Design thinking can deepen scientific understanding
Shelby County's Katie Strange shares her experience with Design Thinking, which is a way for students to identify a problem in their lives and work collaboratively to solve it.
Science through-course task field test update
Kentucky science teachers tried something new this year, and there is little doubt that the through-course task component of the new Science Assessment System can make a big difference in science education across the Commonwealth.
GEOO offering travel programs for educators
Travel affordably and earn professional development credit, all while observing a world filled with phenomena just waiting to be explored.
KDE seeks reviewers for science instruction materials
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking applicants for the 2017-18 school year to review nonbasal instructional materials that support science instruction.
Kids Fishing Derby set for June at Wolf Creek
The annual Kids Fishing Derby is scheduled for June 3 at Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery in Jamestown.
Association offers workshop on Kentucky’s rocks, minerals
The Kentucky Crushed Stone Association will hold its annual teachers’ workshop, “Rocks and Minerals in Modern Society,” June 21-22 at Georgetown College. The free workshop is designed for science teachers in grades 3-12, but is also open to other teachers who would like to learn more about rocks and minerals. The workshop will focus on the identification, economic value and uses [...]
NGSS-focused workshop for science teachers set in Lexington
The Kentucky Science Teachers Association and Pearson will offer a free workshop for science teachers in all grades June 22 at Malone’s at Lansdowne Shoppes in Lexington. The workshop ties together three important dimensions to learning science within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) – core ideas, practices and cross-cutting concepts – and offers hands-on NGSS activities. Email Alison Martinez [...]
Solar eclipse prep underway for teachers
Teachers learned how to use the Aug. 21 event as a teaching opportunity at a Western Kentucky University’s SKyTeach workshop.
Aligning early grades to science standards
Washington County Elementary School staff are moving in a direction that will bring their school into alignment with the Kentucky Academic Standards for Science.
The ABCs of observation
Setting up an Unnatural Nature Trail can provide you with an effective and fun way to help students become more observant and attuned to the world around them.
