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A professional development resource to train teachers in the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards
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Asking Questions & Defining Problems
Student Work in the Practice
Asking Questions Activity #1: Balloons and Skewers
Asking Questions Activity #2: Lake Cabin Mystery
Asking Questions Activity #3: Rope Tube
Defining Problems Activity #1: Heat Transfer
Defining Problems Activity #2: Pringles Potato Chip Mailing Challenge
Developing & Using Models
Student Work in the Practice
Developing & Using Models Activity #1: Syringe and Plunger
Developing & Using Models Activity #2: Create Your Own Water Cycle
Developing & Using Models Activity #3: Build-A-Bug
Developing & Using Models Activity #4: The Goldilocks Principle: A Model of Atmospheric Gases
Developing & Using Models Activity #5: Measuring Albedo and Climate Modeling
Planning & Carrying Out Investigations
Student Work in the Practice
Planning & Carrying Out Investigations Activity #1: Data Collection Method Report
Planning & Carrying Out Investigations Activity #2: Marshmallow Catapult
Planning & Carrying Out Investigations Activity #3: Pringles Challenge
Analyzing & Interpreting Data
Student Work in the Practice
Analyzing & Interpreting Data Activity #1: Pendulums
Analyzing & Interpreting Data Activity #2: Old Faithful Eruptions
Analyzing & Interpreting Data Activity #3: Most Average Person
Using Mathematics & Computational Thinking
Student Work in the Practice
Using Mathematics Activity #1: A Helping of Pi
Using Mathematics Activity #2: Pendulums are Mathematically Beautiful
Using Computational Thinking Activity #1: Pendulum Simulation
Using Computational Thinking Activity #2: Wind Power
Constructing Explanations & Designing Solutions
Student Work in the Practice
Constructing Explanations Activity #1: Rope Tube
Constructing Explanations Activity #2: Balloons & Skewers
Designing Solutions Activity #1: Rope Tube
Designing Solutions Activity #2: Pringles Potato Chip Mailing Challenge
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Obtaining, Evaluating & Communicating Information
Student Work in the Practice
Obtaining, Evaluating & Communicating Activity #1: Using Primary Source Material
Obtaining, Evaluating & Communicating Activity #2: Using Graphics as a Source
Obtaining, Evaluating & Communicating Activity #3: Evaluating Resources
Obtaining, Evaluating & Communicating Activity #4: Communicate Observations of an Object
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