Middle School

Introduction to the series that describes the importance of science in middle school.
 

What are the components of 3D Science? This video will give a simple overview of 3D science instruction and how this approach has shifted away from frontloading content to phenomena-driven instruction.
 

Teachers will explain phenomenon and its role in science instruction as well as provide strategies to engage students with a phenomenon throughout a lesson or unit.
 

Students should be utilizing the SEPs in every science class, but what does this look like in a middle school science class? This video showcases students' actions in a science class. How are the students using these practices to make sense of or figure out a phenomenon? Teachers will share strategies they use to support students.
 

Students should be utilizing the CCCs in every science class, but what does this look like in a middle school science class? This video showcases students' actions in a science class. How are the students using these concepts to make sense of or figure out a phenomenon? Teachers will share strategies they use to support students.
 

As students are actively using the SEPs and CCCs they have a context to read and write. This video will focus on how science supports students developing reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.
 

Advice, strategies, and encouragement for teachers as they make the shift from having their students learn about science as a body of knowledge to a dynamic set of practices and concepts that help us understand the natural and designed world and solve its problems.
 

Take an in-depth look at middle school science classes as teachers share how the lessons engage students with phenomenon and strategies they used to support students in obtaining and evaluating information.

Take an in depth look at middle school science classes as we see how these teachers use feedback and assessment throughout the lesson.