Module Three

Learning Goals

  1. Understand that the core competencies from Vision and Change (V&C) follow the same basic premise as the previous standards, with a focus on integrating content with skills
  2. Understand how these standards are applicable and useful across disciplines and grade levels, not just undergraduate biology courses
  3. Use the same principle of aligning content and skills that is championed across A Framework for K-12 Science Education, AP Science Practices, and V&C to help make connections across K-16

 

Summary

In Module Three: Introduction to Vision and Change (V&C), trainees will be introduced to Vision and Change–a list of competencies required for undergraduate Biology students to practice and learn. At the start and completion of the module, trainees will complete another modeling frameworks activity–this time including the V&C competencies. Trainees will read selected papers and attempt to outline activities, lessons, and teaching strategies they will use in the classroom to teach a V&C competency. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the V&C competencies, trainees should realize how STEM skills, or skills scientists use, are 21st century skills. By teaching students STEM skills, they are also learning skills transferable to the real world.

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DIscussion Board Instructions

What are some activities/lessons/teaching strategies you would implement in the classroom to teach students one V&C core competency? Provide an example of how you would teach that skill in class.

  • For example, to teach the "ability to understand the relationship between science and society," students will learn about the history of the germ theory and how it changed healthcare. Students can create a timeline about how the germ theory was developed, the ethics of animal research (animals were used for research), and the positive and negative consequences as a result of germ theory.

Share your teaching idea in the discussion board below. Respond to at least one other participant, please include a) one to two good things about their teaching idea and b) one to two suggestions for improvement.

In the discussion board below, please also upload a copy of your STEM Ed Frameworks POST-MODULE model. You must be logged in to post a comment. The image must be a JPG or PNG file. For information on taking a screenshot of your model, see here. 

Explore models from other participants. Are they similar? Notice any common threads? Would you add/remove anything? How does it relate to what you've learned about the scientific method (both in your own work and in school)? Be sure to leave a reply on at least one other person's model.