1. Science Coordinators Meeting October 9, 2014 Joyce Barry – Plainview-Old Bethpage School District jbarry@pobschools.org Mary Loesing – Connetquot School District mloesing@ccsdli.org

2. Agenda  Introduction, Goals, How to Find Resources  Shea Pugliese – McGraw-Hill Education  Past, Present, Future of Science Education in NYS  Break  NGSS Professional Development Activity  Breakout Session by Grade/Discipline  Share Out  AP Updates  Competition Updates

3. Goals  To provide science supervisors with a platform to learn and share the following:  Science education reforms in NYS  NGSS  Best Practices  Modeling Staff Development  Introduction of New Technologies  Sharing timely resources  Updates to various science related programs such as AP, ESP

4. Past, Present and Future of Science Education  Past – Syllabus/Modules  Present – Core Curriculum Resource Guides  Future – Consideration of NGSS Adoption/Adaptation

5. Old vs. New Content vs. Process New York Core Curriculum NGSS New York State version of NGSS co nt nt processprocess Content Process contentcontent pr oc es s Content Process contentcontent processprocess Content Process

6. Mechanics of NYS Adoption  Science Consortium  Science Content Advisory Panel  Statewide Leadership Team  Position Paper  Strategic Plan for Science Education  Highlights  Timeline

7. NGSS Resources  NGSS NGSS  NGSS at NSTA NGSS at NSTA  Sigma XI Smart Brief Sigma XI Smart Brief  NSTA Blog NSTA Blog  NGSS Now NGSS Now

8. NGSS Breakout  Choose a level or discipline to work with for this activity  Elementary, Middle School, Earth Science, Living Environment, Chemistry, Physics  Pros and Cons of NGSS  What would you like to see in a New York State version of NGSS?  Group Share

9. AP Updates  AP Chemistry 2014 Released Exam  AP Physics I – Sample Document Issues  AP Capstone  Summer Reading

10. Competition Updates  Medical Marvels Medical Marvels  Clean Tech Clean Tech  Exploravision Exploravision  NYSEF Andromeda NYSEF Andromeda  Dupont Challenge Dupont Challenge  Dupont Junior  Google Science Fair Google Science Fair  Rube Goldberg Rube Goldberg

11. Resources