5/6 Office day, Avery, PDC, NGSS, Webinar

Worked on 3rd grade NGSS units

• Weather and Climate: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBLWoyZm5lOEFCTDQ/edit?usp=sharing
• Life Cycles and Traits: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBUEhTRmdTUFQwN28/edit?usp=sharing
• Relationships in Ecosystems: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBZ1ZmRy1XYmV2Tm8/edit?usp=sharing
• Forces and interactions: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBeWJ1YkhaaXZiVG8/edit?usp=sharing

Began taking data on Science kit sign up

Views = Total
Views by date:
4/29 - 6
4/30 - 23
5/1 - 0
5/2 - 3
5/4 - 0
5/5 - 0
5/6 - TBD
5/7 - TBD

Sign up by date:

4/29 - 
4/30 - 
5/1 - 
5/2 - 
5/4 - 
5/5 - 
5/6 - TBD
5/7 - TBD


Video Length 3:41
Average person watched the video for 2:03

___ People signed up for the kits correctly
___ People signed up for the kits INcorrectly

Mary had to send ___ clarification emails due to sign up

2 kits needed to be made due to not having enough per requests.  Both were 2nd grade sound.

Feedback:

• 1 person requested written directions as opposed to a video becasue the video was too long.
• This year was different than last but held a lot of the same concepts
• Kits left feature was a benefit

Went over to Avery to advertise summer work

Headed over to Central office for the PDC meeting

Went home to:

Finalize MS NGSS division meeting tomorrow:

Tentative Agenda:

1.  Review MS NGSS

2.  Determine which ones connect to current units of study

3.  Determine what is left and evenly separate work going into summer and next year.

4.  Discuss possibilities of arranging content (by theme, traditional units, other possibilities?)

5.  Discuss who to involve outside of the 13 of us to gain insight into arrangement of content (community members, WGHS Sci, Elementary teachers, Admin, etc.)

Follow here for the updated NGSS as of 5/3: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBc3pvaWpENGVMLU0/edit?usp=sharing 

Follow here for the middle school units and (the loose) connections to the current curriculum: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/1fM7SZX7xXbZECghQ8Qa13rEYYWm3r-PPqF_izdNIUik/edit 

watch Sir Ken Webinar: http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teacherweek/2013/sir-ken-robinson-digital-learning-creativity.cfm