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#NSAT23 – Equitable Discussions of Nature-Culture Relationships: OpenSciEd Biology

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Expand the socio-ecological thinking you bring to science phenomena using frameworks from Learning in Places. Experience examples of how these frameworks are part of the OpenSciEd biology course. TAKEAWAYS: Recognize your own positionality in nature-culture relations and think about how to bring this framework to your students. SPEAKERS: Sara Krauskopf (Educational Consultant), Kate Henson (University […]

#NSTA23 – What is it Like to Teach with OpenSciEd High School? A Teachers’ Panel Discussion

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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 will explore how to build community in order to help students build rich scientific understandings. TAKEAWAYS: Participants will understand how community agreements and other strategies […]

#NSTA23 – Questions and Crosscutting Concepts: How Can We Support Students in Asking Good Questions?

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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 before generating the questions that drive the unit. Many teachers wonder how we get students to ask questions that align with the learning goals of […]

#NSTA23 – Does Coherence Perspective Matter? Examining a Comparison of 5E and Storylines Curricula on Studentsā€™ Academic Achievement and Attitudes Toward Science

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A study of eighth grade students' academic achievement and attitudes toward science were evaluated before and after they experienced two different curricula. They differed in who experiences coherence; mySci 5E (teacher) and OpenSciEd storylines (student). Results of the study will be discussed. TAKEAWAYS: Participants will hear about the results of the study and potential impacts […]

#NSTA23 – Working Smarter Not Harder — Grading That’s Good for Students and Teachers

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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 you can have your evenings back. TAKEAWAYS: The process of giving feedback and assigning grades is easier when there are strong materials and assessments to […]

#NSTA23 – Engaging in Argumentation Around Complex Socioscientific Decision-Making: Using the Learning in Places Framework in OpenSciEd High School Physics

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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 of interested parties. As educators, we need to honor studentsā€™ diverse experiences and value systems while also engaging students in the process of respectful scientific […]

#NSTA23 – Designing for Justice with Attention to Social and Emotional Learning in OpenSciEd HS Physics

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"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 natural world, but broadens their perspectives on how humans fit into natural systems, what constitutes science, and what they can accomplish using science. In high […]

#NSTA23 – Equity and Social Justice in Space: Visioning Culturally Sustaining Astronomy Education (Using an Example from OpenSciEd Middle School)

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In this workshop, we will work through the "anchoring phenomenon" from the OpenSciEd Middle School space unit, which helps students see the relevance of astronomy by drawing on traditional indigenous astronomy knowledge and students' own cultural knowledge, to engage students in identifying and explaining patterns in the sky that set the rhythm for our lives. […]

#NSTA23 – Supporting Preservice and New Teachers to Understand & Implement the NGSS

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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 leveraged to support teacher sensemaking around the three dimensions of the NGSS. TAKEAWAYS: Ideas for ways use HQIM to help teachers understand and implement the […]

#NSTA23 – It’s Electric! Figuring Out the Structure and Properties of Matter Through Lightning

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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: This unit supports students as they figure out understandings of atomic structure, charge, and the role of matter, forces, and energy in lightning. Participants will […]

#NSTA23 – Co-design as a strategy for developing high quality instructional materials that support coherence from the studentsā€™ perspective in OpenSciEd High School Physics

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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 arises when students see what they do in the science classroom as productive for addressing meaningful questions and problems. A curriculum that is coherent from […]

#NSAT23 – The Matter-Energy-Forces Triangle: A Common Approach to Make Sense of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Science in OpenSciEd

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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 consider how a Matter-Energy-Forces (MEF) triangle can help students apply core principles of physical science across multiple domains. We explore the MEF triangleā€™s use in […]