The SMILE Program @ OSU

At the May Teacher’s Workshop held at the HJ Andrews Forest, SMILE teachers learned about how field investigations connect to NGSS Practices.  Teachers focused more specifically on how to help students develop questions, set up an investigation, and analyze and interpret the data that they collected. Below is the materials shared during this session.

Natures Notebook:

• Directions
• Activity Sheet
• BLM Data Sheet
• Douglas Fir Cards

Teacher’s Workshop PowerPoint

Field Investigations Textbook

Introduction to Graphing Lesson

As you may know, Oregon has adopted the Next Generation Science Standards and the hope is that all states will too. These standards can be difficult to navigate and we are here to help. This source is here to make it a little easier. National Science Teachers Association has a blog that they hope will connect teachers with helpful lesson plans for these standards. Check it out!