Brief Description Participants will evaluate and discuss chemistry POGIL activities that were adapted to meet the needs of a specific student population. This work is the accumulation of the work done in an extended PLT by several Math for America Science Master Teacher Fellows. Adaptations to POGIL activities were done to meet the needs of Special Education, ESL, and General Education population. The goal is to deepen participants understanding of how to modify POGIL activities so that all students in your classroom are able to understand the concepts and skills involved in the activity. Participants will also have the opportunity to examine the essential elements of a POGIL activity and to discuss and adapt a POGIL activity to their student population Abstract: In January 2015, the New York State Board of Regents approved a proposed plan to develop new draft New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) which is modeled around the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). As a result, teachers are beginning to research different ways to align their instruction to these new proposed standards. According to the NGSS, performance expectations encompasses three integral components-science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts. In order to address these components, Anna Annina, Denice Gamper, and Sarah Gribbin, three NYC high school chemistry teachers and Math for America Master Teacher Fellows, have found that the models and the design of POGIL activities provide teachers an effective framework for integrating the NGSS into their teaching. So what is POGIL? POGIL is a student-centered instructional approach that is designed to develop discipline-specific content mastery and key process skills such as critical thinking, effective communication, and teamwork. The activities designed by POGIL provide multiple entry points for students to understand difficult concepts in chemistry. They also allow the teacher to “ see “ student thinking and students progress through multiple levels of questioning. The PLT facilitated by Anna Annina Denice Gamper and Sarah Gribbins focused on modifying/adapting Flinn published POGILs to meet the needs of specific student populations (ie. ESL students, Special Education students, and students with different learning styles and abilities) while ensuring that essential elements of a POGIL activity are maintained.

Adapting chemistry POGIL activities for your classroom: Modifying existing chemistry POGIL activities to meet the needs of a variety of student learners

2019 Spring National Meeting

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