Designing for Learning: Science

Designing for Learning: Science is a one-week course offering science educators community and content aligned to foundational themes in teacher practice and emerging science instruction needs. No matter where students are learning, equitable design and student-centered pedagogies remain foundational, urgent priorities. Empowering students to do cognitively complex work that matters to them in a relationships-based environment is the key to learning and engagement in any science course. Designing for Learning: Science offers five thematic modules prioritizing deeper learning, skills-based approaches, student-centered experiences, and authentic assessments through a science lens.

Designed for science educators teaching in online, hybrid, and/or in-person classrooms across grades 5-12, the power of this experience is the community of science-focused educators coming together. This course is...

• Collaborative: Ideal for teachers, school teams, learning leaders, and instructional coaches

• Flexible: Fits within a teacher schedule; you choose your time commitment in this experience. Synchronous meet-ups are offered within the course week; however, it can also be completed at your own pace entirely asynchronously.

• Practical: Designed for immediate application, prioritizing sustainable action steps science educators can take now.

In this course, you will:

• Experience five thematic modules: 1) Foundations, 2) Content and Skills, 3) Experiences and Practice,4) Assessment and Feedback, and 5) Tools and Tips.

• Explore “Big Ideas” in science instruction that prioritize designing for equity, agency, and transfer.

• Choose from resource playlists and design sprints to inspire and support actions and shifts in your science practice.

• Connect with other science educators, sharing questions, lesson ideas, resources, and ideas in collaborative discussion and sharing spaces.