BIO EOC Agenda

March 18, 2013

8:00-8:15            Seat, Greet and Meet Powerpoint

·         Names in for Door Prizes

·         Focus on Systems and Field Study

·         Source:  Sustainability Tomorrow:  A Systems Thinking Guidebook by Ponte and Linder

Goals: 

·        Teachers will learning and apply system thinking tools as a means to better understand EALR 1:  Systems (Sys)

·        Teachers will write multiple-choice questions to address the Item Specs for Systems and LS2 Ecology

·        Teachers will develop lesson plans to address Item Specs for Systems and LS2 (Ecology)

·        Teachers will write an EOC-Type field study scenario to use in their biology classes this spring

8:00 – 8:15  Meet, seat and great

8:15- 8:30  Opening Activity:  So it is March where am I with preparing my kids?

8:30 – 8:45 Sharing strategies (Give One to Get One) Current EOC Strategies Teachers are Using

8:45 – 9:15  Bio EOC Updates:

1. Lessons learned from OSPI
2. Distribution of questions:  Sample test

9:15 – 10:15

Modeling a Systems Approach

Sustainable Tomorrow:  A Systems Guide for Applying Systems Thinking Grades 9-12

Systems Thinking Opens Possibilities (S.T.O.P.) - Systems Thinking Resource

Systems Thinking S.T.O.P.

Systems Thinking Tools used in workshop

10:15 – 10:30   BREAK

10:30 – 11:30

                More on Systems Approach - Writing Multiple Choice Items (Item Spec Cards 1, Item Spec Cards 2)

11:30 – 12:30 

Your turn!

Each team selects a case study and develops a lesson around this idea using the STOP approach

Lesson Plan - Case Study Wolves, Insights in Biology pg 9

Lesson Plan - Bringing Back the Everglades pg 73

Lesson Plan - Ticks and Moths pb. 41

EOC Strategy - Student Scaffolds for SYSC, Modeling Systems (to answer SA in Green Pepper Plant Scencario)

12:30  LUNCH

1:00 – 1:30

Kristen Emmett, Science and Technology Project Manager, Naturebridge

You can explore Olympic National Park FieldScope with NatureBridge at: olympic.fieldscope.org.

Here some information with links to several ways teachers can come to Olympic National Park:

• Residential field science for students--scholarships available
• Mon - Wed or Wed - Fri three-day programs cost $205/student and $175/adult
• Mon - Fri five-day programs cost $300/student and $260/adult
• Summer field research course for rising juniors and seniors--scholarships available
• July 14 - 26, 2013 costs $1815
• Family Learning Adventures--teachers get 50% discount
• April 12 - 14, 2013
• Teacher Professional Development
• Elwha Series Part Two--March 23, 2013 in Seattle, wait list open
• Elwha Series Part Three--April 12 - 14, 2013 in Olympic National Park
• Tide Pool Treasures--June 21 - 23, 2013 in Olympic National Park

1:30 – 2:30

Design an outdoor field study

2:30 – 3:30 Share out!!!

Next Steps: 

·         What can we do to support you and your students? 

·         Personal Reflection and Evaluation