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=Welcome to the USM science wiki.= We will be able to collaboratively save information for both divisional meetings and CARP.

=Meetings:=

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:00-10:30 in room 5105 Monday, November 15, 2010 in Mike's room after divisional meetings Monday, March 7, 2011 in the Lower School science lab (L 315) CARP Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 in the Strauss Conference Room, 3:30 P.M. Click on meeting date on the left to view the agenda. Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 3:30 P.M. Cross-divisional CARP in Mike Schweiters' room; a list of major changes in our department since August, 2009 through the present. These can be related to:
 * Assessment
 * Personnel
 * Facilities
 * Textbook changes
 * Topic changes
 * Anything else that is significant

Monday, April 9, 2012 3:30 in Science Lab Agenda:
 * discussion of creativity
 * examples of creative lessons
 * time spent on science per cycle
 * e-books: will we be using any next year?

Monday, May 7, 2012 3:30 in Science Lab Agenda
 * Finalize year-end CARP report
 * Review cross-division report

Monday, October 1, 2012 Strauss Conference Room

PK-4 Break into levels and build a scaffold for questions Jen K. has article she is going to forward to all of us. Idea: begin unit of study with hands on observation time, (apple example, also show picture of object or scenario) When to ask the questions Guiding questions techniques
 * scientific method matched to I Wonder Wheel..this needs to be done.
 * Finalize "within" division proposal... different needs for the various grade levels...questioning seems to be topic, but how we approach the topic may need to be adjusted. We need to provide students time to question each other. Idea is to generate several open question models to help begin discussion and promote kids into a deeper level of thinking.
 * Self-study work
 * STEM opportunities
 * End-of-year Expo for SK-4

Monday, April 1, 2013 Agenda: Mike, Wade and Pat will finalize the mid-year report; several examples of using good questioning strategies were shared across grade levels. The team discussed open and closed questions; testable and researchable questions; reviewed Bloom's taxonomy and starter questions for each level; learned about QFT-Question Formulation Technique; generated a list of starter questions.
 * meet as PK-12 team to discuss "across" division goal
 * .meet as PK-4 team to discuss "within" division goal; discuss the Science Self-Study report

Monday, May 6, 2013 Agenda:Look over Next Generation Science Standards as a LS division [|Examine the Next Generation Science Standards]

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Agenda: Discuss Cross-Divisional and Within Division goals for CARP We discussed the challenges and recommendations from the Science Self-Study report. Then we broke into division groups and we discussed our narrow focus goal: to develop a database of support materials and resources for projects.

Monday, September 30, 2013 Agenda: Meet with Visiting Team to discuss the self-study report. The meeting will be held in Rm.M209 from 3:30-4:30. Our representative is Don Southard, from Hathaway Brown School.

Monday, Nov.18, 2013, 3:30-5:00 Agenda: Discuss NGSS, our standards, and USM curriculum maps; Please bring these materials with you, or access them on your computer. Link to NGSS: []