This professional development course offers science teachers the opportunity to bring current scientific knowledge and the nature of scientific thinking and practices into their classrooms.
- Discover new scientific, cognitive, and pedagogical advances, and how to incorporate them into your teaching.
- Explore how to promote the study of science in its natural habitat and connect students to local natural settings.
- As a team of educators, produce collaborative lesson plans and curricula that align to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Blooms taxonomy, and constructivist list of students abilities and skills.
- Incorporate curricular and pedagogical practices that maximize student learning, for example: Understanding By Design (UBD), Problem Based Learning (PBL).
The Nature of Science & Science in Nature course is a 12 session hybrid course, with in-person sessions at Columbia University Morningside campus once a week and online sessions through The Owlet website. February 23th introductory session.