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Cosmic Conversations

Bridging Science and Religion with an Age of the Universe Debate

By Bruce C. Palmquist

Cosmic Conversations

OpenSciEd Teacher Training: Best Practices for Success: Making Participation Inclusive During Discussions, February 26, 2026

Transforming Science Learning logoClass discussions are at the heart of OpenSciEd’s instructional model, but ensuring that all students feel empowered to participate can be a challenge.

Transforming Science Learning logoClass discussions are at the heart of OpenSciEd’s instructional model, but ensuring that all students feel empowered to participate can be a challenge.

Transforming Science Learning logoClass discussions are at the heart of OpenSciEd’s instructional model, but ensuring that all students feel empowered to participate can be a challenge.

Transforming Science Learning logoClass discussions are at the heart of OpenSciEd’s instructional model, but ensuring that all students feel empowered to participate can be a challenge.

Transforming Science Learning logoClass discussions are at the heart of OpenSciEd’s instructional model, but ensuring that all students feel empowered to participate can be a challenge.

OpenSciEd Teacher Training: Best Practices for Success: The Putting the Pieces Together Routine, January 28, 2026

Transforming Science Learning logoJoin 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.

Transforming Science Learning logoJoin 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.

Transforming Science Learning logoJoin 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.

Transforming Science Learning logoJoin 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.

Transforming Science Learning logoJoin 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.

OpenSciEd Teacher Training: Best Practices for Success: Student Notebooks and Progress Trackers, November 19, 2025

Transforming Science Learning logoAre 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.

Transforming Science Learning logoAre 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.

Transforming Science Learning logoAre 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.

Transforming Science Learning logoAre 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.

Transforming Science Learning logoAre 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.

Instructional Routines to Support Sensemaking, March 11, 2026

Transforming Science Learning logoHelping 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 strategies that create space for all students to engage in meaningful sensemaking.

Transforming Science Learning logoHelping 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 strategies that create space for all students to engage in meaningful sensemaking.

Transforming Science Learning logoHelping 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 strategies that create space for all students to engage in meaningful sensemaking.

Transforming Science Learning logoHelping 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 strategies that create space for all students to engage in meaningful sensemaking.

Transforming Science Learning logoHelping 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 strategies that create space for all students to engage in meaningful sensemaking.

Learn and Lead: How to Support Teachers Making the Shift to 3D Teaching and Learning, January 21, 2026

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 students alike. But with transformation comes challenge, and teachers need informed, sustained support as they reimagine their instructional practice.

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 students alike. But with transformation comes challenge, and teachers need informed, sustained support as they reimagine their instructional practice.

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 students alike. But with transformation comes challenge, and teachers need informed, sustained support as they reimagine their instructional practice.

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 students alike. But with transformation comes challenge, and teachers need informed, sustained support as they reimagine their instructional practice.

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?

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?

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?

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?

Archive: Building a Culture of Sensemaking: Creating Classrooms Where Student Thinking Drives Learning, August 27, 2025

Transforming Science Learning logoWhat does it take to create a science classroom where students feel empowered to share their ideas, ask questions, and figure things out together? 

Transforming Science Learning logoWhat does it take to create a science classroom where students feel empowered to share their ideas, ask questions, and figure things out together? 

Transforming Science Learning logoWhat does it take to create a science classroom where students feel empowered to share their ideas, ask questions, and figure things out together? 

Transforming Science Learning logoWhat does it take to create a science classroom where students feel empowered to share their ideas, ask questions, and figure things out together? 

Transforming Science Learning logoWhat does it take to create a science classroom where students feel empowered to share their ideas, ask questions, and figure things out together? 

Archive: What Are High-Quality Instructional Materials? Understanding the Essentials for Effective Science Teaching, August 12, 2025

Teacher Tip Tuesday logoWhat 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?

Teacher Tip Tuesday logoWhat 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?

Teacher Tip Tuesday logoWhat 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?

Teacher Tip Tuesday logoWhat 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?

Teacher Tip Tuesday logoWhat 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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