Arlene Friend

Middle School Science Teacher. Co-founder NextGenerationTeachers, creating integrated phenomenon driven MS storylines for your NGSS classroom.

[Philip Bell @philiplbell]

A4. Some norms I really appreciate: (1) lean into discomfort, (2) attend to power dynamics in interactions so as to center non-dominant perspectives, (3) don't move to closure prematurely—scaffold dissent and engage in critical analysis. #NGSSchat

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

#NGSSchat Arlene Friend, MS science teacher in Las Vegas NV

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

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[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

Thanks for a great chat! #NGSSchat

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

@3DplanJeanane @nextgenstoryli1 @OpenSciEd I agree! Implementing these storylines with my colleagues is a great way to grow my understanding of NGSS #NGSSchat

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

A6 NGSS Chat is my favorite resource to build my understanding of NGSS and 3D learning #NGSSChat

[TJ McKenna @tjscience]

It is also important to think about coherence across universities and school settings - this is a study we did exploring the assumptions underlying the work of a research–practice partnership (RPP) focused on this #NGSSchat https://t.co/7gVIdE3azy

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

@JohnRussell82 I love how you categorized Ss responses! Did Ss help to create the labels? What did you do with their responses after? #NGSSchat

[Eve Manz @eveimanz]

A4: Supporting PST's to attend to students' resources and recognize/trouble how race, language, culture influence what they interpret and respond to as scientific. #ngsschat

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

@ACHOSinfo Totally! Ss should see that scientists also make mistakes and just because we can doesn’t mean we should

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

@mrshigginsri I agree the CCC are a bit overlooked #NGSSchat

[Ted Willard @TedWillard2061]

I would say:
1. Shift to making sense of phenomena

2. Ss playing a role in planning instruction

3. Use of Modeling and Explanation

4. Student to student evidence-based discourse

#NGSSChat

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

A4 Major concept we should focus on next is sociocultural learning. I want our next generation to be able to be empathic leaders that can problem solve and communicate based on evidence #NGSSchat

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

A 3 The experience of developing and implementing storylines has had the biggest influence for me teaching science. I was introduced to inquiry instead of cookie cutter labs but Ss learning based on a phenomenon has had the most impact. #NGSSchat

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

@sbottasullivan I agree! Learning needs to be social and open questions gives space for students to participate and feel successful! #NGSSChat

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

@nflynnseattle @frizzlerichard Great resource! Thanks for sharing

[Leena Bakshi McLean, Ed.D. @LeenaBMc]

A7: When we look for phenomena to investigate, we use culturally relevant phenomena where communities have been impacted such as the Flint, MI water crisis, African American birth mortality rates, access to power in Puerto Rico, tsunamis on the big island in HI, etc. #ngsschat

[Arlene Friend @FriendArlene]

A7- Currently working on a storyline about vermicomposting to help with the community issue of poor soil and food deserts #NGSSchat