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Learn, Protect, and Stay: A Model for Linking Formal and
Informal Science
Terri Lyles (CMSD)Kirsten Mahovlich (CMSD)
Jim Bader (CWRU)Denny Taylor (Hiram College)
The goal of the LPS Collaborative…
is to systemically improve and reform the Cleveland
Metropolitan School District Science Education program
and provide the City of Cleveland with informed
citizens who are committed environmental stewards.
Who we are…
Experiential Learning
Cycle
INTEGRATION OF EFFECTIVE
SCIENCE LEARNING AND
TEACHING
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District will mobilize the wealth of
resources in Northeast Ohio to deliver exemplary science education that
produces students passionate about the natural world.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District shall provide a rigorous, inquiry-based, and
integrated curriculum empowering all students to
become independent, scientifically-literate thinkers who successfully compete in the global
workforce.
MISSION STATEMENT
VISION STATEMENT
Our goal is that CMSD is no longer a district that fails in science but evolves to Quality Standard
Driven Science instruction.
100% CCRGrade
3
Grade 4
Grade
5Grade
6
Grade
7
Grade 8
Grades
9-12
STEMTwo, Four, TECH
Education and Careers
PreK-1
Grade
2
Evolved Science Education
Learn, Protect, and Stay Teacher professional development at Case Western Reserve UniversityCourse 1:Introduction to inquiry
Course 2: Content and experimental design
Course 2
Course 2
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Course 2: Place-based elements
Course 3: Design
Why the Igniting Streams of Learning in Science Program?
• Local environments deteriorating
• Science irrelevant – high school & core college
• Post graduate jobs unrelated to classes
• Courses not fun • Education in silos
Hiram College, University of Akron, Kent State University, Case Western Reserve University
NEW PARTNERSHIPS:Students, teachers,
scientists, agencies & educators;
A multidisciplinary response to
COMPLEX, CAPTIVATING, CONTENTIOUS
local environmental issues
Science Learning Community in action
5 High School
Students
1 Undergrad Near Peer
Mentor
Core FacultyTechnology
Private Industry
Scientists
Public Agency Personnel
Core Faculty Science
1 High School
Teacher
Core Faculty
Learning
3 Directors - Science, Learning, Technology
Near-Peer Mentors – Stimulating Inquiry
Questions and Dialogue