Fall 2019 Updates
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 NSTA Conference Seattle
Volunteers Needed!
WSTA & NSTA Need You: NSTA Conference Volunteers
December 12-14, 2019
Washington State Convention Center
Link to NSTA Conference Site
Volunteering is a great way to feel more a part of the conference and make it more affordable!
- Individuals who volunteer 16 hours or more will receive complimentary registration to the conference.
- Individuals who volunteer 8–15 hours will receive a 50% discount on their conference registration.
Volunteers are not required to work consecutive days/hours to qualify for complimentary registration or 50% off discount.
When Volunteers are needed:
- Wednesday, December 11: 12 Noon–7:00 PM
- Thursday, December 12: 7:00 AM–5:00 PM
- Friday, December 13: 7:00 AM–4:00 PM
- Saturday, December 14: 7:30 AM–12 Noon
What needs doing?
- Program Stuffer: Volunteers to assist with stuffing the programs with changes and information for distribution prior to the opening of attendee registration at 5:00 PM
(Wednesday afternoon, 12 Noon to 5:00 PM.)
- Conference Bag Pick-Up: Volunteers to distribute conference bags at the Bag Pick-Up counters.
- Line Monitor: Volunteers to direct attendees to the appropriate lines.
- Express Check-In: Volunteers to distribute badges at the Express Check-In counters.
- Presenter/Presider Check in: Volunteers to check in Presenters and Presiders.
- Services for people with Special Needs: Staffing a booth supporting participants with special needs.
Can we count on you?
Final Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet-Seattle.docx
Please complete the form and return it as soon as possible to:Judy Shaw, Volunteers Manager shaw9@comcast.net or Dana Marsden, Special Needs Manager marsdend@edmonds.wednet.edu
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Inquiry Hub
High School Biology
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What is a Science Fellow?
In October the Washington State Science Fellows gathered in Yakima, WA for the annual state science fellows convening. They met for a two day convening to learn about modeling in the science classroom, and hear from experts like Dr. Mark Windschitl from the University of Washington a la Ambitious Science Teaching.
Each year the Science Fellows program in Washington State provides interested teachers and instructional coaches an opportunity to deepen understanding of science teaching and learning. The program is designed to support growth in leadership. knowledge of the standards and assessment, and a supportive context for action planning to support student learning.
The next application period will begin in April of 2020. If you are interested in hearing more about the program please....
Read more here....
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New High Quality Grade 5 NGSS Aligned Instructional Material
Available Now!
In this MySci unit, From Sun to Food, students consider the question, "if we eat pizza, why don't we look like pizza?" To try to explain this phenomenon, students develop and refine a farm model throughout each lesson. Students will see how matter is cycled through ecosystems and how energy flows from the sun to the consumers in a food chain. As students engage in the activities in this unit, the Crosscutting Concepts of Energy and Matter and Systems and System Models are emphasized. This would be a great example to share with the fifth-grade teachers in your state.
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OpenSciEd Project
Middle School Now- Elementary Next!
Are you interested in high quality NGSS aligned instructional materials?
OpenSciEd is a nonprofit organization that brings together educators, philanthropic organizations, curriculum developers, and professional development providers to improve science education through the development and implementation of high-quality, freely available science instructional materials. While this work has begun at the middle school level with Grades 6 through 8, the goal of OpenSciEd is to ensure that all educators, from elementary to high school, have access to a free, coherent, rigorous, research-based set of instructional materials that will support all students in meeting the vision for science literacy described in A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards.
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NOAA B-WET Grant Funding Opportunity
Applications Due December 13th
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High Quality NGSS Aligned High School Instructional Material
Reviewed by Achieve!
The Science Peer Review Panel has rated another unit as high quality and posted it online. This is the second unit in the Interactions curriculum by Michigan State University's CREATE for STEM Institute and the Concord Consortium to be identified as high quality (see the first unit here). In this unit, students further develop their model of electrostatic interactions by incorporating the relationship between electric potential energy and electric forces. In particular, the unit focuses on the electrostatic attractions and energy conversions involved in the formation of molecules (chemical reactions). See the unit here, and the full EQuIP Rubric review here. |
Science Matters Newsletter Archives
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Relevant and timely news and notes from around the state and region related to science education teaching and learning.
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