The calendar below shows the professional learning events hosted by OpenSciEd and our Certified Professional Learning partners.
In this free webinar, unit authors Gail Housman and Jamie Deutch Noll from the Next Generation Science Storylines Project at Northwestern University and Holly Hereau from BSCS Science Learning will share the unit storyline and features. During this webinar participants will experience the anchoring phenomenon routine and get tips for how to set up the […]
Join Daniel Edelson from BSCS Science Learning and Brian Reiser from NextGen Science Storylines at NSTA 2022 in Houston for their professional learning institutes, OpenSciEd Storyline Units: Supporting Three-Dimensional Learning Linked to Students’ Interests, Ideas, and Questions. Learn more and register at https://bit.ly/3BEOVvO
FOCUS: Making Units more Community/Place-based The Michigan Mathematics and Science Leadership Network (MMSLN) is hosting a series of virtual events about the Middle School OpenSciEd materials. Each session is a 90-minute virtual meeting with a focal topic. Teachers will engage in whole group discussion, grade level discussion and through collaboration will deepen their skills and […]
OpenSciEd is seeking new people for our Facilitator Team. This webinar will provide an opportunity for interested people to learn more about the application process and ask questions.
During this information webinar, the OpenSciEd team will go through the Request for Qualifications document and answer questions. This webinar is intended for individuals and organizations that are considering applying to be selected as the Development Consortium for our elementary school (K-5) science materials and professional learning. The webinar will be recorded and shared on […]
FOCUS: Supporting New Teachers in OpenSciEd The Michigan Mathematics and Science Leadership Network (MMSLN) is hosting a series of virtual events about the Middle School OpenSciEd materials. Each session is a 90-minute virtual meeting with a focal topic. Teachers will engage in whole group discussion, grade level discussion and through collaboration will deepen their skills and […]
In the OpenSciEd Curriculum Launch - Facilitator Edition you will experience the entire OpenSciEd Curriculum Launch alongside classroom teachers on June 13-17, but you are also supported to deeply understand the goals and structures of the professional learning so you are prepared to facilitate this yourself. When you are in the Curriculum Launch, you will […]
Using OpenSciEd’s instructional materials (or considering it)? This is your chance to get professional learning to help you make OpenSciEd come alive in your classroom! The OpenSciEd Curriculum Launch immerses you in teaching and learning driven by students making sense of phenomena and developing solutions to problems. You will walk away from these four days […]
OEI has planned an engaging 2-day unit PD for Forces at a Distance, Matter Cycling and Photosynthesis, or Chemical Reactions and Energy. June 29-30, 2022 at the Connors Center, 20 Glen Street Dover, MA. Please note this is a two-day event! June 29th 8 am-4 pm, with reception and dinner following June 30th 8 am-4 […]
OEI has planned an engaging 4-day Curriculum Launch PD : Light & Matter, Contact Forces, Chem Reactions & Matter (Cohort 2) July 11-14, 2022 at the Connors Center, Dover, MA. Please note this is a 4 day event! July 11th 8 am - 4 pm, with reception and dinner following July 12th 8 am-4 pm, […]
The four-day curriculum launch will guide teachers with a wide range of backgrounds and experience through the paradigm shift from “sage on the stage” to skillful facilitator of equitable science learning and ground them in instruction that builds on the K-12 Framework for Science Education. Participants are really given the support and time to learn […]
Learn how the NextGen Science Storylines approach is implemented in the OpenSciEd Middle School Science Program. Storylines are coherent from the students’ perspective, in which students see their science work as making progress on questions and problems their classroom has committed to address, rather than simply following directions from textbooks or teachers. Participants will experience […]
