Building Inquiring Minds

Do you need a Maryville Transcript?

Nadine Ball — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:29:14 +0000

If you need an official Maryville Transcript to submit for credit, you can download the form online and mail or fax the completed form to the University. The cost is $5.00. The link to the main forms page and the transcripts request link is http://www.maryville.edu/ssc/forms/ .

If you wish to download the form directly http://www.maryville.edu/ssc/files/2012/04/tran_request.pdf takes you to the pdf. The cost is $5.00.

If you have trouble or additional questions you can call the Student Services Desk by dialing the general number, 314.529.9300 and asking for Student Services and someone will be able to answer your questions.

Thanks again for a wonderful experience and the delightful bag of goodies. Cheers and best wishes to all, nadine

Presentation from Final Session April 29, 2013

Nadine Ball — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:33:14 +0000

404 final ppt 2013

Essential Questions and DOK Ppt Susan Raney 2/25 Stix PD

Nadine Ball — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:41:59 +0000

Essential Question Stix

This link takes you to the PowerPoint that Susan Raney shared with the Stix PD group about essential questions and DOK. She made a very important point: It is NOT the verb or question that makes a lesson DOK 4, but it IS what the students DO. We revisited teachers’ developing units and strove to ensure that the learners were DOING something to create, decide for themselves, and make their own meanings.

Sign Up for Garden field trip

Samuel Hausfather — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:54:56 +0000

SIGNED UP YET?
Field experiences supported by Missouri Botanical Garden Sprouting Schools
and Maryville’s Building Inquiring Minds grants – Fall, Winter or Spring-

CLASS RECOMMENDATIONS!
BIM TOPICS for classes (student fees not covered by BIM funding)
Tops and Bottoms (spr.) – fruits and veggies, K and up
Heaps of Seeds (fall), K and up
Carver: Soils (2^nd grade and up)

SIGN UP for a FREE Guided Tour: Guided tours at the Garden have themes that align with the classes offered. Descriptions are online.

SIGN Up for a FREE SELF-GUIDED TOUR at Missouri Botanical Garden or Butterfly House!
Use a BIM lesson at either the Butterfly House or at the Garden. Use our pre- and post- lessons at the Garden to give you ideas. Find these online.

LOOKING FOR GLES TO MATCH YOUR FIELD EXPERIENCE? Look online at the Garden website for the list of state science guidelines that align with our classes and tours.

Make sure you sit down with your principal to schedule the bus. The Garden does not order the bus. Then register online. Have a few dates ready since October, April and May fill up quickly.

The Children’s Garden at Missouri Botanical Garden is free for pre-registered school groups on Wednesdays, from 9am-Noon. Capacity per Wednesday is 200 total students, so sign up early! It is less crowded in the fall than in the spring! It closes at the end of October.

Want to pilot a lesson for the Children’s Garden with your class this fall? I will send you the lesson choices and a survey. I will pick up the survey and you will receive two free Garden tickets!

REGISTER: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/learn-discover/students-teachers/field-trips.aspx

New Resources Posted

Samuel Hausfather — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:04:49 +0000

On the Resources page, we’ve just posted 7 lessons from Marty and the Garden that relate to our activities of the summer. We’ve also posted the SLPS Power GLE’s for grades K-3. And on the PD page, we’ve put up the calendar for academic year follow-up sessions. And on “Ask a Scientist,” Nadine has commented on ideas for plants and design of an outdoor classroom. Let us know what else you need!

ZOO resources

Nadine Ball — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:56:31 +0000

I was on the Zoo Education site for a different reason and saw notes about field trip money available for high-need districts. Also, the Zoo has Zoo kits like the Garden does. How might the studies of animals and adaptations fit with your curriculum and the inquiry work we’ve been doing?

http://www.stlzoo.org/education/programsforschoolgroups/

MoBot Garden Field Trips

Samuel Hausfather — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:53:18 +0000

Here’s how to get your BIM-sponsored field trip to the Missouri Botanical Garden:

1. Teachers can get free transportation to the Garden from BIM, with the exception of K-1 who can book the programs through the school district. Teachers book the bus through First Student and should obtain a copy of the bus confirmation from their principal well before the trip to avoid cancellation (confirm payment by BIM through Sandy at shermann@maryville.edu).

2. This year, teachers may not take an on-site class or an off-site class. Last year the Garden provided these at no cost because the grant had made provision for the classes before the Garden started charging for classes.

3. Teachers may take a FREE self-guided tour or guided tour. Guided tour topics are the same as the classes.

4, We recommend that the teachers use one of the BIM lessons at the Garden.

5. The Children’s Garden is free on Wednesday mornings.

Project Based Learning advice

Nadine Ball — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:52:10 +0000

Hi everyone: this just came across my e-desk and since you are attending a PD session on Project Based Learning, I thought I would post it. I can see many connections with what we have discussed; I would love to learn more about the connections you see. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/project-based-learning-getting-started-basics-andrew-miller

Nadine’s thinking, learning, planning powerpoint

Nadine Ball — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:06:19 +0000

I never added closure: knowing what we know about learning from watching children, our own experiences, and misconceptions research, the 5Es, and/or Learning Cycle are approaches to teaching that help learners learn and us teach in more effective ways. BIM May misconc & 5Es

Student written stories of place

Nadine Ball — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:53:57 +0000

Student written environmental stories

Written and told by children ages 7 -12 from all around the world. Learn about where and how they live, some of the problems their communities face, and how they are working toward solutions.