Science

Exploring Science: Hands-On Strategies for K-2 Classrooms

Presenter: Adrienne Huettenmoser

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Recommended for Educators of Grades K-2

In this engaging workshop, K-2 educators will discover fun, hands-on strategies to spark curiosity and foster scientific thinking in young learners. Participants will explore age-appropriate experiments, inquiry-based learning techniques, and creative ways to integrate the Next Generation Science Standards into your current science lessons and units. Walk away with ready-to-use activities and resources to make science exciting and accessible for every student!

Middle School Science Teachers' Roundtable

Presenter: Kelly Stevens

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Recommended for Educators of Grades 5-8 Science

Middle school science teachers will join colleagues for a day of tips and tricks, sharing lesson ideas and resources. The day’s agenda will be created from participants’ interests collected prior to the session. This will be an exciting day with colleagues discussing all things science!

Phenomenal Science for Elementary Teachers

Presenter: Silvia Jost

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Recommended for Educators of Grades Pre-K-5

This interactive workshop, designed for elementary teachers, will focus on understanding the three dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards: science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts. Participants will engage in curriculum discussions and collaborate on lesson planning with grade-level colleagues. Time will be spent crafting lessons and developing models, phenomena-based investigations, and assessments.

Speaking Science: Enhancing Understanding Through Oral Assessments

Presenters: Bob Leichte & Clare McGarrity

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Recommended for Educators of Grades 6-8

Explore the impact of oral assessments in the science classroom and how they deepen student understanding and engagement! In this session, we’ll share practical strategies for implementation, along with student-ready examples and rubrics for you to bring back to your district. Participants will also have dedicated time to design their own oral assessments, leaving with ready-to-use tools and actionable strategies.

Time with Released Standardized Test Items

Presenter: Laura Sullivan

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Recommended for Educators of Grades 3-12 ELA, Math and Science

This workshop explores ways to integrate released state-test items into your teaching repertoire. Delve into the provided resources to gain valuable insights into assessment expectations, question formats, and content, as well as to build a collection of questions that you can use in your classroom. Utilizing released items can help when teaching students valuable test-taking strategies and reinforcing your content. Together, we will explore ways to use these questions to supplement your current teaching. Participants will receive many different resources and the well-needed TIME to review them and align them with your current units so that you can start using them with your students tomorrow.

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