Teachers will learn how student driven engineering internships can incorporate all aspects of the new Science & Engineering Practices from the Michigan Science Standards. This session will engage educators with hands-on activities, digital tools, active reading and dynamic discussion with the purpose to integrate phenomena-based science instruction around real-world problem solving.
Objectives:
- Support Michigan science teachers with a deeper understanding of the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs)
- Provide teachers with the knowledge and practice to meet the expectations of the new standards.
- Engage teachers with phenomena-based instruction with example model units, lessons and activities.
- Provide teachers from all grade levels (K-8) with resources they can take back and use in their classrooms.
Amplify Connection:
Engineering Internship - Force and Motion.
Participants will engage in a hands-on egg drop as well as use the unit digital tool.
Teachers will leave with print resources as well as digital demo accounts.
Background:
The
new Michigan K-12 Science Standards, based upon the Next Generation Science Standards, replace the standards adopted in 2006, commonly known as the Grade Level Content Expectations and High School Content Expectations for Science.The new standards are really a set of student performance expectations. These performance expectations incorporate three main elements:
- Disciplinary Core Ideas (science specific concepts in the life, earth, and physical sciences),
- Science and Engineering Practices (the practices of engaging in scientific investigation to answer questions, and engineering design to solve problems),
- Cross-Cutting Concepts (conceptual ideas common to all areas of science).
These expectations are also interwoven across disciplines, including connections to language arts and mathematics.
The adoption of new standards provides a tremendous opportunity in our state not only to improve science learning, but also to improve literacy and thinking skills of all children.