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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 30, 2024

By Debra Shapiro

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 30, 2024

Transforming Science Learning: Assessment of Sensemaking Through the Crosscutting Concepts, May 14, 2024

Join us on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the fourth (and last) web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the fourth (and last) web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the fourth (and last) web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the fourth (and last) web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the fourth (and last) web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Transforming Science Learning: Making Sense of Data Through the Crosscutting Concepts, May 7, 2024

Join us on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the third web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the third web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the third web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the third web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the third web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Transforming Science Learning: Classroom Discourse for Sensemaking Through the Crosscutting Concepts, April 16, 2024

Join us on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the second web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the second web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the second web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the second web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Join us on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the second web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.

Transforming Science Learning: Introduction to the Crosscutting Concepts, February 27, 2024

Attendees will be introduced to ways the Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) are used as powerful lenses and tools for student sensemaking partnered with the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) and Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs). Attendees will actively collaborate with fellow participants to build a deeper understanding of the CCCs and their role, determine focal CCCs for a given phenomenon, and understand how the CCCs build in a vertical progression across K-12.

Attendees will be introduced to ways the Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) are used as powerful lenses and tools for student sensemaking partnered with the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) and Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs). Attendees will actively collaborate with fellow participants to build a deeper understanding of the CCCs and their role, determine focal CCCs for a given phenomenon, and understand how the CCCs build in a vertical progression across K-12.

Attendees will be introduced to ways the Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) are used as powerful lenses and tools for student sensemaking partnered with the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) and Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs). Attendees will actively collaborate with fellow participants to build a deeper understanding of the CCCs and their role, determine focal CCCs for a given phenomenon, and understand how the CCCs build in a vertical progression across K-12.

Attendees will be introduced to ways the Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) are used as powerful lenses and tools for student sensemaking partnered with the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) and Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs). Attendees will actively collaborate with fellow participants to build a deeper understanding of the CCCs and their role, determine focal CCCs for a given phenomenon, and understand how the CCCs build in a vertical progression across K-12.

Attendees will be introduced to ways the Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) are used as powerful lenses and tools for student sensemaking partnered with the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) and Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs). Attendees will actively collaborate with fellow participants to build a deeper understanding of the CCCs and their role, determine focal CCCs for a given phenomenon, and understand how the CCCs build in a vertical progression across K-12.

Archive: Sponsored: The Fluorescence Files: Exploring Chemistry Concepts Through Forensics, March 14, 2024

Turn your classroom into a forensics lab and help your students solidify their understanding of chemistry concepts. Join Vernier chemistry specialist Nüsret Hisim as he shares his classroom-tested techniques for sparking engagement through hands-on forensics experiments. Experience a live demonstration of an investigation from Vernier’s Forensic Chemistry Experiments lab book, where students capture and identify the spectra for ink in a malicious note. Attendees will receive all experiment files and resources shared in the web seminar.

Turn your classroom into a forensics lab and help your students solidify their understanding of chemistry concepts. Join Vernier chemistry specialist Nüsret Hisim as he shares his classroom-tested techniques for sparking engagement through hands-on forensics experiments. Experience a live demonstration of an investigation from Vernier’s Forensic Chemistry Experiments lab book, where students capture and identify the spectra for ink in a malicious note. Attendees will receive all experiment files and resources shared in the web seminar.

Turn your classroom into a forensics lab and help your students solidify their understanding of chemistry concepts. Join Vernier chemistry specialist Nüsret Hisim as he shares his classroom-tested techniques for sparking engagement through hands-on forensics experiments. Experience a live demonstration of an investigation from Vernier’s Forensic Chemistry Experiments lab book, where students capture and identify the spectra for ink in a malicious note. Attendees will receive all experiment files and resources shared in the web seminar.

Turn your classroom into a forensics lab and help your students solidify their understanding of chemistry concepts. Join Vernier chemistry specialist Nüsret Hisim as he shares his classroom-tested techniques for sparking engagement through hands-on forensics experiments. Experience a live demonstration of an investigation from Vernier’s Forensic Chemistry Experiments lab book, where students capture and identify the spectra for ink in a malicious note. Attendees will receive all experiment files and resources shared in the web seminar.

 

Citizen Science

Growing Beyond Earth: Cultivating 21st century science exploration

Science Scope—January/February 2024

Citizen Science column for the Jan/Feb 2024 Science Scope Journal
Citizen Science column for the Jan/Feb 2024 Science Scope Journal
Citizen Science column for the Jan/Feb 2024 Science Scope Journal
 

From the Editor's Desk

Eliciting Student Thinking

Science Scope—January/February 2024

 

Discover student thinking while analyzing data…and having fun! (Data Literacy 101)

Science Scope—January/February 2024

Our students rarely practice data skills with data not related to our science content, which makes sense given all we must teach. But always asking our students to succeed at the data skill move (e.g., graphing, analyzing, interpreting) and the content move (connecting it to what they are learning) at the same time can be a lot of pressure. Cognitively, this is a lot for novices and thus makes it trickier to elicit students’ ideas around the data and the content.
Our students rarely practice data skills with data not related to our science content, which makes sense given all we must teach. But always asking our students to succeed at the data skill move (e.g., graphing, analyzing, interpreting) and the content move (connecting it to what they are learning) at the same time can be a lot of pressure. Cognitively, this is a lot for novices and thus makes it trickier to elicit students’ ideas around the data and the content.
Our students rarely practice data skills with data not related to our science content, which makes sense given all we must teach. But always asking our students to succeed at the data skill move (e.g., graphing, analyzing, interpreting) and the content move (connecting it to what they are learning) at the same time can be a lot of pressure. Cognitively, this is a lot for novices and thus makes it trickier to elicit students’ ideas around the data and the content.
 

Making Scientific Sensemaking Visible

Science Scope—January/February 2024

Many teachers and schools are coming to recognize the importance of sensemaking in the science classroom. But what does an NGSS-informed sensemaking lesson look like in practice, and how might our students respond to this shift in our instruction? This article explores a sample lesson cycle involving sensemaking with an 8th-grade science classroom around a physics topic. The two-week lesson highlights the four elements of sensemaking: phenomena, science and engineering practices (SEPs), student ideas, and science ideas. Samples of student work and audio recordings of their discussions suggest that students engaged in critical thinking and collaboration as part of the sensemaking process as they researched to construct explanations and designed solutions around a local community problem. By centering students as agents for change, this lesson demonstrated how all students can create a multitude of viable solutions to real-world problems.
Many teachers and schools are coming to recognize the importance of sensemaking in the science classroom. But what does an NGSS-informed sensemaking lesson look like in practice, and how might our students respond to this shift in our instruction? This article explores a sample lesson cycle involving sensemaking with an 8th-grade science classroom around a physics topic. The two-week lesson highlights the four elements of sensemaking: phenomena, science and engineering practices (SEPs), student ideas, and science ideas.
Many teachers and schools are coming to recognize the importance of sensemaking in the science classroom. But what does an NGSS-informed sensemaking lesson look like in practice, and how might our students respond to this shift in our instruction? This article explores a sample lesson cycle involving sensemaking with an 8th-grade science classroom around a physics topic. The two-week lesson highlights the four elements of sensemaking: phenomena, science and engineering practices (SEPs), student ideas, and science ideas.
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