While all feedback has a big impact on students and learning, some kinds of feedback can actually lower interest, effort or persistence. Wise and mastery oriented feedback can build student motivation, persistence and, ultimately, achievement.
Learn more about the best practices for inquiry science, a question-based method of learning science which is proven to motivate and help students understand science concepts more thoroughly.
Universal Design for Learning, or UDL is an educational framework to make learning success possible for all students. UDL calls for creating learning environments that provide multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement. How does this apply in inquiry science? Explore here!
This resource is intended to house videos with K-12 teachers on best practices in online teaching. The intended audience of these videos is teacher candidates who are collecting data for field or clinilcal experience.
Collaboration is an essential part of science. Real scientists work in communities, share questions, processes, and findings as part of a community working toward new discoveries. Science collaboration in the classroom is no different. Discover more about collaboration best practices and how to use them in your inquiry science classroom.
In this course from Puget Sound Educational Service District in Washington state, teachers will learn how to intentionally connect students, families, and community knowledge and practices to scientific concepts. Making these connections visible is critical for effective and equitable science learning experiences.Together, teachers will delve into strategies that encourage students to see themselves as active participants in the natural world, fostering empathy and a sense of responsibility towards the environment. Educators will learn how to shift students’ perspectives from being apart from nature to being an integral part of it. Teachers will learn how to facilitate wondering conversations that support student curiosity and sensemaking.
This is module 1 of the Beyond Classroom Walls professional learing course from Puget Sound Educational Service District in Washington state.In this course from Puget Sound Educational Service District in Washington state, teachers will learn how to intentionally connect students, families, and community knowledge and practices to scientific concepts. Making these connections visible is critical for effective and equitable science learning experiences.
This is module 2 of the Beyond Classroom Walls professional learing course from Puget Sound Educational Service District in Washington state.In this course, teachers will learn how to intentionally connect students, families, and community knowledge and practices to scientific concepts. Making these connections visible is critical for effective and equitable science learning experiences.
This is module 3 of the Beyond Classroom Walls professional learing course from Puget Sound Educational Service District in Washington state.In this course, teachers will learn how to intentionally connect students, families, and community knowledge and practices to scientific concepts. Making these connections visible is critical for effective and equitable science learning experiences.
This is module 4 of the Beyond Classroom Walls professional learing course from Puget Sound Educational Service District in Washington state.In this course, teachers will learn how to intentionally connect students, families, and community knowledge and practices to scientific concepts. Making these connections visible is critical for effective and equitable science learning experiences.
Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom. You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.
During this lesson, students will learn more about a historical person by researching on the Internet and presenting to the class. Students will learn biographical information about their person. Students will compile their research together in a class book.
Students will be able to determine the difference between biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem, recognize be factors for what they are, and demonstrate the relationship between them.
This sequence of instruction was developed to help elementary teachers who were working remotely. We developed a short storyline that ties together a few sessions to help explore a specific concept. We tried to include some activities that honored and included the student’s family and experience, and some that included the potential for ELA learning goals.Students make observations of the behaviors while watching short videos of Bald Eagles and Hummingbirds. They then make observations of birds in their own neighborhood or school grounds. They use these observations to explore th knees of these organisms and behaviors used to meet these needs.It is part of Clime Time - a collaboration among all nine Educational Service Districts (ESDs) in Washington and many Community Partners to provide programs for science teacher training around Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and climate science, thanks to grant money made available to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) by Governor Inslee.
Charleston County School District Nutrition Services and the Green Heart Project are excited to be partnering this year for Harvest of the Month with their friends from The Bee Cause Project providing delicious honey. Enjoy this fun and easy demonstration of Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Honey and Cinnamon! Simple and delicious foods from Mother Nature are always a winner with your students!
Blend phonemes and practice long "i" sounds with NYCDOE Universal Literacy Reading Coach Anna Scretching-Cole. Students will practice blending and reading with the long "i" sound with a focus on the "igh" and "-y" spelling.
This resource was created by Sarah Davenport in collaboration with Tina Williams as part of the 2019-20 ESU-NDE Digital Age Pedagogy Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Unit Plans promoting BlendEd Learning Best Practices. This Unit Plan is designed for 3rd Grade Social Studies.
This resource was created by Brandon Horst in collaboration with Tina Williams as part of the 2019-20 ESU-NDE Digital Age Pedagogy Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Unit Plans promoting BlendEd Learning Best Practices. This Unit Plan is designed for Upper Primary Integrated Technology (3-5).
In this online learning module, you will: 1: Understand blended learning models2: Learn to design blended learning experiences
This work, “Bobby’s Lost Toy", is a derivative of “The Lost Toy" authored by Sam Beckbessinger, illustrated by Amy Slatem, used under CC-BY-4.0. The text for the adapted story “Bobby’s Lost Toy” was written by a team of educators during a short course on “Application of Open Educational Resources” in May 2022. The course was developed and delivered by the USAID LAC Reads Capacity Program and hosted by the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.