Science Magazine- Mosquitos, Viruses and the Immune System

Interesting article that highlights a symbiotic nature... with a virus...which isn't living.... Definitely more for older students (high school). Great representation of a scientific article.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/mosquito-spit-helps-viruses-make-us-sick?utm_campaign=news_daily_2016-06-21&et_rid=17056523&et_cid=576463

classroom job applications

I keep running across articles talking about teaching kids life skills in school. What if students had to apply for jobs in the classroom? Write a cover letter, fill out an application, answer basic interview questions and then get hired or hear feedback for why they didn't get hired. Also, science offers a unique place where you can write an abstract, which is basically telling people why they should read your article.... easily equatable to a cover letter where you spell out why you should be hired. Additionally, it adds to classroom culture and student ownership of their learning

6th Grade Science:
Note-taker for students who are out sick

P3- Practice standards-based assessment.

P3.- Practice standards-based assessment. Teacher-candidates use standards-based assessment that is systematically analyzed using multiple formative, summative and self-assessment strategies to monitor and improve instruction. For each unit taught, teachers should monitor student understanding throughout the whole unit. Some of the monitoring will come in the form of quizzes or tests, other monitoring may be informal during class or through self-assessment assignments for students to complete. I have included two documents showing how the units I write incorporate various methods of assessment to improve student learning. Document 1 (bacteria unit overview) shows the progression of the bacteria unit as it occurred in class. Document 2 (assessments) shows the various methods of assessment I used throughout the unit to monitor student learning. The assessments include summative, formative and self-assessment strategies to gauge student understanding from day one until the unit quiz. While writing the unit and compiling the assessments, I noticed how natural assessing students in various ways occurs during instruction. What does not come as natural is creating alternative summative assessments that allow students at various levels to succeed in class. In future units, I would like to prepare multiple forms of summative assessment to ensure students who learn in different ways are able to be assessed appropriately. I would also like to include more opportunities for students to self-assess their progress as self-assessment is a key skill for success in academia and life.

Bacteria unit overview                                                         Assessments

Biology Course Rationale

The attached document outlines the Biology class I have been participating in during my internship.

Biology Course Rationale

Cell Unit Overview

Description: This is the first full unit I have written at my placement. I have included both the unit overview and the calendar I have been following which outlines the handouts students will receive each day and the warm-up questions that I foresee will be used each day as well. Note: the warm-up questions may not be what was actually used on the specified day due to flexibility in student learning.

calendar for cell unit cells unit overview

Lab Write-Up LP

I thoroughly enjoyed creating this lesson plan. This particular myth busters clip is perfect for it, and there are natural breaks where I can pause and discuss with students different aspects of research. This clip also includes important practices in science such as repeatable data, significant differences, etc.

lab write-up lesson plan Sample Lab write-up