SCASS 2023-2024 - Inspire by CA_Science_Project

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2023-09-14 15:53:59 UTC

The LACSEF Teacher Workshops are going on NOW

2023-09-21 23:05:07 UTC

Teachers are spending more time on science now--they realize during COVID, they were focusing on ELA/Math

2023-09-21 23:05:23 UTC

Elementary Science Community of Learners (ESCOL) - next Saturday

lschafenacker — 2023-09-21 23:07:09 UTC

Elementary Teachers! Join us for a Saturday of science learning and creating community. There will also be 3 virtual meetings through out the year.

Districts/schools are adopting NGSS-aligned instructional materials

maria_simani — 2023-09-21 23:08:40 UTC

2023-09-21 23:08:47 UTC

Teachers are excited to do science!

maria_simani — 2023-09-21 23:08:53 UTC

LEAs are requesting more science PL.

2023-09-21 23:09:12 UTC

Filed trips requests are also becoming more frequent

maria_simani — 2023-09-21 23:09:20 UTC

Teachers are not sure what to do with adopted science curriculum.

2023-09-21 23:11:02 UTC

LAUSD pays teachers to attend PD on Saturday

maria_simani — 2023-09-21 23:11:31 UTC

K-6 Teachers wanting to dive into NGSS practices & introduce its implementation

2023-09-21 23:12:20 UTC

Some shortage of substitute teachers

maria_simani — 2023-09-21 23:12:24 UTC

Teachers want to do science @ elementary level (they just don't know how)

2023-09-21 23:12:38 UTC

Many preservice teachers do not receive adequate science training to implement high quality science instruction.

2023-09-21 23:13:53 UTC

2023-09-21 23:14:01 UTC

Integrating Science with ELA or Science with SS

2023-09-21 23:14:17 UTC

TIME Toolkit Adoption

2023-09-21 23:14:25 UTC

Middle school teachers have used it successfully and was a game changer!

2023-09-21 23:14:39 UTC

Teachers are saying they are burned out already at the beginning of the year

2023-09-21 23:15:53 UTC

2023-09-21 23:15:56 UTC

Lab PD Series

2023-09-21 23:16:04 UTC

Bringing back why they love science and bringing labs back into the classrooms. Additional inquiry components added in. Teachers are working together on best practices. Requesting these more often.

Strategies that were used during online teaching are now also used during face-to-face instruction

maria_simani — 2023-09-21 23:16:16 UTC

High school level Adoption

2023-09-21 23:17:46 UTC

Last year adoption in various subject areas. Teachers are liking the curriculum and are feeling the support of for science. Currently additional piloting in Physics.

Elem Teachers are beginning to understand how they can do science and integrate their ELA/Math an Social Studies Big Ideas as well.

2023-09-21 23:18:26 UTC

STEAM Advisory Board and STEAM Night with feeder schools

2023-09-21 23:19:21 UTC

Led a feeder school STEAM night. Had robotics and other student centered activities. Open to the public. Students were learning for each, high school learning from middle school, and vice versa.

Switching from mystery science to adopted curriculum. (Amplify)

2023-09-21 23:19:54 UTC

STEAM Leads

2023-09-21 23:25:04 UTC

My district has a STEAM Lead at every Elementary School that I can connect with and work with - every year this has grown stronger and stronger.

Post Adoption Leaving Strategies Behind

2023-09-21 23:25:52 UTC

After adoption, teachers can tend to leave behind the tried and true strategies that worked before. How do we integrate those old strategies with the new curriculum to increase interest in content.

Expanded learning STEAM camps

2023-09-21 23:26:06 UTC

More opportunities for robust partnerships between K-5 teacher preparation and schools so that new teacher candidates may experience classroom science

maria_simani — 2023-09-21 23:28:52 UTC

science can support any content area

2023-09-21 23:30:52 UTC

Time spent on integrating but, a change in ELA curriculum will affect "the system"

2023-09-21 23:33:45 UTC

2023-11-09 21:00:39 UTC

Overlap in SEP's and specific PE's.

2023-11-09 21:01:45 UTC

Incorporating small chunks of CS within aligned elementary PE's that overlap with CS standards.

CS connection within NGSS alignment to instruction bridging into HS scientific research.

2023-11-09 21:05:21 UTC

2023-11-09 21:06:19 UTC

Inform Elementary teachers where opportunities exists to use language that align with CS standards, such as "debug, troubleshoot, collaborate, and think critically with technology."

2023-11-09 21:08:31 UTC

That CS is for all, and that there are many ways to include CS standards within our current work as Science TOSA's. And of course: click here

The levels of engagement with data resources can be used to support student learning by giving real-world phenomena like the Carbon conundrum. Students investigate by researching the levels of carbon emission per decade. Then, they will create their own data analysis based on their research.

2023-11-09 21:09:24 UTC

The integration opportunities resource will help me in teaching HS students Chemistry.

2023-11-09 21:10:40 UTC

Computer Science is relevant in any subject area of teaching because it involves CS in STEM.

2023-11-09 21:12:35 UTC

CS is necessary in the real world of teaching and evolution.

2023-11-09 21:13:25 UTC

Environmental Science in Computer Science and Engineering.

2023-11-09 21:14:28 UTC