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Engagement Strategies and Resources for Remote and
Face-to-Face Instruction
Participants explore strategies and resources for
engaging students during face-to-face and virtual instruction. Equity,
differentiation, and nonlinguistic representations of instruction and learning
will be targeted.
Takeaways: Attendees will: 1. learn research-based strategies that increase student engagement so that all students are involved in the learning process; 2. learn new ways to increase the confidence of learners who may be reluctant to engage in classroom activities and discussions; and 3. obtain numerous activities, templates, games, resources, etc. they can use with their students. These can be used “as is” or modified to include other content based on the needs of the attendees.
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Level Up Students' Analysis Skills with NASA Earth
Science Data
My NASA Data will model interactive resources for
students learning in-person and via virtual environments that feature short
activities, lessons, and access to NASA data.
Takeaways: Participants will: 1. walk away with access to NASA resources for their Earth science classrooms that can be linked directly to their learning management systems; 2. learn of interactive strategies for using these resources with students in a variety of learning environments; and 3. learn of an Earth science data visualization tool that enables students/educators to access and visualize NASA data for a particular region or time period.
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Virtual Field Labs: Student-Generated Data Explorations
of Investigable Questions Led by Climate Scientists
Based on three-dimensional learning and field-tested in
high school classes, Virtual Field Labs can be used synchronously,
asynchronously, or in hybrid classrooms.
Takeaways: 1. Hands-on virtual tool for teaching climate change concepts; 2. Student-generated data activities led by climate change scientists; and 3. Generate, graph, and analyze data on the way to making claims supported by evidence related to the investigation.
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Virtual Field Labs-NSTA .pdfThis is a PDF of the Virtual Field Labs (VFL) NSTA presentation. The live presentation included video clips that demonstrated the VFLs, new student centered, data-driven resources for both internet and face-to-face classrooms. The Virtual Field Labs are available for your use at icedrill-education.org. If you have any questions contact: louise.t.huffman@dartmouth.edu.
NASA GLOBE Cloud Resources for Synchronous and
Asynchronous Learning
NASA GLOBE Cloud resources provide a variety of ways for
diverse learners to engage in the science process in their local community
through citizen science.
Takeaways: 1. NASA GLOBE Cloud resources are free and flexible and allow diverse learners to engage with content in many ways; 2. A NASA scientist will discuss why citizen science observations are important to NASA; and 3. Learners can actively participate in citizen science in their own community.
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Teaching Evolution in the Virtual
World
We are teaching students in class, at home, and in
quarantine. TIES offers FREE evolution units packed with activities. Check them
out at www.tieseducation.org.
Takeaways: 1. You can teach evolution virtually, but effectively; 2. There are free online activities that can replace our more traditional active learning lessons; and 3. This session can give your students high-quality evolution instruction all in one free, downloadable unit with student response sheets, rubrics, answer keys, and assessments.
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NASA GLOBE Cloud Resources for Synchronous and
Asynchronous Learning
NASA GLOBE Cloud resources provide a variety of ways for
diverse learners to engage in the science process in their local community
through citizen science.
Takeaways: 1. NASA GLOBE Cloud resources are free and flexible and allow diverse learners to engage with content in many ways; 2. A NASA scientist will discuss why citizen science observations are important to NASA; and 3. Learners can actively participate in citizen science in their own community.
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What Do Plants Do in the Dark? Using an NSTA Daily Do to
Engage Students in Minds-On Learning
Labs should be as much about sensemaking as hands-on skills. Learn to use
online data to engage students in minds-on biology labs in or out the
classroom.
Takeaways: 1. Engaging students in sensemaking during lab investigations fosters more meaningful learning than simply manipulating physical lab materials; 2. By shifting the focus from collecting data to making sense of data, teachers can still engage students in aspects of the investigation practice while prioritizing the development of science ideas; and 3. Taking advantage of online data sets can reduce barriers faced by students learning remotely or in schools with limited laboratory equipment.
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Hands On to Online and Back Again, Better than
Ever—Lessons Learned
Explore the lessons learned during the rapid adaption of
our Type 2 Diabetes Curriculum into a format suitable for distance
learning.
Takeaways: 1. Examples of how lessons were adapted from hands on to digital; 2. Strategies for creating engaging lessons that work both online and in-class; and 3. Access and information to full Type 2 Diabetes Curriculum adapted for in-class, hybrid, or online learning.
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Session HandoutGuide with resource links to the GEMNet GSEO curriculum and links to full materials for Hands On to Online and Back, Better Than Ever.
Online Version of Type 2 Diabetes Model Board ActivityThis is an example of a hands-on lesson adapted for online learning through an iterative process filled with hurdles and challenges. This activity is leading to the future gamification of this activity and representative of how lessons evolve over time.
Investigation DarkSky: A Virtual Escape Room–Type
Activity
Participate in an energy delivery–themed virtual escape
room activity. Solve puzzles and pursue clues to discover the origin of a
cascading blackout.
Takeaways: 1. The U.S. power grid is the system of producers and consumers of electricity. It includes power generators, switches that control the flow of electricity, substations, miles of power lines, and millions of transformers; 2.
Nearly all electricity is used the moment it is generated.
The power grid is continually evolving as we integrate alternative power resources and invent technologies; and 3. This challenging process allows us to deliver energy to homes and businesses in cleaner, more efficient ways and makes the system more resilient to disruption.
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Engagement Strategies and Resources for Remote and
Face-to-Face Instruction
Participants explore strategies and resources for
engaging students during face-to-face and virtual instruction. Equity,
differentiation, and nonlinguistic representations of instruction and learning
will be targeted.
Takeaways: Attendees will: 1. learn research-based strategies that increase student engagement so that all students are involved in the learning process; 2. learn new ways to increase the confidence of learners who may be reluctant to engage in classroom activities and discussions; and 3. obtain numerous activities, templates, games, resources, etc. they can use with their students. These can be used “as is” or modified to include other content based on the needs of the attendees.
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COVID Teaching Strategies That Are
Keepers!
NSTA High School Committee members will discuss the
strategies that they will bring forward from COVID teaching.
Takeaways: 1. Teaching for student engagement; 2. Distance, hybrid, in-person techniques; and 3. Time for questions and discussion between the presenters and particpants.
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Virtual Field Labs: Student-Generated Data Explorations
of Investigable Questions Led by Climate Scientists
Based on three-dimensional learning and field-tested in
high school classes, Virtual Field Labs can be used synchronously,
asynchronously, or in hybrid classrooms.
Takeaways: 1. Hands-on virtual tool for teaching climate change concepts; 2. Student-generated data activities led by climate change scientists; and 3. Generate, graph, and analyze data on the way to making claims supported by evidence related to the investigation.
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Level Up Students' Analysis Skills with NASA Earth
Science Data
My NASA Data will model interactive resources for
students learning in-person and via virtual environments that feature short
activities, lessons, and access to NASA data.
Takeaways: Participants will: 1. walk away with access to NASA resources for their Earth science classrooms that can be linked directly to their learning management systems; 2. learn of interactive strategies for using these resources with students in a variety of learning environments; and 3. learn of an Earth science data visualization tool that enables students/educators to access and visualize NASA data for a particular region or time period.
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Multiple Ways to Virtually Engage Students in Science
Labs
There are many ways to virtually engage students in
science labs. This presentation will share methods as well as offering
advice on how to do it.
Takeaways: 1. All labs can still be done, but with adaptations; 2. Students can be actively engaged in lab even while not in school; and 3. Students can still learn the skills and knowledge from lab virtually.
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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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Using Online Tools to Engage Students in Asking Questions
About Phenomena
Learn to use free Google tools to support your students
in analyzing phenomena and asking good scientific questions that drive learning
in the classroom or remotely.
Takeaways: 1. Students' observations of and questions about phenomena should drive their learning; 2. You can use free online tools from Google to engage students in analyzing and developing questions about phenomena whether you are teaching face-to-face or remotely; and 3. We can use these same tools to scaffold students' ability to revise and improve their questions to be more productive.
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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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