Strategies for integrating NGSS learning, connection to nature, science-based apps, and civic responsibility with K-6 students. Earth Discovery Institute and US Fish and Wildlife Service have brought thousands of students to local habitats and watersheds for hands-on science and habitat restoration. Meet other teachers in East County.
Citizen Science is an exciting and authentic way to engage students in the scientific process. Find out more about citizen science and explore examples of national, international, state, and local projects. Hear about fifth grade students conducting citizen science in a local watershed.
This session will present middle school unit on arthropods, the ins-and-outs of getting middle school kids outdoors to do scienceinvestigations. NGSS standards match
Learn how the Tijuana Estuary, the largest coastal wetland in Southern California, provides middle and high school monitoring-based field studies, complementary online lessons and real data to engage your students with NGSS Scientific Practices-questions, investigations, and data analysis.
How do we best express complex concepts? A single, well-designed picture or chart can deepen understanding. Learn how to guide students in scientific illustration to teach advanced observation skills, structure and function, patterns, and more. Draw something and students will truly see and remember it.
