The calendar below shows the professional learning events hosted by OpenSciEd and our Certified Professional Learning partners.
Struggling with figuring out how to meet your grading needs while supporting 3D sensemaking? This session will provide sample 3D assessments and approaches to grading. As educators shift their teaching practice to align with the Framework for K-12 Science and the NGSS, they face various challenges and barriers. One pressing challenge is how to align […]
Explore how students can build elements of disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices coherently across middle school. It has been common practice to move around units in science curricula based on teacher licensure, teacher preference, or state standards. However, the shifts in three-dimensional science learning supporting equitable science education emphasize the […]
Explore supports for growth in the practice of Engaging in Argument from Evidence embedded in a storyline middle school chemistry unit. Arguing from evidence can be an integral part of […]
Support students in making sense of complex biological phenomena by beginning with the most observable level to motivate figuring out smaller-scale components, relationships, and mechanisms. Participants will explore examples of three life science units that use accessible entry points to support students in making sense of complex biological phenomena. Complex biological phenomena, such as how […]
OpenSciEd Facilitator Next Level is designed for facilitators who have already attended the OpenSciEd Curriculum Launch for Facilitators and are ready to take their facilitation to the next level. We’ll build on what you learned in the Launch by digging into the five additional 2-day unit-launch professional learning modules that support impactful implementation of OpenSciEd’s […]
OEI has planned an engaging 4-day Curriculum Launch PD : Light & Matter, Contact Forces, Chem Reactions & Matter (Cohort 2) August 8-11, 2022 at Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place, Springfield, […]
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 […]
If you are new to the OpenSciEd materials, this webinar will help you get off on the right foot. We will talk through the website, the many ways to download and access the materials, and where to find everything you need to use the units. Included in this time will be an overview of the […]
OpenSciEd materials rely on students collectively figuring out science ideas together through productive discourse and classroom talk. This requires a classroom culture where all students feel like they belong and it is safe to participate, share their ideas, disagree, and productively struggle together. Classrooms are learning spaces in which students’ varied cultural and linguistic experiences […]
Science notebooks are a key component of the OpenSciEd middle school science program. Notebooks provide a space for students to record investigations and communicate their ideas about phenomena. They are also a record of how students’ ideas evolve over time. Developing a science notebook can create a sense of ownership from students with respect to […]
In the OpenSciEd Curriculum Launch - Facilitators Edition you will experience the entire OpenSciEd Curriculum Launch in a virtual format in much the same way that your future participants will, […]
Want to learn more about OpenSciEd Curricula and Certified Professional Learning? Join us for our FREE informational webinar! Extension STEM Educators in Cook County will provide an overview of OpenSciEd for Middle School and an outline of the curriculum-based professional learning associated with these Open Educational Resources. There will be time for Q&A, and the […]
