Gowanda+Science

**21st Century Science Skills**
Needs/Solutions Worksheet to edit on Google docs Needs/Solutions Worksheet to edit on wiki


 * Resources**

//The World is Flat: Release 2.0// by Thomas Friedman (2006) //Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World// edited by Heidi Hayes Jacobs (2010) //The Global Achievement Gap// by Tony Wagner (2008) //A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future// by Daniel H. Pink (2006) “21st Century Middle Schools: What Does Success Really Mean?” by Bernie Trilling, //Middle Ground//, NMSA, April 2010 Partnership for 21st Century Skills [] 21st Century Skills Maps Joyce Valenza’s Information Fluency Wiki http://informationfluency.wikispaces.com/ GO2WEB20 Web Applications Index [] Hole-in-the-wall project by Sugata Mitra [] Ted Talks video (any of them will do) []
 * Friedman's Ten Flatteners**
 * 1) Fall of the Berlin Wall 11/9/1989 (resulting from, he says, the instant communications enabled by personal computers...this is before the Internet)
 * 2) Netscape goes public 8/9/95. Netscape made the Internet accessible to the general population and made it interoperable to users of different computer operating systems (universal access)
 * 3) Work Flow Software: protocols to allow programs to interact via accepted standards (HTML, HTTP, XML, etc.)
 * 4) Community-developed software (open source), solutions (Goldcorp Challenge), and content (Blogs & Wikipedia)
 * 5) Outsourcing: Y2K leads to need for software revision...India fills that need because of strong technological education system (IITs) and access to international fiber optic communications
 * 6) Offshoring: 12/11/2001 marks China's entry into the WTO
 * 7) Supply-Chaining: Walmart and its ability to use technology to control inventory & supply, thereby minimizing costs
 * 8) Insourcing: UPS moves from package delivery to supply-chain shortener (by taking on tasks formerly done by its corporate customers, e.g. doing repairs for Toshiba rather than just shipping packages to and from Toshiba).
 * 9) In-forming: Search engines like Google & Yahoo
 * 10) Cellular and computer inter-connectivity for information and communications


 * Project Learning Resources**

Springville Stratosphere Balloon Project

Edutopia from the George Lucas Educational Foundation []

Example POGILs can be found at []
 * POGILs** from: []
 * POGIL is an acronym for Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning.
 * POGIL originated in college chemistry departments in 1994; it is now being used in many high schools and colleges in a variety of subject areas around the country.
 * POGIL uses guided inquiry – a version of the Socratic method in which students use carefully designed materials that guide them to construct new knowledge.
 * POGIL is a student-centered strategy; students work in small groups with individual roles to ensure that all students are fully engaged in the learning process.
 * POGIL activities focus on core concepts and encourage a deep understanding of the course material while developing higher-order thinking skills.
 * POGIL develops process skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and communication through collaboration and reflection, making students more competitive in a global market.