Kristy Butler and Patti Richardson are science teachers at Forest Hills Central High School in Grand Rapids, MI. Kristy teaches Biology, AP Biology & AP Research and Patti teaches Biology, AP Biology & the Science of Sports & Games. Together they have built the website Science Education Enthusiasts! where they share Instructional strategies, biology lesson plans and labs, biology storylines and more. Additionally, both are heavily involved with the The Michigan Association of Biology Teachers and both will be presenting at the MABT Summer PD Conference 2019 on June 20. You can follow them both on twitter Kristy @KButlerSCI and Patti @PattiRichards19
Show Notes:
- We discuss that Kristy and Patti focus on student centered instruction
- Patti discussed using whiteboards for sense-making
- We ended up discussing Jason Crean and his Storyline working group.
- Our discussion lead to defining a storyline.
- Krisy & Patti explained their thinking around their AP Storylines Doc
- Patti discussed using questions as learning targets
- We disussed the New AP CED
- Kristy and Patti discussed using BILLS (from Lee Ferguson) and BLABNs as lab notebooks
- Aaron talked about stealing Paul Strodes Standards Based Grade model for his Lab class
- Aaron points out that it is confusing to have MABT (Michigan) and MABT (Massachusetts) is confusing
- We all agree that NABT is Awesome
- We are all navigating NGSS and peer support is super important.
- Aaron shared his experience of going to MSOE last summer to learn about about the 3D molecular design models.
Picks of the Week:
- Patti: https://flipgrid.com/ – a way for students to share thinking with small groups and teacher to watch later
- Kristy: Student talk http://stemteachingtools.org/assets/landscapes/FullSet_StudentTalkProtocolsandFlowchart1_c.pdf
- Aaron: Summer Reading Recommendation “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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