The American Physiological Society
Transform a Cookbook Lab
Moving Toward More Student-Centered Learning
Margaret Shain Stieben, Program Manager, APS K-12 Education Programs
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Workshop Goals:
To provide…
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an introduction to American Physiological Society
a brief summary of the Next Generation Science
Standards and how they should effect your teaching
APS Six Star Science and Transform a Cookbook
Lab
a brief overview of the LifeSciTRC digital library and
how to easily search for lessons/activities and tools to
update lab activities
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The Society has many roles:
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Publications-14 scholarly journals
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Membership- ~ 10,000members
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Scientific Meetings/conferences
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Science Policy
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Communications
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Education
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APS Education Office
K-12 Outreach
 Student Awards
 Faculty Awards
 Professional Skills
Training
 Programs for
Teachers/Faculty
 Curricular Resources
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A summer research experience that includes 7-8
weeks in a member research lab
Fellows participate in a dynamic and interactive
virtual learning community that focuses on exploring
effective teaching strategies, understanding the
research process, and enhancing teachers materials.
Guided and open inquiry lessons are modeled as
teachers work through a 9 month online program
that build skill sets that teachers can continue to use
long after their fellowship ends.
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Framework for K-12 Science Education
Science for All Americans (1989) , Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1993), and National Education Standards (1996)
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describes the major practices, crosscutting
concepts, and disciplinary core ideas that all
students should be familiar with by the end of
high school
provides an outline of how these practices,
concepts, and ideas should be developed across
the grade levels.
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Only 13 states have adopted the
NGSS at this time:
California
Delaware
Illinois
Kentucky
Oregon
New Jersey
Vermont
West Virginia
Kansas
Maryland
Nevada
Rhode Island
Washington
Washington, DC
So what should you do if your state hasn’t
adopted the standards?
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Think about the Framework…all state
standards should be based on it!
Scientific and Engineering Practices
• Focus on the important practices used by scientists and engineers.
• Engaging in the full range of scientific practices helps students to
understand how scientific knowledge is developed, appreciate the wide
range of approaches, and understanding the link between science and
engineering.
Crosscutting Concepts
• Provide students with ways to connect knowledge from the various disciplines.
• Student’s understanding of these crosscutting concepts should be reinforced by
repeated use in instruction.
• Students should be taught the crosscutting concepts in ways that illustrate their
applicability across all the core ideas.
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Scientific and Engineering Practices
Principle goals are to “engage in scientific inquiry”
and to “reason in scientific context”
Asking Questions and Defining Problems
Using Models
Conducting Investigations
Analyzing Data
Using Mathematics
Constructing Explanations/Designing Solutions
Arguing from Evidence
Communicating Information
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Crosscutting Concepts
Structure and
Function
Patterns
Cause and
Effect:
Mechanism and
explanation
Scale,
proportion, and
quantity
Systems and
System Models
Energy and
Matter: Flows,
cycles and
conservation
Stability and
Change
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Core Ideas
Life Science
Physical Science
Earth & Space
Sciences
Engineering &
Technology
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Focus on Student-Centered Learning
Transition away from
faculty-centered teaching and
presenting all the facts
Move towards clearly articulating expected
student learning outcomes and following the
students’ progression in achieving those
outcomes
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APS Six Star Science for
Student Centered Learning
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Student centered instruction is at the heart of exemplary science
education.
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Valuing diversity among students is a defining characteristic of
excellence in science education.
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Integrating technology to enhance learning is particularly important
in science education.
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Authentic assessment focuses on both content and process skills.
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Utilizing accurate and timely content information is central to
scientific study.
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Reflecting on teaching and learning is essential to maintaining
excellence in science education.
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Now it is your turn…
To move from cookbook labs
to more student centered labs!
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Level 3 = “Cookbook Lab”
Inquiry Rating Scale
Inquiry
Rating
Prelab
Lab
Postlab
Plans the
procedure to be
used
Carries out
the procedure
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Teacher Teacher
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Teacher
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Teacher Teacher Teacher/Student
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Teacher
Teacher
Teacher Student
Student
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Teacher
Teacher
Student Student
Student
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Teacher/
Student
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Student
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Student
From Frank X. Sutman, Senior Scholar, Science Education, Temple
University. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AAAS,
Philadelphia, PA, February 1998
Supplies
answers or
conclusions
Lab outcomes determine
applications, implications, or
further exploration/
instruction.
Proposes the
problem or issue
to be explored
Teacher
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Your Mission
• Work together with
2-3 other teachers at
tables with the
materials that are
provided.
• Follow the directions
that are supplied to
complete your
transformation
activity.
• Be ready to give a
short explanation of
your cookbook lab
rewrite to the group.
• If time allows look
at the total activity
and discuss the
standards that might
be addressed.
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– Presentations
– Questions
– Debrief
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LifeSci TRC.org
How to use our digital library of
resources to find lessons/activities
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Membership is free and easy to
obtain with many benefits
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APS Resources
Frontiers in Physiology Research
Teacher Professional Development Fellowship
PhUn Week- 1st full week of November
Local and Regional Science Fair Awards
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