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Calendar June 2025Monday, Jun. 23Member Web Seminar • Book Beat Live! Model-Based Inquiry in ChemistryRegistration Open • NSTA National Conference in MinnesotaHousing Open • NSTA National Conference in MinnesotaApplications Open • Exhibits for NSTA National Conference in MinneapolisApplications Open…
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Instructional Routines to Support Sensemaking, March 11, 2026
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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…
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NSTA District Professional Learning Packages
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NSTA District Professional Learning Packages Transform Science Education at Scale with NSTAWe support districts in empowering educators and advancing student learning through custom strategies—including professional learning centered on sensemaking, leadership development, and the implementation of…
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Analyzing and Interpreting Data to Support Student Sensemaking in a High School Evolution Unit
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This Professional Learning Unit uses a storyline unit with an anchoring phenomenon that is a case study in which the patient has acute mountain sickness at Everest base camp to focus participant learning on how the…
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National Conference on Science Education Philadelphia 2025 Professional Learning Institute 5
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National Conference on Science Education Philadelphia 2025 Professional Learning Institute 5 Full-Day WorkshopCreating Instructionally Supportive Assessment Tasks to Support 3D-LearningPreconference • Wednesday, March 26 • 8:15 AM - 3:15 PMAll participants will receive...Breakfast and Lunch GA4ViewItem(…
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Science Notebooks in Student-Centered Classrooms: Module 1: Using Science Notebooks for Sensemaking
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In this module, you will examine various ways scientists use science notebooks and a science notebook strategy to experience the critical components of sensemaking.
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Science Notebooks in Student-Centered Classrooms: Module 1: Using Science Notebooks for Sensemaking
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Science notebooks are a powerful and flexible tool to support students’ sensemaking. The science notebook creates a space for students to document their thinking, develop and revise models, plan investigations, and…
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Transforming Science Learning: Distance-Learning Strategies for Sensemaking, November 18, 2020
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Join us on Wednesday, November 18, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET for another seminar in the Transforming Science Learning series. School is underway in most parts of the country. Whether you are teaching in the…
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Sensemaking in the Science Classroom: Building the Foundations for Deeper Learning, November 4, 2025
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What does it really mean for students to make sense of science? In this foundational webinar, on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, we will unpack the core principles of sensemaking—a student-…
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Join us on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the fourth (and last) web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.Presenters will discuss assessment shifts of the Crosscutting Concepts (…
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Join us on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the second web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.Attendees will engage in observation and scientific sensemaking paired with…
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WI25: Supporting Student Sensemaking with the Crosscutting Concepts: Topic Study for K-12 Educators
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Students who use CCCs regularly build confidence in their science practices and develop a stronger sense of science identity. Each session presents participants with the opportunity to consider the different ways in…
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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? Join us on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, in…
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Professional Learning Add On Your Solution for Science & STEM Education Online Professional Learning Are you looking for asynchronous professional learning that you can tailor to your own professional goals and instructional…
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Looking for ideas to make science more accessible for your students? Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a powerful framework to increase access. Come experience a phenomenon-based lesson focused on student…
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