Legacy Cycle

• Challenge – Question/scenario that engages the learner and requires them to look at current knowledge and preconceptions.

• Generate Ideas – Activity that causes learners to display and compile their current knowledge/ideas/perceptions.

• Multiple Perspectives - Other resources that provide information related to the topic of the challenge. Videos/readings/interviews

• Research and Revise – Activities that learners engage in to help revise their original ideas based on new information they discover.

• Test Your Mettle – Formative assessments that enable learners to evaluate the depth of their learning Research and Revise.

• Go Public - Final conclusion(s) that learners display.

74 STEM Around Us: A Journey Through The Legacy Cycle (1.5 hours) Presenter(s): Dr. Sally Pardue, Dr. Martha Howard,

Broadlands B Strand(s): 2, 6, 7, STEM Level: 6-8, 9-12

This session will include active experiences demonstrating the journey of educators as they learn to incorporate the Legacy Cycle in their classrooms. Experiences, including challenges and successes, will be shared so that others may become excited about using the Legacy Cycle as a framework for integrating math and science instruction.

Be a part of the conversation! Join the ucrsi.org site and find discussions and resources to learn more. Stay tuned for an e-book of Legacy Cycle lesson plans written by teachers from the Upper Cumberland as part of the “STEM Around Us” THEC STEM PD, Round II grant.

Explore the Prezi “Chickens All around Us” on your own and share with friends!http://goo.gl/7IqfQ1