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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 8, 2025
By Debra Shapiro
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Unlocking Success: A Step-by-Step Guide to NSTA Proposal Submissions, August 19, 2025
Ready to share your best ideas with the science education community? Join us on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, for a dynamic web seminar where we will guide you through the process of submitting a successful proposal for the NS...
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers: June 24, 2025
By Debra Shapiro
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Enhancing Instruction with the NSTA Sensemaking Tool
Join us for a dynamic four-part webinar series, scheduled on March 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, where educators will explore how to use the NSTA Sensemaking Tool to give actionable feedback on lessons, and support instructiona...
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Class discussions are at the heart of OpenSciEd’s instructional model, but ensuring that all students feel empowered to participate can be a challenge....
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Join us on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, to strengthen your use of this powerful routine—and support your students in putting the pieces together to build lasting understanding....
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Are your students making their thinking visible? Student notebooks and progress trackers are essential tools used in OpenSciEd classrooms for supporting sensemaking, self-assessment, and learning over time but only if they are used intentionally....
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OpenSciEd Teacher Training: Best Practices for Success: Scientists Circle, September 25, 2025
Looking to deepen student engagement and discourse in your OpenSciEd classroom? Join us on Thursday, September 25, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for a focused, practical webinar on implementing the Scientists Circle, one of key instructional rout...
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Instructional Routines to Support Sensemaking, March 11, 2026
Helping students make sense of complex scientific ideas requires more than just content delivery, it requires purposeful, consistent opportunities for thinking, talking, and connecting ideas. Instructional routines are structured, repeatable strategi...
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As science education evolves, the shift toward three-dimensional (3D) teaching and learning, integrating disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices, represents a transformative opportunity for educators and ...
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Learn and Lead: What is 3D Learning? Practical Guidance for Leaders, October 29, 2025
Three-dimensional (3D) learning is at the heart of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and science education reform, but what does it really look like in classrooms, and how can leaders support its implementation system wide?...
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What does it take to create a science classroom where students feel empowered to share their ideas, ask questions, and figure things out together?...
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What makes instructional materials high quality and how can you tell the difference between a resource that simply covers content and one that truly supports deep, three-dimensional learning?...
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Join us on Thursday, November 20, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, to learn how aligning professional learning with instructional materials creates the conditions for lasting instructional change leading to more coherent, and engaging science learni...
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Sensemaking in the Science Classroom: Building the Foundations for Deeper Learning, November 4, 2025
What does it really mean for students to make sense of science?...