Meet Activate Learning Curriculum Experts at These Upcoming Science Education Conferences!
Moving Forward, Together
We’ve gone from “back to school” to “back to live events” and we couldn’t be more excited to reconnect with science teachers at live conferences this Fall!
Throughout the pandemic, our STEM educational resources and professional learning programs helped school districts across the country bring virtual lessons to life for students everywhere and continued to make learning interactive and engaging for all students during an extremely difficult time.
By using high-quality, NGSS-aligned instructional materials such as PRIME Science (K-5), EarthComm high school curriculum (developed by the American Geosciences Institute), and the OpenSciEd middle-school curriculum, coupled with innovative digital tools like our Interactive Digital Platform (IDP), science teachers were able to do what seemed like the impossible – facilitate quality, long-distance learning during a global pandemic.
We were endlessly inspired by feedback from teachers who shared with us their experiences that improved learning outcomes for students over the past two and a half years with the help of our powerful curriculum tools. We also witnessed, first-hand, the determination and excitement of teachers who embraced new challenges, strategies and techniques at our professional learning workshops, so that they could continue to meet the needs of students wherever they are post-pandemic.
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We also believe in meeting teachers where they are!
Now that live events are back in full force, we are revved up and ready for what will undoubtedly be an exciting STEM events season. Take a look at our Fall 2022 conference schedule below to see the awesome science education conferences we’ll be participating in this season.
At these events you can meet our expert curriculum team, get hands-on demonstrations of our award-winning curricula, and attend our professional learning workshops to get the most creative teaching strategies to take back to your science classrooms. And of course, pick up some free SWAG at our booth!
Stay tuned for updates on how to connect with us at the events by subscribing to our Deeper Learning Newsletter [hyperlink] and following us on Twitter (@ActivateScience).
We’ll see you live and in living color this Fall!
Gary Curts (Activate Learning Professional Developer) presents an EarthComm workshop to a packed house at NSTA22 in Houston.
Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science Fall Conference (NATS)
October 7th | North Platte, Nebraska | @NATS_Science
To be hosted at the North Platte and Sandhills Convention Center, keynote speakers include Jane Hunt, Zack Bateson, and Dr. Elizabeth Mulkerrin discussing all things STEM education.
Activate Learning Session:
Reaching New Heights with the Interactive Digital Edition of OpenSciEd: An engaging session that introduces the interactive digital edition (IDE) of OpenSciEd. Come explore the teacher’s side and experience the student side of the new IDE. The session will begin with an overview of the Teacher Edition’s and its structure: Plan, Teach, Assign and Assess. While engaged in an OpenSciEd lesson, teachers will learn the different features that students have available to use in their interactive student edition. Facilitated by a Certified Professional Learning Provider.
Utah Science Teachers Association 2022 Annual Conference: Science in the Multiverse (UtSTA)
October 7th | Provo, Utah | @UtSciTA
A great opportunity for professional development, lesson plan ideas, networking, and inspiration. In addition to the keynote (TBA), there will be 13 different themed strands throughout the day and 4 different breakout sessions for each to help you with your teaching curriculum with ideas, demos, lessons, and more!
Activate Learning Sessions:
Using Modeling to Strengthen Literacy Strategies in the Elementary Classroom. Participants will engage in a lesson that demonstrates how modeling scaffolds the student discussion to support literacy strategies in the context of science. This includes the incorporation of academic language in written responses and oral discourse in conjunction with investigations using an interactive word wall. Reading and differentiation strategies highlighted.
The OpenSciEd Instructional Model: Routines for Advancing Students Through a Storyline. Using a storyline approach, a logical sequence of lessons that are motivated by students’ questions that arise from their interactions with phenomena, we’ll navigate through the OpenSciEd model using five routines – activities that play specific roles in advancing the storyline with structures to help students achieve the objectives of those activities.
Washington Science Teachers Association Conference 2022 (WSTA/CSTA)
October 14-15 | Wenatchee, Washington | @WstaSci
As a Silver Partner of this event, we are super excited to meet and inspire educators at the Wenatchee Convention Center in October.
Activate Learning Sessions:
Using Modeling to Strengthen Literacy Strategies in the Elementary Classroom. Participants will engage in a lesson that demonstrates how modeling scaffolds the student discussion to support literacy strategies in the context of science. This includes the incorporation of academic language in written responses and oral discourse in conjunction with investigations using an interactive word wall. Reading and differentiation strategies highlighted.
The OpenSciEd Instructional Model: Routines for Advancing Students Through a Storyline. Using a storyline approach, a logical sequence of lessons that are motivated by students’ questions that arise from their interactions with phenomena, we’ll navigate through the OpenSciEd model using five routines – activities that play specific roles in advancing the storyline with structures to help students achieve the objectives of those activities.
2022 California Science Education Conference (CASE)
October 15-16 | Palm Springs, California | @cascience
The California Science Education Conference, hosted by the California Association of Science Educators (CASE), is the pre-eminent science education event held annually for educators from throughout California. Drawing more than 1,000 attendees, the goal of this annual gathering is to develop an educational space for professional learning, deepening connections, fostering creativity, generating new ideas and energizing science educators to build excitement and enthusiasm for science education inside and out of the classroom.
Activate Learning Session:
The OpenSciEd Instructional Model: Routines for Advancing Students Through a Storyline. Using a storyline approach, a logical sequence of lessons that are motivated by students’ questions that arise from their interactions with phenomena, we’ll navigate through the OpenSciEd model using five routines – activities that play specific roles in advancing the storyline with structures to help students achieve the objectives of those activities.
Professional Learning Symposium: Creating a Community of Engaged Learners (Connecticut Science Teachers Association – CSTA)
October 15 | Coventry, Connecticut | @ctscience
At this year’s CSTA Professional Learning Symposium, learn how to embed opportunities for sense-making, feedback and collaboration; elevate your weather, climate change and sustainability lessons; explore place-based phenomena, and empower your students with environmental literacy!
Activate Learning Session:
The OpenSciEd Instructional Model: Routines for Advancing Students Through a Storyline. Using a storyline approach, a logical sequence of lessons that are motivated by students’ questions that arise from their interactions with phenomena, we’ll navigate through the OpenSciEd model using five routines – activities that play specific roles in advancing the storyline with structures to help students achieve the objectives of those activities.
New Jersey Science Convention
October 18-19 | Princeton, New Jersey |
The New Jersey Science Convention provides science teachers in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania with professional development over the course of two days. A variety of sessions address K-12 three dimensional/Next Generation Science Standards lessons in all areas of science. Methods will be presented demonstrating how to create culturally responsive science classrooms that promote equity and inclusion and that engage students in climate change issues through research, discourse, and problem solving. The explanation and exploration of local problems will also be presented.
Activate Learning Sessions:
Project Based Learning for Content and Creativity. Project-based learning motivates students and challenges them to apply their physics knowledge, as well as reflect the three dimensions of NGSS. Active Physics has been incredibly successful in schools.
The OpenSciEd Instructional Model: Routines for Advancing Students Through a Storyline. Using a storyline approach, a logical sequence of lessons that are motivated by students’ questions that arise from their interactions with phenomena, we’ll navigate through the OpenSciEd model using five routines – activities that play specific roles in advancing the storyline with structures to help students achieve the objectives of those activities.
Arizona Science Teachers Association Conference: 3D Roadmapping for the Future (ASTA)
November 3-4 | Phoenix, Arizona | @TRECarizona
This professional learning event will bring over 350 PreK through post-secondary educators together to learn and celebrate science education. Educators will choose 4 professional learning sessions that are aligned to AZ Science Standards to deepen science content and pedagogical skills. All sessions will be focused on 1 of the 3 following strands: (1) Packing Your Bags: Strategies, Tools and Resources for the Journey, (2) Hitting the Road: Creating On-Ramps for All Learners, and (3) Intersections and Interchanges: Navigating New Connections.
Activate Learning Sessions:
The OpenSciEd Instructional Model: Routines for Advancing Students Through a Storyline. Using a storyline approach, a logical sequence of lessons that are motivated by students’ questions that arise from their interactions with phenomena, we’ll navigate through the OpenSciEd model using five routines – activities that play specific roles in advancing the storyline with structures to help students achieve the objectives of those activities.
Tennessee Science Teachers Association Conference: The Science Force – Always Above The Standards (TSTA)
November 3-5 | Murfreesboro, Tennessee | @TnSTA
The theme for this TSTA event is The Science Force: Always Above The Standards, and will honor the major role we play in the future lives of all learners. The three event strands are STRIDING Boldly into Science Content, SOARING Freely through the Classroom, and SAILING Confidently into Your Community. May the Science Force be with you!
Activate Learning Sessions:
Using Anchoring Phenomena and Driving Question Boards to Spark Student Learning. As one of the science practices, asking questions and defining problems provides students with an authentic and meaningful entry point into science and engineering. From IQWST — the origin of the Driving Question Board — participants will experience a puzzling chemistry phenomenon and learn how to elicit, organize, and revisit students’ questions to build a Driving Question Board.
Reach New Heights with the Interactive Digital Edition of OpenSciEd provided by Activate Learning. Join us for an engaging session that introduces the interactive digital edition (IDE) of OpenSciEd. Come explore the teacher’s side and experience the student side of the new IDE. The session will begin with an overview of the Teacher Edition’s and its structure: Plan, Teach, Assign and Assess. While engaged in an OpenSciEd lesson, teachers will learn the different features that students have available to use in their interactive student edition.
2022 MnSTA Conference on Science Education in 3D
November 3-5 | Duluth, Minnesota | @mnsta1
All Students, All Standards, All Voices – All Together! This is the tagline for this year’s MnSTA celebrating their first year back in person since the pandemic, gathering on the shores of Lake Superior. Educators will learn new resources as they plan and implement Minnesota’s new Science Standards (full implementation by 2024-25)! MnCOSE is the place to be for the latest updates, strategies, and networking!
Activate Learning Sessions:
The OpenSciEd Instructional Model: Routines for Advancing Students Through a Storyline. Using a storyline approach, a logical sequence of lessons that are motivated by students’ questions that arise from their interactions with phenomena, we’ll navigate through the OpenSciEd model using five routines – activities that play specific roles in advancing the storyline with structures to help students achieve the objectives of those activities.
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