• Getting Started Module

1. Orientation: Review the Canvas Student Orientation
2. Syllabus: Review the course syllabus
3. Discussion Forums
   1. General Course Questions Forum (optional)
   2. Shared Resources Forum (optional)

National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. STEM Integration in K-12 Education: Status, Prospects, and an Agenda for Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2014. doi:10.17226/18612 

Go to the National Academies Press to read. Select ‘Read Online’.

Read the following sections of the online book:

• Ch. 1 Introduction p. 13-22
• Ch. 2 Descriptive Framework for Integrated STEM Education p. 31-48

View the STEM videos provided in the Lesson content.

1. Lesson 1 Discussion Forum: Who are You? Make your initial post and interact with your classmates.
2. Lesson 1 Learning Journal: Complete your entry.
3. Lesson 1 Assignment: STEM Learning Opportunities: Complete and submit.

• Principles to Action: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All  (pages 70-77). National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2004.
• View YouTube Video (Overview of CCSS-M)

1. Lesson 2 Learning Journal: Complete your entry.
2. Lesson 2 Assignment: Concept Map (CCSS-M): Complete and submit.
3. Lesson 2 Discussion Forum: Make your initial post.

• Next Generation Science Standards Website (http://www.nextgenscience.org/)
• Final Release NGSS Front Matter - 6.17.13 Update_0
• Project-Based Inquiry Science (http://www.iat.com/courses/middle-school-science/project-based-inquiry-science/?type=introduction)
• National Science Teachers Association (http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NGSS/webseminar.aspx)

1. Lesson 2 Discussion Forum: Reply to and interact with peers.
2. Lesson 3 Learning Journal: Complete your entry.
3. Lesson 3 Assignment: Concept Map (NGSS): Complete and submit.
4. Lesson 3 Discussion Forum: Make your initial post.

• The section titled “Equity and Access” in Principles to Action: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All (p. 59-69).
• Quay, L. (2010). Higher standards for all: Implications of the common core for equity in education. Research Brief (April, 2010). Berkeley, CA: The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity & Diversity, University of California, Berkeley Law School.   
• Appendix D of the NGSS: "All Standards, All Students: Making the Next Generation Science Standards Accessible to All Students"
• Lee, O., Miller, E. C., & Januszyk, R. (2014). Next generation science standards: All standards, all students.  Journal of Science Teacher Education, 25, 223-233

1. Lesson 3 Discussion Forum: Reply to and interact with peers.
2. Lesson 4 Learning Journal: Complete your entry.
3. Lesson 4 Assignment: Equity in Standards: Complete and submit.
4. Lesson 4 Discussion Forum: Make your initial post.

• Appendix L of the NGSS: Connections to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

1. Lesson 4 Discussion Forum: Reply to and interact with peers.
2. Module 1 Learning Journal: Discussion Reflection: Complete and submit.
3. Module 1 Synthesis and Integration Assignment: Complete and submit.
4. Module 1 Synthesis and Integration Discussion Forum: Make your initial post.

• CCSS-M Standards of Mathematical Practice  
• Standards for Mathematical Practice Video (https://www.nctm.org/Standards-and-Positions/Common-Core-State-Standards/Teaching-and-Learning-Mathematics-with-the-Common-Core/#6)
• The Case of Edith Hart in Improving Instruction in Algebra: Using Cases to Transform Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Volume 2., 2005.
• Inside Mathematics (http://www.insidemathematics.org/common-core-resources/mathematical-practice-standards)

1. Module 1 Synthesis and Integration Discussion: Reply to and interact with peers.
2. Lesson 5 Learning Journal: Complete your entry.
3. Lesson 5 Assignment Edith Hart Case: Complete and submit.
4. Lesson 5 Discussion Forum: Make your initial post.

• Science and Engineering Practices on the NTSA Website
• Appendix F of the NGSS: "Science and Engineering Practices"

1. Lesson 5 Discussion Forum: Reply to and interact with peers.
2. Lesson 6 Learning Journal: Complete your entry.
3. Lesson 6 Assignment: Engagement in Scientific Practices: Complete and submit.
4. Lesson 6 Discussion Forum: Make your initial post.

• The ISTE Standards for Students  International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE.org/standards)
• Principles to Action, “Tools and Technology” (pp. 78-88)
• Appendix F: Science and Engineering Practices and Appendix I: Engineering Design from the NGSS 
• Cunningham, C. M, & Carlsen, W. S. (2014). Teaching engineering practices. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 25, 197-210.

1. Lesson 6 Discussion Forum: Reply to and interact with peers.
2. Lesson 7 Learning Journal Entry: Complete your Module 2 Discussion Reflection Post.
3. Lesson 7 Assignment: Student Practices Concept Map: Complete and submit.
4. Lesson 7 Discussion Forum: Make your initial post.

• Principles to Action: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All  (pages 1-57). National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2004.
• The Case of Mr. Donnelly and the Candy Jar Task
• Mr. Donnelly’s Lesson Plan

1. Lesson 7 Discussion: Reply to and interact with peers
2. Module 2 Learning Journal: Discussion Reflection: Complete your entry.
3. Module 2 Synthesis and Integration Assignment: Complete and submit.
4. Final Project: Sharing Resources: Complete and submit.
5. Module 2 Synthesis and Integration Discussion Forum: Make your initial post.

1. Module 2 Synthesis and Integration Discussion: Reply to and interact with peers.
2. Lesson 8 Learning Journal Entry: Complete your Module 3 Discussion Reflection Post.
3. Lesson 8 Assignment: Lesson Analysis: Complete and submit.
4. Lesson 8 Discussion Forum: Make your initial post.

• Read the Primer: Planning for Engagement
• Read the Primer: Eliciting Students Ideas
• Read the Primer: Supporting Changes in Thinking
• Read the Primer: Pressing for Explanations
• View the videos provided in the course content pages (available at http://ambitiousscienceteaching.org/video-series/orientation-to-ambitious-science-teaching/)

1. Lesson 8 Discussion Forum: Reply to and interact with peers.
2. Lesson 9 Learning Journal: Complete your entry.
3. Lesson 9 Assignment: Identifying Science Teaching: Complete and submit.
4. Lesson 9 Discussion Forum: Make your initial post.

Optional readings and resources are listed in the lesson

1. Lesson 9 Discussion Forum: Reply to and interact with peers.
2. Module 3 Learning Journal: Discussion Reflection: Complete your entry.
3. Module 3 Synthesis and Integration Assignment: Complete and submit.
4. Module 3 Synthesis and Integration Discussion Forum: Make your initial post.

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1. Module 3 Synthesis and Integration Discussion Forum: Reply to and interact with peers.
2. Peer Feedback on Integrated STEM Unit Plan Draft: Complete your draft and upload to the discussion forum.

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1. Peer Feedback on Integrated STEM Unit Plan Draft: Reply to and interact with peers.
2. Rationale for STEM Integration Paper: Complete and submit.
3. Complete the SRTE: Don't forget to complete your SRTEs online as they provide valuable feedback!

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1. Final Discussion Forum: Make your initial post, then reply to and interact with peers.
2. Integrated STEM Unit Plan Final: Complete and submit.