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Science: Sharing what works. Presented by: Ellen Allen and Melissa Griffith. Who we are:. Casey County Walnut Hill Elementary School Free/Reduced Lunch: 79%. Science Test Scores. 2011- 90% 2010- 86% 2009- 65% 2008- 74% 2007- 74% 2006- 59%. How’d We Get There?.
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Science: Sharing what works Presented by: Ellen Allen and Melissa Griffith
Who we are: • Casey County • Walnut Hill Elementary School • Free/Reduced Lunch: 79%
Science Test Scores • 2011- 90% • 2010- 86% • 2009- 65% • 2008- 74% • 2007- 74% • 2006- 59%
How’d We Get There? • We changed our mindset • Which changed our classroom climate • Which changed our teaching practices • Which changed student learning • Which changed student achievement
What AreInquiry Skills? • Think • Write • Share with a partner • Share with your table
Inquiry • A search for knowledge
Mindset • Allowing students to struggle by • Thinking • Justifying • Rethinking • Questioning • Processing • Connecting • Learning
Climate • It’s okay to be wrong!! • It’s good to be wrong!!
Jobs • Leader- reads directions, keeps the group focused • Secretary- records data • Reporter/Timer- keeps track of time or time limits and shares information for the whole group • Helper- gets needed materials, asks other groups for help, seeks help from teacher
Practices • Activity- word classification • Directions • As a group classify words into categories • Discuss why certain words go into or don’t go into certain categories • When finished share, discuss, and justify word classification with the group beside you
Learning • Students learn from one another • Students rethink ideas, thoughts • Students sharing with one another allows them to process, understand, and justify their thinking
Achievement • Students take ownership for their own learning • Students process information to make their own connections • Students work at learning • Teachers are a tool that helps guide students in their own learning
Leader In Me • This process is preparing the students for life whether it is a future that leads them to college or the work force
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; Teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.---Lao-tzu
Hands on Inquiry • Determine jobs based on birthday months • Leader- 1st birthday • Secretary- 2nd birthday • Reporter/Timer- 3rd birthday • Helper- 4th birthday
Moving Thermal Energy by Conduction • See handout
Debriefing • Discuss new information learned or connections made during activity • Clear up misconceptions before they walk out the door
Resources • Workshops • Training • Networking • Books • Internet • Magazines
How To Get Started • One step at a time!! • It has to start with you!! • Slow and steady!!