Middle School Science Teacher. Co-founder NextGenerationTeachers, creating integrated phenomenon driven MS storylines for your NGSS classroom.
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Arlene Friend retweeted
8 May 2020
A4. Some norms I really appreciate: (1) lean into discomfort, (2) attend to power dynamics in interactions so as to center non-dominant perspectives, (3) don't move to closure prematurelyβscaffold dissent and engage in critical analysis. #NGSSchat
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3 May 2020
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Run and the 25 obstacles! π
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17 Jan 2020
A6 NGSS Chat is my favorite resource to build my understanding of NGSS and 3D learning #NGSSChat
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Arlene Friend retweeted
17 Jan 2020
It is also important to think about coherence across universities and school settings - this is a study we did exploring the assumptions underlying the work of a researchβpractice partnership (RPP) focused on this #NGSSchat tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1β¦
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Arlene Friend retweeted
17 Jan 2020
I would say:
1. Shift to making sense of phenomena
2. Ss playing a role in planning instruction
3. Use of Modeling and Explanation
4. Student to student evidence-based discourse
#NGSSChat
17 Jan 2020
Q4: What are the major areas of improvement that science educators could focus on? Phenomena? Crosscutting concepts? Content knowledge? Subject-matter integration? Something else� #NGSSChat
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17 Jan 2020
A4 Major concept we should focus on next is sociocultural learning. I want our next generation to be able to be empathic leaders that can problem solve and communicate based on evidence #NGSSchat
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17 Jan 2020
A 3 The experience of developing and implementing storylines has had the biggest influence for me teaching science. I was introduced to inquiry instead of cookie cutter labs but Ss learning based on a phenomenon has had the most impact. #NGSSchat
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Arlene Friend retweeted
20 Dec 2019
A7: When we look for phenomena to investigate, we use culturally relevant phenomena where communities have been impacted such as the Flint, MI water crisis, African American birth mortality rates, access to power in Puerto Rico, tsunamis on the big island in HI, etc. #ngsschat
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20 Dec 2019
A7- Currently working on a storyline about vermicomposting to help with the community issue of poor soil and food deserts #NGSSchat
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20 Dec 2019
A3 - We practice how to have whole class and small group discussions with fun topics starting the first day of school. We decide on what it looks like to engage respectfully in a conversation based in evidence and: or reasoning. #NGSSchat
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Arlene Friend retweeted
A2: Classroom Norms day 1 - 188. There needs to be a culture of exploring ideas and digging deeper. All answers will be questioned. T models & holds Ss accountable to norms. Ss begin to discuss in similar manner, then the social talk becomes richly academic π
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20 Dec 2019
A2 - We get up and move to have conversations with different groups or individuals to share thoughts. My favorite is a world cafe, where Ss talk in many different groups #NGSSchat
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Arlene Friend retweeted
14 Dec 2019
Our job is not to teach the standards. Itβs to break the standards apart, discover what's interesting about them to students, and then create learning experiences to bridge the two.
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Arlene Friend retweeted
16 Dec 2019
16 Dec 2019
I love this too! How about an additional clump of stickies beyond WHAT WE FIGURED OUT focused on WHY IT MATTERS (see storyline image with this element)? This allows Ss to highlight many ways specific ideas/models are relevant in the world&universe. Anybody do something like this?
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