Professional Development in Science
Processing Scientific Data
February 2014
Learning Goal
Investigate a model of instruction to engage
students in scientific inquiry.
Success Criterion
Create a plan to purposefully spiral scientific
processes into current lesson plans.
Intentional Science Conversation
Question Focus
Capture the students’ interest and provide them with
a reason to design and carry out an investigation.
Get students to ASK QUESTIONS!!!
Reaction
Time
How QUICK are you?
Will using the
Or
non-preferred
Download one of the free
– search
handappsaffect
“Reaction Time”
reaction time?
Experiment and Collect Data
Variation:
Give students
sets of data
Give Students a Set of Data
Analyze and Explain the Data
• Make sense of the data collected and
develop a conclusion based on evidence.
• Create a display to include the question,
the claim, the support, and the explanation.
Simple but Effective
The Question: Will using the non-preferred hand affect
This graphic
reaction time?
organizer
The Claim helps
students
WRITE a
The Support
The Explanation
conclusion!!!
(Insert Data)
(Include Data and
Research)
Share Data and Explanation
Shift
4: their arguments and critique
• students
share
Read, write
the arguments
and discussof their classmates.
•
text based
each evidence
team has
an opportunity to revise their
arguments in order to make them better.
Write an Investigation report
Goal of the
Methods used
investigation
during the
orShift 5: investigation to
Hypothesis
Write from collect data
Final Argument
or
Conclusion
Format could be a
graphic organizer,
multiple
paragraph,
power
point,
sources
etc.
Increase Rigor in Assessments
PLC Suggestion
• Identify areas where you can add more data
processing lessons.
• Share one of your best resources for collecting
data or obtaining data sets
• Set a goal to add one data processing activity
this month and try it! Next month share your
experience.
Let’s take a break
PLC
Professional Learning Community
Resources
ACT
http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/descriptions/scidescript.html
NASA Data Sets
http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/
Reaction Time Sheep game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/react
ion_version5.swf
Using the Scientific Method to Measure Multitasking and
Response Time
http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/response_time.html#a
t_pco=smlre-1.0&at_tot=4&at_ab=per-13&at_pos=2