Unit 2: Hodgson

Unit 2: Evaluate exemplars and design a ready to implement Design Based Science Task

Learning Objectives

Evaluate two sample Design Based Science Tasks for use in the teacher-learner's classroom context.
Create an original Design Based Science Task which includes multiple NGSS Science Practices, using provided templates
Prepare a presentation for near peers about the implementation or implementation plan of the newly developed Design Based Science Task

Lesson 1: What does a high quality Design Based Science Task look like?

Intro	In this section you will explore published science lesson examples that include Design Based Science and NGSS Practices. Not all of the examples provided necessarily follow an entire Design Based Learning cycle, however these resources are all starting points for expanded Design Based Learning tasks. Some may already be explicitly NGSS aligned and some may require your Lesson 1 skill of identifying NGSS practices.
Learn	Explore examples of design tasks in science and identify the ways they incorporate characteristics of DBS and any NGSS practices. Note that these databases are very expansive and may include some tasks that do not follow a full DBS cycle and therefore you will need to use a critical eye in your evaluations to determine if these examples truly meet the characteristics for Design Based Science that you explored in Unit 1. The links below cover a wide variety of subjects so most teachers can find relevant material and potentially even evaluate an example that you may modify for your own students in Lesson 2 of this Unit. Science Buddies Lesson Database- can filter by different types of engineering Teach Engineering Lesson Database- can filter by age and lesson type Try Engineering Lesson Database- can filter by age and subject area/career field
Do	Complete the graphic organizer to track your understanding. This course requires that you complete the organizer for two sample lessons but you may copy the chart in your student work packet to review as many lessons as you would like to before moving on to the Create Task in Lesson 4.

Lesson 2: Make your own Design Based Science Task

Intro	In the last lesson of this course you will create your own Design Based Science Task. Your first Design Based science task may only involve one or two science practices and your task may take as little as one or two class periods. You may want modify your own version of one of the examples you reviewed or you may want to create a task could serve as an extension to content you already teach. If you want to create something completely new, here are some suggested Topic Idea starters.
Create	Create an original Design Based Science Task which includes multiple NGSS Science Practices, using provided Implementation Scaffolds in the Student Work Packet. You will need to create this in your own google drive or lesson planning software. Your student packet will walk you through planning 4 phases of the task and provide brief examples for a Life Science Homeostasis Design Task. Pre-DBS Task - Introduce Background Information Design Research Phase- Support students through researching the problem and solutions Design Creation Phase- Support students through creating the artifacts related to their design Design Review Phase- Support students through a feedback and/or review phase
Communicate	Prepare a presentation for near peers about the implementation or implementation plan of the newly developed Design Based Science Task Share your ideas in practice! This presentation could easily be used in a department meeting, faculty meeting, or in house-PD. To share your ideas with others upload it to this community google folder.

Reflect on your accomplishments of the Learning Objectives.

Evaluate two sample Design Based Science Tasks for use in the teacher-learner's classroom context.
Create an original Design Based Science Task which includes multiple NGSS Science Practices, using provided templates
Prepare a presentation for near peers about the implementation or implementation plan of the newly developed Design Based Science Task

If you reflect that you need more time with these objectives, explore the resources you may have skipped and/or add more detail/examples to your assignments.

You have completed the course! I hope you will implement the task you planned in Lesson 4, bookmark/utilize the resources provided throughout the course, and share the communication tasks you wrote at the end of each unit with coworkers/near peers.

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