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Equitable Science for a Socially Just Classroom

Editor's Corner September/October 2024...

By Brooke Whitworth

High School Equity Social Justice

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Reimagining Science as a Natural Tool for Connection: A Restorative Approach

This paper explores a restorative-type intervention with a high school student who is suspended from school for repeated threats to other students. Throughout the paper, we explore the use of restorative practices in the context of science teaching. ...

By Zachary Schafer

Advocacy Interdisciplinary Social Justice

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Making chemistry relevant to Indigenous Peoples: An Inuit case study

The ability of our northern Indigenous peoples (Inuit, Iñupiaq, and Yupik) to survive and thrive in the Arctic depends significantly upon underlying chemistry and chemical principles. Here, we explore four of these connections, then show how the Ind...

By Chaim Andersen, Rosalina Naqitarvik, Jennifer Winters, Erica Taylor, Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

High School Chemistry Inquiry Multicultural Social Justice

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Using Citizen Science to Learn About Climate Change: Investigating the Phenomenon of Increasing Carbon Dioxide Levels Using Fossil Ginkgo Leaves

Science classrooms are most engaging when students have the opportunity to engage in the practices of scientists. Unfortunately, many attempts to incorporate science into the classroom are disconnected from real scientific practice. When classroom sc...

By Ari Geary-Teeter, Thomas McKenna

High School Citizen Science Climate Change Interdisciplinary Social Justice Teaching Strategies

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Who Speaks for Earth? Impacts of an Anti-Racist and Gender-Inclusive Training in an Astronomy Class

As science educators, we have an important opportunity to influence perceptions of who does science, and we can work to empower students to make our disciplines more accessible to people of all backgrounds. This goal was explicitly built into an intr...

By Kathryn Williamson, Ellen Belchior Rodrigues, Myya Helm, Christopher Cunningham, Daniel Gallegos, Unique Beaver, Iahnna Henry

Astronomy Inclusion Social Justice

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Meeting the Needs of the Refugee Students in Your Science Classroom

Your new student roster includes refugee students. You want to communicate with them and make them feel welcome in their new science classroom; however, given their limited English and traumatic experiences that are unlike anything you have known, yo...

By Gayle Buck, Arya Karumanthra, Shukufe Rahman

Inclusion Multicultural Multilingual Learners Social Justice Teacher Preparation

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Social-Emotional Learning in the Science Classroom

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By Patty McGinnis

Inclusion Pedagogy Social Justice Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Going Beneath the Surface: Using Socioscientific Issues to Explore Human Impacts on Soil

Socioscientific issues (SSIs) can help students think about the moral and ethical issues related to science. When SSI issues are based on local phenomena and issues within students’ communities, they can also resonate more with students....

By Jesse Wilcox, William Lange, Shane Breheny

High School Earth & Space Science Equity Inquiry Interdisciplinary Social Justice

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Exploring Built and Natural Landscapes, Land Cover, and Environmental Justice using Web-based Mapping Tools

Local landscapes examined via Google Earth provide a natural arena on which students can analyze how humans modify and interact with their environment. These lessons guide students through an exploration of the natural and built environments both nea...

By Carol Colaninno, Adriana Martinez, Charlie Blake, Candice Johnson

Environmental Science Equity Inquiry Social Justice STEM Technology

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Group Learning Routines as a tool to build equitable learning experiences in a Biology classroom

The vision behind the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is that all students engage in explaining phenomena and designing solutions with three-dimensional learning. Authentic sensemaking involves opportunities for learners to share, analyze, a...

By Elizabeth Chatham, Joy Otibu, and Andrea Sau

High School Biology Environmental Science Equity NGSS Sensemaking Social Justice

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Easing into Socioscientific Issues and Critical Science Literacy

Including SSIs in the classroom can be a daunting task. To make this task more manageable, we have developed a strategy to easily create short modules for use in our classrooms that can be used to introduce new topics or apply previously learned topi...

By Mitchell Klocke and Jerrid W. Kruse

Literacy Research Social Justice

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Climate Justice

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Elementary Climate Science Social Justice

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Developing Climate Justice

In this edition of Tech Talk, climate education is addressed with two engaging digital resources: the Maine Online Open-Source Education (MOOSE) Climate Education Module and Google Earth. Climate education resources for elementary students, specifica...

By Heather Pacheco-Guffrey

Elementary Climate Science Social Justice Teaching Strategies Technology