Through this workshop, elementary and middle school teachers of science will:

• Learn about the value of collaboration to facilitate the incorporation of Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) in unit development;
• Experience approaches to using Common Planning Time that allow teachers to plan and work efficiently and collaboratively;
• View elementary and middle school examples of science units that include integration with other subject areas;
• Evaluate the design of an existing unit for: GLE concepts and skills, level of integration, overall theme, level of student engagement;
• Identify an Essential Question for a unit that conveys “the big picture”;
• Work in grade level teams to create an integrated science unit on a given topic; and
• Discuss how this approach can be incorporated back in school.

TESTIMONIALS on SCIENCE EDUCATION:

• “Elaine Mangiante communicates her contagious enthusiasm for her subject, her passion for science as a way of thinking and looking at the world, her great respect for students and teachers, and her high expectations for engaged learning.”
• “Her competence, compassion, and ethics as a teacher and facilitator are exemplary.”