The calendar below shows the professional learning events hosted by OpenSciEd and our Certified Professional Learning partners.
Join us for this four-day virtual professional learning series focused on OpenSciEd Unit 8.1. We will focus on the OpenSciEd instructional model, highlighting crucial features such as: classroom norms, driving question boards, student discourse, and student sense-making. We will explore the unit’s anchoring phenomenon and several other key lessons in the unit. We will also […]
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 […]
RECORDING - https://vimeo.com/596234007 In this free webinar, unit author 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 unit investigations. The webinar will be from 2-3:15pm Pacific Time.
In the Curriculum Launch for Facilitators you will experience the entire OpenSciEd Curriculum Launch in much the same way that your future participants will (on September 13, 14, 21, & 22), but you are also supported to deeply understand the goals and structures of the professional learning (on September 10, 17, & 24) so you […]
In this free webinar, unit author Audrey Mohan 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 unit investigations. The webinar will be from 2-3:15pm Pacific Time.
In this free webinar, the OpenSciEd team is joined by Dr. Bill Penuel from the Institute of Cognitive Science and School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Penuel is leading the consortium that is developing OpenSciEd's high school science instructional materials. The webinar will describe how the consortium was selected, what courses are […]
In this free webinar, unit authors Lindsey Mohan from BSCS Science Learning and Renee Affolter from Boston College 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 unit investigations. The webinar will be from 1:30-2:45pm Pacific Time.
FOCUS: What are routines? Why are they important? 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 […]
In this free webinar, unit authors Dawn Novak and Whitney Smith 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 unit investigations. The webinar will be from 2:00-3:15pm Pacific Time
FOCUS: Revisiting the Norms to Enhance Equitable Participation 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 […]
In this free webinar, unit author Jaime Noll from NextGen Science Storylines 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 unit investigations. The webinar will be from 2:00-3:15 pm Pacific Time.
FOCUS: Resource sharing 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 abilities. This […]
