We will deep dive into content from OpenSciEd units to help teachers understand how to interactively explore these scientific concepts with their students, and elevate successful student learning and performance in the process.
Target Audience: Middle School and High School Science Teachers, Instructional Coaches and Cooperative Science Leads.
How do High Quality Instructional Resources (HQIR) impact the science classroom? What instructional shifts are needed? What instructional strategies are necessary to build student capacity in the “figuring out” that is part of student sense-making.
Join us for a one-day overview session of what makes OpenSciEd a High Quality Instructional Resource.
Participants will:
- Examine the OpenSciEd instructional routine.
- Examine instructional shifts that are necessary to meet student needs.
- Experience strategies to create a classroom culture where every student feels seen and valued.
- Explore curriculum that engages students in making sense of science
- Walk away more confident in implementing this type of curriculum in your classroom.
| March 11Western KY | Christian County Extension Office 2850 Pembroke Road Hopkinsville, KY 42240 |
| March 12Richmond, KY | Madison County Library Room 013 507 West Main Street, Richmond KY 40475 |
| April 17Western KY | Christian County Extension Office 2850 Pembroke Road Hopkinsville, KY 42240 |
| April 22Richmond | Madison County Library Room 013 507 West Main Street, Richmond KY 40475 |
Registration Fee: $150.00
Registration fee also covers: Refreshments and a Teacher’s Handbook.
Training Intention:
Supporting our students in developing the critical thinking and skills needed to master the Kentucky Academic Standards for Science requires us to use high-quality instructional resources . . . resources that push student AND teacher thinking . . . resources that build student capacity in each dimension of our standards.
OpenSciEd is this type of standards aligned (3Dimensional), Phenomenon Driven, high-quality instructional resource. It is what we want science learning to look like for every student. The Science Classroom becomes a place where students are building their capacity to think critically, like real scientists, to make sense of the world around them. Students engage in thinking with the Crosscutting Concepts as a way of understanding real-world phenomena. Students deepen their understanding of the Disciplinary Core Ideas as they figure out problems.