Join this hands-on workshop demonstrating the enormous potential for data collection, analysis, and student lab reporting in your digital laboratory. Handouts.

Attention will be paid to NGSS test writing, from starting the story to identifying topic trees and relevant standards to writing the questions.

Do you have a lesson you’d like to use, but aren’t sure it is truly three dimensional? Join us to experience an elementary science lesson “before and after” NGSS. We’ll evaluate lessons using a structured process and NGSS resources. Leave with a format to help evaluate your lessons and those you are considering.

Join us for an introduction to the modeling method of instruction by working through a condensed modeling cycle. Discussion includes application in model-based secondary physics, chemistry, and biology courses.

Work with tools, including card sorts and performance task shells, to make the three dimensions explicit. Participants will get electronic access to download the tools.

Hands-on planning and sequencing activities integrate the three dimensions of NGSS. Leave with tools and techniques to design more effective K–2 teaching and learning experiences.

Science centers differentiate instruction and build foundational skills through hands-on experiences. Management tips and samples of hands-on science centers will be shared.

Science plays a significant role in preparing students for the workforce and life. As Stephen has said from the beginning of the development of the Next Generation Science Standards, understanding and managing a full system change takes time and commitment. In this talk, he will discuss the world that awaits us in 2030, what system changes should entail, how to advocate for the importance of science, and remind us that while we are preparing students for a future, we want them to enjoy the wonder that is science for a lifetime.

Come see how we are building teacher leaders across our region through our Next Generation STEM Fellows program and see examples of their exemplary work.

Attention will be paid to a classroom-tested process for developing three-dimensional formative assessments and strategies for using them. We will share examples with a variety of student stimuli embedded seamlessly in instructional flow.

Are you looking for some simple ways to intentionally integrate the crosscutting concepts into your class? Come here for some simple ideas that you can start using tomorrow.