This ConnectEd learning webinar features three beginning elementary teachers and how they are working to broaden the knowledge bases and languages of science in their classrooms. Check out their short classroom videos and reflections on striving toward justice-centered teaching.
The examples in the webinar highlight different ways that teachers are working at the intersections of race, language, and science as they integrate students’ cultures and experiences into science lessons.
Consider what “grappling with racism” means as a science teaching practice: Sheth, M. J. (2019). Grappling with racism as foundational practice of science teaching. Science Education, 103(1), 37-60.
How science investigations can expand beyond standard classroom activities
Tips for co-creating “gotta have” checklists with students
Several examples of sixth-grade students interacting with each other’s reasoning as they work to make sense of how sound travels.
This site is primarily funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Award #1907471 and #1315995