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12. Leadership Lesson #3: Decision Making & Judgment, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal Sep 2014

12. Leadership Lesson #3: Decision Making & Judgment, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal

Ana K Houseal

This lesson provides youth with an understanding of decision making styles and criteria for choosing which style is best for them during different situations.


05. Ecological Relationships Lesson #4: Up In Smoke!, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal Sep 2014

05. Ecological Relationships Lesson #4: Up In Smoke!, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal

Ana K Houseal

This lesson introduces youth to the effects of fire on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem(GYE) using observations and guided inquiry.


13. Leadership Lesson #4: Peer Coaching—Finding Resolution, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal Sep 2014

13. Leadership Lesson #4: Peer Coaching—Finding Resolution, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal

Ana K Houseal

This lesson introduces the practice of peer coaching and develop youth peer coaching skills. Peer coaching can be a great way to bounce ideas off of a trusted thinking partner and avoid unnecessary stress or worry.


Student Experience 05: The Candle, Ana K. Houseal Sep 2014

Student Experience 05: The Candle, Ana K. Houseal

Ana K Houseal

Sometimes objects turn out to be something other than what we think we are observing. Learning to make careful observations provide the basis for students to engage in further observations of objects that are both familiar and unfamiliar. In this lesson, students make observations while the teacher manipulates an object that appears to be a candle. This leads to the exploration of the differences between observations and inferences.


15. Stewardship Lesson #2: Thinking Like A Mountain, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal Sep 2014

15. Stewardship Lesson #2: Thinking Like A Mountain, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal

Ana K Houseal

This lesson introduces youth to the essay “Thinking like a Mountain” that discusses theneed to respect the natural balance of nature.


Background 5: Student Experience Lesson - Labeling Facies, Ana K. Houseal Sep 2014

Background 5: Student Experience Lesson - Labeling Facies, Ana K. Houseal

Ana K Houseal

Background for Student Experience Lesson: Labeling Facies


Scientific And Engineering Practices (Seps) In The Next Generation Science Standards: Rubrics For Grades 3-5, Tayla M. Fulcher, Ana K. Houseal Dec 2013

Scientific And Engineering Practices (Seps) In The Next Generation Science Standards: Rubrics For Grades 3-5, Tayla M. Fulcher, Ana K. Houseal

Ana K Houseal

It has been nearly twenty years since the last national science standards, the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) Benchmarks for Science Literacy (Benchmarks) (AAAS, 1993) and the National Resource Council’s National Science Education Standards (NSES) (NRC, 1996) were published. In 2013, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), developed using the latest research in science and science teaching, were released. Unlike previous standards, the NGSS are divided into three dimensions, (a) disciplinary core ideas (DCIs), which is the content, (b) crosscutting concepts (CCCs), which are the connections between science subjects, and (c) scientific and engineering practices (SEPs), the …