In this 2 hour virtual workshop you will learn how responsive teaching can leverage the Claims Evidence Reasoning (CER) framework in the Environmental Science classroom to make student thinking visible. When combined, these strategies exceed the sum of their parts to increase…
Read MoreA free conversation series facilitated by teachers and others around strategies for the classroom. Each week will offer a new focus. Dates: THREE SESSIONS March 8, 15, and 22. 6pm EDT. In October 2020 STEMteachersNYC partnered with our sibling organizations across the country…
Read MoreMachine learning and artificial intelligence are everywhere these days: filtering your spam email, detecting when your credit card is stolen, and predicting media content of interest to you. The algorithms can be helpful and quite powerful. It’s tempting to accept unquestioningly the…
Read MoreThis workshop series will be led by teacher-leaders from our Culturally Responsive Teaching in STEM Task Force. Guiding Principles & Goals The Dimensions of Responsiveness in STEM workshop will be grounded in the guiding principles developed by our CRT Taskforce, including: Establishing…
Read MoreWhy do we ask questions anyway? Socratic dialogue is a way of both intentionally and spontaneously curating a student’s path to understanding – by reflecting and expanding on students’ own questions. In this workshop we will explore the seven types of Socratic…
Read MoreConsilience – “Literally a ‘jumping together’ of knowledge by the linking of facts and fact-based theory across disciplines to create a common groundwork of explanation” E.O. Wilson (Consilience, 1998) This bi-weekly reading club will explore questions and ideas that embrace the consilience…
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