Date & Time: August 17 - 21, 2020 (9:00am - 2:00pm)
Location: Zoom Videoconference
Grade Level: High School
Audience: High School Educators
Course Fee: $300
Contact for Registration: pd@pdxstem.org

The course will be held via Zoom videoconference consisting of a 90-minute morning session and a 90-minute afternoon session. There will be some preparatory work prior to the course and asynchronous work during the week. In addition, the course is being adapted to support teachers with distance learning and the likelihood of virtual or hybrid school in the Fall.

This course focuses on three-dimensional (3D) learning through intertwining the disciplinary core ideas of chemistry with the science practices and crosscutting concepts as described in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Teachers experience the patterns approach of using inquiry experiments as a mode to learn content and then apply what they have learned in an engineering design tasks. The mathematical patterns of linear and inverse will be reinforced in addition to introducing exponential decay and logarithmic patterns. Teachers will also learn how to structure their inquiry investigations with multiple designs to foster scientific discourse between students during the analysis of their data. Students will use technology to collect data and analyze data as well as use data mines and simulations when direct observation or collection of data is not possible.

For more information on the High School science curriculum, visit this page.

Course Cancellation Policy:

• There is a $15 cancellation fee.

• If the cancellation is between 8 and 14 days before the class begins, 75% of your registration fee will be refunded.

• If the cancellation is 7 days or less before the class begins, we are unable to issue a refund.