This 4 day workshop is an active, hands-on experience designed for middle school science teachers who want to see what NGSS looks like in the classroom and to learn about the instructional shifts that are needed for the implementation of NGSS. Teachers will explore how lessons and units in earth, life and physical sciences can be three-dimensional — including the three components of the NGSS: Crosscutting Concepts, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Scientific & Engineering Practices.
Teachers will actively conduct investigations and design engineering solutions to problems in science that can be used in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. You will walk away with strategies and resources that can be used right away, and the tools that will help you to "Next-Genify" lessons you are currently using. NGSS 3-D assessment, student discourse, and anchoring phenomenon that drive instruction will be featured. Many resources will be provided as well as ready to use lessons.
This course is taught by instructors Berkeley Gadbaw and Melody Childers. Berkeley is currently teaching middle school and has been implementing the lessons and activities that you will learn in her classroom. Melody is a science teacher who has attended the workshop and implemented many of the lessons and practices with a group of diverse students at the Health and Science School in Beaverton.
32 Professional Development Units will be provided for completing this set of workshops.
Here is a link to the course flyer for you to share with your colleagues and administrators.
To receive the member rate for this workshop, you must log in to the website before registering for this event.
To pay using a credit or debit card:
Complete the online registration. Click the "Pay online" button. This will take you to PayPal. If you do not have a PayPal account, just check out as a guest.
Paying by check?
Complete the online registration and click on the "invoice me button." Print the invoice that will be e-mailed to you. Make your check payable to OSTA. Mail the printed invoice with your check to the Conference Registrar at the following address:
OSTA Registrar
4110 SE Hawthorne Blvd, #1025
Portland, OR 97214-5246
Will your district be paying?
- Each individual completes the online registration and clicks on the "invoice me" button.
- Print the invoice that will be emailed.
- Submit the invoice(s) to your district for payment
To districts sending teachers or groups of teachers:
- Gather all invoices from individual registrants.
- Include with your payment each registrant name along with their invoice number.
- Send your payment to OSTA Registrar at the address above.
If you have any questions please contact OSTA's Registrar at registrar@oregonscience.org.
Refund/Cancellation Policy: Refund requests must be in writing and must be postmarked/timestamped 10 days before the event. Registration cancellations are subject to a $25 processing fee. Send any requests to the registrar at registrar@oregonscience.org, or to the address above.
