Scientific Communication – Helping Students Tell the Story of Their Research!

Leader: Tracy LaGrassa

Are you tired of cookbook-style science labs? Would you like to engage your students in real, student-driven independent research projects? Engaging high school and middle school students in the authentic research process stirs their curiosity and promotes creativity, while introducing them to how science is done.

Workshops in this series:

• Protocols for Student Peer Review – April 26, 9:30-11:30am ET via Zoom
• Scientific Communication – May 4, 9:30-11:30am ET via Zoom

How do we convince others of the significance of our research? In this 2hr professional learning workshop we will look at strategies, scaffolds, and sample student work to explore how we have students write proposals and drafts, and engage in peer review; how students generate a quad chart/mini-poster to report what they did and how and why they did it, showing they understand not only their experiment, but also the rationale behind their experiment and where it fits into the bigger picture. Content will be adapted to the needs and experience of participants.

During the workshop we will look at various rubrics and toolkits for translating student research and projects into clear and captivating stories in various formats, including oral presentations, written scientific papers, magazine-style writing, expo tri-folds or posters, podcasts, and more.

There are many sciences, many ways to communicate, and many audiences to communicate to! With the understanding that participating teachers may also be at different points in their respective students’ research or project timelines, and have different target communication products, we will be inviting you to share a bit of detail about your project or research, your target audience and ideal product, in order to better tailor the workshop experience to your needs.

Please consider joining us for other workshops in this series:

April 26th 2025

Protocols for Student Peer Review

Continuing our deep dive into phenomenon/experimental models, participants will look at strategies, scaffolds, and sample student work to explore how we have students write proposals and drafts, and engage in peer review, as well as how students generate a quad chart/mini-poster to report what they did and how and why they did it, showing they understand not only their experiment, but also the rationale behind their experiment and where it fits into the bigger picture.

Content will be adapted to the needs and experience of participants. Participants are welcome to attend one or both.

Cost: $20. Limited # of tickets!

STEMteachersNYC delivers professional development workshops for teachers, by teachers, about teaching, since 2011. All workshops over 2hrs offer CTLE. CUNY Pre-service teachers may attend for free. Please reach out if your school requires an invoice. We are an NYCDOE MTAC Vendor.

Current CUNY students with valid ID may attend summer workshops at a discount or for FREE! Please email [email protected] for details.

Email general questions to [email protected]. Note this workshop requires a minimum number of participants. In the event there are not enough participants, the workshop will be cancelled, and a refund will be issued.

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Please read the FAQs section below carefully before registering.

Please note: We take screenshots, photographs and record video of our workshops in order to publicize a positive image of science teaching, and of STEMteachersNYC – a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization – and to support future teacher leaders. If you register, you are agreeing to be photographed and to have your voice and image video-recorded. You are also agreeing to relinquish all your rights to the photographs and video recordings.

If you do not wish to be photographed or video-recorded – you must inform us before the workshop starts. For in-person workshops, we will take one photograph of your face so that we can erase your image if we happen to catch it by chance during the workshop, and we will do our best to avoid you. We would also appreciate your cooperation in positioning yourself at the edge of the group so as to help us avoid you.