10:15  Technology - Standards, Lesson Plans, Inquiry Documents, Burning Questions

Standards
http://doe.state.in.us/asap/academicstandards.html
all subjects and grade levels, click on the down arrow in the middle of the window to find subject

http://doe.state.in.us/asap/standards/science/science.html
science standards per grade levels

http://www.lessonlocator.org/standards.asp?Grade=23&Subject=3
Grade 6

http://www.lessonlocator.org/standards.asp?Grade=24&Subject=3
Grade 7

http://www.lessonlocator.org/standards.asp?Grade=25&Subject=3
Grade 8
 

Lesson Plans (check format of plans)
Go to the grade level link above and click the button next to the Standard and then click "Go" to view Lesson Plans that correspond to that Standard.
http://www.lessonlocator.org/ (this is so great!)

http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/te/slia/resour.htm
science and literacy inquiry lesson plans

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/benchmark_sub.cfm?Grade=6-8&BenchmarkID=1
benchmarks for 6 – 8

http://www.creighton.k12.az.us/projectventure/lessonplans/index.html
all grades and subject areas – check format of lesson plan, too

http://www.askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Physics/PHS0206.html
Ask ERIC sample lesson plan
 

Lesson Plan Templates
http://www.acsd14.k12.co.us/SecondaryTechnology/Technology%20TooKit%20for%20Secondary%20Teachers/Technology%20TooKit%20for%20Secondary%20Teachers/Templates%20for%20Teachers.htm

http://www.creighton.k12.az.us/projectventure/pages/template.pdf
template for project venture lesson plans above

http://www.qacps.k12.md.us/boe/CURRICULUM/SCIENCE/files/lessonplantemplategrades4-5.pdf
lesson plan template with standards listed

http://ss.uno.edu/SS/TeachDevel/TeachMethods/InquiryLpTemplate.html
inquiry plan
 

Rubrics
http://www.creighton.k12.az.us/projectventure/pages/rubric.pdf
lesson plan rubric

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html
great rubric sites

http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm
great rubric sites (from Canada)

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
rubric generators to build your own
 

Inquiry
http://www.nwrel.org/msec/science_inq/
my favorite science inquiry site

http://wise.berkeley.edu/
web-based inquiry science environment - This looks cool. You join to get a password, but it's free. It's set up like a tutorial for the students on some interesting projects. It saves work, too.
(User name: dianna bennis PW pauline)

http://www.miamisci.org/hotlists/
science inquiry hotlists

http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/index.php3
I like the cycle of the plan - Ask - Investigate - Create - Discuss – Reflect

http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/php/units.php3
inquiry units – click on browse all units

http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/bin/update_unit.cgi?command=select&xmlfile=u10097.xml-
"What is inquiry-based learning?"

http://purcell.phy.nau.edu/courses/01/spring/sci420/stuproj/houllis_shawna/final_proj/Lesson%20Plan%20Template.htm
model for inquiry lesson plan

http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm#lessonplan
teaching tips index – questioning
 

Burning Questions Log
Study Skills: Keeping a Questioning Log (Teachers and Students!)
Could this be kept as a journal/log for the year? 6 weeks? Unit?

• Questions that didn’t get answered
• “Wondering about” questions
• How come? Questions
• What if? Questions
• Questions I need to think more about

What are the great questions of science?
http://www.hf.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/ctt/cnt101p.cgi

Science Class Websites
http://www.science-class.net/
amazing teacher site

Go to google.com and do a search with key word 6th grade science class.  Change to any grade or middle school, lots of results.

Texas Instruments Free Loan-Out Program
http://education.ti.com/us/global/forms/loan.html