Science Resources
The MMSTLC created professional learning resources for science educators addressing a number of critical needs in science instruction today. While many of these resources were designed specifically to be facilitated by the teacher leaders, Math/Science Center staff, or STEM faculty who participated in our program, others can be used widely by any science educator. They are not specifically curriculum materials or lessons, nor are they just overviews of content-learning. Rather, all of these combine some elements of instructional resources with broader considerations to help educators reflect on their teaching and become more aware of strategies and considerations to improve student understanding and interest in science.
More of these resources will be posted by the end of August 2010, but in the meantime, we are posting the resources mentioned at recent conferences.
Resources From Recent Conferences
MSTA Conference, Lansing, March 2010
- Creating a New Generation of Science Leaders (presented by Mary Ann Sheline, Walt Rathkamp, Steve Best, David LeClerc, and Shannah Dutka)
- Web 2.0 in the Classroom: Collaborative Learning Tools for Science (presented by Steve Best)
- Say What You Mean! Strategies to Help Students Better Communicate Science (presented by Steve Best)
- The Problems With Models and How to Fix Them (presented by Steve Best)
- Investigate the State: Collaborating to Study Science Issues in Michigan (presented by Steve Best and Nancy Williams)
- Science Book Studies as Professional Learning Communities
NSTA Regional Conference, Phoenix, Dec. 2009
- Developing a Network of Teacher Leaders in Science (presented by Walt Rathkamp and Steve Best)
- Web 2.0 in the Classroom: Collaborative Learning Tools for Science (presented by Steve Best)
- Say What You Mean! Strategies to Help Students Better Communicate Science (presented by Steve Best)
- The Problems With Models and How to Fix Them (presented by Steve Best