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Cohort 1: Effective 3-D Science Instruction for K-6 Using Science Investigations to Motivate Students to Read, Write, and Engage in Discourse

January 25, 2025

The PD will model instruction and provide strategies and insights for teaching three-dimensional science consistent with the Arizona Science Standards and the vision for science teaching and learning from the 2011 National Research Council’s Report A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts.  Brett Moulding, Director of the Partnership for Effective Science Teaching and Learning (PESTL), will deliver all PD sessions.

Cohorts 1 and 2 engage teachers in an introduction to three-dimensional science teaching and learning as well as a set of GRC lesson plans for each of the Arizona Science Standards.  Participants attend one day in January with one three-hour after-school follow-up session via Zoom. The Cohort 1 professional development will be on January 25 (full day together)  and January 30, 2025 (afterschool virtual).

Cohort 1 will use the book  Using Science Investigation to Motivate Students to Read, Write, and Engage in Discourse.

Both groups will have a book study with the authors of the book.  This will be a fun opportunity for teachers to engage in academic discourse about best teaching practices that are practical for implementation in their classrooms.

Elementary Cohorts 1 and 3  will focus on using science investigations to motivate students to read, write, and engage in discourse and how to use the GRC instructional sequence to build student expertise in science.  Effective science and language arts integration will be modeled and teacher will receive resources to implement instructional improvements in their classroom.

Cohort 1 and 3 are for K-6 and $20.00 per cohort

  • Participants must attend both days of the training to receive credit. Partial credit will not be given.

  • Location: Salt River Project (SRP) SRP PERA Club 1 East Continental Drive

  • Virtual platform – using Zoom link will be provided to the email provided through this registration for the February book club study and online professional learning communities with Brett. 

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  • For questions regarding this resource, please contact Arizona Department of Education.
  • Contact Name: Sarah Sleasman
  • Phone No: 602-364-2333
  • Email Address: Sarah.Sleasman@azed.gov