Teachers of Science, grades 6-12, join the ISB team to explore 3D teaching!

Our goals for our work together in this workshop:

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have been a cornerstone of science education since 2013. Whether you are just starting your NGSS journey or are already well-versed, numerous tools are available to help you refresh your approach to student engagement by revisiting ways to integrate the three dimensions: scientific practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas. We will engage you with some tools that will help you to practice integrating the three dimensions into your current science unit. It is our intention that this practice will support you to deepen your learning whether you are a 3D science instruction expert or new to 3D science teaching.  We plan to collectively make a stronger operational definition of 3D science teaching to make it more accessible for you to weave into all your science units.

Our goal for you:

You will practice using these tools like students use them and then implement one or more of these tools in the unit you are currently teaching. You will share back student work and reflect using prompts that will support your growth and be directly applicable to National Board Certification renewals. 

Our plan:

We’ll spend time engaging like our students (student hat), engaging in professional work (teacher hat), and planning and implementing things in our classrooms. We’re going to put the lens on crosscutting-concepts first, then focus on science practices, and finally put it all in 3D with disciplinary core ideas. We’ll use an OpenSciEd unit for context, but we’ll have plenty of time to consider how to implement our learning with materials we are already using.

PLEASE NOTE: Clock hour claims will not be accepted until June 6 when asynchronous work is due.

This Canvas-based workshop will provide 10 STEM clock hours for the completion of all work. Partial clock hours will not be offered. 

Funding provided by the Washington State Legislature through the ClimeTime Proviso and is available to Washington State educators only.