The session goal is for attendees to receive an overview of how to create a lesson series based on an NGSS-designed anchoring phenomenon. This session is designed for intermediate to advanced attendees in the use of phenomena. Attendees will walk away with all the needed strategies to create a lesson series based upon a local phenomenon in their classroom. Focus is how we created two different lesson series around local phenomenon, the reintroduction of the Black-Footed Ferret in Rocky Mountain Arsenal and the sudden appearance of algae on Denver’s City Park Lake. Discussions about the criteria used to choose the phenomenon and how student voice was used to personally connect how to solve these issues within their community. Activities will include attendees using the process of unpacking the standards to ensure the phenomenon covers the needed components of the NGSS standards and a step-by-step organizer for how we created our own integrated lesson series using the procedures for vetting phenomenon by William Penuel and Phillip Bell.
