OpenSciEd Statewide Cohorts Beginning in February: Grades 6-8

 

Iowa’s AEAs are pleased to announce that registration for OpenSciEd virtual workshops is now live!  This professional learning opportunity will prepare teachers with practical tools to help with enacting this curriculum and provide a vision for the long term goals of the OpenSciEd Project along wit
h the implementation of A Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).  Even if teachers choose to not use these instructional materials, the learning around the instructional routines and accompanying shifts in classroom instruction will be valuable for 6th-8th grade science teachers and instructional coaches alike.

This course will utilize a blended learning model that includes three Zoom sessions which occur between three independently completed online, asynchronous learning sessions.  Each unit training may be taken for one license renewal credit. To read an overview of each unit, click the corresponding link in the section below.  You can also use the Course/Section number link to register. The registration deadline is February 1, 2021.

• Chemical Reactions (Bath Bombs) - Recommended for 6th grade (Course #200877)

• Matter Cycling and Photosynthesis - Recommended for 7th grade (Course #200882)

• Weather, Climate, and Water Cycling - Recommended for 8th grade (Course #200881)