NCSTA Grades 5-8 Workshop
Understanding across the Science Curriculum
Friday, October 20, 2017
-AGENDA-
8:00 Check-in; Getting Ready
8:30 Introductions & Objectives
9:00 Examples: “We thought they got it, but they didn’t.”
10:00 Break
10:15 Observation and Classification
10:45 Experimental Design
11:45 LUNCH (Provided)
Afternoon activities will be closely matched to each grade level (5-8)
12:15 Grade Level Activities- Period #1 (See below.)
1:15 Grade Level Activities- Period #2
2:15 Break
2:30 Grade Level Activities- Period #3
3:30 Wrap-up/Evaluation
Specific Afternoon Grade-level Agenda
Activity Topics
| Period | Grade 5 | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Force & Motion |
Plant Growth Plant Ecology |
Weather & Climate |
Change in Matter Conservation of Mass |
| 2 | Earth Systems |
Density Energy |
Body Systems Genetics |
Hydrosphere Earth History |
| 3 | Ecosystems |
Solar System Lithosphere |
Forces Simple Machines |
Disease Ecology |