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Continue reading →: WA State: FREE Science Workshop
Pacific Education Institute is offering a FREE 2-day workshop on Project Learning Tree and Field Investigations. Not only is the workshop FREE- but teachers receive a $125 stipend for attending both days. Who: 4th–‐8th Grade Teachers Where: Girl Scout Office, Dupont, Washington When: August 7 and 8, 2013 from 9:30–‐3:00pm Click HERE for a flyer and registration information- limited to 30 participants.
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Continue reading →: Intro to NGSS Materials from Michigan State University
Over 800 educators and administrators in Michigan met this week to learn about the Next Generation Science Standards. The CREATE for STEM Institute at MSU is generously sharing all of the materials that were used for the variety of breakout sessions. Could be some useful tools, slides, protocols to harvest…
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Continue reading →: Three Shifts in NGSS
The Science Department at the State of Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the WA State Regional Science Coordinators have collaborated to define 3 Shifts of the Next Generation Science Standards. This could be a useful document as we transition to these new standards, plan, design professional…
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Continue reading →: Washington Post- Special Supplement on STEM Education
The Washington Post recently included an insert on STEM Education. This supplement could be a useful addition for use in high school STEM courses and/or in professional development activities with teachers and administrators. The STEM Education insert includes: a feature on Mayim Bialik careers in IT STEAM vs STEM Robotics…
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Continue reading →: NGSS as Word Documents
As we all start to create multiple support documents, tools, and ways of viewing the Next Generation Science Standards- I thought it might be helpful to have the NGSS in a MS Word format. I converted both forms of the NGSS- by Disciplinary Core Idea (DCI) and by Topic. Download…
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Continue reading →: NOAA Middle School Climate Science Materials
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a FREE middle school unit on the essential principles of climate science titled: Discover Your Changing World. Click HERE to download the entire PDF or individual activities. These materials could be useful in helping to meet some of the weather/climate related expectations in…
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Continue reading →: NGSS Chat
If you are a K-12 science educator and you are not on Twitter… you may be missing out. Click HERE to see a guide for getting started on Twitter. If you would like to see what some educators are talking about regarding the Next Generation Science Standards– click HERE to…
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Continue reading →: Seeking Feedback: Is it Technology? Probe
As a fan of Page Keeley’s formative assessment probes for uncovering student ideas in science, I often create my own versions of probes to use with teachers, pre-service teachers, and K-12 students. I’m currently working on a probe about technology titled- Is it Technology? This is a Justified List flavor of probe…
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Continue reading →: Science FREE Special Issue: Grand Challenges in Science Education
The AAAS journal Science has released a FREE special issue all about science education. You have to register for FREE access before you can download/view the articles- but it will be worth your while. Click HERE to see the Table of Contents for the issue. For those of you (like…
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Continue reading →: NGSS Awareness Video
Below is a short video clip from Achieve that “makes the case” for and provides an overview of the Next Generation Science Standards. This could be useful to add to your resources if you are planning professional development or a meeting on awareness of the NGSS. Click HERE if you…
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