Science and Literacy with LDC

Northwestern High School Library

7473 N Elyria Rd
West Salem, OH 44287
September 29-30, 2016
Day 1 Agenda
Breakfast and Coffee
Network: NRWS_District
Password: 124dd5bef2

7:30-8:00AM

Welcome

8:00-8:30AM
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Icebreaker (15 min)

Why we are here (15 min)

What is the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)?

- Cloze read mini-task: What is a Science Literacy Design Collaborative
(LDC) module? (20 min)
- Defining LDC (45 min)

8:30-9:35AM

Break

9:35-9:45AM

Project Scope

9:45-10:00AM

Introduction to LDC Coretools

10:15-10:30AM

Teaching Task Think Tank

10:30-11:30AM

Lunch

11:30-12:00PM

Constructing a powerful science and literacy assignment (Teaching Task)

- Building out your teaching task on CoreTools: what is the final product,
what are kids making, what does success look like, what major content standards
will you address (1 hour 15 min)
- Prep for shark tank presentations (15 min)
- Shark Tank Presentations/Feedback of you Teaching Task (60 min)
- Revisions (20 min)

12:00-2:50PM

Closing

2:50-3:00PM

Day 2 Agenda

Business Sensitive|505 King Avenue |Columbus, Ohio 43201-2696 |

www.BattelleEd.org

Breakfast and coffee

Network: NRWS_District
Password: 124dd5bef2

7:30-8:00AM

Welcome

8:00-8:05AM

Skills and Instruction Deep Dive

What Factors Influence Plant Carbon Dioxide Production and Usage?

8:05-8:30AM

Backwards Design: Skills and Products

How do we know students are on track?

8:30-8:45 AM

The Design Process with Battelle Principal Research Scientist

8:45-9:15AM

Backwards Design: Products by skill cluster

9:15-9:45AM

Break

9:45-10:00AM

Developing an instructional plan

- The nuts and bolts of the instructional plan: skills list and mini-tasks (30
min)
- Developing your first mini-task (instruction focused on one skill) (30 min)
- Presenting your mini-task (20 min)
- Next steps for afternoon (10 min)

10:00-11:30AM

Lunch

11:30-12:00PM

Evaluations

12:00-12:30PM

http://tinyurl.com/h2xov2v

Developing your instructional plan

2-3 mini-tasks sign off by coach

12:30-2:00PM

Break

2:00-2:15PM

Instructions between now and October 14th

2:15-2:30PM

Developing your instructional plan continued

2:30-2:50PM

Closing

2:50-3:00PM

Business Sensitive|505 King Avenue |Columbus, Ohio 43201-2696 |

www.BattelleEd.org