Virtual Workshop

Join us on November 18, 20, and December 2, 4, and 9, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM ET for an immersive professional learning experience exploring how OpenSciEd Unit 7.6: Earth’s Resources & Human Impact engages students in making sense of real-world droughts and floods across the U.S. Participants will experience key lessons as students do—analyzing data, developing models, and uncovering how rising temperatures and carbon imbalances impact communities. 

Discover strategies to support student sensemaking, systems thinking, and problem-solving around climate-related challenges. You’ll leave ready to use the unit’s instructional resources to foster meaningful, community-connected science learning in your classroom. 

Program dates and times:

The five live sessions are scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Eastern time. Specific program dates are below: 

• November 18, 20, and December 2, 4, and 9, 2025

During the program participants have access to:

• Digital resources and all NSTA online community tools (My Library, My Profile, Community Forums)
• All archive versions of the live sessions to watch on-demand.

Participants will receive a certificate from NSTA for attending the live sessions.

Optional: Graduate-Level Credit Opportunity ($173 for 1.5 credits/units)

Earn 1.5 graduate-level credits/units in professional development through Dominican University of California course EDUO 9428. To obtain credit/units, you must be registered for NSTA Virtual Workshop: OpenSciEd Middle School Unit 7.6 Unit Launch Workshop Series and complete the required assignments. Visit the Dominican University of California to see the Syllabus and to Register and Pay for the Credits.

• Register for graduate-level credit by: December 24, 2025
• Submit the required assignments by: January 21, 2026