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Titration Variations: Encouraging Authentic Labs

Titration Variations: Encouraging Authentic Labs

by Liz Maron | May 1, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Science

Using baking to get kids more interested in Chemistry last semester seemed almost like cheating at the authenticity game. It was an enormous effort to obtain materials, plan for choice, and design a structure the genuinely incorporated content… but students were...
Soil Science Students Save the World!

Soil Science Students Save the World!

by Cristie Praeger | Apr 2, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Personal Authenticity, Science, Uncategorized

I’ve taught “Sucio” (Spanish for dirty) countless times. The 9/10 earth science course focuses on the content of soil while emphasizing skills around the scientific method. The course is divided into 3 units. The first focuses on soil types and...

Taking Pride in the Science PBAT

by Susie Kang | Mar 28, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Personal Authenticity, Science

A large portion of the spring semester in my neuroscience class is spent working on the PBAT (Performance Based Assessment Task), which takes the place of the Regents exams at our school. For the science PBAT, students choose an investigative question and design an...

Creating an authentic science project that is not based on an experiment or lab report

by Rosa Moshi | Mar 24, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Science, Uncategorized

I’m teaching the same microbiology class as last semester. Last semester, I worked on designing my second unit project in a way that would make it personally authentic for students. This semester, I want to revise my third unit project. In the third unit, students...
Cookie Catastrophes & Connecting Content

Cookie Catastrophes & Connecting Content

by Liz Maron | Jan 24, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Science, Solutions

Chemistry at ESA now has a legitimate, hands-on Baking Unit! Around the time of my first post, I was brainstorming, collecting, and wrangling ideas & resources to determine an authentic anchor phenomenon to drive the unit. My planning started in August and the...
Follow Up…

Follow Up…

by Cristie Praeger | Jan 23, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authentic Audience, Science, Solutions

My original Problem of Practice was… How might we use the product of a unit on mental health to make contributions within the ESA community? I created a survey for the students of ESA to take.  They responded to the following statements with either YES, NO...
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