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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PILOT ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

Piloting Our Learning Design in A Minnesota Charter School (Grade 8)

We wanted to test our education design where it really matters: In a public school where 44.3% of students meet or exceed the student achievement levels.

Minnesota State School Data

SYMBOL PICTURES

THE GOAL

Our Objective:
To support teacher instruction in the classroom with engaged hands-on learning, which is aligned to the learning sequence.

Goals & Timeline
Teacher Introduction
Observations Rubric

ASKING STUDENTS IN QUARTER 1

We asked students How they feel about science learning in their classroom (General interest, Note taking, vocabulary, prior learning, hands-on learning)

The Student Survey

THE SURVEY RESULTS

53% of the surveyed New Millennium Academy students like science, 47% dislike science

THE STUDENTS THAT DISLIKE SCIENCE SAY...

30.6% think that classroom science is boring
12.5% don't see why science learning should be personally important
13.9% would rather watch paint dry
12.5% don't work hard at it
30.6% state that they get good grades anyways

THE STUDENTS THAT DO LIKE SCIENCE SAY...

9.9% of surveyed students think that classroom science is fun
39.5% get good grades
none of the surveyed students might consider a career in science
39.5% work hard but their grades are ok
11.1% think about science after the classroom
The average NWEA Score for the student population is 201 in the fall of 2021

OUR LESSONS

Our experiential learning lessons in quarter 1

Solar System
Moon Phases
Seasons

Our experiential learning lessons in quarter 2

Convection Currents
Water Pressure
Erosion