The calendar below shows the professional learning events hosted by OpenSciEd and our Certified Professional Learning partners.
When using OpenSciEd, it is a challenge to help students not only figure out science ideas, but how to work together and support each other. This panel of classroom teachers […]
The Framework requires that students engage in three-dimensional sensemaking around phenomena. In OpenSciEd units, this begins with the anchor lesson, in which students engage with a phenomenon in supported ways […]
Grading that supports student sensemaking doesn't have to keep you at school all night. Learn approaches to grading that prioritize 3-D sensemaking and utilize technology, collaboration, and existing resources so […]
The Framework calls for students to engage in argumentation from evidence in a way that considers relevant social, ethical, and environmental tradeoffs that cannot be resolved without considering the values […]
"Designing for justice means centering inquiry on phenomena that cross the artificial boundary between human and natural systems. The result is instruction that not only teaches students to understand the […]
The NGSS changed how we prepare and support preservice and novice teachers. Now, publicly available materials can make this real. This session will explore how High-Quality Instructional Materials can be […]
OpenSciEd Chemistry's 2nd unit explores why lightning strikes and how we can protect ourselves. Learn how students build understanding of atomic structure through modeling, investigations, and patterns of thinking. TAKEAWAYS: […]
Over the past decade, researchers and practitioners have been calling for more attention to coherence from the student perspective as a key part of curriculum design. This type of coherence […]
Many students experience high school science without considering the interconnectedness of different domains. By leveraging the Energy and Matter crosscutting concept and uniting this lens with a forces perspective, we […]
Unit author Whitney Mills from BSCS Science Learning will share the unit storyline and features in this free webinar. During this webinar, participants will experience the anchoring phenomenon routine and […]
Unit author Nicole Vick from Northwestern University will share the unit storyline and features in this free webinar. During this webinar participants will experience the anchoring phenomenon routine and get […]
Unit author Jamie Deutch Noll from BSCS Science Learning will share the unit storyline and features in this free webinar. During this webinar, participants will experience the anchoring phenomenon routine […]
