Understanding Science and Engineering Practices

Minute Challenge

Please Draw a Smiley Face on a sheet of paper.

If you drew a circle, please note which direction: clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Please note with which hand you drew: right or left.

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VTS: Visual Thinking Strategies

VTS Questions

1. What is going on in this picture?

2. What do you see that makes you say that?

3. What more can we find?

http://www.vtshome.org

Science Talk

Science TalkScientists• Ask Questions• Make Claims to answer questions• Use Evidence to support claims• Use Reasoning to explain

Secondary Data Investigation

Using Smiley Faces

Code your Smiley Face “C” if you drew the circle clockwise and “CC” if you drew the circle counter-clockwise (anticlockwise.)

Code your Smiley Face “R” if you drew with your right hand and “L” if you drew with your left hand.

Right Hand Left Hand

Clockwise

Counter-Clockwise

25 American Adults

Samples 1-25 Right Hand Left Hand

Clockwise 2 2

Counter Clockwise

17 1

No Circle 3 0

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Data

Smiley Face

Claim: Left-handedness is apparently revealed by those who draw their circles anti-clockwise.

Researcher Theodore Blau*

Samples 1-79 Right Hand Left Hand

Clockwise 14 5Counter Clockwise / Anti -clockwise 49 4

No Circle 5 2

* Your Vital Statistics Gyles Brandreth 1986 pg. 85

Talk About ThisWhat part of the bean plant appears first?

Field Study Investigations

Talk About ThisWhat do bean seeds need to sprout?What do bean plants need to grow?

A Framework for K – 12 Science Education

Taking Science to School

Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

Update onMassachusetts

Scientific and Engineering Practices

• Asking Questions and defining problems• Developing and Using Models• Planning and carrying out investigations• Analyzing and interpreting data• Using mathematics and computational

thinking• Constructing explanations and designing

solutions• Engaging in argument from evidence• Obtaining, evaluating, and

communicating information

Crosscutting Concepts

• Patterns• Cause and effect: Mechanism and

explanation• Scale, proportion and quantity• Systems and system models• Energy and matter: Flows, cycles and

conservation• Structure and functions• Stability and change

Disciplinary Core IdeasPhysical Sciences PS1: Matter and its Interaction PS2: Motion and stability: Forces & Interactions PS3: Energy PS4: Waves and their applications Life Sciences LS1: From Molecules to organisms: Structures & Processes LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, energy & interactions LS3: Heredity: Inheritance & variation of traits LS4: Biological evolution: Unity & DiversityEarth and Space Sciences ESS1: Earth’s place in the universe ESS2: Earth’s systems ESS3: Earth and human activityEngineering, Technology & the Application of Science ETS1: Engineering Design ETS2: Links among engineering, technology, science and society MA-ETS2: Materials, Tools & ManufacturingMA-ETS3: Technological SystemsMA-ETS4: Energy & Power Technologies

Based on A Framework for K-12 Science Education – National Research Council

Understanding the Framework for K-12 Science Education (MA)

Disciplinary Core Ideas

• Have broad importance

• Are key for understanding complex

ideas• Are relevant to students

• Are learnable over multiple Grades

Practices for K-12 Classroomsexcerpted from A Framework for K-12 Science Education

• Ask a Question or Define a Problem• Develop and Use Models• Plan and Carry Out an Investigation, a Design, or a Test• Analyze and Interpret Data• Use Mathematics and Computational Thinking• Construct Explanations or Design Solutions Using

Evidence• Engage in Argument Using Evidence • Obtain, Evaluate, and Communicate Information

In Engineering is Elementary, we define technology as:

Anything human-made that is used to solve a problem or fulfill a desire.

Technology can be an object, a system or a process.

http://www.eie.org

The Engineering Design Process

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To solve a problem by developing or improving a technology

Criteria

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BrainstormingNo evaluation

Get specific with one idea

And test

Types of Science Research Projects• Controlled Investigation (Primary Research)

Students manipulate the variable being studied.

• Field Investigation (Primary Research)Students study natural or man-made environments or behavior of an organism.

• Design Investigation (Primary Research)Students use their understanding of scientific principles to design and construct a product that meets an identified need.

• Secondary Research InvestigationStudents use data obtained by others to answer a question.

Adapted From Project-Based Learning: Inspiring Middle School Students to Engage in Deep and Active Learning – NYC Department of Education

STEM in a Public Library:Fayetteville Free Library, NY

• “Fab Lab” opened in 2013

• During regular library hours, visitors can access:– 3D printers– Sewing Machines– Laser Cutters– Vinyl Cutters

Libraries as Makerspaces • Access to tools and

equipment• Community lead programming• “Checkout” system for:

– STEM learning kits– Sewing/knitting tools– Gardening tools– Cake pans

• Fosters social and family learning opportunities– Young learner opportunities– Continuing education programs

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