Understanding Science

sample materials

Each Making Sense of SCIENCE™ professional development course is supported by a Teacher Book and Facilitation Guide. The Teacher Book contains five core sessions, each a full day of collaborative learning, along with a Looking At Student Work™ follow-up guide to support teachers' analysis of their own students' work throughout the school year. For example, the structure of the Teacher book for Force & Motion is as follows:

Core Sessions

Motion
Change in Motion
Acceleration and Force
Force
Acceleration and Mass

Looking at Student Work™

Mental Models
Learning Gaps
Next Steps
Analyzing Tasks
Modifying Tasks

Download the Introduction to the Force & Motion Teacher Book
(PDF, 1 MB)

The Facilitator Guide provides detailed yet flexible procedures, in-depth background information, guiding questions and charts to use during group discussions, and other insights for successfully leading each Making Sense of SCIENCE course.