Science Summer Symposium

Biology Day A

Department of Mathematics and Science

Session Outcomes

• Participants will be able to:– Pull data for all interim assessments– Analyze the data from the interim assessments to drive

the instruction– Plan a differentiated instruction lesson plan based on the

interim assessment data

Department of Mathematics and Science

Summer Science Symposium Guidelines

• Symposium Schedule: – 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM (no late arrivals, no early dismissal)– Lunch: 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

• Stipend and Master Plan points requirements: – 100% attendance for all three days and turn in follow-up– Signature required in the morning and afternoon– Charter school teachers must contact their school administration for

stipend – Part time, hourly, 3100, 3110, and other non-full time teachers are

not eligible for stipend and MPPs

• Daily Reflection and Follow up assignment– Handout of Modeling activity presented by group with questioning

strategies and product expectation

Department of Mathematics and Science3

Norms

• Make sure to be kind to the presenters and give them your full attention, and please be on time

• Don’t be afraid to ask and share, we are all life-long learners

• Care for your profession and be kind to others

• Please remember we are guests at Miami SHS

• Silence your cell phones and turn off your gaming devices Department of Mathematics and Science

Agenda (Using Data in Biology)

• Edusoft– Logging in– Pulling data– Performance band reports– Custom reports

• Exporting data to excel– Excel– Color coding data

• Data driven differentiated instruction– Using performance band

reports– Using excel data to drive

individual and whole group instruction

– Data chats w/students

• Differentiated instruction: Student choice– Cells Tic-Tac-Toe

Department of Mathematics and Science

Science Summer Symposium – Biology

July 9-11 and July 12-16

Miami Senior High School

Facilitator: Jason Jackson

Session: Using Data in Biology to Drive Instruction and

Target Benchmarks

Goals

• Be able to pull data from Edusoft to analyze student performance on IA’s and other tests.

• Use the data collected to differentiate instruction to improve student performance

Performance Bands

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Using the Performance Band Report

• Overall average by class and group• Question group breakdown• Breaks down each question by benchmark• Individual question performance by class or group.• Highlights lowest scored questions• Can be used for question analysis.• Development of test taking skills.

Custom Reports

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Report Builder

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Creating and naming new excel sheets

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Create new sheets

Rename sheets

Filtering Data

Click on row 12 to highlight

Click on sort and filter. Then select filter

Click in dropdown arrow next to period. Select sort A to Z

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Sorting Data by Period

Click on drop down arrow. Select one period. Hit ok

Highlight all students, benchmarks, and data. Copy data and then paste in new excel sheet

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Coloring Coding Data

Highlight just the data

Click on conditional formatting.Select:

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Highlight Cell Rules: Greater Than

Type in 59%

Select custom formatfillgreen color. Hit OK

Highlight cell rules Greater than

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Highlight Cell Rules: Less Than

Type in 50%

Select custom formatfill red color. Hit OK Highlight cell rules Less

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Highlight Cell Rules: Between

Type in 50%

Select custom formatfill yellow color. Hit OK Highlight cell rules

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Using the Custom Report

• Identify the strongest and weakest benchmarks for each class and group.

• Identify students that showing weakness across the board.

• Data chats/Contracts with each student.

Lunch time….

• Differentiated instruction is creating a classroom where teachers respond to differences in learning styles and different levels of prior knowledge of students.

• It give students options and flexibility that promotes constant learning and keeps students engaged.

What is DI?

What is DI?

Data Driven DI

• Data driven differentiated instruction.– Remediation of problem benchmarks

• Bell ringers• Review and Exit Slips• Home learning• Student grouping

– Using data to determine prior knowledge• IA’s as pre assessment• Student grouping

DI by student choice

• Differentiated instruction by student choice:– Creating assignments and assessments that gives

students a choice or range of options that allow them to chose what they want to do.

– Think-Tac-Toes

Think-Tac-Toe1

Gizmo: Cell StructurePlant vs. Animal

2A plant and an animal cell are

running against each other in an election. Describe where they

agree and where they disagree.

3Judge why a plant or animal cell is better

4Create a brochure comparing a plant and animal cell describing

the unique characteristics of each.

5Cell Theory

&Timeline

6Flow Chart:

Prokaryotes vs. EukaryotesVocabulary: (Given)

7Cell Model

Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes*Short essay describing similarities & differences

8Song/Poem

Create a song/poem using Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes cells and their parts.

9Company Protein Synthesis INC is upgrading its old prokaryotic

facilities to new eukaryotic ones. Describe the changes that have

occurred

Exit Slip

What items in the professional development session were useful to your instructional practice?

What information would you like to see in future professional development?

How could this professional development be modified to address your specific needs?

Additional question(s) or comment(s)

Please leave your reflections on the table

Department of Mathematics and Science

Science Department

Dr. Ava Rosales, Executive Director

Elementary Middle School High School

Dr. Millard LightburnDistrict Supervisor

Yoly McCarthy,Instructional Supervisor

Mr. Sebastian Oddone, District Supervisor

Ms. Mary Tweedy, Curriculum Support

Specialist

Mr. Kirk Nieveen, Curriculum Support

Specialist

Ms. Keisha Kidd, Curriculum Support

Specialist

Ms. Mildred Farber District Administrative Assistant

Phone: 305- 995-1939

SAVE the Date: October 24 -26, 2013

Florida Association of Science Teachers Conference 2013

DoubleTree by Hilton HotelMiami Airport Convention Center

October 24-26, 2013

Join the magical experience of learning new science curriculum and methods while gaining new resources and skills

that will spark magic in your teaching.

Go to https://sites.google.com/site/dcstaonline/stem-conference Presenters Needed

The presenter application is available at: http://form.jotform.us/form/31128863541150

Thank you!

ybmccarthy@dadeschools.net