1. Welcome to… OS Science Council October 29, 2015

2. Today’s Agenda New Science Standards! (we’re pretty sure this time) Why it doesn’ help to fret about your M-Step results Why it doesn’ help to fret about your M-Step results Strategizing for the MiSciStnds with OSST What’s New and Cool? What’s New and Cool? – NGSx – 5 Tools – Curriculum Under Development

3. New Science Standards! Michigan Science StandardsDraft Guidance Support…

4. Let’s Look Under the Hood – by carefully reading the NRC Framework Michigan Science StandardsDraft Guidance Support…

5. GLCE NGSS P.EN.03.21 Demonstrate that light travels in a straight path and that shadows are made by placing an object in a path of light. P.EN.03.22 Observe what happens to light when it travels from air to water. 1-PS4-3. Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light. MS-PS4.2. Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. How will explain the difference between our current content expectations and the performance expectations of the NGSS?

6. Speculative Timeline from MDE www.michigan.gov/science

8. M-STEP The Ghost of MEAP! A New Bar with a new (old) bar setting method.

9. Oakland Science Strategy Team

10. What’s New and Cool NGSx 5 Tools M-Star Talk Science (again) Other…

11. Science Teaching and Learning Read the Classroom Scenario A Individually highlight your assigned lesson(s) – What is the teacher doing? (highlight in yellow) – What are students doing? (highlight in pink) – What is the science in this lesson? (underline) As a group, chart what you highlighted for your assigned lesson(s) Gallery Walk – How would you describe this classroom? Individual Reflection – How would you describe this classroom? Teacher AStudentsScience Lesson ______

12. Science Teaching and Learning Read the Classroom Scenario B Individually highlight your assigned lesson(s) – What is the teacher doing? (highlight in yellow) – What are students doing? (highlight in pink) – What is the science in this lesson? (underline) As a group, chart what you highlighted for your assigned lesson(s) Gallery Walk – How would you describe this classroom? Individual Reflection – How would you describe this classroom? Teacher BStudentsScience Lesson ______

13. Welcome to… OS Science Council October 29, 2015