2023 Georgia Institute: part of Model-Evidence Link Diagrams Project:Professional Development
Logistics Introductions, Icebreaker & Paperwork Lateral Reading Research Talk How does lateral reading affect students' abilities to evaluate sources, claims, and evidence? What does the research show? ...

2023 Philadelphia Institute: Teaching Students to Evaluate Sources and Claims part of Model-Evidence Link Diagrams Project:Professional Development
Join us July 31-August 2, 2023 for a three-day Institute for middle and high school teachers. The Institute will explore and connect two types of curricular materials that deepen students' understanding of ...

Professional Development part of Model-Evidence Link Diagrams Project:Professional Development
The MEL project provided professional development to teachers on the use of pre-constructed model-evidence link (pcMEL) and build-a-mel (baMEL) activities centered on current Earth science topics. Our current ...

2024 Georgia Institute: part of Model-Evidence Link Diagrams Project:Professional Development
Logistics Icebreaker & Introductions 2) What questions do you have after today? How do MEL's work with ELA? LR Activity: Extreme Weather Use lateral reading to evaluate the credibility of two sources ...

2024 Philadephia Institute: part of Model-Evidence Link Diagrams Project:Professional Development
Logistics Introductions & Icebreaker LR Activity: Extreme Weather Use lateral reading to evaluate the credibility of two sources related to extreme weather. MEL Research Talk How do students negotiate ...

Webinar 1: part of Model-Evidence Link Diagrams Project:Professional Development
In this webinar, Dr. Sarah McGrew introduces lateral reading as a strategy to evaluate the credibility of a website. The approach used by a Stanford student is compared to that of a professional fact-checker. ...

Webinar 2: part of Model-Evidence Link Diagrams Project:Professional Development
In this webinar, Dr. Missy Holzer, Dr. Janelle Bailey, and Dr. Donna Governor introduce scientific plausibility and the Model-Evidence-Link (MEL) instructional scaffold. The MEL diagram helps students reason about ...

2023 Philadephia Institute: part of Model-Evidence Link Diagrams Project:Professional Development
Logistics Introductions, Icebreaker & Paperwork MEL Research Talk How do students negotiate evaluations of the relations between lines of scientific evidence and alternative explanatory models of a phenomenon ...

Follow Up Webinar 1 part of Model-Evidence Link Diagrams Project:Professional Development
The first follow up webinar took place on October 14, 2019 at 7 PM EDT. For those who were unable to attend or for those who would like a refresher, view the Webinar recording and presentation slides below. Then ...

Earth and Environmental Science Educator's Institute: Connecting Models and Evidence Agenda part of Model-Evidence Link Diagrams Project:Professional Development
9:00 AM to 9:15 AM Icebreaker × Share a rose, thorn, or bud from your experience this past year. Rosebud Icebreker (Acrobat (PDF) 734kB Jun8 21) 9:15 AM to 9:30 AM Welcome and Logistics × Intro Welcome ...