Sarah Delaney

A believer in science and the power of high-quality instructional materials paired with professional learning.

[Mary Starr @starrscience]

@SarahOpenSciEd @OpenSciEd session Great ideas for how to not let “grading get in the way of learning”. But support documenting our journey of sense making & finding ways to grade. Focus on notebooks, discussion & small writing assignments. Hearing from three different teachers.

[@NGSS_tweeps @NGSS_tweeps]

What and how we grade cannot get in the way of the sense making and the learning community in which S ideas are valued. @SarahOpenSciEd #NSTA22

[@NGSS_tweeps @NGSS_tweeps]

“There can’t be a disconnect between what we are learning and what we are assessing.” @SarahOpenSciEd #NSTA22

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

While I can't have favorites, I love the way that Unit 6.6 gets at cells by thinking about how we heal and how we grow! I think that this unit would have been the biggest value-add when compared to how I used to teach these concepts. #NGSSchat https://t.co/ZSQBrHMqS2

[OpenSciEd @OpenSciEd]

Okay folks, our last question for tonight. This has been a blast!
Q7: What is your favorite phenomenon or activity from the OpenSciEd Middle School units and why? #NGSSchat #MyOpenSciEdStory

Not everyone will have an answer, which is totally ok!

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

A6: I LOVE seeing teachers from all over the WORLD collaborating and sharing resources and guidance in our Facebook Groups. They are so innovative and generous in how they share their expertise and ideas #NGSSchat https://t.co/P66pGm2Hvv

[OpenSciEd @OpenSciEd]

Q6: Our materials are #OER which means that people are free to share and adapt the materials for any purpose.
- How have you benefited from the ability to freely share adaptations of resources?
- Where do you go to find new ideas and share your innovations?
#NGSSchat #GoOpen

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

My favorite thing the @OpenSciEd developers do is ASK the students. We ASK students what is interesting to them before we design the units. Then during the field test we give students exit tickets and ask them if what they did in class was interesting and meaningful. #NGSSchat

[OpenSciEd @OpenSciEd]

Q5*: How do you know if learning is meaningful to your students? And what does it mean to be meaningful? #NGSSchat

*sorry, we cheated again

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

@Pearwilliambaur Me too William! I thought that Biology was only about memorizing vocabulary. It was so far away from the actual living world to me.

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

@MarkNechanicky Love this description Mark "messy, revisable, needs to communicate and test out". Sounds exactly like how I as an adult still go about making sense of things. #NGSSchat

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

@DrDSteele_PhD Curious @DrDSteele_PhD what you found when you did this deep dive. Were there particular SEPs/CCCs that were already strong and ones where there were big gaps? Love that this was your approach - super smart. #NGSSchat

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

@sbottasullivan I love this recipe that you have here! They are all important aspects of it and no one item would be impactful alone.

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

@sciresSoehl @NYCSchools @OpenSciEd Yes! We are currently working on a HS program with Biology, Chemistry and Physics courses. You can see the Scope & Sequence for the courses at the bottom of this page https://t.co/5nfTfLVJoE

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

@OpenSciEd I'm Sarah Delaney, with @OpenSciEd. I'm a former MS science teacher and District Science Supervisor for SF Unified. I love my job and getting to spend my days supporting science education. #NGSSchat

[Gretchen Brinza (she/her) @gretchenmilary]

It’s always a good day when Ss can revisit the #DQB and answer their own questions. ❤️⛰❤️

This @OpenSciEd unit has officially been released!

https://t.co/Q72XOi6sgX

[OpenSciEd @OpenSciEd]

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[OpenSciEd @OpenSciEd]

Join us TOMORROW 10/26 from 5-6:15 EST for a FREE webinar about our latest unit, 6.4 Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycling. Learn about the anchoring phenomenon and get #tips for how to set up the unit investigations
👉Register👈 https://t.co/LtJUPWC7l0

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

@MsMagaryPhysics @BelyeaBrinn @fisicahulk @SFUSD_Science @OpenSciEd @MsMagaryPhysics thanks for the Monday shout-out! I love science teachers and am honored to get to continue working with and for them!

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

@sbottasullivan @OpenSciEd @ReneeAffolter @dizzvh So glad that you were able to listen in. We are always excited to talk about understanding student understandings :-)

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

@corabelle1974 @sbottasullivan @OpenSciEd @ReneeAffolter @dizzvh So glad it was helpful! We loved putting it on!

[𝕊𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕊𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕟 🔬...🔭 @sbottasullivan]

Today was our 2nd day of state assessments. Although it was a long day, I was glad to to listen to this on my way home.

What a pwrful assessment system to Ss & Ts to monitor progress

⁦@OpenSciEd⁩ ⁦@ReneeAffolter⁩ ⁦@SarahOpenSciEd⁩ ⁦@dizzvh⁩ thank u ☺️

[Sarah Delaney @SarahOpenSciEd]

@sbottasullivan @OpenSciEd Are the HS teachers in the area considering using the HS unit? If so, might be a good reason to stay MS.