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= SESSION III: 1:30- 2:15 - // Participants Choose One // =

__ Suggested Audience – Elementary __ Does your school use FOSS and STC science kits? Learn how you can tap into what your students already know about science! This workshop focuses on building experiences with science inquiry approaches while helping teachers build on science content from earlier grades. The “Low-Stakes” Inquiry Investigations Workshop includes: 1. Hands-on experiences based on science kits in grades 1-2, 2. Formative assessments to determine where students are in science skills, // 3. // Strategies for careful writing in science to build student understanding using Betsy Rupp Fulwiler’s book, //Writing in Science// 4. Science activities for the first weeks of school to excite your students about science, and 5. Techniques to find out what they already know about //__Pebbles, Sand and Silt__//, //__Balls and Ramps__//, and //__Insects__//.
 * // “Low Stakes” Inquiry Investigations //** ** - ** Phil Capaldi, University of Rhode Island & GEMS-Net

__ Suggested Audience – High School __ We present a STEM-related high school teaching project from MIT, BLOSSOMS, **//Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies//**. [|http://blossoms.mit.edu] A key aim is to enhance critical thinking skills, moving away from rote memorization. Students are in their regular seats. Their regular teacher remains in charge of the class. On a screen, a BLOSSOMS video is shown in short segments. After each segment, the teaching 'baton' is passed to the in-class teacher who continues in a 'teaching duet.' After a certain learning objective is achieved, the next segment of the video is shown. This process iterates through the entire class.
 * // The MIT BLOSSOMS Project, On-Line Blended Learning Videos for High School Science and Math Classes //**** – ** Richard Larson &M. Elizabeth Murray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

__ Suggested Audience – All __ NSTA’s Learning Center ([|http://learningcenter.nsta.org]) provides teachers with hundreds of standards-aligned learning resources available 24/7. Over 1,300 of these resources are free. Teachers are able to personalize their portfolio, build their own library of resources and lesson plans, share it with colleagues and use it for years to come. Accountability tools are available for the project director or administrator. This session will introduce participants to the various resources (SciPacks, SciGuides, Science Objects, and more) found in the NSTA Learning Center.
 * // The NSTA Learning Center – Online Content Building Resources to Increase Teacher Knowledge //**** - ** Deborah Tucker, NSTA