2010.8.24

Using Notebooks in LS: 1. Share amongst the team- share ideas and uses at grade level meetings 2. Template: Prelab, Lab/Activity, Post-lab, child reflection 3. Collaboratively, grade level teams will share how they use the notebooks 4. 4th grade- use data to reflect and create science fair presentation 5. for department meetings, we will bring our notebooks to share amongst science team 6. for cross- grade level projects, we can share notebooks between grades 7. Are we meeting skills? 8. How is this leading to independent research skills? 9. Focus on vocabulary- make sure to use the correct terms and get them to speak/think scientifically.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:00-10:30 Cross-divisional CARP meeting room 5105 (rooms 5106 and 4118 available also)

AGENDA
1. Bring Faculty Evaluation Binders. We will share additions and changes with you. 2. Recap last year's accomplishments and discuss Narrow Focus Options for this year. What are we doing well? What challenges do we face? Where would we like to put our attention this year?

Last year's K-12 CARP goal was to create science process skills. Another level to go to with those skills? 1. We should start **evaluating last year's skills list** at this point to see where we are compared to what we say we are doing. 2. Let's continue to use the **science notebooks as data**. Next year save 4th and save 8th grade notebooks. 3. Continue to consider how science notebooks can best be used in the classrooms. **Create a model?** Help new teachers learn to use the notebooks. 4. How are **content, skills, and critical thinking** represented in the notebooks? 4. **Curricular changes**: Weather unit expanding next year based on last year's findings. 5. This will lead to developing **independent research skills**.

3. Break into divisions to complete a tech survey (15 minutes).

4. CARP meetings this year:

August 23, September 28 (Tuesday), November 15, January 31 (AM Inservice Day), March 7, May 2, June 9 or 10

Department Chairs:

The Academic Technology team is putting together a school-wide Academic Technology Philosophy and would like each department to have a voice in the language used to articulate this information.

To help us accomplish this, we are asking that each K-12 department write three to five statements articulating how technology enhances learning and/or instruction in your discipline. Each statement should begin with a strong action verb which finishes the phrase "Technology in my discipline or department..." We suggest your department spend no more than 15 minutes on this activity at your next meeting on Tuesday.

Example: ("Technology in my discipline or department...") Expands the range of people with whom students can communicate and connect in order to understand current events.

One of the three Department Heads in each discipline should access the following link and enter the statements your department drafts. The information will be collated and a draft written and shared with you.

//https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHdaM25TVy1wU0luWlF6d3FYSGRZWc6MQ//

Thank you for your assistance.

Gregg, Nikki and Cory