Day, Date, Time: Saturday , November 16, 2024, 8:30 am -2 pm
Contact Hours: 5
Food: Bring a sack lunch. Snacks and drinks provided.
Location: Sand Creek High School – 7005 Carefree Cir N, Colorado Springs, CO 80922
Presenters: Tim Blesse – Teacher Programs Consultant , Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Description: In this hands-on and interactive session, we’ll look at an evidence-based instructional model shown to both motivate students and increase their long-term memory and transfer of concepts. We will first take a brief look at a couple of the traditional instructional models used to teach science and why they often don’t succeed as expected. Then, with:
- Our conceptual change model
- Some “hands-on” exemplars of the learning sequence
- And A little understanding of the “brain-based” principles behind it.
You will be on your way, to strengthening your own thinking and prioritizing in new ways as you “tweek” your current lesson/lab sequences to achieve greater success. Of course, at the heart of this student sense-making model is the process of “Scientific Discourse & Argumentation”. Engage in some strategies you can use with your students.
Agenda:
| Approx. Time | Current Agenda |
| 8:30 am | Welcome /Introductions/ Establish Relevance of Work |
| 9:00 am | Activity: Explore Before Explain Sequence Pt 1 |
| 9:45 am | Morning Break |
| 10:00 am | Deconstruct Sequence 1 (What just happened), Introduce “Explore Before Explain” Conceptual Change Planning Model |
| 11:30-Noon | Lunch |
| Noon-1pm | Activity: Explore Before Explain Sequence Pt 2 |
| 1-1:30 pm | Deconstructing Afternoon Sequence – Reflect on CCPM |
| 1:30-2pm | Afternoon Break & Begin Planning Your Own Lesson Sequence |
| 2 pm | Wrap Up & Reflection |