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Culturally Responsive Meaning-making in STEM: How Do Our Students Decide What’s True?

Culturally Responsive Meaning-making in STEM: How Do Our Students Decide What’s True?

In this workshop, participants will explore the intersection between culture and meaning-making in the secondary science classroom.

STEMteachersNYC Equity Lab/K-12 Outreach Program at the Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University
1 month ago
How do research, resources, policy and practice intersect to support our MLL learners and their teachers? October 26, 2021. We were a small group of teachers, researchers, and K12 Program coordinators who came together to plant the seed of new collaboration.
Thinking and Drinking Critically: A Unit on New York City’s Water Quality Part 3
2 months ago
Upon learning that many of their water samples may be impure, students are motivated to devise a solution to contaminated drinking water.
Thinking and Drinking Critically: A Unit on New York City’s Water Quality Part 2
2 months ago
To delve deeper into the unit’s driving questions, we start with the concept of pH, or “power of hydrogen.” Students review a graphic illustrating the pH scale and learn that substances can be classified as acidic, neutral, or basic.
Thinking and Drinking Critically: A Unit on New York City’s Water Quality Part 1
2 months ago
The Flint, Michigan water crisis drew national attention to the effects of unsafe drinking water and issues of equity and social justice. It also opened up opportunities for engaging in socio-scientific issues in the science classroom (Ewing and Sadler 2020). Students consume hundreds of gallo
Hurricanes, Wildfires, and Social Justice: Blending Science and Social Awareness in the Fourth Grade Classroom
1 year ago
While the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the media throughout 2020, it may have been easy to forget that other tragedies were occurring in our country as well.