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OpenSciEd MS Unit Launch 8.6 Natural Selection
Unit 8.6: Natural Selection Format: 2-Day In-Person Workshop Participants will: Reflect on students’ writing and drawing to identify strengths and potential barriers to sensemaking Analyze lessons and student work to understand the purpose ...
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OpenSciEd MS Unit Launch 8.5 Genetics
Unit 8.5: Genetics Format: 2-Day In-Person Workshop Participants will: Analyze OpenSciEd assessments using key criteria for three-dimensional (3D) learning Identify and evaluate the different types of assessments within the OpenSciEd assessme...
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OpenSciEd MS Unit Launch 8.4 Earth in Space
Unit 8.4: Earth in Space Format: 2-Day In-Person Workshop Participants will: Explore how OpenSciEd lessons are designed to reflect Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles Identify instructional strategies that align with UDL to support...
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OpenSciEd MS Unit Launch 8.3 Forces at a Distance
Unit 8.3: Forces at a Distance Format: 2-Day In-Person Workshop Participants will: Analyze OpenSciEd classroom videos to explore features of a productive classroom culture Identify and share strategies for developing and sustaining effective ...
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OpenSciEd MS Unit Launch 8.2 Sound Waves
Unit 8.2: Sound Waves Format: 2-Day In-Person Workshop Participants will: Reflect on successes and challenges from implementing the first unit Share expertise and collaboratively problem-solve with peer Explore teacher moves and supports tha...
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OpenSciEd MS Curriculum Launch 8.1 Contact Forces
Unit 8.1: Contact Forces Format: 4-Day In-Person Workshop Participants will: Experience the anchoring phenomenon routine and storyline development Facilitate key investigations and student-driven discussions Establish effective classroom nor...
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OpenSciEd MS Unit Launch 7.6 Earth’s Resources & Human Impact
Unit 7.6: Earth’s Resources & Human Impact Format: 2-Day In-Person Workshop Participants will: Reflect on students’ writing and drawing to identify strengths and potential barriers to sensemaking Analyze lessons and student work to unders...
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OpenSciEd MS Unit Launch 7.5 Ecosystem Dynamics
Unit 7.5: Ecosystem Dynamics Format: 2-Day In-Person Workshop Participants will: Analyze OpenSciEd assessments using key criteria for three-dimensional (3D) learning Identify and evaluate the different types of assessments within the OpenSciE...
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OpenSciEd MS Unit Launch 7.4 Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis
Unit 7.4: Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis Format: 2-Day In-Person Workshop Participants will: Explore how OpenSciEd lessons are designed to reflect Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles Identify instructional strategies that align ...
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OpenSciEd MS Unit Launch 7.3 Metabolic Reactions
Unit 7.3: Metabolic Reactions Format: 2-Day In-Person Workshop Participants will: Analyze OpenSciEd classroom videos to explore features of a productive classroom culture....
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OpenSciEd MS Unit Launch 7.2 Chemical Reactions & Energy
Unit 7.2: Chemical Reactions & Energy Format: 2-Day In-Person Workshop Participants will: Reflect on successes and challenges from implementing the first unit Analyze lessons and student work to understand the purpose and variety of writing...
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Online Courses: AMNH Seminars on Science: Ecology: Ecosystem Dynamics and Conservation
How do scientists study ecosystems and grapple with real-world conservation questions? Learn about ecology and ecosystem dynamics using a systems thinking lens. Authored by world-class experts at the cutting edge of conservation biology, this six-wee...
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Computer Science in the Classroom: Computational Thinking for Teachers is a 2 credit course which examines the computing field and how it impacts the human condition. Exciting ideas and influential people are introduced. A gentle introduction to co...
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Online Courses: MSU Master of Science in Science Education: Biomimicry: The Technology of Biology
Biomimicry: The Technology of Biology is a 2 credit course that introduces the rapidly emerging discipline of biomimicry as a source of inspiration to create solutions to human problems. You will learn how to use nature as a source of ideas, how to...
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Online Courses: MSU Master of Science in Science Education: Special Topics in Microbiology
Special Topics in Microbiology is a 3 credit course and provides an inquiry based examination of current microbiology related topics. Topics may vary from semester to semester and will be selected by the assessment of what is considered “newsworthy...
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Online Courses: MSU Master of Science in Science Education: Microbial Genetics
Microbial Genetics is a 3 credit course designed to provide an understanding of the fundamentals of genetic processes in bacteria (prokaryotes). The study of bacterial genetics has provided much of the understanding of fundamental genetic processes f...
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Online Courses: MSU Master of Science in Science Education: Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity is a 3 credit course that addresses some basic aspects of microbiology as they relate to infectious disease. How are microbes different from each other and from humans, and why do these differences matter? How do antimicrobial ...
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Online Courses: MSU Master of Science in Science Education: Streamside Science: Hands-On Approach
Streamside Science: Hands-On Approach is a 3 credit course designed to increase the water resource knowledge of students through hands-on, field-based curriculum. To accomplish this, students will be asked to adopt a local stream and perform lab assi...
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Online Courses: MSU Master of Science in Science Education: Science Across Cultures
Science Across Cultures is 3 credit course designed to present science knowledge across cultures embedded in inquiry-based instruction. This approach will facilitate the integration of science teaching to other curricular areas and will engage studen...