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EDUC 555: Science and Social Studies as Continuous Inquiry


Some Examples of Final Projects 555-12

Websites:
Drama Academic
B.R.E.A.K.
Jennifer McLain
Learn with Team Van Pelt

Book Trailers & Social Studies Examples:

Moon Journals and Phases of the Moon

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Important Due Dates for 555-12

9/26 Ideas for Best Buy and other science assignment due

10/3 Ideas for Flat Classroom proposal and other social studies assignment due

11/7 teacher observation/teacher interview/student interview due

11/28 Both science assignments due

12/5 Both SS assignments due

Important Links for 555-12

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Twitter Links for #usjfall12

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Cybrary Man's Twitter Page
If you were on Twitter...
A Great Guide to Twitter
Twitter for Educators - a Google Doc for #usjfall12
List of educational chats on Twitter
Video demonstrating how to chat using Hootsuite
LiveBinder: How to chat on #kinderchat

How to go GLOBAL? How to go FLAT?


Week Fourteen: Social studies and Flat Classroom proposal presentations!


Week Thirteen: Science and Best Buy presentations!


Week Twelve: Happy Thanksgiving!


Week Eleven: @MrCarBIOne, Michael Carbone is going to be our guest lecturer!


Week Ten: Teacher Observation/Student Interview assignment DUE.  Please take this survey in class:

** Reminder: Science lesson and Best Buy assignment due 11/28 and social studies lesson and Flat Classroom Proposal is due 12/5.

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Week Nine: Happy Halloween!


Week Eight: @vr2ltch, Tracy Mercier is going to be our guest lecturer!


Week Seven: Microteaching lessons with Social Studies Alive! Skyping with @PGRoom209, Diana Marcus and @ancietcivteach, Mendy Gannon about teaching social studies.  Woo hoo! #sschat responds: The importance of teaching social studies.  

Underwater Archaeology - PGRoom2009

Mock Election Hits 50 States for students to participate

We are going on a leaf hunt and we'll be using the SnapLeaf app!


Week Six: Please take time to take 555-12 Progress Survey, so I can best meet your learning needs.  We are Skyping in with Paula Naugle and her students

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Can you imagine if every educator believed and modeled what it means to be a part of the life-long learners club? Thank you Paula!

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Make sure you check out #4thchat on Twitter too!  Here are some other gems that Paula recently shared on Twitter supporting differentiation: 
Photographic Dictionary; Differentiate with Technology; The Differentiator.

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Please fill out this survey in class for Paula's 4th graders and forward it to anyone you know who would take the time to fill it out too!  This is what it means to flatten the classroom walls and create an authentic audience for our students!


Week Five: Share your Best Buy and other science project ideas; read and blog about chapters 10-12 Flat Classroom; participate in an #edchat of your choice; Sean Musselman is Skyping into our class this week!

Practicing Science in Elementary Classrooms via Sean Musselman

Check out some other great science educators: Leah LaCrosse;Autumn Laidler;Deirdre Bailey; Amy Park; Michael Carbone; Nancy Carroll; Shawn Avery; Jonah Salsich.

Great science blogs: Musselman Science; Mr. Salsich's Class - Third Grade Explorations in Learning; Think and Wonder; Ms. Laidler: Science in the City; Keiki Scientists; Mr. Avery's Classroom Blog; Conversations: Learning and Growing; Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog; Teaching is Elementary.

Common Core articles: Common Core Standards in CT;Teaching to the Common Core Standards; 50 Important Links for Common Core Educators; 5 Top Resources for Aligning Social Studies Curricula to the Common Core; Five Ways Parents can Support Common Core Learning at Home; New York Times: Our Weekly Common Core Aligned Reading and Writing Tasks.

Examples how Twitter can either provide you answers or not...

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Week Four: Review blogging from the Flat Classroom.  Flat Classroom EdCafe  review projects and share your own Flat Classroom project ideas.  


Week Three: Let's review our definition of inquiry from TodaysMeet and create our own science inquiry word wall.  If we use vocabulary that supports science inquiry, our students will too.  We'll be working in small groups today on the Soggy Paper Experiment.  You'll find all the necessary resources on my Best Buy Experiment page.


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Week Two: * Understanding Praxis 2 and CT DOE social studies and science standards. * What is Inquiry? * Wonderopolis * Gallery Walk: eBooks on iPad versus paper books; how do you teach a topic that students may not have any prior knowledge (the ocean, the farm, the city, etc) *How do prepare our students for the Best Buy experiment?  The Utter Joy of Curiosity and The Explorer's Site.

Sign up for iMentor and example of iMentor list last year.

Additional Resources:
Science Notebooking Ideas; National Geographic: Photo of the Day; Common Core on Pinterest; Helping New Teachers Beat the Back-to-School Jitters with Twitter.


Week One: Virtual Connected Educators/Skypers: @cybraryman1 and his website, Cybraryman Catalogue of Educational WebSites; @engaginged and his website, Engaging Educators: Learn. Teach. Engage; ncarroll24 and her blog, Teaching is Elementary

Additional Resources from @engaginged:
"I'm Hooked on Twitter Chats, and You Should Be, Too"
"There's a Chat for That: How and Why to Chat on Twitter"

The infamous Cybraryman's chat page.

Here's a post on why we created #CCchat for Common Core resource sharing.

I also wanted to share with you this blog: What I Learned Today. It's the creation of Steve Goldberg, an educator in NC who is opening his own school next year. He has come up with a really intriguing way of exploring current events in an inquiry-based fashion. Seems like a good blog to share with you and your students. He and my class collaborated via Skype on an exploration of the situation in Syria and also of the Trayvon Martin shooting.

The Flatclassroom Book Club recordings.

Our Connected Local Educators: @vr2ltch and her website, Mercier Magic; @kindergarten113; @MrCarBIOne and his website, M.C. Carbone.

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