Mike Fumagalli kicks off the August theme with a blog post that reflects on a tumultuous year as a result of the pandemic and shares some of his lessons learned during this time.

In this facilitated discussion, we will explore lessons learned after a tumultuous year as a result of the pandemic. We invite your participation!

Recorded: August 5th at 7pm EDT
Moderator: Jason Crean
Panelists: Gretchen Brinza, Michael Fumagalli, Kristin Rademaker, and Janelle Scharon
Description: Many teachers are heading back to the physical classroom this Fall with some lessons learned after a tumultuous year as a result of the pandemic. This interactive webinar will involve discussions around where we were, where we are, and where we could be as we reboot our classroom practice. Now is a great time to enhance our practice and lead with phenomena to contextualize learning for our students. Leading with phenomena allows students to engage in sense-making so they can focus more on "figuring out" over just learning about science facts.

 

 

In this brief, Brian Drayton provides a synthesis of this month's theme "Rebooting the Science Classroom: Sensemaking and Phenomena-driven Instruction," that highlights key points and suggested recommendations discussed by those who participated in this month's discussion and webinar panel.