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REAL Science Challenge
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2017
I'm a science teacher who started teaching in 2003. And, what I've learned since my start is that there's always more to learn - not just about how cool science can be but also about how to help students learn it.
So, I started this channel to share the things I've done and am doing to help students learn science more effectively. It's a mix of old school ideas mixed with current theories of learning. I hope these practices help you teach science more effectively too.
So, I started this channel to share the things I've done and am doing to help students learn science more effectively. It's a mix of old school ideas mixed with current theories of learning. I hope these practices help you teach science more effectively too.
First CER and Graphs Test
Learning how to graph data and write arguments using CER (claim, evidence and reasoning) are skills that I teach at the beginning of the school year. But, how do I assess students on these skills after that initial work? Today, I’m sharing the first quiz I give students to assess both their graphing and argument writing skills. Watch the video for more details!
Handouts are available at realsciencechallenge.com/ep106
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Handouts are available at realsciencechallenge.com/ep106
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HEAR - a Framework to help Diverse Learners do Meaningful Research
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Have you ever needed your students to come to class having done a little bit of research ahead of time - perhaps for a debate on genetics or for sharing on a tough topic? Recently, I used something called the HEAR method with my students, and I was surprised that almost all my students had something meaningful to bring to our discussion. And, our discussion was diverse because students drew fro...
Proficiency Scales Explained! (Using Parallel Parking)
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What's the difference between emerging and developing on a proficiency scale? What's the difference between proficient and extending? If you're having difficulty figuring this out, here's how I've explained it to my students - using the analogy of parking. Watch the video for more details. Handouts are available at realsciencechallenge.com/ep104.
A More Organic Way to Teach CER
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How can we teach CER in a more organic way? When we teach CER, I used to go over what a claim is, what evidence is, and what reasoning is and how that differs from evidence. Then, we'd work through some examples. This works, but I think it can be done better - in a way that is less prescribed and more organic - because if it's more organic, it comes from them - the students - and if it comes fr...
What Standards Do I Assess in Standards-Based Grading?
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What learning standards do we assess when using Standards-Based Grading? It can't be every line item on the NGSS - that would take.a lot of time (consider making a proficiency scale for each line item). It would be more efficient to assess standards that represent the broad skills we're trying to teach. To figure out what those are, we can use Learning Pathways. Watch the video for more details...
Where Grading With Points Goes Wrong
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Is it better to use proficiency scales or points to report student learning? Those who support using points always seem to argue that using points is a more accurate. However, this isn't completely true. Points tell what's happened, but don't necessarily give guidance as to what needs to be improved. Watch the video for more details. Handouts are available at realsciencechallenge.com/ep101 And ...
Why I don't need to cover EVERY topic in the science curriculum
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Is it okay to cut out topics out of the curriculum? I think it's okay not to get to every topic in the curriculum - but, that means what I will cover needs cover all the standards (and also creates deep learning opportunities for students too). Watch the video for more details. Handouts are available at realsciencechallenge.com/ep100. And please subscribe to our TH-cam channel.
Creating a More Efficient Standards-Based Grade Book
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How do we set up a Standards-Based grade book that reflects the standards but isn’t time consuming to assess and report on? Answer: form categories that combine similar or overlapping standards. Watch the video to find out more of what we mean. Handouts are available at realsciencechallenge.com/ep99 And please subscribe to our TH-cam channel.
How Traditional Grading is Less Accurate than Standards-Based Grading
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Is Standards-Based Grading less accurate than traditional grading? It isn't. Standards-Based Grading is meant to assess things that traditional grading struggles in with assessing accurately - like science skills like communication, application, and analysis. Watch the video to see what I mean through a recently developed test questions. Handouts for this episode are available at realsciencecha...
Using Science Wordles as a Bellringer and Vocab Review
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Looking for a creative and engaging way to have students review vocabulary? Ever thought of using wordles in the classroom? Like word scrambles, wordles are great for helping students review and preview vocabulary for a chapter. I've used them as a ten-minute bellringer with my classes, and kids have enjoyed them a lot. Watch the video to see how I 've done it. Handouts for this episode are ava...
Do We Use Bell Curves in Standards-Based Grading?!
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Are you concerned that students will just automatically achieve proficient when using Standards-Based Grading? Recently, one teacher asked if I used a bell curve when I'm using SBG so that not every student is proficient. No, I don't use bell curves; instead, I ensure SBG is rigorous. Watch the video for more details. Handouts are available at realsciencechallenge.com/ep96 And please subscribe ...
End-of-Year Skills Tests are NOT Standards-Based Grading
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Do you "do" Standards-Based Grading by giving an end-of-year science skills test? I've heard of some departments who are doing that. Truth is, end-of-year skills tests aren't Standards-Based Grading. Watch episode for more details. Handouts for this episode are available at realsciencechallenge.com/ep95. And please subscribe to our TH-cam channel.
How Science Content is Assessed in Standards Based Grading
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Are you concerned that science teachers aren't assessing and giving feedback on content knowledge accurately if they're using standards based grading? Today, I want to show a sample biology test I created that demonstrates how we can do both - assess content AND competency at the same time. Handouts for this episode are available at realsciencechallenge.com/ep94. And please subscribe to our TH-...
What is an A in Standards Based Grading?
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One critique of Standards Based Grading is that it's really hard for a student to get an A in it. Actually, it’s not that much harder or different than achieving an A in traditional grading. So, what's an A in SBG? Watch the video for details. Handouts are available at realsciencechallenge.com/ep93 And please subscribe to our TH-cam channel.
Taking Standards Based Grading from the Workplace to the Classroom
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What does Standards-Based Grading look like in the real world? Seeing how SBG is done in the workplace - for example, in the business world with regards to employee reviews - can give educators insights as to how to structure their own rubrics and standards. That is what we've done in our department: leveraged an SBG template used in the business world to shape our template in the classroom. Ha...
Can We Use Percentages in Standards Based Grading to Find Proficiencies?
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Can We Use Percentages in Standards Based Grading to Find Proficiencies?
Three Activities for Students After Watching a Science Video
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Three Activities for Students After Watching a Science Video
You Need to try CRAAP, Argument Mapping with your Science Class
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You Need to try CRAAP, Argument Mapping with your Science Class
The Updated "Cell is Like" Project (Animation)
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The Updated "Cell is Like" Project (Animation)
The Updated "Cell is Like" Project (2024 edition)
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The Updated "Cell is Like" Project (2024 edition)
What is Extending on a Proficiency Scale?
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What is Extending on a Proficiency Scale?
Is Standards-Based Grading Accomplishing Its Goals?
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Is Standards-Based Grading Accomplishing Its Goals?
MagicSchool vs ChatGPT (Black History Month 5E Science Lesson)
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MagicSchool vs ChatGPT (Black History Month 5E Science Lesson)
Can ChatGPT Write a Better Range of Multiple Choice Questions?
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Can ChatGPT Write a Better Range of Multiple Choice Questions?
Convert Proficiencies to Percentages More Quickly
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Convert Proficiencies to Percentages More Quickly
A Small Change That Helps Me Do SBG Efficiently
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A Small Change That Helps Me Do SBG Efficiently
Using ChatGPT to Make A Better Foil Boat Project
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Using ChatGPT to Make A Better Foil Boat Project
Making 3 Levels Of Word Review Using AI
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Making 3 Levels Of Word Review Using AI
Have Fun Reviewing Science Vocab Using Riddles by ChatGPT
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Have Fun Reviewing Science Vocab Using Riddles by ChatGPT
Thanks again for the great video, Kent. I appreciate the time, openess and positive approaches you have to science education. I am curious what you would award if the students don't complete the activity, do you show the insufficient evidence column on your other rubrics? Often when I assess CER my kids will say things like "how was I supposed to know that ... or ... how was I supposed to know to link what you taught ... ". When you did this activity were you specifically teaching about weather patterns in the southern and northern hemispheres? Did you teach some geography before this class or did the students do their own research? Thank you!
Nice to hear from you, and thanks for your feedback! With regards to your questions: (1) depending on how much of the activity a student did not complete, I might give them an insufficient evidence or an emerging. Yes, I do use "insufficient evidence" on my rubrics. (2) When we did this activity, I was not specifically teaching students about weather patterns. I was expecting students to have already learned that from elementary school - and, many students did.
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Great explination
Kent, thank you for the video. Do you host ProD workshop on the provincial ProD day this year?
I'll be at the Catalyst conference hosted by the BCScTA
Great! Thanks for sharing! Love it!
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Thank you for this video! Our school fully integrated SBG this year we are hosting a family night to inform parents on the benefits of SBG over traditional grading, and this is an excellent and influential example.
@@jacobgarrison5008 Thanks Jacob! Let me know how the family night goes and if there's anything else you need to help your school make the switch.
Thank you Kent. With the Celery question, could you please let me know how you determine the proficiency level of the student?
Hi Kent, are you going to host any ProD workshops on standard-based assessments on BC ProD day? Please let me know! I would like to learn from you!
I'll be at the BCScTA Catalyst Conference 2024 on the BC Pro-D day. I look forward to working with you there. Thanks!
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I fully agree with you. Chatgpt for me. Magic school only if I have time.
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Hey Kent, great video; thank you. When grouping learning outcomes, would you suggest that the same grouping be applied from grade year to grade year? So, for example, you combined evaluating and analyzing this year. Does that mean that when your students move up a Grade next year, the same grouping is applied? TL;DR Should outcome "condensing" be consistent 8 - 12? How would inconsistent grouping affect students? P.S. Are you going to do something special for your 100th video? Congratulations!
Hi Stefano! Nice to hear from you. We keep the same grouping year-to-year; but, what is considered "proficient" would be different between middle school and high school. Keeping "condensing" the same also helps teachers who teach multiple grades (ie. science 8 and Chemistry 11). Inconsistent grouping would likely be confusing for students and parents. PS. What? 100 episodes already?! I've been thinking about it.
Hi Kent, When creating a quiz/test using SBG, how do you use Bloom's taxonomy and BC's curricular competency to create questions for different proficiency levels (emerging, developing, etc)? Thank you!
I create questions that assess BC curricular competencies and develop rubrics (emerging to extending) for those questions. I know some teachers who create "emerging" level questions and then "extending " level questions for each competency. I don't tend to do that.
Hi Kent, I was wondering if you use the standards-based grading for senior-level courses? I would like to change my quizzes and tests to be more standards-based for my senior chemistry courses over the summer. Thank you!
I do use standards-based grading for Physics 11 and 12. Send me a message and we can discuss a little more about your goals for the summer.
Looks very cool. Will add it to my arsenal for next years voc practice. Thanks for all the awesome info this year. Have a swell summer.
Thanks for watching - always. Hope you have a great summer too.
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Nice summary. It may help to refer viewers to Understanding by Design. The 3 stages help craft the leaning from assessment to lesson planning. It prevents us from teaching one way, and then assessing differently. It is the integration of the skills, within a framework of a Compelling Story with clear actionable assessment. Then, and ONLY then, can students build a journey of evidence to show the growth of their learning. As Guskey's article you show states, SBG itself doesn't improve learning. Learning improves via autonomy, engagement, and clarity.
Thanks for the reference! I agree - we need to assess in the way that we teach. Unfortunately, many colleagues still think of the assessment at the end (and not at the beginning). And yes, not surprisingly, SBG itself doesn't improve learning.
My concern is that with NGSS the wording of some standards don’t require a detailed understanding of content. For example, NGSS doesn’t mention they must know how the identity the parts of a cells. So if you’re only grading them on the standards how could you use that test?
Thanks for your question! The curriculum in BC is equally as vague with regards to content. However, years of experience and discussions with colleagues will help to determine what students must know regarding parts of the cells. Trust your professional judgment and the advice of your colleagues. The test I'm using grades them on the standards while using the content knowledge I have set (which is also supported by their textbooks).
Love the ideas! Just wanted to say that the website page for ep90 says "404 page not found"
Thanks! I've fixed the issue.
One of the problems with SBG is stated in the opening. It’s about skills and ignores knowledge. Traditional grading is better at being able to assess both knowledge and skills, and both are important.
SBG still requires students to acquire knowledge, but the focus is what students do with that knowledge instead of just regurgitating it. I agree, both knowledge and skills are important. However, traditional grading assesses only two skills: how well a student does assignments and how well they do tests.
@@realsciencechallengesaying that a traditional system only shows if a student can do an assignment or take a test is a cop out. If those are well designed, they are opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. You make that statement as if they are completely isolated.
@@anthonypalma2449 if they are well designed, good questions would assess skills and knowledge in both SBG and traditional assessments. What SBG assesses is mastery, and it highlights areas students are strong in and need help in. A student may be very strong in recalling information but not so good at applying knowledge in different situations. Or, perhaps they're strong at calculating physics problems but weak at writing arguments using scientific concepts. SBG attempts to report on these specific areas so that students know where to improve. Can a teacher do this using traditional assessments? Maybe. But it's more difficult if a marks book doesn't highlight the different skills (skills that make up a scientist and that we value in a good science education) being assessed. SBG is about knowledge AND skills since students need a good grasp of knowledge to demonstrate good skill. Thanks for your comments. For further reading, I'd recommend Standards Based Learning in Action by Tom Schwimmer or For Grading Equity by Joe Feldman.
@@realsciencechallenge I’ve done my reading, I had training with Schimmer, and I’ve been forced into SBG. Personally, I feel SBG is far more restricting and traditional to be far more freeing to give feedback in the traditional system. I can give a traditional test/assignment and write detailed feedback.
Great ideas. Videos are wonderful to use in science class. I have used several strategies including a follow up CER prompt, 3-2-1 sheet (3 things I learned, 2 questions, i have, and 1 concept I want to learn more about), and Edpuzzle to do a formative assessment. I also include videos when using hyper docs. Thanks again.
Thanks for those suggestions! I have yet to incorporate edpuzzle - but only because I haven't taken the time to learn how to use it effectively.
Great vid sir. Will have to give this a go. Happy Vernal Equinox!!
Thank you, sir! Hope you enjoy the equinox too. I love how it's just getting brighter and brighter (not so much on how it's getting warmer and warmer though)
How do you know when grading if a student is developing or proficient? Are you ever concerned that you aren’t assessing the students the same?
A good rubric and a well crafted assignment will help distinguish developing from proficient. In my rubrics, students need to demonstrate something at proficient that isn't in developing. This requires me to think about it ahead of time - but once I do that, then it's more likely I'm assessing students the same and that i know the developing students from the proficient ones. For example, if I'm assessing students ability to write arguments from graphs or data, if they provide me with just a claim and reason, then it's a developing. If students provide a claim, reasoning, and cite evidence from the graph or data, then that is proficient.
How do you determine a final percentage letter grade for your 10-12 students?
I am wondering about this as well!
Great vid. Thanks for clarifying.
Thanks for watching!
What is the difference between SBG and "traditional" grading? does grade distribution should be another topic to consider?
Traditional grading assesses how well a student completes assignments and writes tests - this is seen by a traditional marks book which averages between tests and assignments. SBG assesses how well a student performs a standard - like ones from the NGSS science/engineering practices (ie graphing, writing an argument, analyzing data, etc). Thus, an SBG marks book would determine a student's overall performance by looking at a student's proficiency at each standard.
Good data. Very interesting to see how the students responded. Thanks for the info.
Thanks! The results are really helping me refocus on what works.
I find that the rubrics it makes are unusable since students can say something is proficient when I disagree and say it is emerging. I prefer more quantifiable rubrics.
I would agree that AI generated rubrics need some more quantification. That's a conversation I would have with students (that is, AI says proficient is this - what would it look like in class?)
Great vid. Really makes me want to dive in and get some material for my next assessment. It seems that the trick is wording the question to the AI in the most specific way possible. This will take some practice. Thanks again for setting the stage.
Thanks! It takes some getting used to when it comes to asking AI. But, the asking process does help refine what it is I am looking for.
Great vid. Thanks for the info. BTW love the newsletter.
Thanks! Always appreciate hearing from you.
is that a computer that uses floppy discs back there?
Oh yes it is! Old Mac from the 90s. Still works - and it's awesome.
Great vid. Good to see you back. Would love to do SBG but not a reality in my school. I will try to use some of the theory when creating assessments and grading. Stay warm. All schools here called off tomorrow due to wind chill. 🎉
Thanks! Stay warm where you are too - that's some real cold.
I’m not a teacher but I made a snow globe today . We used baby oil instead of water . I actually put fake snow in mine the fake snow doesn’t sink to the bottom .
Thanks for the tip! And, congrats.
Your welcome . Thanks 🙏.
Looks great. Will have to try this after break. Thanks for the super ideas and have a nice break.
Thanks! Hope you have an awesome break as well.
Excellent. But I need one for essay composition.
I get students to write their essays in class. I also don't give them the exact question beforehand. This happens with my tests: students know that the test will be on, for example, cells and cell organelles. But, they'll be given an essay question to answer on the day of the test. I'll also ask for a CER format to give students structure (and make my marking more streamlined).
I’m so glad I found you! I’m new to teaching science in 6th grade and we have to make our materials. This is a huge help. Thank you.
Thanks! Let me know what else would be helpful to you.
Great idea. Always looking for ways to help students review vocabulary ( or BESTs -brain expanding science terms) as I call them. I started experimenting with Bard I Google chrome as ChatGPT is screened out at our school. On a funny note, I used your riddle idea in a secret Santa exchange and got some superb results. 😂.
Glycerin thickens up the water to make the snow sink slower.
Thanks for the tip!
I like how you are mentioning qualitative data in the evidence. Would you dock points from students who don't mention numbers but say that by age 8 is the most common age that students don't believe in Santa? It seems to me that the reasoning here is other observable phenomenon, and not any big picture ideas or concepts.
I would expect students to describe trends if they don't quote numbers. If they don't do either, yes, I would "dock marks."
Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
This seems like a great way to have students also create and submit riddles in a sort of competition. You could display the winners in the classroom and on a class website.
Took me less than 10 minutes to make a cool riddle worksheet. Kudos!!!!
Glad it worked out for you - thanks for giving it a try!
Excellent idea! I will be diving into this with my current vocabulary dealing with soil and formation. BTW- remember "GIGO"??? Cheers.
I didn't try with my students because I didn't have any. I'm not a teacher, but I'm a mother and a grandmother and a great-grandmother. And we use glycerin to put in with any type of snow and it'll keep it from floating and I'll make it sink to the bottom and then you can shake it from the bottom and it'll come up and then I'll go back down again. That's what we used so probably you're going to figure that one out though
Thanks for the tip Dorothy!
Another great example of how to use a CER in class. Will have to use this one. I am doing a CER this Friday that uses a product called Sham Wow. A great video when the salesman demos the product and the kids are supposed to assess how well the product actually seems to perform. Unbeknownst to,them i actually bought the product and we do a real test the next day to see how accurate the demos in the commercial are. They love it. Thanks again. 🎉
Thanks! Love the Sham Wow - got some myself (back in the day). Will have to dig them out and try out your idea some day too.