On Friday September 21st, science consultant, Paul Andersen showed the parent community the power of the Next Generation Science Standards. Parents were shown a phenomena, asked questions about how it might work, drew models of their thinking, and then suggested ways to carry out an investigation.

Paul´s message...

• Kids should be doing more science and at younger ages; 
• Don´t kill the wonder of science by explaining how the science works. Show them a phenomena that they have to figure out first and let them investigate how it might work.
• We can support scientific thinking by helping kids ask questions, model their thinking, and plan and carry out investigations.
• Thinking should be framed through the following lenses:Patterns, Cause/Effect, Scale/Proportion/Quantity, Systems, Energy/Matter, Structure/Function, Stability/Change.

The video of this session will be available soon.

We are committed to offering sessions like these throughout the year to support the exciting shifts happening across the school.