1. Shelton School District
Elementary Science Summer Institute
August 21-27, 2015

2. Welcome! Introductions: Dr. Alex Apostle, Superintendent
Dr. Pam Farr, Teaching and Learning
Dr. Margaret Tudor, PEI
Nancy Skerritt, PEI (ELA Performance Tasks)
Kirk Robbins, PEI (High Impact Field Studies)
Chris Sheridan, FOSS
Dr. Craig Gabler, ESD 113 (NGSS)
Wendy Boles, SSD K-12 Curriculum Leader for Science
Sherryl Phipps, SSD Science Center Para Tech

3. An Exciting Four Days Ahead!
Introduction to New NGSS FOSS Life Science Kit
Introduction to High Impact Field Studies
Introduction to Next Generation Science Standards
Development of ELA Performance Tasks using grade level science content
Connections, Connections, Connections!

4. Our Partners Pacific Education Institute FOSS/Delta Education
Taylor Shellfish
Green Diamond
Capitol Land Trust
Mason Conservation District
And the list is growing!

5. Our Expected Outcomes By the end of the institute you will have:
The tools and resources necessary to implement your new FOSS life science kit;
A thorough understanding of the Next Generation Science Standards for your grade level;
An ELA Performance Task using your grade level science content – plus tools and templates to create additional tasks;

6. This is a “work in progress” and your
Our Expected Outcomes
Continued:
K-2: Strategies to use your school yard for outdoor field studies (a community-based field experience for your grade level to follow)
3-5: A community-based high impact field experience to implement in
This is a “work in progress” and your
input is welcome!

7. Please bring your new FOSS teacher guide to each session!
*NEW* FOSS Content
Please bring your new FOSS teacher guide to each session!

8. PEI Tools and Resources

9. Proposed Field Trips
Grades K-2: Observations in the School Yard (community-based field trips to follow)
Grade 3: Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail
Grade 4: Taylor Shellfish Farm
Grade 5: Mason Lake Forest
(Wear comfortable outdoor walking shoes and bring your cell phone to take photos!)

10. Performance Tasks Grade K: Going Places Grade 1: Fall
Grade 2: Migrating Geese and Goats are Great!
Grade 3: Saving our Salmon/Vegetable Gardens
Grade 4: Stormwater Pollution/Water Quality Monitoring
Grade 5: Forest Benefits/Forest Management

11. Look for connections to this theme each day!
Our Overarching Theme
Each day, we will be looking at how our our content helps students understand and develop scientific:
Claims
Evidence
Reasoning
Look for connections to this theme each day!

12. Things to Remember
Check your schedule daily – the sessions take place in a variety of locations. Be sure you’re at the right place at the right time.
Sign in each day for clock hours and pay.
Clock hour forms will be completed at the end of each session (up to 6 hours each day).
Lunch is on your own.
Bring a jacket if you’re going on the 4th grade trip to Taylor Shellfish Farms – you’ll be in a refrigerator for about 20 minutes!
Have fun!