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Examining Nature of Science and Standards in a
Post-COVID World
Using COVID data and multimedia sources, teachers can
elevate students’ understandings of science as a human endeavor, and explore
diverse contributions and other nature of science themes.
Takeaways: Attendees will: 1. acquire multiple classroom resources for COVID data, updates, and multimedia; 2. examine connections among pandemic examples and grade level nature of science (NOS) themes in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS); and 3. explore opportunities to enhance science lessons with key NGSS NOS themes such as science as a human endeavor, diverse contributions and cultures, using a variety of methods, and knowledge open to revision in light of new evidence.
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PowerPoint Slideshow - NOS, NGSS, COVIDSlideshow featured with links to articles, websites, NGSS, and additional resources for examining Nature of Science (NOS) themes and standards in context of COVID-19 news and resources.
Combating Ableism in the Biology Classroom by Teaching
Disability as a Natural Form of Human Variation to Promote an Inclusive
Classroom and School Environment
Unsure how to address disability in biology? Learn
models of disability, identify ableism, and learn how to accept disability as a
natural form of variation.
Takeaways: Attendees will: 1. be able to identify and remedy common examples of ableism, while learning about the beliefs and practices of the ability-inclusive mindset to promote an inclusive classroom and school environment; 2. be provided a set of slides that teach how disability is a natural form of human variation, the other above concepts in the context of a biology lesson on the natural sources of variation (meiosis, mutation, sexual reproduction); and 3. learn about the positives and negatives of the social, medical, inspirational, and social justice models of disability.
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Combating Ableism In Biology SlidesThere are lots of slides here. Some will be directly used in the presentation, others (especially those at the end) will serve as a resource as teachers navigate presenting these concepts to students.
ASTE-Sponsored Session: The Birth of a
Movement
How did the Environmental Justice movement begin? Come
discover how science inquiry and justice-oriented practices support teachers and
students as changemakers in their communities.
Takeaways: Attendees will learn: 1. that research supports connecting science content and opportunities for students to serve their communities as an essential facet of culturally relevant science instruction; 2. how to support students’ and teachers’ understanding of systemic inequities through science practices; and 3. how to create a critical inquiry instructional case study for students engaged in virtual or face-to-face instruction.
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The Journey Back: Leveraging Data Tools and EdTech
in the Post-COVID Classroom
Engage in a lesson from NOAA’s Data in the Classroom to
explore some effective engagement and assessment tools and technologies for the
post-COVID classroom.
Takeaways: 1. Keep experimenting with EdTech inside and outside of your classrooms; 2. Utilize EdTech for assessment and engagement of all learners in the classroom; and 3.
Access scientific data from NOAA to help students evaluate claims, construct arguments, and better understand the world around them.
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SCST-Sponsored Session: Make Your College Science Content
Relevant with Community-Engaged Learning
Community-engaged learning promotes “big picture”
understanding and hands-on experiences. Through ongoing reflection, reciprocity,
and dissemination, students delve deeper into content and impact local
communities.
Takeaways: Community engaged learning (CEL): 1. makes content relevant for students, providing a real-world application and big picture understanding; 2. provides hands-on experiences through which students apply course content and benefit a community partner; and 3. can be incorporated into traditional, hybrid, and online classrooms; session participants will learn best practices of CEL to ensure success within all STEM courses.
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Preservice Day Session: Making Science
Fairs More Equitable Online
Come hear how preservice teachers organized and hosted a
virtual science fair that aligns with the NGSS science practices—and
learn how to do this yourself!
Takeaways: Learn how: 1. to hold a science fair virtually; 2. to align the traditional science fair project with the NGSS science and engineering practices; and 3. preservice teachers can learn from this real-world practicum experience.
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Preservice Day Session: Developing Leadership Through
NSTA Student Chapters
Discover how an NSTA student chapter on your campus can
support your professional growth and development! We’ll share tips for growing
or starting your student chapter!
Takeaways: 1/ Learrn how to organize and start an NSTA student chapter for preservice teachers at your college or university; 2. Discover the wide range of activities that a chapter can organize for professional growth and development; and 3. Find out how NSTA is rebuilding our student chapter program at the National level.
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NARST-Sponsored Session: Case Study Pedagogy and
Learning Outcomes: A Framework for Teaching Biology with
Narratives
Explore inclusive ways of using case studies with
structured small group work/discussion, as well as aligning case studies with
content goals.
Takeaways: 1. Using case studies; 2. Addressing inclusion; and 3. Achieving content goals.
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Summer STEM Institute Goes Virtual: Creating an Engaging
STEM Learning Program
We will share the strategies and activities that made
our first virtual STEM institute an engaging and educational experience for
diverse upper elementary and middle level youth.
Takeaways: Participants will: 1. identify best practices for engaging youth in informal STEM experiences, including an end-of-summer celebration; 2. learn how we delivered programming in STEM with multiple grade-level bands; and 3. gain a list of valuable resources we used to teach scientific concepts, including how we created and distributed kits.
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Continuing Collaborative Experimentation When Students
Must Be Remote: Solutions and Perceptions
Struggling to deliver lab experiences simultaneously to
in-person and remote students in large numbers? Come learn how we did it and
share your solutions too.
Takeaways: 1. The approach one takes to delivering online/hybrid laboratory experience depends on learning objectives; 2.
Course-based research experiences can be conducted through remote collaborations; and 3.
Students acknowledge benefits of online/hybrid research experiences.
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