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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