Meet Wanda Faye Bryant, a 7th grade NGSS science teacher at Detroit Public Schools Community District. Wanda shares with us what resources and strategies she uses to successfully implement NGSS in her classroom. She describes the lessons she’s learned through four years of experience in implementing NGSS in her classroom and details various methods and exercises which have been useful in engaging students through NGSS.
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In this episode we discuss...
- ¨We understand that models have to change over time as new information comes through.” - Wanda Faye Bryant
- You’re going to have to be comfortable letting go of control and not knowing all the answers.” - Wanda Faye Bryant
- Always be a conscious practitioner which means you’re asking the question why are we doing this, and why are we doing it this way?” - Wanda Faye Bryant
How can I foster curiosity and learning in my classroom? Through talk! StemTeachingTools#35
How can teachers guide classroom conversations to support students’ science learning? StemTeachingTools #48
Visible Learning for Science, Grades K-12: What Works Best to Optimize Student Learning
Make Just One Change book: Question Formula Technique (QFT) website
TERC nine talk moves:
https://www.nsta.org/conferences/docs/2015SummerInstituteElementary/NineTalkMovesFromTERC.pdf
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