Day 1 August 21 (8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.): Curriculum Overview
Presenter: Chris Zarski
Day 1 is an introductory session that will provide participants with an overview of the K-3 Science curricula including a brief background to the creation of new curricula and examination of its structure. Participants will also become familiar with the organizing ideas and will learn how the Knowledge, Understandings, and Skills and Processes components work together.
Day 2 August 22 (8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.): Scientific Methods: From Madness to Methods
Presenter: Nicole Lamoureux
Day 2 examines the Scientific Methods organizing idea. The science methods are used to help students use investigations to build an understanding of the science ideas they are learning. This session will provide an overview of the science methods for Grades 1-3. Participants will examine how the skills are built from year to year to deepen students' understanding of the methods. Note: Kindergarten does not have learning outcomes for scientific methods
Day 3 August 23 (8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.): Wait! What? I'm teaching Computer Science?
Presenter: Angela Dearing
Day 3 provides an overview of Computer Science and provides answers to the following questions. What exactly IS Computer Science, when looked at through the curricular lens of “application of creativity, design, and computational thinking” to solve problems and help us engage in scientific inquiry? What does successful integration of Computer Science across the grades look like? How can we teach it and support each other integrating it into instructional practices effectively when we’ve never taken a computer science course ourselves? Leave this session not only with a better understanding of what the curriculum is asking us to do in the area of Computer Science, but also with the assurance that you already have the skills and procedures in place yourself, which can help you guide your students in their own Computer Science inquiries over their first few years in school.
Day 4 August 24 (8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.): Putting it All Together
Presenter: Ted Zarowny
Day 4: Will bring together elements from the first three sessions by providing examples of how to turn the content of the new curriculum into meaningful learning and assessment activities.
Target Audience
K-3 teachers
