This comprehensive set of materials supports the professional learning in our 5-day Force & Motion course.
The complete Force & Motion Facilitator Guide bundle contains the Teacher Book, a Facilitator Guide, and a CD with printable PDF course handouts and a course materials guide. The Teacher Book is designed to support learning during the course and provides background content notes and teaching cases to support science learning and building connections to the classroom. The Facilitator Guide includes extensive support materials and detailed procedures that allow science educators and staff developers to successfully lead a Making Sense of SCIENCE course for teacher learning.
Sold separately is the Force & Motion Teacher Guide bundle which contains the Teacher Book and CD with selected resources.
Also available is a set of Force & Motion course charts that serve as a focal point for teacher learning during the course.
An optional Next Generation Science Toolkit is available. The toolkit supports building a deeper understanding of energy in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) context.
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a different way to stand.
Oprah Winfrey
O Magazine, October 2002
- Type: PDF
- Audience: For PL providers
Companion Resources & Services
Force & Motion Formative Assessment Task Bank
These formative assessments involve gathering and analyzing evidence of students’ thinking, then using what is learned to inform instruction.
Force & Motion
Learn to facilitate hands-on science lessons, support evidence-based discussions, and develop students’ academic language and reading and writing skills in science.
Facilitation Academy
Prepare staff developers to facilitate a specific MSS Course. Attendees experience the course as learners and delve into the techniques needed to facilitate it for participants.
Surveys & Assessments for Teachers and Leaders
Use our surveys to collect professional learning feedback and determine teacher self-efficacy and confidence. Our assessments gauge student and adult science content knowledge assessment, teacher NGSS knowledge assessment, and teacher pedagogical science knowledge.