Conference Session Strands:
Teaching Science in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Using A.I. to teach and design pedagogical approaches and to assess students in the science classroom.
- How to appropriately use A.I. and understanding the ethics of both student and teacher A.I. usage in the science classroom.
- Using A.I. to instill critical thinking skills in the student’s learning and reporting process.
Transformative Approaches to Cultivate Awe, Wonder, and Questions.
- Using wonder, awe, and curiosity to spark deeper engagement and student sense-making.
- Implementing three-dimensional instruction around real-world phenomena using routines and strategies.
- Making meaningful connections between classroom science, student’s everyday experiences and workforce readiness.
Innovation, Access, and Education for Diverse Learners.
- Innovative, inclusive instructional strategies that leverage phenomena-based learning, language scaffolds, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and assistive technologies to increase access for ML students and students with IEPs and 504 plans without reducing rigor.
- Asset-based approaches to multilingual science education that position students’ home languages, cultural experiences, and diverse ways of knowing as strengths in scientific discourse, modeling, argumentation, and collaboration.
- Systems and classroom structures that promote equitable access, including co-teaching models, strategic accommodations and modifications, collaborative planning between general and special educators, and progress monitoring practices that ensure compliance while centering student identity, agency, and belonging.
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