Date & Time: August 2 - 6, 2021 (8:30am - 2:30pm)
Location: Zoom Videoconference
Grade Level: High School
Audience: High School Educators
Course Fee: $450
Contact for Registration: pd@pdxstem.org

This course focuses on three-dimensional (3D) learning through culturally responsive phenomena-based storylines that intertwine the disciplinary core ideas of chemistry with the scientific and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts as described in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Teachers experience the Patterns Approach of using inquiry and exploration to learn content as well as how to integrate engineering and student-centered learning experiences, such as case studies and simulations, into their instructional design. Teachers will learn instructional practices that advance equitable engagement of students as they solve real-world problems and utilize the science practices to understand and think critically about the world around them. Teachers will also learn how to structure inquiry and engineering investigations with multiple designs to foster equitable discourse and collaboration between students.

For more on the Patterns Approach, take a look at this article in The Science Teacher: “The Patterns Approach – Engaging Freshman in the Practices of Science.”

Synchronous sessions will be held daily from 8:30 - 11:30 AM and 1:00 - 2:30 PM.

If you are part of a district that plans to have numerous teachers attend, please have your science lead or administrator contact Kristen Harrison at kristen.harrison@pdxstem.org to discuss mass registration options.

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.