Science UpdateCambrian School District

April 4, 2013

OverviewSuccessesScience and the Common Core (CCSS)Science BuddiesIntegrated Science Centered ClassroomGLAD and ScienceMoving Forward

Successes• Overall

– Continued collaboration with Lawrence Hall of Science

– Inclusion of Middle School on Science Leadership Team

– Elementary and Middle School articulation– 3rd Annual District Family Science Night– Xilinx grants with Fammatre and Price

Successes• Elementary

– Deepening integration of FOSS and ELA– Xilinx sponsored Science Night at Fammatre– Gardens growing--Farnham, Bagby,

Sartorette– Use of non-fiction leveled texts– Infusion of GLAD and Science– Interactions with real world scientists

Successes• Middle School

– 7th and 8th grade science research with new Science Computers on Wheels (COW)

– Google docs for collaborative science fair projects and online graphing

– Development and use of Common Core Units– RAFT and Xilinx sponsored 7th grade Science Night– 8th grade partial implementation of American

Chemical Society "Middle School Chemistry Unit“– Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) lessons

Science and CCSSHands on inquiry based

learning with increased rigor and problem solving

Expected integration of ELA into content areas

Emphasis on informational texts

Development of research skills and collaboration

GLAD strategies support implementation

PD with Lawrence Hall of Science

Cambrian ahead of the game!

Science Buddies“Having a little buddy taught me patience. It's hard to get

someone to learn as fast as you want them to.”--5th Grade Big Buddy

Integrated Classroom

A learning environment that provides an integrated approach to standards.

Excite and extend student learning and understanding of as many content standards as possible using science standards as the vehicle.

GLAD and Science

Moving Forward

Challenge Based Learning PD

Extend Science Buddy Program

More Peer Coaching and classroom

observation

Science Committee as resource and

support for movement into CCSS

Integration of Science and CCSS

Incorporation of Next Generation

Science Standards (NGSS)