Community Outreach in the School 4/23/21

Setting

Objective
Community Outreach in
M y objective is to bring as many community resources into the school environment as possible so that
students more clearly understand the importance and relevance of what they’re learning in class to how it can
be applied in the real world.

the School Setting

Standards
● ISTE Standard 4c: Collaborator - Use collaborative tools to expand ● NGSS 3-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
students’ authentic, real-world learning experiences by engaging ● NGSS 3-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
virtually with experts, teams and students, locally and globally. ● NGSS 3-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
● ISTE Standard 7b: Global Collaborator - Use collaborative ● CCSS MP.2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or CCSS MP.4: Model with Mathematics
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community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple ● CCSS SL3.3: Ask and answer questions about information from a
viewpoints. speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
● CSTP 1.2: Connecting learning to students’ prior knowledge, ● CCSS SL3.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an
backgrounds, life experiences, and interests
April 1, 2021 ● CSTP 1.3: Connecting subject matter to meaningful, real-life contexts
experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details,
speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
● CSTP 6.3: Collaborating with colleagues and the broader professional
community to support teacher and student learning
CSTP 6.5: Engaging local communities in support of the instructional
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program
● CSTP 6.6: Managing professional responsibilities to maintain
motivation and commitment to all students

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Student Driven Data

Guiding
Students in the 3rd and 4th grade were provided a survey that asked the question,
How would student engagement and “Do you understand how what we learn in class connects to the real world?”

Question
They were given two options: Yes or No.
teacher motivation change if we had
more access to community resources?

From this data, it is apparent that students do not understand the

im portance of the C alifornia curriculum as it relates to real life.

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Setting

Subject Areas

Now Your Please open

the Form
Environment and Nature Conservation
❏ Crystal Cove Conservancy
STEM
❏ Vex STEM Labs

Turn
❏ Bolsa Chica Conservancy ❏ Bricks 4 Kids
❏ Back to Natives Restoration
below and ❏ Aquarium of the Pacific
❏ Environmental Nature Center
respond to
the question. Liberal Arts
❏ Arts & Learning Conservatory
❏ Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Community
Resources

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Crystal Cove Conservancy

Environment & Provides virtual learning programs that combine
STEM with an environmentally conscious approach

Nature Conservation Programs include free guided and self-directed

lessons, in addition to free virtual video field trips
straight from the park.

Community organizations focused on educating students on the Sample Programs

● 2nd-5th grade: Explore at Home Investigations
importance of protecting our environment. ○ Activities include a scavenger hunt and
observation of animal and plant species
● 5th grade: Virtual Project Crystal
○ Focuses on the water cycle and plant ecology
habitat; includes options for video field trips.

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Bolsa Chica Conservancy Aquarium of the Pacific

Free programs and activities focused on the wetland Free virtual field trips and lesson plans exploring the different realms of
ecology and water cycle with an emphasis on marine biology.
conservation and restoration.
Virtual Field Trips Lesson Plans
Sample Programs ● Aquarium educator teaches about topics ranging from ● Incorporates inquiry-based project kits that allow
● TK-4th: Create a Critter marine mammals (TK-3rd) to ocean ecosystems and students to make observations as they explore the
conservation efforts (4th-6th). Aquarium’s live streaming animal webcams.
○ Learn about animal adaptation while engaging in
a STEM-based activity
● 5th-12th: What’s in the Mud?
○ Learn about marsh invertebrates by viewing live
specimens under a microscope.
● 6th-12th: Water Quality Testing
○ Engage in data monitoring and comparison while
learning about wetland ecology and hydrology

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Turn Of the Environmental

and Talk and Nature
Conservation resources
that were shared,
which of the following
would you utilize?
Liberal Arts
Community organizations focused on providing students the
tools and environment to explore their creative sides.

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Arts & Learning Conservatory Segerstrom Center for the Arts

ALC Teaching Artists guide students as they explore theater, dance, and music. Segerstrom Artists provide in-person and virtual tools that allow students to
Provides classroom sessions, school workshops, school plays, and after-school explore music, dance, theater, and visual arts.
art programs.
In-Person Experience Virtual Lessons
● Assembly: Artists incorporate topics such as cultural and ● Lessons are taught by an artist through a video
socio-emotional awareness with a 45-minute ○ Topics include painting, puppets, music,
performance. dance, and paper mache.
● Workshop: Artists collaborate with educators to create
lessons that complement the curriculum.
● Residency: Artist teaches a course over several weeks to
support students’ creative thinking.

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Vex STEM Labs

Free leveled coding and robotics lessons that promote collaboration and
exploration amongst students.

STEM Inclusive lessons for all students

● Level 1: Students brand new to Vex Robotics or coding
● Level 2: Students with basic experience in Vex Robotics
or coding
● Level 3: Students who’ve completed introductory courses
of Vex Robotics or coding

Online Vex VR Activities

● Over 20 online activities students can choose from that
Community organizations focused on exploring the varying teach students different ways to code
● Includes a VR robot, so no purchase necessary!
realms within the fields of science and math.

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Setting

Bricks 4 Kids Turn Between Environment

and Talk
STEAM and inquiry-based projects focused
on improving students’ cognitive and motor and Nature
skills, while being personalized to fit each Conservation, Liberal
teacher’s curriculum.
Arts, and STEM, which
Program Overview
● 12-16 weeks long seem the easiest for you
● 4 levels for students to master
○ Junior Builder
○ Senior Builder
to implement? Which
○ Master Builder
○ Grand Master
seem the most difficult?
● Incorporates additional STEAM resources -
Khan Academy, Mosaic, Stride, PolyUp - into
their lesson plans

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Now Your Turn

Please take a minute to respond to the
following Google Form

Once you’ve submitted your form, turn and talk to a

neighbor and discuss: How do you envision using the
provided resources with your students or at our school?

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