The document discusses innovative strategies for enhancing science literacy in schools, focusing on preparing students for future job skills through inquiry-based teaching methods. It outlines various teaching styles such as didactic and laboratory experiments, emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication skills, and conceptual understanding, and introduces the 5E lesson format. The author encourages educators to adopt a cross-curricular approach and engage students in a more interactive and inquiry-driven learning environment.

1. FAST & LOUD
Rev Up Science Literacy in Your School
By
David Mense – Craven County Schools

3. TRANSFORM YOUR CLASSROOM

4. “ECO-FRIENDLY” VERSION

5. •How do you prepare students
for jobs that don’t yet exist?

6. •Thinking Skills
•Communication Skills
•Collaboration Skills

7. TEACHING STYLES
•Didactic
•Inquiry
•Combination
•Laboratory Experiments

8. •“Inquirize” Your Teaching
Everett, S., & Moyer, R. (2007)
•The Many Levels of Inquiry
Banchi, H., & Bell, R. (2008)

9. INQUIRY CONTINUUM
•Confirmation Inquiry
•Structured Inquiry
•Guided Inquiry
•Open Inquiry

10. WHAT IS INQUIRY?
•5E lesson format – engage, explore, explain,
elaborate, evaluate
•Discrepant Events
•PBL – Problem-based; Project-based – Is there a
difference?

11. WHAT IS NEEDED ?
•Conceptual Understanding
•Foundational Science Literacy
•Emphasis on written explanation

12. WHAT IF?
•Approach education from a different way from
when we were kids.

15. •Teach in Silos – NC Essential Standards are set up
in this fashion
•Cross cutting concepts – cross curricular
•Scientific Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes

16. CORE CONCEPTS
•Energy
•Water
•Cycles
•Density
•Convection
•Matter

17. •Teach to your strength!
•YOU make the difference!

18. DEMONSTRATIONS

19. QUESTIONS
•Contact Information:
David Mense
Craven County Schools
252-514-6450
davidmense52@gmail.com