A Classroom Model for Teaching Natural and Artificial Selection on Your Schedule

  Think you don’t have enough time for students to observe the results of selection pressure on plant populations in real time? Whether you’re teaching natural selection or plant breeding for desirable traits, it is beneficial for students to take an active part in their learning. This 75-minute webinar will show you how to accomplish that. […]

Webinar: Student-Designed Ecosystem Experiments in Middle Grades

Student-designed investigations that use Wisconsin Fast Plants® to study ecosystems are powerful, three-dimensional learning experiences. In this webinar, we share a ready-to-teach, hands-on approach for upper elementary or middle school students to investigate ecosystem interactions. Hedi Baxter Lauffer and Claudia Solís-Lemus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison demonstrate and discuss how to support learners in identifying […]

Webinar: Three Essential Strategies for Teaching NGSS Phenomena

Students investigate the world around them.

  The goal is not to teach as many examples of phenomena as possible but to maximize learning by teaching with science phenomena.  There are many teaching strategies but there are 3 at the top of that list when using examples of phenomena.  Learn what these 3 essential teaching strategies are to get students to […]

Webinar: Think Like an Engineer

Students investigate factors which make a windmill spin faster.

The science classroom is an ideal environment to nurture the curious young mind. The perfect place for students to learn how to think like scientists and engineers. If you have been teaching science to students, then more than likely you have been teaching your students how to think like a scientist, but have you been teaching […]

Webinar: Finish the Year Strong and Prep for the Future

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Learn strategies for reducing science learning loss while teaching in person, remotely, or on a hybrid schedule. Join nationally recognized education consultant Kristen Dotti for a one-hour webinar to learn strategies for developing data analysis skills and building student engagement while regaining social and emotional normalcy in the classroom. Carolina sponsored this event in conjunction […]

Webinar: Life Cycle and Growth and Development

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Join us for a live webinar to explore hands-on-learning opportunities using Wisconsin Fast Plants®. Life Cycle and Growth and Development with Wisconsin Fast Plants® One lesson we can take away from 2020 is the importance of hands-on learning and how valuable classroom time is for creating learning opportunities. How can we build on those experiences […]

Webinar: Making Thinking Visible

How do you implement portfolio instruction during remote and hybrid learning? And how can you use these teaching techniques to engage students? Student collaboration is a key component of social-emotional learning–but collaboration can prove challenging during remote and hybrid learning. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to engage students by analyzing and interpreting data while […]

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