It's all about the learning, the personalized learning.

Positive impact on student learning results when these 6 elements are in place:
1. Student learning is srtuctured for understanding.
2. Student learning experiences are designed to engage and support all students in learning.
3. Student assessment is used to direct learning.
4. Students participate in maintaining effective environments for learning.
5. Students prepare to live and work in a multicultural society.
6. Teachers develop the art and science of a professional educator and are active in the profession to positivey impact student learning.

Learning Targets: What we want students to know and be able to do.
Student knows the learning targets and why they are meaningful to him/her.
Student knows the progression of learning and the available learning strategies to choose from.
Student describes what he did well, what he needs to work on, and what he will do next.
Student knows how to access additional resources and support (and does so.)

Source: Marilyn Simpson
The digest version: Learning Targets (pdf)

• Cancer powerpoint - relevant to cell reproduction
• The Original Reebop Activity - Center for Biology Education, University of Wisconsin
• Reebops, modified to include gender
• Reebop Reproduction - my version
• Reebop Data and Analysis - my version

• Scientific Summer - a writing activity created as a participant in an Oregon Writing Project workshop.
• (AP) Biology Great Books List - please add your suggestions to this Google Doc.
  
  

• Middle School Chemistry Unit - From the American Chemical Society

WSTA Presentation Material and Resources

• Presentation Powerpoint from WSTA spring 2010
• Part of the paper from which the presentation grew. Science Literacy starts on pg 7.
• Law, Theory, Hypothesis chart as doc as pdf
• Interesting link to student misconceptions
• Follow me on Twitter and I will follow you back. It's how I learn.

Technology Tools

• Tips on Google apps - from Google Teacher Academy
• Wordle - for making word clouds
• Glogster - for creating online posters. The education version is suggested. 100 free accounts available until Nov. 15, 2010.
• Wikispaces - you can get a free educational account. In settings, click the link to have the ads turned off.
• Edublogs - houses an AP Bio/Marine Bio class blog
• Popplet - graphic organizer for storing and sharing ideas
• Sixty -
• Nota - a whiteboard for casual collaboration
• Chart Tool - import data from many sources
• LucidChart - mindmapping and information organizing, online
• Flavors - here is mine.
• WikiCommons Wildlife images - public domain creative commons licensed courtesy of Ken Thomas

• Marine Biology Wiki - Field Trips 2009
• Physics Wiki - circular motion and gravity
• Bridge For Kids Physics Project - google Sketchup work by 09-10 physics and WADOT engineers

• STEM resources, from Collette Cassinelli
• Science for All - Kirk Robbins Blog
• Washington Science Standards wiki - and Kirk's wiki

• Standards Based Assessment - blog of Frank Noschese

• Problem-based learning - create checklists in English and Spanish; writing, science, presentations, multimedia, all grade levels.

Science Stuff