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Empowering New Teachers: Navigating Standards, Planning Lessons, and Cultivating Active Learners
The February meeting of the New Teacher Working Group focused on navigating new lesson expectations set by the NYC Board of Education, strategies for lesson planning, and fostering student engagement in active learning. With the updated standards closely aligning with NGSS, teachers…
Cracking Chemistry: Innovative Strategies to Engage and Support Students
The Cracking Chemistry Working Group first February meeting focused on strategies for supporting struggling students and exploring engaging, hands-on methods for teaching chemistry concepts. In the first session, members shared best practices for helping students grasp challenging material, emphasizing the…
Empowering Educators: Harnessing Magic School AI and Beyond
The February 2025 meeting of the Harnessing AI for Educators Working Group centered on exploring Magic School AI, discussing AI applications in teaching, and planning future workshops and collaborations.
Cracking Chemistry: Exploring Student Mastery, Hands-On Projects, and Professional Growth
This January, the Cracking Chemistry working group focused on assessing student mastery of foundational chemistry concepts, engaging students in hands-on projects, and discussing professional development opportunities for educators. A major discussion point was the challenge of evaluating students’ prior knowledge…
New Teacher Working Group: Strategies for Classroom Success and Student Engagement
The January 2025 meeting of the New Teacher Working Group centered on refining teaching strategies, assessment practices, and classroom management techniques. A member shared insights from their recent student-led experiment project, where students designed chemical reaction experiments. While they initially…
Harnessing AI for Educators: Enhancing Science Experiments and College Prep with ChatGPT
The January 2025 meeting of the Harnessing AI for Educators working group featured a presentation by Dave Rakestraw, who explored two primary topics: using the phyphox smartphone app and ChatGPT for physics experiments, and leveraging ChatGPT for interview preparation and…
Equity Lab Book Club: Exploring Systemic Change in Education
The January 2025 meeting of the Equity Lab continued the group’s book club discussion, focusing on Punished for Dreaming, while also providing a space for sharing educational resources, discussing recent news related to equity in STEM, and exploring ways for…
Building Connections for a Sustainable Future: Highlights from the Environmental Science Consilience Reading Club – December 2024
December 2024 The Environmental Science Consilience Reading Club held its first meeting on December 9, 2024, uniting educators and learners in a shared commitment to exploring sustainable, resilient, and adaptive systems. The group, which meets monthly, provides a welcoming space…
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