GUHSD Science

Fascinating timelapse of a salamander growing from a single cell, into a complete, complex living organism over three weeks. Credit: Jan van IJken twitter.com/abakcus/status…

Our K-2 and 3-5 COVID-19 & Health Equity Units received powerful feedback from teachers across the country and we’ve implemented those suggested upgrades. You can download and use the revised units today! bit.ly/3saNYF5

The DQB is a visual representation of the class’s shared mission of learning in the unit and is a central support for our Instructional Model. Take a look and see some examples from classes around the 🌎 bit.ly/3aG30wS

The introduction of 24 lions back to Mozambique in 2018 could grow the population to as many as 500 within 15 years on.natgeo.com/3bAKjLf

The THIRD @inquiry_hub Chemistry Unit: FUELS is now live! Why do cars run on gasoline and not hydrogen? docs.google.com/document/d/1Wr…

Great read from a great man and mentor! We in DPS are lucky to also get to work with @bpenuel! Take a look at this piece on the importance of phenomena-based (or problem-based) learning in science ed: edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Drum roll please....the moment we've all been waiting for...#iHubChemistry landing page is live! docs.google.com/document/d/1Wr…

Major kudos to our own science teacher @MsAlvaradoGHS on becoming an HHMI Biointeractive teacher ambassador!! She gets to collaborate with a great science ed network and share her experience with other teachers too! @BIOINTERACTIVE

Announcing... the new NextGenScience project website! 💫 ngs.wested.org 💫 Check it out to learn about who we are, what we do, our resources, and sign up to receive updates about our work.

Frogs freeze solid, and turtles breathe out of their butts, to name a few on.natgeo.com/3fV1eJt

Community events, teacher resources, and science networks and events to support educators in this month's Science News and Updates newsletter from @cjcochrane21 @sdngss @twnklstrr ow.ly/oBYq50CqQjM

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Learn what it takes to move from traditional professional development to curriculum-based professional learning through a new @CarnegieCorp report "The Elements" #ProfessionalLearning tinyurl.com/ElementsofCBPL

Tried an idea I found here- Start with S names on stickies. Ss covered their name with their Q. Page filled up in record time and the next page was for overflow! @OpenSciEd @MrsCEastShore @MrsSTEMilford #6thgradescientists #cupfeatures #DQB #distancelearning

Oof. This is good! Hit me right in the gut. This is from @OpenSciEd drawing on the work of @KerriWingert.

My first academic paper was published in Science Education today! Kevin Cherbow, @KateMcNeill6 & I propose 4 key features of NGSS-designed C&I and use those to analyze a commercial unit (spoiler: it did not-so-good) https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com/doi/full/10.1002/sce.21604

Excited to officially announce the launch of the registration for the #CANGSS Collaborative PL #1: Building Sensemaking Through Disciplinary Literacy. There are 4 unique strands and 3 VIRTUAL options to participate beginning this January! #NGSS #NGSSChat bit.ly/33JaQmh

Right now Ss are developing new models. We’re using these ⁦@ASTbigideas⁩ back-pocket questions took to help us stay focused on supporting student #SenseMaking #ASTBookChat ⁦@NGSS_tweeps⁩ ⁦@NGSSchat⁩ ⁦@NGSSphenomena⁩

We just published the #HTML5 version of Build a Molecule!!! 🧪⚛️🎇 Starting from atoms, see how many molecules you can build. Collect your molecules and view them in 3D. The playground screen supports more than 9000 different molecules! phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/…

Looking for help from the teacher hive mind. When it comes to assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic what is and what isn't working? Thanks so much!!! -Paul