Each new school year, teachers ask themselves, "What do I need to focus on and what can I do differently to improve?” Come join us as we network with other middle school teachers to answer this question. Network participants will:
* Analyze Item Analysis reports for challenging areas
* Network to improve challenging areas and current issues
* Analyze and tweak challenging area and current lessons
* Analyze and tweak challenging area assessments
* Become aware of current Science Updates

Optional graduate credit is available

Each new school year, teachers ask themselves, "What do I need to focus on and what can I do differently to improve?” Come join us as we network with other biology teachers to answer this question. Network participants will:
* Analyze Item Analysis reports for challenging areas
* Network to improve the challenging areas and current issues
* Analyze and tweak the challenging areas (current) lessons
* Analyze and tweak the challenging area assessments*
* Become aware of current Science Updates

Optional graduate credit is available

Knowing our state science standards are composed of the 3-dimensional learning: science/engineering practices, core ideas, and cross-cutting concepts, it's important that we teach, practice, and assess all 3-dimensions. Come join us as we dig deeply into one of the 3-dimentions: The Science Practices. Participants will explore 4 of the 8 science practices, gain strategies for their classrooms, and apply knowledge to lessons.

Session 1: Asking Questions Sept. 28
* Learning how to empower students to ask questions themselves. Questions that prompt curiosity, understanding, learning, and transference of knowledge.

Session 2: Planning and carrying out investigations Dec. 7
* Using the instructional model, Learning Cycle (5Es) to plan student centered investigations

Session 3: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Jan. 31
* Justifying answers using the claim, evidence, reasoning (CER) strategy

Session 4: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information Apr. 5
* Strategies to gather and communicate results thoroughly

Sessions are independent, however, they will build upon each other. You must register for each session separately.

Each new school year, teachers ask themselves, "How do I tie Science into the other content areas I teach? How do I plan and teach science to best support the 5th grade Science MAP assessment? Come join us as we network with other 3-5 science teachers to answer these questions and more. 3-5 Science participants will:
* Analyze the 5th Grade Item Analysis report for challenging areas
* Unpack and understand the grade level Missouri standards and how they apply to the classroom
* Learn ways to integrate science into other content areas
* Collaborate in the revision of science lessons to incorporate an effective instructional model as seen in the Continuing Science Education Playbook
* Analyze current activities and investigations for rigor and alignment
* Explore ways to assess formatively and tweak current assessments for alignment and rigor
* Become aware of current Science Updates

Optional graduate credit is available

Knowing our state science standards are composed of the 3-dimensional learning: science/engineering practices, core ideas, and cross-cutting concepts, it's important that we teach, practice, and assess all 3-dimensions. Come join us as we dig deeply into one of the 3-dimentions: The Science Practices. Participants will explore 4 of the 8 science practices, gain strategies for their classrooms, and apply knowledge to lessons.

Session 1: Asking Questions Sept. 28
* Learning how to empower students to ask questions themselves. Questions that prompt curiosity, understanding, learning, and transference of knowledge.

Session 2: Planning and carrying out investigations Dec. 7
* Using the instructional model, Learning Cycle (5Es) to plan student centered investigations

Session 3: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Jan. 31
* Justifying answers using the claim, evidence, reasoning (CER) strategy

Session 4: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information Apr. 5
* Strategies to gather and communicate results thoroughly

Sessions are independent, however, they will build upon each other. You must register for each session separately.

Knowing our state science standards are composed of the 3-dimensional learning: science/engineering practices, core ideas, and cross-cutting concepts, it's important that we teach, practice, and assess all 3-dimensions. Come join us as we dig deeply into one of the 3-dimentions: The Science Practices. Participants will explore 4 of the 8 science practices, gain strategies for their classrooms, and apply knowledge to lessons.

Session 1: Asking Questions Sept. 28
* Learning how to empower students to ask questions themselves. Questions that prompt curiosity, understanding, learning, and transference of knowledge.

Session 2: Planning and carrying out investigations Dec. 7
* Using the instructional model, Learning Cycle (5Es) to plan student centered investigations

Session 3: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Jan. 31
* Justifying answers using the claim, evidence, reasoning (CER) strategy

Session 4: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information Apr. 5
* Strategies to gather and communicate results thoroughly

Sessions are independent, however, they will build upon each other. You must register for each session separately.

Knowing our state science standards are composed of the 3-dimensional learning: science/engineering practices, core ideas, and cross-cutting concepts, it's important that we teach, practice, and assess all 3-dimensions. Come join us as we dig deeply into one of the 3-dimentions: The Science Practices. Participants will explore 4 of the 8 science practices, gain strategies for their classrooms, and apply knowledge to lessons.

Session 1: Asking Questions Sept. 28
* Learning how to empower students to ask questions themselves. Questions that prompt curiosity, understanding, learning, and transference of knowledge.

Session 2: Planning and carrying out investigations Dec. 7
* Using the instructional model, Learning Cycle (5Es) to plan student centered investigations

Session 3: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Jan. 31
* Justifying answers using the claim, evidence, reasoning (CER) strategy

Session 4: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information Apr. 5
* Strategies to gather and communicate results thoroughly

Sessions are independent, however, they will build upon each other. You must register for each session separately.