Ambitious science teaching

One A vision of ambitious science teaching

Two Planning for engagement with big science ideas

Core practice set #1

Three Talk as a tool for learning

Productive discourse, Part 1

Four Encouraging more students to participate in talk

Productive discourse, Part 2

Five Eliciting students' ideas

Core practice set #2

Six Making thinking visible through models

Modeling, part 1

Seven Allowing students to show what they know

Modeling, part 2

Eight Supporting ongoing changes in thinking: Introducing new ideas

Core practice set #3

Nine Supporting ongoing changes in thinking: Activity and sense making

Core practice set #3

Ten Supporting ongoing changes in thinking: Collective thinking

Core practice set #3

Eleven Making and justifying claims in a science community

Scientific argument

Twelve Drawing together evidence-based explanations

Core practice set #4

Thirteen Organizing with colleagues to improve teaching

Fourteen Can we be ambitious every day?

Appendix A Coherence between AST and professional standards for practice

Appendix B Reminding ourselves of the bigger picture of instruction

Appendix C Taxonomy of tools

Appendix D How to help students understand the "What-how-why" levels of explanation

Appendix E Rapid survey of student thinking (RSST) tool

Appendix F Supports for students in making sense of experimental design and purpose

Appendix G Supporting explanation writing.