1. Using the “Window” in Teaching Science
Gary Carlin, CFN 603

2. System of 4: The “Window”
1. Start
Entry (Basic) Task
Collect Information
Open
Opposite A 2.
Opposite B 3.
Closed
Process/Thought
Conclusion
4. Finish
Most Challenging Task
Next

3. Size: Estimate or Other Object Connection
Observations
Color: Major
Shape: Outline
Size: Estimate or Other Object
Connection

4. Pictures Tell Stories 1. Always Start with Observations (see)
2. Explain the “Action”
3. Make a Connection
4. Ask a Question

5. 1-Picture Story: Fluorescent LightHg
UV Absorptive Coating
UV Radiation
Noble Gas e-
Red
Y2O3
Green
CeMgAl9O19
Blue
BaMgAl10O17
White Light

6. O-A-C-Q
Observations (O)
Action (A)
Connections (C)
Questions (Q)

7. Object/Process … includes … … provides … … is important because …
A Mature Forest Community …
… includes …
… provides …
… is important because …
… will most likely …

8. Object/Process … is … … contains … … often … … is involved in …
Oceanic crust …
… is …
… contains …
… often …
… is involved in …

9. DDC: Define, Describe, Connect LE: Avian (Bird) Flu ES: Is the Earth Gaining Weight?
Virus
Earth
Vaccine
Dust
Strain
Asteroids
Respiratory Tract
Comets

10. Guided +Notes Power plan calls for windmills off beach
Energy
Fear

11. Connect Asbestos to …
Mineral
Fiber
Exposure
Risk/Threat

12. Conduct An Experiment Variable: Hypothesis: Procedure (• steps)
Conclusion(s)
Test Next:

13. An investigation was carried out to determine the effect of temperature on the rate of cellular respiration in yeast. Five experimental groups, each containing five fermentation tubes, were set up. The fermentation tubes all contained the same amounts of water, glucose, and yeast. Each group of five tubes was placed in a water bath at a different temperature. After 30 minutes, the amount of gas produced (D) in each fermentation tube was measured in milliliters. The average for each group was calculated. A sample setup and the data collected are shown below.

14. 10 The diagram below shows a laboratory setup
10 The diagram below shows a laboratory setup. The rubber band holds filter paper across the base of the open tube to hold the soil sample. The tube was placed in the water as shown. The upward movement of water is represented by arrows. The height of the water that moved upward within the soil was measured. Students repeated this procedure using soils with different particle sizes. Results of the experiment are shown in the data table.

15. Humans Cause Change
Human Activity
Location
Species
Change(s)

16. 13 In an area of Indonesia where the ocean floor is littered with empty coconut shells, a species of octopus has been filmed “walking” on two of its eight tentacles. The remaining six tentacles are wrapped around its body. Scientists suspect that, with its tentacles arranged this way, the octopus resembles a rolling coconut. Local predators, including sharks, seem not to notice the octopus as often when it behaves in this manner. This unique method of locomotion has lasted over many generations due to
(1) competition between octopuses and their predators
(2) ecological succession in marine habitats
(3) the process of natural selection
(4) selective breeding of this octopus species

17. Tell Me About the … Material(s) Object(s) People Process(es)
Location(s)
Time
Problem
Question

18. Old Man’s Loss Felt in New Hampshire
FRANCONIA, N.H. — Crowds of visitors were drawn to Franconia Notch on Sunday to mourn the loss of New Hampshire’s well-known symbol — the Old Man of the Mountain granite profile.
The 700-ton natural formation was just a pile of rocks after breaking loose from its 1,200-foot-high mountainside perch. It was unclear when the outcropping fell because clouds had obscured the area Thursday and Friday; a state park trail crew discovered the collapse Saturday morning.
The famous mountain’s history dates millions of years. Over time, nature carved out a 40-foot-tall profile resembling an old man’s face, and it eventually became New Hampshire’s most recognizable symbol.

19. MC: Living Environment
Organism
Structure
Material
Location
Process
Event
Definition
Example
Description
Reason
Result
Comparison

20. MC: Earth Science
Location
Movement
Process
Action
ESRT