Cobb Science
January News and Notes
Happy New Year!
Today's Meet Students in Daniel Harbert's class give each other real-time feedback on Today's Meet during group presentations. | Vocabulary Jenga STEM Lab teacher Melissa Weatherford shares the life-size Jenga game she made to help students review science concepts and vocabulary. | Science Toys STEM Lab teacher Matt Farrell shares some really fun science toys that he purchased at Richards Variety Store (http://www.richardsvarietystore.com/) |
Today's Meet
Vocabulary Jenga
Science Toys
Professional Learning Opportunities
Elementary Session: 3:15-5:15 pm Register here: https://goo.gl/VKURFU
MS/HS Session: 5:30-7:30 pm Register here: https://goo.gl/kiZJ6L
Deeper Learning Institute: Spend a Saturday morning (Feb. 27th) at Hawthorne with your curriculum PLS coaches and supervisors for this participant-guided workshop about teaching the standards deeply and accurately in order to better prepare students to do well on assessments. Register by Jan. 29th to guide the direction taken by content expert sessions based on your feedback during registration. Link here for registration.
The GaDOE is hosting many STEM-related PL events this spring. See the Cobb Science website for the full flyer.
Instructional Strategy Focus- Differentiation

To access science-specific examples of how to differentiate by content, process, and product, visit this site: https://goo.gl/WGuZWc. This link also contains sample student interest inventories and instructions on how to make learner profile cards.
In addition, Edutopia released a Differentiated Instruction Resource Round-Up here: http://www.edutopia.org/article/differentiated-instruction-resources
Digital Tools and Resources
101qsFrom the 101 Questions site (www.101qs.com): "Can you perplex us? Can you show us something that’ll make us wonder a question so intensely we’ll do anything to figure out the answer, including listen to your lecture or watch your slides? Here’s one way to find out. Upload a photo or video. Find out how many of us get bored and skip it. Find out how many of us get perplexed and ask a question. Then figure out what you’re going to do to help us answer it." | SketchNotes Sketchnotes can be done using drawing apps on a tablet or the old-fashioned way using pencil and paper. They are a more engaging way for students to take and illustrate their notes. Read about the how-to's and see examples here: http://www.schrockguide.net/sketchnoting.html | Speaking of Chemistry A production of the American Chemical Society's Chemical and Engineering News, this program features short videos on weird and otherwise interesting chemistry issues suitable for middle and high school students. Use the videos to spark conversations in your classroom. (www.bit.ly/CENOnline) |
101qs
From the 101 Questions site (www.101qs.com): "Can you perplex us? Can you show us something that’ll make us wonder a question so intensely we’ll do anything to figure out the answer, including listen to your lecture or watch your slides? Here’s one way to find out. Upload a photo or video. Find out how many of us get bored and skip it. Find out how many of us get perplexed and ask a question. Then figure out what you’re going to do to help us answer it."
SketchNotes
Speaking of Chemistry
Upcoming Events
NSTA Exploravision Competition Deadline
Monday, Feb. 1st, 5pm
This is an online event.
Georgia Science Teachers Association Conference
Thursday, Feb. 4th, 8am to Saturday, Feb. 6th, 3pm
4021 Lakeview Drive
Stone Mountain, GA
The teacher voice is often the least heard, but most important one in education today. The knowledge, training and experience that we bring to science education makes a difference. Individually and collectively, as science teachers, we can shape the classrooms of the future. In this year's conference we will be sharing our best ideas, resources and practices. We will highlight sessions within the following strands, along with other great sessions from excellent science educators around Georgia. Join us - and have your voice heard!
- Strand 1 - Speaking Up on Integrating Literacy to Advance Science Instruction
- Strand 2 - Speaking Up on Building STEM from Science
- Strand 3 - Speaking Up on Developing Partnerships, Leadership, and Policy
- Strand 4 - Speaking Up on Effective Classroom Assessment