This professional learning video explores how science investigations can expand beyond standard classroom activities with limited connections to students’ home lives. Check out different examples of home science activities, as well as resources to support your own planning and inquiry.
Taking critical and cultural perspectives on science investigations can shift whose interests are served and whose knowledge is elevated in these activities.
Learn more about self-documentation in this STEM teaching tool: How to launch STEM investigations that build on student and community interest and expertise.
Interactive examples to plan for the importance of centering social justice in elementary science classrooms.
Ways to select science read-alouds that center justice
This professional learning resource shares the story of the Seattle Public Schools science specialists and how they organized professional learning communities across the district to inquire about justice-centered science teaching and learning.
This site is primarily funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Award #1907471 and #1315995