Science Action Plan

Mindfulness Activities

Breathing activities

Meditation

Movement

Tai Chi

Yoga

PAI4O1

Guided imagery

Positive Relationships for New Students (grade 9)
- Whole school workshops

Student Leaders
- Selection of student leaders
- Leadership camp
- Promotion of events
-Duties throughout the school

Therapy Dogs

Safe Space

Run Clubs
- Swim Team
- Robotics
- Math Club
- Peer Tutors
- Baseball Team
- Asian Heritage

Global Citizenship
- Incorporate into all major culminating tasks for departments
- Create shared resources for teachers (including rubrics)

Discuss Stress Management and Mental Health

Create support networks

Friends

Family

Teachers

Support Staff

Discuss Various Support Services

Safe Space

Guidance

Child Youth Worker

Teachers

Telephone hot lines

Therapy Dogs
- Book
- Have targeted invitations

Building resiliency
- Mental Health Diagnostic/Inventory

Converse and sit with students on a regular basis

Check-in
- Verbal check-ins

Current Events

Provide regular journal articles around the class

Show news clips or magazine articles and discuss them

Incorporate more data driven questions

Interest and Activism
- Encourage students to research and find areas of science they are interested in and engage them in activities which they can display change / activism

Debates

Case Studies

Technology and relevant fields in science

Promote to marginalized groups
- Low SES
- Females
- Ethnic

Hands-on / Inquiry Classroom
- Increase the amount of inquiry / hands-on activities
- Minimum 1 per unit

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

Resources and virtual labs
- Ensure there is a forum for teacher resource collaboration
- Review which topics require alternate activities and assessment

Order assistive technology where applicable

Equipment

Lab Safety Equipment (Goggles and coats)
- Order enough for all students
- Check stock
- Class lists and student fees accounted for

Familiarize students with basic equipment
- Classroom tour model
- Videos
- Quizes

Correct storage
- Physical barriers
- Containers

Have students see that equipment is in working order
and have students do a walk through to note/record dates
of items (e.g. fire extinguisher)

WHMIS, HHPS, and other symbol
- Ensure all chemicals are label correctly to new standards
- PowerPoints to show this to students
- Lab manuals updated
- Student quizes

Safety Contract

Class size caps around 24 where possible

Introductory Labs for safety

Lab safety posters and infographics

Learning Logs
- All students complete a short log at the end of each lesson
- Students may use their learning logs on assessments (similar to a memory aid)

Mastery Learning
- Routinely collect and check classwork
- Provide either 0 or 100% mark
- Give students an opportunity to improve their work
but improvement must be done in person so show
understanding

Exemplar and Skills Rubrics
- Have students self-assess their readiness through rubrics/exemplars

Instant Feedback (Wrappers)
- Have students fill out self-reflection questions on tests
- Shorten tests to big ideas to avoid challenges in time

Exit Tickets or KWL charts

Pre-Assessment (Self-Assessment)
- Diagnostics

Group Work Test
- Allow students to see test and discuss and problem solve for 5-10 minutes prior to the test
- This will let students think about how they can approach the problem as well as what areas they still need to know as well as what they have done well

Peer Feedback / Assessment
- For major projects have students peer assess each other with feedback