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MEETING SUMMARIES
February 15, 2018: Teachers met to determine consensus process, learn about the 2013 Washington State Science Standards, and determine overarching goals for the course.
April 25, 2018: Teachers continued to gain familiarity with the NGSS, specifically the Practices and Cross Cutting Concepts. Teachers also dove into the demographics of physics across the district and began working with the PEEC alignment document.
December 5, 2018: Teachers developed more detailed wants and needs; worked with Earth and Space Science practices being added to physics.
February 28, 2019: Teachers selected Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and McGraw-Hill to field test.
April 26, 2019: Teachers considered student responses and completed final evaluations for the materials. Unanimous consensus reached in favor of McGraw-Hill Inspire Physics.