This comprehensive set of materials supports the professional learning in our 5-day Genes & Traits course.
The complete Genes & Traits Facilitator Guide bundle contains the Teacher Book, a Facilitator Guide, and downloadable resources including course handouts and a course materials guide. The Teacher Book is designed to support learning during the course and provides content background and scaffolded investigations to support the learning. 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 Genes & Traits Teacher Book bundle which contains the Teacher Book and CD with selected resources.
Also available is a set of Genes & Traits 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.
“Genetics was, I would say, the first part of biology to become a pretty good theoretical subject, based on the theory of the gene and patterns of inheritance of characteristics.”
Linus Pauling
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- Audience: For PL providers
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Genes & Traits
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.
Genes & Traits Formative Assessment Task Bank
These formative assessments involve gathering and analyzing evidence of students’ thinking, then using what is learned to inform instruction.
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.