PLI #2

About the Session

What makes STEM meaningful for students? This professional learning experience provides an immersive opportunity to explore how phenomenon-driven, three-dimensional teaching and learning create meaningful STEM experiences for all students. Participants will engage with high-quality instructional materials and analyze classroom videos and vignettes to examine what meaningful STEM looks like in practice.

Join the NSTA Professional Learning Team to engage with high-quality instructional materials and build a shared definition of what meaningful STEM looks like in practice. Participants will explore the key instructional shifts needed to support all learners through immersion tasks and guided reflection aligned to research-based practices for STEM learning in science. In grade-banded breakout groups, participants will build strategies to support students at different grade levels to ensure they leave with practical approaches to bring back to their classroom.

By the end of the experience, participants will be better prepared to foster evidence-based classroom communities, leverage student assets, and identify, revise, and design instructional materials that promote meaningful STEM learning.

Key Takeaways

• Experience and analyze authentic STEM tasks to develop a deeper understanding of the role of sensemaking in meaningful STEM learning experiences.
• Build capacity with practical strategies that can be used to increase authentic student engagement in STEM learning.
• Use NSTA tools to evaluate lessons for alignment with the critical attributes of Sensemaking and STEM.