NGS Navigators: We're Phenomenal!

About NGS Navigators: We're Phenomenal!

Welcome to weekly episodes talking about all things NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) for teachers, parents, and administrators of children in grades K-8. Featuring interviews with NGSS experts, actual living scientists, and K-8th grade teachers all with one goal in mind: Providing you with effective, efficient, and engaging NGSS professional development. Because we think YOU are phenomenal.

Publisher

NGSNavigators

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Oct 2018

Latest episode

5 Aug 2021

Latest episodes

82 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Aug 2021

   Episode 074: Resources for Conducting NGSS Aligned Professional Development with Lori Henrickson

   Lori Henrickson works at the curriculum level in her district in Nevada and is the state science teachers association executive director. On this episode, she shared her approach to NGSS focused professional development and outlined for us how she conducted her sessions. This past year she focused on 3 main goals: student assessment, building relationships and connections between scientists and teachers and identifying phenomena. Lori shared with us some helpful professional development resources to navigate through NGSS curriculum development.

2. 

   22 Jul 2021

   Episode 073: Teaching about the Intersections of Biology, Race, and Racism with Jeanne Chowning and Hanako Osuga

   Jeanne Chowning and Hanako Osuga sat down with us to discuss some of the curricular work that they have done specifically focused on race, racism, and genetics within the context of addressing and navigating these topics in the classroom.

3. 

   8 Jul 2021

   Episode 072: Using Modeling as a Pedagogy in Chemistry with Erica Posthuma

   This week we had a conversation with Erica Posthuma, a current high school chemistry teacher. Erica shared with us some of the practices she has implemented as a “modeler” and how she helps students develop their own understandings from their observations and understandings. Erica also discussed her journey as a teacher, including how she was affected by the pandemic and how modeling has changed how she approaches chemistry. Erica wraps up this episode discussing some of the avenues she has found to publish as a high school chemistry teacher.

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