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
More
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
ASK
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PLAN
CREATEIMPROVE
THE GOAL
To solve a problem by developing or improving a technology
Criteria
ConstraintsSci. info
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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