October 12, 2011

A Look at Pedagogical Content Knowledge Overview

Curriculum: Biology Content Pre-Assessment using CPS Reflection

Instruction: What do we want kids to know? Biology Big Ideas 

Assessment: Analysis of Biology BME 1, Planning for

Reteaching/Integration, Planning for Biology BME 2 Writing

What do you know about Biology?Advanced Placement Biology

Practice Exam: Questions 1-50

Orientations to science teaching

Knowledge of science instructional strategies

Knowledge of science learners

Knowledge of science assessment

What do we want our student to know?

Course Level Expectations Major Concepts

Keep a list up on the board (or in their notebooks) throughout the year.

Take the opportunities to point out those big ideas each time they return during lessons.

Biology Unit 2 What big ideas do we want students to learn? What activities/lessons can meet those

objectives? How will we know?▪ Should I really do THAT activity? ▪ (activity for activity’s sake)

Biology BME 1 How did we do?,Have you accessed your

reports in Limelight?▪ Sort according to variables: by Standard, by

demographics, etc. How did your building do? How did our

district do? Planning for BME 2

Writing questions: Each teacher is to write two questions for our next meeting (Content 2x2; Inquiry)

Looking at student work