Climate Science Canvas Course
Teacher Professional Learning
Climate Science Canvas Course 2.0: Analyzing and Interpreting Data
With the Coronavirus (Covid-19) closing many school districts, teachers have reached out to their local Educational Service Districts inquiring about possible virtual and remote online workshops. The nine ESDs have heard your concerns and are responding. First, we have revised the Climate Science Canvas Course 2.0: Analyzing and Interpreting Data to a more user friendly “public” version. In this FREE Canvas Course, attendees will learn a protocol for organizing and interpreting data through tabulating, graphing, and statistical analysis. In this context of the course, the protocol will be applied to a climate science topic. With regard to NGSS alignment, the course focuses on the practice “Analyzing and Interpreting Data” within the dimension “Science and Engineering Practices.”
Course Details:
- 6 STEM clock hours are available upon completion of all modules and lessons
- We estimate six to ten of hours of engagement to complete course
- Course will remain open from March 23rd 7:00 AM to June 30th 5:00 PM
- Use this link to the Catalog Listing when linking from external sites, emails, etc.
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Learning Keeps Going
learningkeepsgoing.org
Coronavirus is posing unprecedented challenges to educators around the globe. To help you keep the learning going, a coalition of education organizations has curated free tools, strategies and best practices for teaching and learning online. Go to the Educator Help Desk to get answers to your online learning questions from experts.
This resource contains a wealth of learning resources to learn more please click here. |
PhET Simulation Library
Interactive Free Science and Math Simulations
PhET is a great online resource for teachers, students and families for interactive online simulations and more. Developed at the University of Colorado, PhET has a strong reputation in the science education community.
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Survive the Sound!
Interactive Game Opportunity for Students
Survive the Sound is an interactive online game where students and the general public are invited to follow their favorite fish character as it migrates through Puget Sound. The game uses real data collected as part of LLTK’s research efforts to tell the story of imperiled steelhead and the challenges they face. During the journey, everyone develops a deeper connection to their local environment, encouraging them to take action to protect it.
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Olympic ESD 114 STEM Hotspot
Check out the latest in STEM course offerings at Olympic ESD at the OESD 114 STEM Hotspot webpage. Updated monthly, this bulletin provides up-to-date information of course offerings.
NASA, and Robotics, and Novel Engineering - OH MY!
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 WCAS: Nuts and Bolts Online Course
Washington State Comprehensive Assessment in Science
The science assessment team is excited to announce the WCAS: Nuts and Bolts online course, available through the OSPI Moodle.
During the course, educators learn how item clusters are developed for the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS), including:
- learning how the performance expectations (PEs) from the state science standards are bundled for WCAS item clusters;
- learning how phenomena are used to develop an item cluster;
- learning how stimuli and items are written to form an item cluster;
- learning how items and item clusters align to the three-dimensional WCAS Item Specifications and the three-dimensional WA State 2013 K-12 Science Standards (the Next Generation Science Standards), and;
- exploring the WCAS online training tests.
Six free STEM clock hours are available upon completion of the course and evaluation. Guidance for obtaining clock hours is embedded in the course.
To access the course:
- Go to the WCAS: Nuts and Bolts course on the Moodle website.
- Log in using your existing Moodle account or create a new account.
The course should take no more than 6 hours and can be completed in more than one sitting.
Keep track of lessons and activities with a checklist.
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Pacific Science Center
Curiosity at Home
Discover new, educational content
Curiosity never closes, and that's why PacSci is committed to continuing to serve our community with our Curiosity at Home resource for families and curiosity lovers of all ages!
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, then share your experiences on social using #pacsci and #curiosityathome.
Food Science
Hygiene and Anatomy
Brains, Biology and DNA
Musical Journeys
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Mt. St. Helens Institute
Volcano Tuesdays
Volcano Tuesdays! is a free online series that includes live demonstrations and activities that will get your students thinking about volcanos of the Pacific Northwest. Activities and demonstrations are led by Mount St. Helens Institute staff and volunteers and are designed for 4th-7th grade. (However, if you teach younger student, check out the resources to see if they might be also be relevant for your students). Youth, families and learners of all ages are welcome!
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Be a Science Fellow in WA State!
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....
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OSPI Science Home Learning Resources
Washington State OER Commons
In an effort to support school teachers across Washington State OSPI has launched an effort to gather and share resources to support home learning.
This document provides some learning resources associated with each of the K-2 Washington Science Content Learning Standards. They are intended to serve during this “stay at home” time, which includes all Washington schools. They are not intended to replace or be equivalent to face-to-face learning. Please feel free to use the resources or to make adaptations.
The collection currently contains resources for K-2 with more on the way.
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 STEM Canvas Course: Crafting Three-dimensional Formative Assessment Items
3 STEM Clock Hours
STEM Canvas Course: Crafting Three-Dimensional Formative Assessment Items
The design for Crafting Three-Dimensional Formative Assessment Items Canvas Course was adapted from the Advancing Coherent and Equitable Systems of Science Education: Resource D developed by Phil Bell and Deb Morrison. (Links to an external site.) Participants build their 3D assessment design capacity by following a step-by-step process using supporting tools to design formative assessment items—before piloting them in their classrooms. The approaches learned in this course can be used with any science curricula, at any grade level, and across all domains of science and engineering.
Course Details:
- 3 STEM clock hours are available upon completion of all modules and lessons
- We estimate three hours of engagement to complete course
- Course will remain open from April 6th 7:00 AM to June 30th 5:00 PM
- Use this link to the Catalog Listing when linking from external sites, emails, etc.
OSPI worked closely with the nine ESDs to develop content-specific online learning for educators during Long-Term School Closure (LTSC). This online course is a result of that collaboration.
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 Guidance to Support Science Learning During COVID-19
Council of State Science Supervisors
Guidance for Supporting Science Learning During COVID-19
During the COVID-19 crisis, many families are looking for helpful educational resources. There are many opportunities to engage in safe, meaningful science learning in your home and neighborhood. SSEC Director, Dr. Carol O’Donnell, is a member of the Council of State Science Supervisors and was invited to contribute to a set of resources that might be useful to students, families, educators, and education leaders:
These materials were created under a Creative Commons license and can be adapted to suit your local needs. Layout versions in pdf for distribution, as well as editable versions in Arabic and Spanish, are available here. The Smithsonian appreciates the leadership of the Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS) and their effort to create documents to improve science learning and ensure excellence and equity during this difficult time. |
Science Matters Newsletter Archives
Explore over three years of the Science Matters Newsletter archives.
Relevant and timely news and notes from around the state and region related to science education teaching and learning.
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