Week B: Teacher as Scholar-Individual

Week B: Teacher As Scholar—Individual

Earth Sphere Scholar Assignment & Rubric
Weeks 5, 8, 11 and 14

Assignment

Rubric

Goals: To ask questions about the sphere you are studying and to answer those questions, as well as those of your teammates, as a way to increase your Earth system science knowledge.

Background: The purpose of Week B: Teacher As Scholar is for you to expand your personal content knowledge of the sphere. What do you want to know about this sphere? What are your burning questions? What do you think your students' ideas are? What do you need to know more about to help them extend their own thinking?

This week is the time to extend your own knowledge about the spheres that make up the Earth system, as well as the context and application of ideas you already have. In science, asking questions is as important as answering them.

Begin this week by asking your own questions in the Teacher As Scholar space. Then answer your questions and those of your teammates. Together you are creating a resource you all can use to refer back to when you are creating lessons for each sphere.

When most of your questions are answered, turn to the essential questions and formulate answers to those. These were developed by scientists and science educators as a core list of ideas about each sphere in relationship to Earth system science.

Post to Resource Space any relevant information and resources you have found that would help your teammates.

Use the directions below to complete this week’s individual assignment.

Assignment (by Tuesday)

Posting Instructions for step 1
Go to the Classroom, then to Teacher As Scholar.

1. Post your questions about the sphere you are studying this cycle. Feel free to post more questions throughout the week as you think of them.

Posting Instructions for step 2
Go to the Classroom, then to Resource Space.

2. Find articles and web resources to build your knowledge and background. Post in Resource Space any resources with annotations that may be useful to your teammates.

Posting Instructions for steps 3-4
Go to the Classroom, then to Teacher As Scholar.

3. Locate your posted questions and post what you have learned to answer your questions.

4. Answer as many of your teammates’ questions as you can.

Posting Instructions for step 5
Go to the Classroom, then to Portfolio Space.

5. Go to your portfolio in the Classroom to make links from your portfolio to your questions and answers.

Rubric
You and your facilitator will use the rubric below to gauge your success in asking and answering questions about the sphere.

Rubric Criteria: Questions: Thoughtful questions about the sphere in the context of Earth system science.
4 Rating: Researchable, clearly asked, show awareness of confusing points or missing information. Are about the sphere in an ESS context.	3 Rating: Clearly stated, both factual and theoretical.	2 Rating: Clearly stated.	1 Rating: Asked at least five questions.
Rubric Criteria: Answers: Accurate, supportable explanations from multiple sources.
4 Rating: Accurate explanations are supported with citations, logic, and scientific thinking from multiple sources.	3 Rating: Explanations are accurate and supported from resources.	2 Rating: Reliable sources quoted as answers.	1 Rating: Answered all the questions.

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