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Preparing for the Next Generation Science Standards—Obtaining,
Evaluating, and Communicating Information
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This web seminar took place on December 18, 2012, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time. The presenters were Philip Bell from the University
of Washington, Leah Bricker from the University
of Michigan, and Katie Van Horne from the University
of Washington. This program was the eighth in a series of eight web seminars focused
on the major practices contained in A Framework for K–12 Science Education,
the document that will inform the Next Generation Science Standards, due out in
spring 2013.
The PowerPoint, related resources from the NSTA Learning Center, and web links from
the presentation are now contained in the above resource collection. Clicking on
the collection link will place it in your Learning Center, My Library,
neatly organized under the My Resource Collections tab.
In this web seminar Dr. Bell, Dr. Bricker, and Ms. Van Horne talked about the eighth
scientific and engineering practice contained in A Framework for K–12 Science Education:
obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. The presenters discussed strategies
for making science more relevant to students’ lives through student choice and addressing
social justice issues in the science classroom. The presenters talked about the
multiple ways to communicate information and ideas orally, in writing, and with
visual aids such as graphs and models. They shared examples of student work from
the high school, middle school, elementary, and pre-kindergarten levels. Ted Willard,
director of NSTA’s efforts surrounding the Next Generation Science Standards, shared
resources that can help teachers prepare for the implementation of the standards.
Seminar participants received an NSTA SciGuide. A certificate of attendance
was deposited into participants' My PD Record and Certificates area in
the NSTA Learning Center for completing the evaluation form at the end of the program.
Graduate Credit Available
Shippensburg University will offer one (1) graduate credit to individuals who have
successfully completed NSTA’s Preparing for the Next Generation Science Standards
- Practices webinar series. The total cost is $165. For information on the course
requirements, as well as registration and payment information visit www.ship.edu/extended/NSTA
Here are some comments provided by the participants at the end of the Web Seminar:
- “GREAT connections to how the practice integrated with other goals such as equity,
technology, ELA, math.”
- “I really appreciated the concrete examples at the various levels (HS, middle,
elementary and even pre-K).”
Thanks to the participants and the presenter for the learning opportunity, the interactions,
and a job well done!
See when other
Preparing for the Next Generation Science Standards Web Seminars are Scheduled.
For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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Underwritten by the Carnegie Corporation of New York
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