Designing Effective Science Lessons: Session 2 - Identifying Important Content

Goals/Objectives	The second DESL workshop, Designing Effective Science Lessons: Identifying Important Content, helps teachers choose content that is significant, rigorous, and appropriate for science classrooms. As a result of this session, participants will: Understand the above strategies for identifying important content Apply these strategies to your own units Improve the quality of your science lessons on your own and immediately
Description	This session of Designing Effective Science Lessons helps teachers remove extraneous sub-topics, technical vocabulary, and wasteful repetition from their science lessons. Teachers learn to create questions that engage students, identify common preconceptions, clarify and sequence learning activities to focus instruction, and develop assessments that improve student understanding. View sample pages from the Designing Effective Science Lessons: Identifying Important Content participant manual. View a schedule of upcoming "Identifying Important Content" sessions.
Target Audience	Science teachers
Contact	Anne Tweed (303) 632-5528 Send Anne a message.
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