Teachers Put On Their Student Hat

Middle school Capacity Builders, teachers designated to receive training they bring back to their department, are seeing what students are experiencing as they try on the Next Generation Science Standards for themselves. Teachers first wandered around the room observing various photos and news articles, and fairly quickly concluded that we would be focusing on climate change. They then dove deeper into the phenomena by participating in an investigation, which helped them understand, in a practical way, what is happening to our oceans as oxygen is depleted. Finally, they read about oxygen minimum zones and their growth rate. After reflections and consensus from their peers, they had an idea of what was happening near the equator and how to make their thinking visible in their science notebooks