May 9, 2024 - The Mathematics Teaching Practices material in the Resources section has now been completed with professional development materials. Funding for science and computer science updates is still being sought.

Resources

Science Teaching Practices

The science portion of this STEM Teacher Center was originally developed to support instruction for the 2009 Minnesota science standards. Hence the Frameworks of activities and resources for individual standards reference those standards. Unfortunately, many of the links in those resources are out of date or inactive. Minnesota has a new set of science standards written in 2019. We are seeking funding and capacity to update the STEM Teacher Center to support the new standards. Meanwhile, we are offering a brief listing of some resources to support the new standards and maintaining many of the resources that were written for the 2009 standards which are still relevant. Documents supporting the new 2019 science standards will, for now, be added to this resource section.

Mathematics Teaching Practices

This portion of the website provides professional development materials to implement the Standards for Mathematical Practices (what students do) and the Mathematics Instructional Teaching Practices (what teachers do) to effectively implement the standards and benchmarks. As the state transitions from the 2007 to 2022 math academic standards, teachers of mathematics need to continually strive to learn from research and remain current within a dynamic field. Teachers need to effectively serve an increasingly diverse student population and constantly improve the results obtained by students. The instructional practices that produce the characteristics of students enacting the Standards of Mathematical Practices, as well as the content standards, are both replicable and supported by data. The resources linked here capture the current state of recommended teaching practices for mathematics education. They are particularly useful for the curriculum leaders, instructional coaches, PLC leaders, and as self-guidance for individual teachers with a focus on developing practices that have been shown to develop and enhance student learning.

ARCHIVED RESOURCES

The entries listed below are in the process of being superceded by content that reflects more recent research. New current content will appear above this notice. The older content below is kept for historical reference. It may be updated or removed in the future as appropriate.

Mathematics Best Practices (archived)

As a profession, teachers of mathematics must continually strive to learn from research, remain current within a dynamic field, effectively serve an increasingly diverse student population and constantly improve the results obtained by students. Practices that produce these characteristics, and are both replicable as well as supported by data, become known as “best practice” in the field. The documents here attempt to capture the current state of best practice for mathematics education as of July 2011.

High School Science Course Implementation for Standards and Graduation Requirements

This doucment clarifies the science graduation requirements and relate requirements for licensure.  It give examples of course sequences that meet these requirement.

Using a Career and Technical Education (CTE) credit to meet the chemistry credit or physics credit requirement

The 2011-12 legislative session made changes to the science graduation requirements. The revised statute 120B.024 allows a Career and Technical Education credit to fulfill the chemistry/physics requirement for students who graduate beginning in 2015.  There are several conditions that must be met. The attached document provides advice to districts in fulfilling the statute.

Integrating Mathematics Into Science Lessons - Grade 8-12 Math & Science Links

Download the document below to see suggested links between the science and mathematics standards. This document is organized by the mathematics standards/benchmarks for grades 8-12 and suggests science standards/benchmarks that would fit well with those math topics. We think you will find this a very useful tool in creating STEM lessons for your science classes that will help students see the connections between topics.

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