OpenSciEd Free PD

Have you recently adopted the new OpenSciEd Units? Or maybe you are considering making the transition soon. We want to support you as you shift to these new units designed for the Next Generation Science Standards from the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium. 

Unit Specific Webinars from OpenSciEd

6.1 LIGHT AND MATTER (coming soon)

Einstein Project Unit Page

6.1 Light and Matter

6.2 THERMAL ENERGY

OpenSciEd Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

Einstein Project Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

6.3 WEATHER, CLIMATE AND WATER CYCLING

OpenSciEd Unit Page

6.3 Weather, Climate, and Water Cycling

Einstein Project Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

6.4 ROCK CYCLING & PLATE TECTONICS (coming winter 2021)

Additional Resources:

Performance Task PD with Jay McTighe - Part one of a seven part blog posted on Defined STEM

Seeing Students Learn Science - a deeper dive in NGSS assessment from the National Academies Press

Reflection Questions:

  1. The science and design challenges are written to have student collaboration. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this?
  2. How can you tell if a performance task is equitable for all students?
  3. How do you feel about giving students a copy of the rubric that will be used on their performance task?

6.5 NATURAL HAZARDS (coming summer 2021)

Additional Resources:

Failing Forward - from STEM Teaching Tools

Seeing Students Learn Science - a deeper dive in NGSS assessment from the National Academies Press

Reflection Questions:

  1. Knowing what the design process is and using it are two different things. Which do you think is most challenging for students?
  2. What are some advantages and disadvantages of integrating engineering with science?

6.6 CELLS & SYSTEMS (coming winter 2022)

Additional Resources:

Clarifying Literacy in Science - by Kevin Anderson, WI DPI Science Consultant

Literacy in the Learning Cycle - in Science and Children from NSTA

Reflection Questions:

  1. Connections are made to ELA CCSS within each lesson. How could you use these to enrich student learning of science concepts?
  2. Some people believe that if a student can read, they can also do science. What are your thoughts on that?
  3. Is it appropriate to use fictional stories to teach science? How would you use them?

7.1 CHEMICAL REACTIONS & MATTER

Additional Resources:

Student Notebooking Corner - from the California Academy of Sciences

STEM Notebooks - from Washington State LASER

Reflection Questions:

  1. What role does student writing play in the process of learning science concepts?
  2. What are your thoughts on grading of student notebooks?
  3. Who is the audience that students are writing for when they keep a science notebook?

7.2 CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND ENERGY (coming summer 2021)

Additional Resources:

Beyond “misconceptions” - from STEM Teaching Tools

Teaching Science for Conceptual Understanding - a sample chapter from NSTA Press

Reflection Questions:

  1. What are some ways you can identify student misconceptions?
  2. How is it possible to change a students’ misconceptions?

7.3 METABOLIC REACTIONS

Additional Resources:

Models for Understanding Technology Integration

Reflection Questions:

  1. To what extent do you use technology in science?
  2. How could you incorporate student’s creating digital content to show what they are learning?

7.4 MATTER CYCLING AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Additional Resources:

How to Assess Three-Dimensional Learning in the Classroom

Classroom Assessment -- a sample chapter from National Academies Press

Classroom Science Assessment Examples - resources from Kevin Anderson, WI DPI Science Consultant

Reflection Questions:

7.5 ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS (coming winter 2021)

OpenSciEd Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

Einstein Project Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

7.6 NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN IMPACT (coming winter 2022)

OpenSciEd Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

Einstein Project Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

8.1 CONTACT FORCES

OpenSciEd Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

Einstein Project Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

8.2 SOUND WAVES

OpenSciEd Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

Einstein Project Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

8.3 FORCES AT A DISTANCE

OpenSciEd Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

Einstein Project Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

8.4 EARTH IN SPACE

OpenSciEd Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

Einstein Project Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

8.5 GENETICS

OpenSciEd Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

Einstein Project Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

8.6 NATURAL SELECTION AND COMMON ANCESTRY

OpenSciEd Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

Einstein Project Unit Page

6.2 Thermal Energy

 

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