Patterns Chemistry
Patterns Chemistry is the second course in the 3-year high school Patterns Science sequence. This workshop focuses on three-dimensional (3D) learning through culturally responsive, phenomena-based storylines that intertwine the disciplinary core ideas of chemistry with the scientific and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts as described in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Participants will experience the Patterns Approach of using inquiry and exploration to teach content to students as well as how to integrate classroom discourse into their instructional design including a variety of data discussion methods. Participants will also learn how to include instructional practices that support student scientific writing that advance equitable engagement of students as they grapple with real-world applications in Chemistry. These applications involve social and environmental justice themes and mathematical patterns and trends.
Patterns Chemistry Units 4-6 will be covered in this workshop.
Facilitators: Kristi Miller & Jomae Sica
Registration Link or Oregon Teachers and/or Oregon residents.
Registration Link for out-of-state teachers. Cost for registration is $500.
For more information, please contact:
David Strayer (PMSP) at david.strayer@pdxstem.org
Susan Holveck (PMSP) at susan.holveck@pdxstem.org
Kristen Harrison (PMSP) at kristen.harrison@pdxstem.org.
David Melville (GOSTEM) at dmelville@eou.edu
Stefanie Holloway (GOSTEM) at sholloway@eou.edu
Casey Boothby (GOSTEM) at boothbc@eou.edu
About WRAP (Well-Rounded Access Program)
In 2020, Oregon received a five-year, $9.8 million US Department of Education grant to expand access to well-rounded education courses with a focus on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math), specifically emphasizing the integration of arts into STEAM. Through this opportunity, in addition to several other courses, ODE has contracted some of these funds to the expansion and modification of High School Science for All. The High School Science for All program was designed to increase student access to science courses by providing an openly licensed, vertically articulated curriculum that has potential to align district pathways for students' science course taking. It is currently being used by several school districts throughout Oregon.
The Oregon Department of Education has contracted with Portland State University and Eastern Oregon University to improve the curriculum and and online availability of the curriculum and expand professional development and use of the curriculum, targeting modifications to the relevance and useability for rural areas of the state.
The scope of this project focuses primarily on strengthening the curriculum and course content so that it aligns more closely with the design principles identified in the project; includes greater clarity and organization structured around the key phenomena; includes culturally responsive techniques and strategy within the content, aligned with the accompanied professional development; reflects changes to support implementation in rural areas of the state; incorporates greater elements of STEAM instruction, specifically arts-integration; and is designed to be implemented in an online setting.
Secondarily, this project focuses on expansion of professional development to increase use of this content across the state and a greater understanding/support of culturally responsive teaching practices.
To learn more about this course, please contact Beth Blumenstein and beth.blumenstein@ode.oregon.gov or 503-931-9174.