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Hi, and welcome to My Pearson Training. I’m Becky, and I’ll be your learning partner during this tutorial. We’ll find out how Tennessee Middle School Interactive Science 2019 will make learning personal, engaging, and relevant for today’s Tennessee students. If you’re anything like me, getting a new science curriculum can feel overwhelming. Where do you start? Let’s begin by learning about the program components and the various pathways. Next, we’ll explore the planning resources and key lesson components because we need to start with the basics, right? Then, we’ll discover differentiation opportunities and assessment and progress-monitoring options. We’ll learn how Interactive Science 2019 supports the Tennessee Academic Standards for Science. Let’s get started!
TN Middle Grades Interactive Science 2019 Program Overview
Program Components and Pathways
You’ve received a kit of books and materials along with a digital subscription to Pearson Realize™. Now what? Let’s look at each of the print and digital program components to see how you can utilize them in instruction for any of the three pathways-reading, digital, and inquiry. You may choose to utilize any of the three pathways or integrate the pathways as needed. Whatever you prefer!
TN Middle Grades Interactive Science 2019 Program Overview
Inquiry Pathway
The inquiry pathway components include hands-on labs, investigations, and activities that encourage students to think like scientists and engage in scientific practices. Inquiry Labs, STEM Quests and Activities, and Performance Expectation Activities are available both in the reading and digital components. Let’s look at some examples.
TN Middle Grades Interactive Science 2019 Program Overview
Differentiation Opportunities
There are many opportunities to customize lessons on Pearson Realize. And that’s not all! You can differentiate instruction within all pathways to meet your instructional needs as well as the individualized needs of your students, too. Take some time to learn more about differentiation opportunities.
TN Middle Grades Interactive Science 2019 Program Overview
Assessment Options
This program includes a variety of assessment options including diagnostic, formative, summative, and performance-based assessments. You can use Pearson Realize to assign and customize tests, evaluate and examine the auto-graded test results, and give students many opportunities to practice taking online, computer-based assessments. Take some time to learn about each assessment option.
TN Middle Grades Interactive Science 2019 Program Overview
Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Next, let’s look at how this program supports the multidimensional learning of the Tennessee Academic Standards for Science. The customized Tennessee materials reflect and support the unique scope and sequence of the Tennessee Academic Standards for Science. This includes Science and Engineering Practices (or SEPs), Crosscutting Concepts (or CCCs), Disciplinary Core Ideas (or DCIs), and Performance Expectations (or PEs).
• In the Teacher’s Edition, there is one Performance Expectation Activity for each standard. • You can find correlations to the standards in the front matter of the Teacher’s Edition and at point
of use within the Teacher’s Edition, Student Edition, and on Pearson Realize. • A STEM: Science, Engineering, and Technology Skills Handbook supports the Engineering
TN Middle Grades Interactive Science 2019 Program Overview
Closing
In this tutorial, you learned how to utilize the various program components and pathways. You explored how to successfully plan for and deliver lessons. You also saw how differentiated instruction and various assessment options in the program help to meet all students’ needs. And last but not least, you looked at how the program supports the Tennessee Academic Standards for Science. Thanks for joining me! For additional tutorials, visit MyPearsonTraining.com.