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The document summarizes a workshop for science educators on planning courses with essential questions and big picture ideas in mind. It discusses reviewing ministry documents, science goals, and course descriptions. It provides tips for choosing worldview themes, using stories to encourage thinking, and identifying connections. It also offers guidance on building units, identifying science and generic skills, and sketching a course plan with units, class types, and culminating activities. Sample unit plans and project-based learning ideas are presented.
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