument from

evidence8. Obtaining, evaluating and

communicating information

5E LEARNING CYCLE

EngageExploreExplainElaborateEvaluatehttp://www.bscs.org/bscs-5e-instructional-model

http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NGSS/files/ConnectionsBetweenPracticesinNGSSCommonCoreMathandCommonCoreELA_2-12-2013.pdf

Science Notebooks

Learning about Weather in Kindergarten

Scaffolding Learning

Learning about Animals and Plants in Kindergarten

OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY

SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS

LEONARDO DAVINCI1488

CHARLES DARWIN1837

From “Nonfi ction Literacy in Kindergarten” by Janice Novakowski, Science and Children , 2010

Science Notebooks …… make student thinking

visible

… are formative

assessment tools

… strengthen literacy skills

… support diff erentiated

learning

… provide a vehicle for

teacher collaboration

PURPOSE OF A SCIENCE NOTEBOOK

Gilbert and Kotelman, “Five Good Reasons to Use Science Notebooks,” Science and Children, 2005

PURPOSE OF A SCIENCE NOTEBOOK

Everything comes together in a notebook:

Next Generation Science Standards

CCSS ELA Content

CCSS Math Content

Disciplinary Classroom Practices

…and all of these work together to help students develop an understanding of science content!

As you read the article…

Highlight your favorite quote

How might we engage kindergarten students in keeping a record of their science work with a science notebook?

NONFICTION LITERACY IN KINDERGARTEN

WEATHER!

Read Sunshine on My Shoulders by John Denver

ENGAGE

What effect does sunlight have on Earth’s surface?

EXPLORE

What effect does sunlight have on Earth’s surface?

Draw a picture to explain what you found out.

EXPLAIN

Build a solar oven to show how the sunlight warms the earth enough to cook food!

ELABORATE

Design and build a structure to reduce the warming effects of the sunlight on the Earth.

ELABORATE

Read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.How did the

pictures help show the weather and help tell the story?

ENGAGE

Weather Wordscoldwindysunshine

ENGAGE

Weather StoriesThink about a day

when weather was important to what you did.

Draw/write a weather story from a day you remember

Share stories with class.

I wonder how a scientist

would describe weather patterns?

How might we describe some of these like a scientist?

What could we measure? How could we measure it?

EXPLORE: OBSERVING THE WEATHER

Weather Words

coldwindysunshine

EXPLORE: ORGANIZING WEATHER DATA

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

EXPLORE: ORGANIZING WEATHER DATA

Look at weather data after a week…

What patterns do you notice?

Look at weather data after a month….after a season….

What patterns do you notice?

EXPLAIN

Once we recognize weather patterns, how can they help us?What to wear?Where to go?What to do?Should school be

cancelled?

ELABORATE

Share weather patterns with the school community

ELABORATE

Look for ways the teacher scaffolds learning in the following areas:Planning and

carrying out investigations

Data organizationWriting a claim that

is supported with evidence

MOVIE TIME!

What might this look like in our weather unit?

LUNCH!

What are some ways you might engage kindergarten students with science notebooks?

REFLECTION