- Participants will be engaged in NGSS-aligned investigations that are driven by natural phenomena in a variety of science content areas to deepen their understanding of Practices and Crosscutting Concepts and how they mutually support each other.
- Participants will learn how to use Crosscutting Concepts to frame questions for class discussions and to focus student thinking about natural phenomena. They will take away strategies to help students define systems related to the natural phenomena they are investigating. Specifically, they will investigate how to trace the matter and energy into, within, and out of these systems, and consider how these systems are changing and on what scale.
- Participants will experience and reflect on how Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas are meaningfully integrated in instruction and assessments using Performance Tasks.
- There will be time for reflection and to plan NGSS-aligned lessons.
- The workshop leader, Dr. Wil van der Veen, is a nationally recognized expert in science education and a member of the New Jersey State Leadership Team for the NGSS. Participants will work in small groups that are facilitated by experienced classroom teachers from our NGSS Teacher Leader Program.
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We recommend sending leadership teams of 3-7 teachers to at least three one-day workshops or the Summer Institute to develop a solid foundation for the NGSS.
Register soon - workshops fill up quickly!
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Visit www.raritanval.edu/ngss
for more information and to register for our
NGSS Professional Development Workshop Series
for 2019-2020
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Using Systems and System Models
to Make Sense of Phenomena
Tuesday December 10, 2019 (Grades K-5)
Wednesday December 11, 2019 (Grades 6-12)
Constructing Explanations Supported by Arguments
Tuesday February 4, 2020 (Grades K-5)
Wednesday February 5, 2020 (Grades 6-12)
Planning NGSS-Aligned Lessons and Assessments
Tuesday March 10, 2020 (Grades K-5)
Wednesday March 11, 2020 (Grades 6-12)
This workshop series is supported by generous grants from the New Jersey Spacegrant Foundation.
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Other Professional Development Workshops offered by the Science Education Institute
Starlab Training
Wednesday November 20, 2019 (Grades K-12)
Fee: $150; Credits: 6 PDU Hours
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To discuss long-term NGSS professional development plans contact Dr. Wil van der Veen a wil.vanderveen@raritanval.edu
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