Science & Engineering Practices
SEP Task Formats by STEM Teaching Tools
SEP Task Formats by STEM Teaching Tools
SEP Printable Posters from SDCOE
SEP Printable Posters from SDCOE
SEP and CCC Planning Cards from Bozeman Science
SEP and CCC Planning Cards from Bozeman Science
Rubrics for Assessing Each SEP!
Rubrics for Assessing Each SEP!
- SEP 1: Asking Questions
- SEP 2: Developing and Using Models
- SEP 3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
- SEP 4: Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- SEP 5: Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
- SEP 6: Constructing Explanations
- SEP 6: Designing Solutions
- SEP 7: Engaging in Argument from Evidence
- SEP 8: Obtaining, Evaluation, and Communication Information
Graphic Organizers for Students (Bozeman Science):
Other Template for Planning Investigations with sentence starters, from Todd LinkeGraphic Organizers for Students (Bozeman Science):
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
- Constructing Explanations
- Engaging in Argument from Evidence
- Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
*NOTE: These are quick, entry-level scaffolds for each SEP. Be sure to check the Progressions to address each SEP at the high school grade level.
Engineering:
from Todd Linke at Mount MiguelEngineering:
- Engineering Design HS NGSS Standards
- Engineering Connections (ideas) in the CA Science Frameworks
- JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Engineering in the Classroom
- Teach Engineering
- Try Engineering
- STEM Teaching Tool #45: Focusing students' engineering design projects on science learning
- STEM Teaching Tool #36: Managing Students' Design Frustration
- Videos on engineering to show students
- Classroom videos on engineering for teachers
Claim - Evidence - Reasoning:
Claim - Evidence - Reasoning:
- CER Infographic with Sentence Starters by Amanda Atkins
- CER template with feedback and revision by AST
- CER pre-writing graphic organizer
- Assessing Scientific Reasoning through Written Explanations
- CER Handout with sentence starters, rubric, sample by Annika Goodin
- 3 Levels of Scaffolded CER Prompt by Annika Goodin
- CER Peer Review Form by Kate Richards
- Scaffolding Students' Written Explanations by AST
- Sample Chem CER’s by Val Vitkauskas
- Video: Pressing for Evidence-Based Explanations
- Activity: Introducing C-E-R with fossils
- Intro CER Practice PearDeck by B. Enerva
Asking Questions:
Asking Questions:
- Driving Question Board from OpenSciEd
- Driving Question Board and sample photos from Inquiry Hub
- Reading: How to USE student questions from a Driving Question Board
- Question Formulation Technique
Science Notebooking:
Science Notebooking:
Modeling:
Modeling:
- Elements of a Scientific Model
- Models and Their Limitations (sentence starters, question prompts)
- Modeling from Model-Based Inquiry
- Gallery Walk Sentence Frames for Modeling
- "The Modeling Toolkit" a how-to with examples
- Models and Modeling: An Introduction by Ambitious Science Teaching
- Tips on designing a model scaffold by AST
- Template for before-and-after models by AST
- Classroom VIDEO: Developing and Using Models
- Modeling Rubric
- Classroom VIDEO: Eliciting Students' Ideas
Student Talk
Student Talk
- Discussions and Classroom Discourse from OpenSciEd
- Peer Feedback Facilitation from OpenSciEd
- Goals and Talk Moves
- Class Culture and Norms from OpenSciEd
- Student Talk Protocols from STEM Teaching Tools