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Intentional
Deliberate
Explicit
Authentic
Cohesive
Purposeful

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Referring to the focus question throughout the lesson

Writing important science ideas on the board, transparency, or chart paper

Telling students, “This is a key science idea.”

Having students write science ideas in their notebooks

Providing visual representations that highlight important

science ideas

Revisiting essential science ideas multiple times in a lesson;

Summarizing and making connections during transition points in the lesson

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Two (or more) science ideas are linked. (You should be able to state each idea that is being linked in a complete sentence.)

This strategy is about linking ideas together, not about linking ideas to activities or linking activities to activities.

The ideas being linked are closely matched to the main learning goal for the lesson or connect science ideas encountered in earlier lessons to the science ideas presented in this lesson.

The link is made clear, explicit, and comprehensible to students.

The link is scientifically accurate.

The link can be made by the teacher and/or by the students.

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To help students to focus on what is important during a lesson.

To differentiate between the multiple ideas generated when eliciting students’ initial thinking and the science concepts that build the content storyline

To make the content storyline easier to follow.

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To introduce any science ideas in a science lesson in a way that they are clearly and explicitly linked to the main learning goal and should help develop (and not distract from) the science content storyline.

To develop student understanding of the learning goal and how it is connected to other ideas.

To develop a strong science content storyline.

To get students to understand that science is interconnected, not stand alone topics they learn about.

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A science lesson with a strong science content storyline should be a connected thread of content-related talk and activities leading from the focus question through a flow of events and science ideas to the conclusion or summary for the lesson

To get students thinking about their own ideas, new science ideas that have been introduced, and how their understanding changes throughout a lesson.

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Students should have a purpose for doing the activity

Setup for the activity makes explicit links to science ideas and provides a chance for students to note their initial thinking about science ideas

Activity is designed so that it requires students to make links between the activity and the science ideas

Follow up the activity by focusing on linking the activity with science ideas and the science content storyline

Students need opportunities to focus on how the activity helped them to better understand the science storyline, what they learned, and how their initial thinking may have changed.

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But can the activities still be fun?
Students can get lost in the art or the procedure rather than doing those things FOR science learning.
"Everything we do should COUNT."

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STRATEGY H: Highlight key science ideas and focus question throughout

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STRATEGY H: Highlight key science ideas and focus question throughout

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STRATEGY G: Link science ideas to other science ideas

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STRATEGY G: Link science ideas to other science ideas

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STRATEGY F: Make explicit links between science ideas and activities

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STRATEGY F: Make explicit links between science ideas and activities