PLS RT #NGSSchat—NEW TOOL—Do you support Ss in evidence-based argumentation as they learn science through different phases of engineering design? Why not?! Here's a new @STEMTeachTools with guidance & scaffolding for that approach. Check it out! #NGSS
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@sbottasullivan If you like that feature, you’ll love this.. PowerPoint enables you to auto caption AND there’s an extension that actively translates into several different languages though personal devices! Thought of you, @SciEdHenry
@SciEdHenry @maggiebeneke @Jasparrows @Enceladosaurus The science center in NC does something like that but it’s a conference instead of an ongoing mentorship opportunity I believe. Also the do-it center at UW does mentoring. And, start it up! I’d love to work with the mentors to get them ready! <— former teacher!
@OpenSciEd released specs for instructional materials. Criteria for equity start on pg 11. Indicator 2.5 focuses on special education. Use this tool to evaluate the accessibility of materials that you use in your classroom or to inform design of new ones! https://t.co/E4Q2xJRy8R
@sbottasullivan@theSTEMsquad@Sci_Rem Then, I would look at what activities already exist in the world. I like to look at places like “teach engineering” or “teachers try science” to get some ideas to build from.
@sbottasullivan@theSTEMsquad@Sci_Rem Great question! The first thing that I would do is start to learn more about the topics that kids and teachers are interested in. Also, I would look at what STEM related resources exist within the community and what professions parents might have within STEM disciplines
Find out Enrique Suarez’s research that focuses on designing learning environments that create opportunities for elementary-aged emerging multilingual students to leverage their conceptual resources and practices when making sense of the natural world. https://t.co/aUaZzuCXFF
Science learning is designed in ways that create barriers for Ss instead of opportunities. The design of learning environments should start with student diversity—not adapting past lessons w/o challenging restrictive practices. @STEMTeachTools#sciaccess
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A8 Here are my suggestions:
✅ building capacity for students who receive special education services
✅ building capacity for seeing the diverse sense-making resources of learners
✅ building capacity of Indigenous pedagogy of science / STEM in support of all students
#NGSSchat
PLS RT #NGSSchat—We just published a NEW @STEMTeachTools focused on what educators can do to support students who receive special education services. There are oodles of resources in this one & in the 5 linked background pages. #NGSS#SciEd#equitymatters
https://t.co/L9hJtEPPBB