This course is for grade 3-5 teachers who want to learn about our state’s science standards and how they support students across multiple content areas. The course will focus on two key areas of the Washington State Science Learning Standards (WSSLS): (1) distinguishing between the Earth’s climate and its weather, and (2) using the practice of argumentation to engage students in figuring out how climate works. Teachers will work together during three face-to-face workshops, and will form “think-and-practice partnerships” with a few other teachers to support ongoing collaborative discussions about engaging students in argumentation.  Teachers will use tools from sciencepracticesleadership.com to identify ways that student argumentation is improving.

Course Meetings:

• Teachers attend three 6-hour sub-regional workshops in Tumwater.

• Workshop 1 on Feb. 27, 2019. Workshop 2 on April 17, 2019. Workshop 3 on June 5, 2019.

• Between workshops, teachers attend four regional, 1.5-hour video conference meetings using Zoom:

  • March 12, March 26, April 30, May 14  (all Zoom meetings 4:00 - 5:30 pm)

  • Google Drive link for the course → bit.ly/113K5climate