https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/912-ihub-unit-gallery daily 0.75 2022-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1647612266084-OYTA7SVY5DH59B2GKXNG/image-asset.jpg 9-12 Unit Gallery - IN DEVELOPMENT: OpenSciEd High School Sequence The goal of OpenSciEd is to develop a K-12 program designed to address standards based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education, specifically the NGSS. A three-course high school sequence (biology, chemistry, physics) is scheduled to be publicly released by January 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1647612266084-OYTA7SVY5DH59B2GKXNG/image-asset.jpg 9-12 Unit Gallery - IN DEVELOPMENT: OpenSciEd High School Sequence The goal of OpenSciEd is to develop a K-12 program designed to address standards based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education, specifically the NGSS. A three-course high school sequence (biology, chemistry, physics) is scheduled to be publicly released by January 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458912142823-XMYRCEBQSYVSRKJKN0ZQ/image-asset.png 9-12 Unit Gallery - Why do some things get colder (or hotter) when they react? This high school physical sciences unit on chemical energy starts out with students exploring a phenomenon where mixing two room temperature substances together results in a dramatic drop in temperature. This leads to disagreements as to what is happening that causes thermal energy to "disappear"—what is that energy being used to do? This question motivates a series of investigations examining salt dissolution and using magnets as a model for both inter-molecular and intra-molecular bonds. (PS1, PS3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1640803635852-XPGD29WQQ3A2ETSWII9H/image-asset.jpg 9-12 Unit Gallery - iHub Biology Course This year-long, storylines-based Biology course was designed by inquiryHub at the University of Colorado-Boulder in conjunction with NextGenStorylines developers and teachers from Denver Public Schools. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/56f0b67860b5e9974af8fd7f/56f0b69945ab56eb3a763b48/1458615952049/ 9-12 Unit Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1507180525419-9CIRBHYEAVH4ELZQ9Z8V/2016-08-23+11.07.19.jpg 9-12 Unit Gallery - Why Don't Antibiotics Work Like They Used To? This high school unit on natural selection and evolution starts out with students exploring the case of a young girl with a life-threatening infection of pan-resistant bacteria. This case sparks questions that lead them to investigate the growing prevalence of such cases and the discrepancies between antibiotic use in their communities and CDC recommendations. As they develop a model to explain how bacteria populations change over time, they expand their investigations to look at whether similar population changes are occurring in a population of birds (Juncos). (LS4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1537048451767-CWA214NF9FMY6K09K4EB/HS-Genetics-storyline-banner.jpg 9-12 Unit Gallery - How Can Science Help Make Our Lives Better? In this high school unit on genetics and heredity, students explore muscular condition (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy) common to a group of boys. Students questions about what causes this condition leads to investigations about the role of proteins, DNA, and inheritance in the disorder. In the first part of this unit students figure out how heritable traits and disorders are related to the structure and function of proteins. In the second part of this unit students investigatehow we can use genetic engineering technologies to cure genetic disorders and explore the ethical implications of need technologies such as, CRISPR-Cas9. (LS1, LS3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1507166022776-R1UBM565QFEG6OLGKNHX/image-asset.jpeg 9-12 Unit Gallery - How Do Small Changes Make Big Impacts on Ecosystems? (Part 1) In this first part of a two-part high school ecosystems unit, students start out examining data of the buffalo population in the Serengeti over the past fifty years. Competing ideas for why the population skyrocketed in a short period of time and then collapsed sometime later motivates students to investigate a variety of additional data sources. Exploration of each new data source raises further questions, and more potential suspects to investigate. As each new suspect is tracked down (resource competition, climate change, seasonal rainfall patterns, predators, disease, and fire), students incrementally develop a more and more complex ecosystem model that accounts for why some populations grow, some collapse, and others remain stable in the same ecosystem. (LS2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1507164558749-BIKXSRWTVA7GCD0YC9X6/Screen+Shot+2017-06-10+at+1.16.18+PM.png 9-12 Unit Gallery - How Do Small Changes Make Big Impacts on Ecosystems? (part 2) In this first part of a two-part high school ecosystems unit, students investigate the claim that planting trees can help combat climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and storing carbon in wood. Students’ questions about where and how trees do this, sparks a series of investigations to pursue to track down where the carbon is going as it moves into and through different tissues in the tree (leaves, wood, and roots) that help students develop a model for how matter transformations and energy flow occurs in organisms and ecosystems. (LS1, LS2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1507178305095-7E6ELCIQMYOSU7FOLYYC/image-asset.jpeg 9-12 Unit Gallery - How Can We Produce a Bunch of Fog for a Scary Scene? [Coming Soon - anticipated release date early 2019] In this physical sciences unit on the particulate nature of matter and kinetic molecular theory, students explore the phenomenon of fog with an end goal of designing and building an affordable and safe fog machine. The goal motivates students to figure out more about natural fog through a series of investigations related to weather data and properties of air and water. Their discoveries help them develop particle-level concepts related to temperature, thermal energy, and pressure. These understandings help students' explain how natural and artificial fog is formed and these explanations inform their engineering designs. (PS3, ETS1) https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/hs-chem-energy-gallery daily 0.75 2017-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458946353000-ULARXDWX5YVTUV4PWWSQ/image-asset.jpeg Aliza Stein - Dan Voss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458946353000-ULARXDWX5YVTUV4PWWSQ/image-asset.jpeg Aliza Stein - Dan Voss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1459179273171-BCTLCGQZV17W1CNGIZOA/aliza-stein-profile.jpg Aliza Stein - Aliza Zivic, Learning Sciences PhD student Aliza Zivic is a PhD candidate in Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. She holds a degree in Chemistry from Barnard College. After graduating from Barnard, she worked for an organization in Washington, D.C. that supported the White House and other federal agencies on science policy. Aliza's current work at Northwestern revolves around co-constructing Chemistry storylines with teachers and looking at student learning and identity formation in the NGSS-aligned science classroom. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/elem-gallery daily 0.75 2022-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479785701429-8PBCN650QZM0UZ4CD6DB/Station+Observation+2.jpg K-5 Unit Gallery - How Does Light Help Me See Things And Communicate With Others? This first-grade unit on light starts out with students exploring how many shapes they can see on different pieces of paper at various locations around their classroom when the lights are turned off. They are surprised to find that some of the shapes are not visible in these conditions This leads students to start wondering about other phenomena related to seeing in the dark, which in turn leads to new questions and design problems related to how they can make their room completely dark. (PS4, ETS1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479785701429-8PBCN650QZM0UZ4CD6DB/Station+Observation+2.jpg K-5 Unit Gallery - How Does Light Help Me See Things And Communicate With Others? This first-grade unit on light starts out with students exploring how many shapes they can see on different pieces of paper at various locations around their classroom when the lights are turned off. They are surprised to find that some of the shapes are not visible in these conditions This leads students to start wondering about other phenomena related to seeing in the dark, which in turn leads to new questions and design problems related to how they can make their room completely dark. (PS4, ETS1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458617392773-M3ZJRQHZDTF94BF7QTU5/image-asset.jpeg K-5 Unit Gallery - Why Is Our Corn Changing? This second-grade unit on plant growth starts off with students exploring the mystery of their harvest corn, something they initially saw as decoration, beginning to sprout what look like leaves and roots. Disagreements about how the corn is growing to spark a series of questions and ideas for investigations related to what is causing this growth. (LS1, LS2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1499288581021-J6UVHRF4ULKAPCW49MJD/image-asset.jpeg K-5 Unit Gallery - Why Are There Different Plants Growing in Different Places? [Under development] This second-grade unit on plant reproduction and habitats starts out with students exploring the kind of plants they find growing in different places around their school and neighborhood. Their explorations reveal some surprising places where plants are sprouting. This raises a series of questions and ideas for investigations to pursue related to why there are different plants growing in different places. (LS1, LS2, LS4, ETS1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1584794715016-YHCHEPHQP7LT6LA5Q1SC/G4-ChipBags.png K-5 Unit Gallery - Why Do Some Things Wash up on the Beach and Others Don’t? This fourth-grade unit on wave properties and ocean floor structures starts out with students exploring a perplexing phenomenon where hundreds of unopened bags of snack chips were found on a beach. This sparks a series of questions about where these came from and how they got to where they were found. It also leads students to generate ideas for investigations to pursue about the role of wind, currents, and waves as possible suspects that could have moved these bags from where they were lost in the ocean to where they were found on the shore. (PS4, ESS2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1505675750936-P7CWS80DIFGIGB8MYWWM/image-asset.jpeg K-5 Unit Gallery - Where Does Our Clean Water Come from and Where Does it Go After We Make it Dirty?​ In this fifth-grade unit on earth systems and on the structure and properties of matter, students investigate where the dirty water that drains out of their homes and schools goes and where the clean water they use comes from. (ESS2, ESS3, PS1, ETS1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1505670527083-YPO8IFGQ3XP2T3SPNPUV/image-asset.jpeg K-5 Unit Gallery - Why Do Dead Things Disappear Over Time? In this fifth-grade unit on interrelationships in ecosystems, students investigate the apparent disappearance of the body of a dead raccoon over time. Their findings lead them to uncover the role of decomposers in this process, as well as the role of decomposers in the disappearance of plant debris over time. Students ultimately track down where the materials come from that all living things need for repair and growth and where the energy comes from that they use to move and stay warm. (LS1, LS2, PS1, PS3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1647612266084-OYTA7SVY5DH59B2GKXNG/image-asset.jpg K-5 Unit Gallery - OpenSciEd COVID-19 & Health Equity Units NextGenStorylines, in conjunction with Learning in Places, developed two elementary storyline units addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and health equity: What can we do to keep our community healthy? (Grades K-2) How can we make decisions to care for ourselves, our families, and our communities? (Grades 3-5) https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/talks-pubs-gallery daily 0.75 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1705073196375-1JTN09DXUR5FTHAT09YW/OpenSciEd+Assessment+System.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - The OpenSciEd High School Assessment System Kate Henson, University of Colorado, Boulder Zoë Buck Bracey, BSCS Science Learning Michael Novak, Northwestern University NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1705073196375-1JTN09DXUR5FTHAT09YW/OpenSciEd+Assessment+System.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - The OpenSciEd High School Assessment System Kate Henson, University of Colorado, Boulder Zoë Buck Bracey, BSCS Science Learning Michael Novak, Northwestern University NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1649795173178-QT3Q4FU19GYFOYSQ9LCM/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - The Power of Phenomena: Spurring Questions to Drive the Class's Direction Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Nicole Vick, Northwestern University Dan Voss, Northwestern University NGSS@NSTA, NSTA National Conference 4/1/2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1705072421654-U3OQJB6IH9UYCTMWQCLK/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Questions and Crosscutting Concepts: How can we support students in asking good questions? Whitney Mills, BSCS Science Learning Jamie Deutch Noll, BSCS Science Learning Dan Voss, Northwestern University NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1705072577952-UX3NWRXXFKY8BZP7XUMM/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Why are oysters dying and how can we use chemistry to protect them? Nicole Vick, Northwestern University Kerri Wingert, Good Question Research NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1705072300337-TKBIB4NS4G6ZWO1SARK1/Supporting+mathematics+progressions+in+OpenSciEd+HS+-+NSTA+2023+Kansas+City.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Meeting the Challenges of Math & Computation with OpenSciEd High School Michael Novak, Northwestern University Nicole Vick, Northwestern University Wayne Wright, University of Colorado, Boulder NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1705071126382-4XQPHIMZCF2EDDWECM62/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - The Matter-Energy-Forces Triangle: A Common Approach to Make Sense of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Science in OpenSciEd Whitney Mills, BSCS Science Learning Deanna Lee-Rivers, University of Colorado, Boulder Dan Voss, Northwestern University Diego Rojas-Perilla, BSCS Science Learning NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1705073129646-8KKNO0F58A2997GV5LR5/It%27s+Electric%21+Figuring+Out+the+Structure+and+Properties+of+Matter+through+Lightning.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - It's Electric! Firguing Out the Structure and Properties of Matter through Lightning Rachel Patton, ASU Prep Kerri Wingert, Good Question Research & Evaluation Dan Voss, Northwestern University NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704509927936-PIGHC3VRV5XDS0MAI86S/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Anchoring Science Professional Learning in Curriculum Materials Enactment: Illustrating Theories in Practice to Support Teachers’ Learning (chapter) Katherine L. McNeill, Boston College Renee Affolter, Boston College Brian Reiser, Northwestern University In Teacher Learning in Changing Contexts: Perspectives from the Learning Sciences, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1705073430806-Y3SHKY9BIMLXUO9E3MAB/Students%E2%80%99+Use+of+CCCs+to+Develop+Questions+v2.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Students' Use of Crosscutting Concepts to Develop Questions from an Anchoring Phenomenon Dan Voss, Northwestern University Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Joe Kremer, Denver Public Schools Jamie Noll, Northwestern University Dawn Novak, Science Educator Michael Novak, Northwestern University Nicole Vick, Northwestern University Ann E. Rivet, Teachers College, Columbia University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704509233682-OSUNPTTO2WUC928LLCAU/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Characterizing relationships between collectiveenterprise and student epistemic agency inscience: A comparative case study Jessica L. Alzen, University of Colorado Boulder Kelsey Edwards, Northwestern University William R. Penuel, University of Colorado Boulder Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Cynthia Passmore, University of California Davis Chris D. Griesemer, University of California Davis Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University Christina Murzynski, Northwestern University Jason Y. Buell, Northwestern University Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704839520084-9KPEOC8YRH6EN5TMVERL/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Kicking off the Year with OpenSciEd High School Chemistry Dan Voss, Northwestern University Samantha Pinter, Northwestern University NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, March 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704839233032-VEKLBHWPAEWOABVGA58O/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Explaining phenomena from a Matter, Energy, and Forces perspective in OpenSciEd Physics Diego Rojas-Perilla, BSCS Science Learning Zoë Buck Bracey, BSCS Science Learning Michael Novak, Northwestern University NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, March 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1688914309711-P6OSOJVQL1VSM214KJJ6/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Using Forces to Connect Energy and Matter in OpenSciEd Chemistry Michael Novak, Northwestern University Nicole Vick, Northwestern University Dan Voss, Northwestern University NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704839027219-PX6D7527O0L51C3RX7JR/Supporting+mathematics+thinking+in+OpenSciEd+HS+-+NSTA+2023+Atlanta+.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Supporting Mathematics Thinking for All Students in High School Science Jamie Noll, BSCS Science Learning Michael Novak, Northwestern University Jim Ryan, OpenSciEd Nicole Vick, Northwestern University NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, March 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704836809940-QA18THZHSH9SWBR3X4SE/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Connecting student interests and questions with science learning goals through project-based storylines William R. Penuel, University of Colorado, Boulder Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University Katie Van Horne, Concolor Research Allysa Orwig, Denver Public Schools Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704838635989-S2MLB6DTLNDEYNOOAXRB/NSTA+2022+Cells+to+Genetics.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Starting with complex macroscopic phenomena: A different approach to teaching Cells & Genetics & Evolution Gail Housman, Northwestern University Jamie Noll BSCS Science Learning Dawn Novak, Science Educator Michael Novak, Northwestern University NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704837496739-7R3BQTWSI7V1JWDOW4OA/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - How can we support and assess student growth in the practice of arguing from evidence? Dawn Novak, Consultant Michael Novak, Northwestern University Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704838196721-G5F64FYR4F0EN2OVL8YW/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - The Power of Phenomena: Spurring Questions to Drive the Class's Direction Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Nicole Vick, Northwestern University Dan Voss, Northwestern University NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704839387825-NOV62E5LH6825M2F5OUA/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Building Climate Understandings for Equity and Social Justice Across the High School Curriculum Kate Henson, University of Colorado, Boulder Ann Rivet, Teachers College, Columbia University Diego Rojas-Perilla, BSCS Science Learning Nicole Vick, Northwestern University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704838364995-4RNVQDU3WXP5NY9KKC5O/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Scaffolding Students’ Progression Through CCCs and SEPs Using Resources From the OpenSciEd Toolkit Gail Housman, Northwestern University Jamie Deutch Noll, BSCS Science Learning Dawn Novak, Science Educator NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1648421612131-3AWIUH71UZRF050WALVD/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Supporting Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions About Water With a Storyline Unit Gretchen Brinza, Boulder Valley School District Katie Larson, Elgin Area School District U-46 Amy McGreal, Chicago Public Schools and Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University Science and Children, 3/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1648421031631-S8LQOGZ673E7SWTKUUEX/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Storyline Units: An Instructional Model to Support Coherence from the Students’ Perspective Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University William R. Penuel, University of Colorado, Boulder Journal of Science Teacher Education, 9/24/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1648420500417-8R3YAT1CFWF8U2W7LZZI/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Developing Research-Based Instructional Materials to Support Large-Scale Transformation of Science Teaching and Learning: The Approach of the OpenSciEd Middle School Program Daniel C. Edelson, Brian J. Reiser, Katherine L. McNeill, Audrey Mohan, Michael Novak, Lindsey Mohan, Renee Affolter, Tara A. W. McGill, Zoë E. Buck Bracey, Jamie Deutch Noll, Susan M. Kowalski, Dawn Novak, Abraham S. Lo, Carolyn Landel, Andrew Krumm, William R. Penuel, Katie Van Horne, María González-Howard, and Enrique Suarez Journal of Science Teacher Education, 9/24/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1648421436316-LDY0G7CNTBCVGFLW1SE3/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Motivating Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions Tara A.W. McGill, Northwestern University Gail Housman, Northwestern University Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Science and Children, 9/1/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1648421230945-6OHUAIMQHFRWTTK2QT6W/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Getting to Know Next Generation Science Storylines: How Did All These Bags of Chips Get Onto the Beach? Gail Housman, Northwestern University Ashley Stanley, District 65 (Evanston, IL) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582746391265-RB4S85WGVH12E2ECP6T7/NSTA+Virtual+Conference+-+Using+Phenomena+to+Drive+Student+Learning+Phenomena+for+Elementary+Students+%28low+res%29+-+July+28%2C+2018_Page_01.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Using Phenomena to Drive Student Learning in a Unit of Instruction for Elementary School Students Katy Fattaleh, The Nora Project Michael J. Novak, Park View School and Northwestern University NSTA Virtual Conference, 7/28/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582744520959-MDHB6XSD89Y99Q7RPM12/ICLS+2018+Presentation.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Negotiating Epistemic Agency and Target Learning Goals: Supporting Coherence from the Students' Perspective Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University John F. Smith, Northwestern University Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Kelsey D. Edwards, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University ICLS, London, 6/26/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582744271969-BVRFAJMXME0JCV07SQKU/NSTA+Atlanta+v3.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - An NGSS Bonding Experience Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University Josh Rappuhn, Belvidere North High School NSTA, GA, 3/17/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582315030059-DEVIXH8LEWK1AAT5XX2Q/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - How Do We Make NGSS Storylines Work by Pushing Students to Go Deeper? Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University NSTA, 3/16/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582313805849-0JG77FSGFYW5UHBKM1R0/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - How Can Light Help Me See and Communicate with Others? A Storyline Designed to Support 3-D Learning in an Early Elementary Classroom Sara Ivory, Ogden International School Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University Michael J. Novak, Northwestern University Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University NGSS @ NSTA Forum, 3/16/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582313035689-9Z4M7CSWF6VN3ULUAYNC/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Using NGSS Storylines to SUpport Students in Meaningful Engagement in Science and Engineering Practices Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Tara McGill, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University NSELA, 3/14/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582743426712-2W4HL0OZTF3651GXQKQM/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Journey to The Structure of the Atom: Motivating Chemical Thinking at All Levels Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University NARST, 3/11/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582742121649-UKN8OSHLX03H7I9O6F0I/3+Smith+%26+Reiser+NARST+Paper+3+v3.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Co-constructing Investigations in a Fifth Grade Science Classroom John F. Smith, Northwestern University Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University NARST, 3/11/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582742875087-ZU36M33FE5D4WV2FJZ71/2+McGill+Sound+NARST.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Supporting Students in Incrementally Developing Wave Models of How Matter Produces Sound Michael J. Novak, Northwestern University Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University NARST, 3/11/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582742355874-HROW0Y6LUMIHO9UILDN4/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Engaging 1st-Grade Students in NGSS Science and Engineering Practice through an Engineering Design Laura Zangori, University of Missouri Kelsey Edwards, Northwestern University NARST, 3/11/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582741688734-H5KLTNZZFCIUV40ZBGSB/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Designing for Coherence in NGSS Storylines: Supporting K-12 Students in Meaningful Sensemaking Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Laura Zangori, University of Missouri - Columbia Kelsey Edwards, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University John F. Smith, Northwestern University Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University NARST, 3/11/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582238579166-RNU1ATCFVWYK3PG9XN9T/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Developing and Teaching with Biology Storylines Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University ISTA LSI 3/3/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1459012755429-BUY5OSZD81NCS5O2S740/NSF+STEM+2016+Passmore+%26+Reiser.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Supporting Adaptation of Curriculum Materials to Bring Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning into K-12 Classrooms Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University & Cynthia Passmore, UC Davis Talk Presented at the NSF STEM Smart Conference 2/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1704510265694-Z5PKKZFQB1MCI2RA8B7N/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices Christina V. Schwarz, Michigan State University Cynthia Passmore, University of California Davis Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University NSTA Press, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582222629685-JW7BTXGGYYONR3WF4PFM/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - How Can We Sense DifferentSounds from Across the Room? A Next Generation Science Storyline Unit Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University CCNY 12/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1478984327668-X3BQPE3Z77CQWN3D267C/Screen+Shot+2016-11-12+at+2.57.27+PM.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Developing Coherent Storylines for NGSS Lessons Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL NGSS@NSTA Forum, NSTA Area conference, MN, 9/27/2016 NGSS@NSTA Forum, NSTA Area conference, OR, 10/10/2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582221429131-RNISXXJR5OKPUM6AGCDY/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Developing Coherent Storylines of NGSS Lessons Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL NSTA Area Conference, WI 11/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582217602348-U1R6XR21MVQLVC3TMVIC/Screen+Shot+2020-02-20+at+10.51.34+AM.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Developing and Teaching with Coherent Storylines to Support Three-Dimensional Science Learning Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University MAST 11/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1478984284499-V4BOWY2GLQ2EBZNS02ZD/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Developing Coherent Storylines for NGSS Lessons Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL Presented in the NGSS@NSTA Forum, NSTA Area conference, MN, 9/27/2016 and the NSTA Area conference, OR, 10/10/2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582217161328-WSFWRXBYRON8I3PVMAIX/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Developing a Model of Teacher Learning to Support Classroom Enactment of Purposeful Sensemaking Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Cynthia Passmore, University of California, Davis Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL Sara Michaels, Clark University William Penuel, University of Colorado James S. McDonnell Foundation Presentation, 8/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582216685190-UEF3FTN90MRF4F6KZ33J/Screen+Shot+2020-02-20+at+10.35.22+AM.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - How do I Develop a Storyline for a Unit? Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL NSTA Webinar 7/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582216056168-KPEYFXBHLTOA7D8UV5FD/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Supporting Teachers in Bringing Three- Dimensional Learning into their Classrooms Through NGSS Storylines Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University BOSE Instructional Materials for NGSS 6/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582148309831-NIJTUM4CKRVLT7XEMV6U/Peggy+N+2017+Presentation+share_Page_01.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582150228483-A30TYIKG2XJF6N922GPS/image-asset.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Bringing Three-Dimensional Learning Into Classrooms with NGSS-Aligned Curriculum Materials Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL CCSESA 2/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582147981964-EL0SB4G1TY0BIZUEDI7L/Purdue+FINAL.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Supporting Next Generation Science Learning in K-12 Classrooms Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Biological Sciences Seminar, Purdue University, 1/23/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1478978390075-S70CNB7I7RVNWB1ILCSH/Screen+Shot+2016-11-12+at+1.18.28+PM.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Developing Coherent Storylines for NGSS Lessons Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University and Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, IL Presented in the NGSS@NSTA Forum, NSTA Area conference, MN, 9/27/2016 and the NSTA Area conference, OR, 10/10/2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1582150522075-2ZUWD4F78U9R5RADJSUV/image-asset.jpeg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Developing Coherent Storylines for NGSS Lessons Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL NGSS@NSTA Forum, NSTA Area Conference, OR, 11/10/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1478978458984-R50ELOM6MX9WC8X33V0Z/Screen+Shot+2016-11-12+at+1.18.28+PM.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Developing Coherent Storylines for NGSS Lessons Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University and Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, IL Presented in the NGSS@NSTA Forum, NSTA Area conference, MN, 9/27/2016 and the NSTA Area conference, OR, 10/10/2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1510414546570-1OC2KOIAN5C00F7P3RCT/Screen+Shot+2017-11-11+at+9.34.51+AM.png Talks & Pubs Gallery - Developing Coherent Storylines of NGSS Lessons Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL NGSS@NSTA Forum, NSTA Area conference, WI, 10/27/2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1459466917539-6G4R70GI8ZS3116SISQK/Storylines+NSTA+2016+poster+FINAL.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - NGSS Storylines: Helping Students Build Science Ideas, Piece by Piece, By Investigating Their Own Questions Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL Tara McGill, Northwestern University Dan Voss, Northwestern University Poster from NGSS@NSTA Share-A-Thon 4/2/2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1459549193530-RXKDW79GF69LFODUMJT1/NSTA+Storyline+Forum+FINAL.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Using storylines to Design or Adapt Curriculum and Instruction to Make It Three Dimensional Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove IL Michael Fumagalli, Leyden High School, Franklin Park IL Tricia Shelton, Boone County High School; Florence KY NGSS@NSTA, NSTA National Conference 4/1/2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1459012910228-E4P8VHR5WNH86A3FQOOB/NSF+STEM+2016+Passmore+%26+Reiser.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Supporting Adaptation of Curriculum Materials to Bring Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning into K-12 Classrooms Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Cynthia Passmore, UC Davis Talk Presented at the NSF STEM Smart Conference 2/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1459012863213-WK5TGJ36JATSE1CGPO0L/ISTA+keynote+FINAL2.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - NGSS Storylines: How to Construct Coherence Instructional Sequences Driven by Phenomena and Motivated by Student Questions Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Michael Fumagalli, Leyden High School Michael Novak, Park View School Presented at the Illinois Science Teachers Association 10/23/2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1459013094447-7N7TTZFGUCOOO7DH4S22/ETS+cover.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - What Professional Development Strategies Are Needed for Successful Implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards? Brian J. Reiser 2013 Paper presented at the International Research Symposium on Science Assessment, Washington, DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1478978131115-A65K1TY1BELK6ZJ85HWQ/Reiser+NGSS+%40+NSTA+2015+practices+image.jpg Talks & Pubs Gallery - Making sense of the world through science and engineering practices Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University Presented in the NGSS@NSTA Forum, NSTA conference, 3/13/2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/56f41c231330bae1a73661f0/659dbe99fef53e7f3deda441/1705070921918/ Talks & Pubs Gallery https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/56f41c231330bae1a73661f0/659dc42b7ff7d30d332ea008/1705070921869/ Talks & Pubs Gallery https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news daily 0.75 2018-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458677236636-PEVQ6F1CGLL4T3K6FBIK/P1010121+design+team+sign.JPG News https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news/2018/10/11/presentations-at-the-istaictm-2018-conference monthly 0.5 2018-10-11 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news/2018/4/5/sign-up-for-the-2018-learn-while-teaching-program-to-learn-to-teach-with-ngss-designed-curriculum-units monthly 0.5 2018-04-05 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news/2017/12/29/ms-sound-storyline-v20-released monthly 0.5 2017-12-29 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news/2017/3/28/teacher-and-student-resources-posted-for-hs-chemical-energy-and-ms-sound monthly 0.5 2017-03-28 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news/2017/3/18/10-field-trials-for-high-school-chemical-energy-underway monthly 0.5 2017-03-18 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news/2017/3/18/10-field-trials-of-2nd-grade-corn-storyline monthly 0.5 2017-03-18 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news/2017/3/18/11-field-trials-wrapping-up-for-light-digital-storyline monthly 0.5 2017-03-18 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news/2017/3/18/10-field-trials-underway-for-the-sound-storyline monthly 0.5 2017-03-18 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news/2017/3/18/news-and-updates-on-twitter monthly 0.5 2017-03-18 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news/2016/3/31/first-two-storylines-now-available monthly 0.5 2016-04-01 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/news/2016/3/22/next-generation-sci monthly 0.5 2016-03-22 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/68-unit-gallery daily 0.75 2022-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1647612165687-LXPPH0OLMWMLPVFRX8LL/image-asset.jpg 6-8 Unit Gallery - OpenSciEd Middle School Sequence The goal of OpenSciEd is to develop a K-12 program designed to address standards based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education, specifically the NGSS. A three-year middle school sequence is now available in full! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1647612165687-LXPPH0OLMWMLPVFRX8LL/image-asset.jpg 6-8 Unit Gallery - OpenSciEd Middle School Sequence The goal of OpenSciEd is to develop a K-12 program designed to address standards based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education, specifically the NGSS. A three-year middle school sequence is now available in full! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1463367585710-6GPORF0PXN3D1KTB0KJC/IMG_6133+student+model.JPG 6-8 Unit Gallery - How Can We Sense So Many Different Sounds From A Distance? This middle school unit on sound starts off with students exploring a perplexing phenomenon where sounds and voices are heard coming from a paper cup and needle as a plastic disc (a record) is spun underneath it. This phenomenon fuels a series of questions and ideas for investigations to pursue about how sound is produced, how it travels, and how it is detected and encoded. (PS4, LS1, PS2, PS3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1463367552611-0CP27IXOPN63WQG2C0IK/IMG_6133+student+model.JPG 6-8 Unit Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1536667547285-80ZAW6KT7IIHJEXM5DGB/image-asset.jpeg 6-8 Unit Gallery - How Do Eggs Become Chickens or Other Living Things? This middle school unit begins with news reports about the growing prevalence of backyard chicken coops across the country. Disagreements about why some chicken eggs hatch into baby chickens and others do not, as well as competing models about what is going on inside eggs before they hatch, spark student questions leading to investigations of where babies of chickens come from and how they develop. These investigations help students uncover the role that food, blood, cells, and tissues play in the in the development of embryos and growth in different animals. (LS1, LS4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1536074394029-VLYB971885MU905R3G9I/image-asset.jpeg 6-8 Unit Gallery - How Can We Make Our Own Fog? [Coming Soon - anticipated release date early 2019] In this physical sciences unit on the particulate nature of matter, students explore the phenomenon of fog with an end goal of designing and building an affordable and safe fog machine. This goal motivates students to figure out more about natural fog through a series of investigations related to weather data and properties of air and water. Their discoveries help them develop particle-level concepts related to temperature, thermal energy, and phase changes .These understandings help students' explain how natural and artificial fog is formed and these explanations inform their engineering designs. (PS1, PS3, ETS1) https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/liz-gallery daily 0.75 2016-11-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/56f4c2372fe1313f0c3887d0/56f4c25b2fe1313f0c388863/1458881115397/ Liz Buttner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458881139921-6ARP8MZ3UXF9N8GE4QY6/image-asset.jpeg Liz Buttner - Liz Buttner The Storylines Project is grateful to Liz Buttner, CT Department of Education (retired) whose vision and support developed a creative supportive NGSS learning community of K-12 teachers and higher education faculty. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/katy-f daily 0.75 2017-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458945184655-G87V32BJDD2KTT362FMD/Katy+teaching.JPG Katy Fatellah - Katy Fattaleh, K-8 Instructional Technology Coach Katy Fattaleh is a K-8 Instructional Technology Coach at South Park School in Deerfield, IL. As a former classroom teacher, she shares her passion for educational technology across the content areas to elevate teaching and learning in grades K-8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458945184655-G87V32BJDD2KTT362FMD/Katy+teaching.JPG Katy Fatellah - Katy Fattaleh, K-8 Instructional Technology Coach Katy Fattaleh is a K-8 Instructional Technology Coach at South Park School in Deerfield, IL. As a former classroom teacher, she shares her passion for educational technology across the content areas to elevate teaching and learning in grades K-8. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/lisa-brody daily 0.75 2016-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479964827045-GHAIZZ0H22M61Q9BHCPB/Lisa+brody+with+students.jpg Lisa Brody - Lisa Brody, Middle School Science Teacher Lisa Brody is a PAEMST Finalist and Illinois Science Teacher Association recipient and a middle school science teacher. Lisa holds a Bachelor's degree in Education from Indiana University and a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from National-Louis University in Illinois. She has collaborated with leading science education researchers and has provided IQWST (Investigating and Questioning Our World through Science and Technology) workshops to teachers and administrators. Lisa focuses on what is best for her students and how they can propel their own thinking.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479964827045-GHAIZZ0H22M61Q9BHCPB/Lisa+brody+with+students.jpg Lisa Brody - Lisa Brody, Middle School Science Teacher Lisa Brody is a PAEMST Finalist and Illinois Science Teacher Association recipient and a middle school science teacher. Lisa holds a Bachelor's degree in Education from Indiana University and a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from National-Louis University in Illinois. She has collaborated with leading science education researchers and has provided IQWST (Investigating and Questioning Our World through Science and Technology) workshops to teachers and administrators. Lisa focuses on what is best for her students and how they can propel their own thinking.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479962340233-REJGBVTJPMHSYJO5FBC7/Lisa+brody+with+students.jpg Lisa Brody - Lisa Brody, Middle School Science Teacher Lisa Brody is a PAEMST Finalist and Illinois Science Teacher Association recipient and a middle school science teacher. Lisa holds a Bachelor's degree in Education from Indiana University and a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from National-Louis University in Illinois. She has collaborated with leading science education researchers and has provided IQWST (Investigating and Questioning Our World through Science and Technology) workshops to teachers and administrators. Lisa focuses on what is best for her students and how they can propel their own thinking.   https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/new-gallery-2 daily 0.75 2016-11-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/t/58375a3a37c581b5d588fcc2/1480018977339/ CO Evolution team https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/58374bd037c581b5d5886a06/58374be4f7e0abfee6d1d688/1480018977339/ CO Evolution team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480022158585-QO6Z6GWFZ0T7IG71HOCO/Screen+Shot+2016-10-09+at+5.43.46+PM.png CO Evolution team - HS Evolution Team Working On Bend 2 of the Storyline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480022248172-NSYIUFLEF8QT0J3N8REX/Screen+Shot+2016-10-09+at+5.43.26+PM.png CO Evolution team - HS Evolution Development Team working on Bend 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480022355801-7I4P84KX4KENZ1FBH6O0/Screen+Shot+2016-10-09+at+5.37.29+PM.png CO Evolution team - HS Evolution Team Video Conferencing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/58374bd037c581b5d5886a06/58375976cd0f68eb004c9720/1480022390473/ CO Evolution team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480022394220-0DDOLRO3BXZH1V8BWRQQ/Screen+Shot+2016-10-09+at+5.37.16+PM.png CO Evolution team - HS Evolution team in Boulder CO https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/dan-voss daily 0.75 2024-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1640809586643-0ICYHISIGFS4E86PBSWN/_MG_5537%2B%25282016_10_01%2B23_45_40%2BUTC%2529.jpg Dan Voss - Dan Voss, Curriculum Development Specialist Dan serves as a unit lead and writer on OpenSciEd units, with an emphasis on middle school integrated computer science and (previously) high school chemistry. He joined the team after years as a high school chemistry and physics teacher. Dan was named Iowa State University College of Engineering student marshal, is a Knowles Senior Fellow, and is pursuing a PhD in STEM Education at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He also co-hosts the podcast Unpack Everything: Science Education Reform in the Real World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1640802229752-8LUTH8EZQRVE759E33WY/image-asset.jpg Dan Voss - Dan Voss, High School Science Teacher Dan Voss teaches science at Dallas Center-Grimes (Iowa) High School. He is a 2016 Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellow and was selected as the Fall 2016 College of Engineering student marshal at Iowa State University. Dan holds a Master's of Science in Education degree from Northwestern University, where he worked as a Curriculum Development Assistant for the Storylines Team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1640809586643-0ICYHISIGFS4E86PBSWN/_MG_5537%2B%25282016_10_01%2B23_45_40%2BUTC%2529.jpg Dan Voss - Dan Voss, Curriculum Development Specialist Dan serves as a unit lead and writer on OpenSciEd units, with an emphasis on middle school integrated computer science and (previously) high school chemistry. He joined the team after years as a high school chemistry and physics teacher. Dan was named Iowa State University College of Engineering student marshal, is a Knowles Senior Fellow, and is pursuing a PhD in STEM Education at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He also co-hosts the podcast Unpack Everything: Science Education Reform in the Real World. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/keetra-tipton daily 0.75 2016-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479962253389-S9FKEHTZ6XZ2UK89QGXP/Keetra+Tipton+cropped.png Keetra Tipton - Keetra Tipton, Middle School Science Teacher Keetra Tipton is an Illinois Science Teacher Association Outstanding Teacher of Science award recipient, and currently teaches middle school science. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and a Master’s degree in Secondary Education from DePaul University. Keetra was a national field trial participant piloting science materials that were developed to help students engage in three-dimensional learning. She has collaborated with leading science education researchers and has provided IQWST (Investigating and Questioning Our World through Science and Technology) workshops to teachers and administrators. Keetra wholeheartedly believes that all students are able to learn to ask questions and design investigations to answer their own questions about the world. Her passion is coaching them through this process.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479962253389-S9FKEHTZ6XZ2UK89QGXP/Keetra+Tipton+cropped.png Keetra Tipton - Keetra Tipton, Middle School Science Teacher Keetra Tipton is an Illinois Science Teacher Association Outstanding Teacher of Science award recipient, and currently teaches middle school science. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and a Master’s degree in Secondary Education from DePaul University. Keetra was a national field trial participant piloting science materials that were developed to help students engage in three-dimensional learning. She has collaborated with leading science education researchers and has provided IQWST (Investigating and Questioning Our World through Science and Technology) workshops to teachers and administrators. Keetra wholeheartedly believes that all students are able to learn to ask questions and design investigations to answer their own questions about the world. Her passion is coaching them through this process.   https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/tara-mcgill daily 0.75 2017-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480474775060-99H85KGZ2PN9WUCUTIFZ/cla36+Tara+with+baloon+jar.gif Tara McGill - Tara A. W. McGill, Curriculum Development Specialist Tara A. W. McGill is a Curriculum Development Specialist at Northwestern University. Prior to her current position, she taught ninth-grade biology in Chicago Public Schools and developed curriculum materials with Ag in Progress Partnership, NFP. She researched honey bee biology and behavior in the Entomology Department at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign (UIUC). While at UIUC, she also performed informal science outreach and collaborated on several science education projects. McGill is also a facilitator and member of the design team for the Next Generation Science Exemplar System for Professional Development (NGSX), a web-based professional development system designed to help educators grow in their understanding of three-dimensional learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480474775060-99H85KGZ2PN9WUCUTIFZ/cla36+Tara+with+baloon+jar.gif Tara McGill - Tara A. W. McGill, Curriculum Development Specialist Tara A. W. McGill is a Curriculum Development Specialist at Northwestern University. Prior to her current position, she taught ninth-grade biology in Chicago Public Schools and developed curriculum materials with Ag in Progress Partnership, NFP. She researched honey bee biology and behavior in the Entomology Department at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign (UIUC). While at UIUC, she also performed informal science outreach and collaborated on several science education projects. McGill is also a facilitator and member of the design team for the Next Generation Science Exemplar System for Professional Development (NGSX), a web-based professional development system designed to help educators grow in their understanding of three-dimensional learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458660291830-QLY48X5EKEFMK6XY71O5/cla36+Tara+with+baloon+jar.gif Tara McGill - Tara A. W. McGill, Curriculum Development Specialist, Northwestern University Tara A. W. McGill is a Curriculum Development Specialist at Northwestern University. Prior to her current position, she taught ninth-grade biology in Chicago Public Schools and developed curriculum materials with Ag in Progress Partnership, NFP. She researched honey bee biology and behavior in the Entomology Department at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign (UIUC). While at UIUC, she also performed informal science outreach and collaborated on several science education projects. McGill is also a facilitator and member of the design team for the Next Generation Science Exemplar System for Professional Development (NGSX), a web-based professional development system designed to help educators grow in their understanding of three-dimensional learning. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/josh daily 0.75 2018-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1523486101936-17NSHXKCB6PYPX8Z0YV0/Josh+rappuhn.jpg Josh Rappuhn - Josh Rappuhn, High School Science Teacher Josh teaches at Belvidere High School, in Belvidere IL. He is the 2018 Illinois Science Teacher's Association Vice President. And he is an NGSX trained facilitator and has provided professional development to area teacher leaders in IL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1523486101936-17NSHXKCB6PYPX8Z0YV0/Josh+rappuhn.jpg Josh Rappuhn - Josh Rappuhn, High School Science Teacher Josh teaches at Belvidere High School, in Belvidere IL. He is the 2018 Illinois Science Teacher's Association Vice President. And he is an NGSX trained facilitator and has provided professional development to area teacher leaders in IL. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/gretchen-brinza daily 0.75 2019-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458944532461-B33259G3YUXSPAEZNDZK/image-asset.jpeg Gretchen Brinza - Gretchen Brinza, Fifth and Sixth-Grade Science Teacher Gretchen Brinza is currently teaching fifth and sixth-grade science in Chicago Public Schools. She has spent her teaching career in various science and engineering teaching positions in grades K-8th. She is always willing to learn more about three-dimensional learning and the positive impact it has on student learning in science. Gretchen participated in the MSU-Urban STEM and Leadership Fellowship. She is a recipient of the 2016 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (K-6 Science, Illinois) and the 2017 Illinois STEM Educator Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458944532461-B33259G3YUXSPAEZNDZK/image-asset.jpeg Gretchen Brinza - Gretchen Brinza, Fifth and Sixth-Grade Science Teacher Gretchen Brinza is currently teaching fifth and sixth-grade science in Chicago Public Schools. She has spent her teaching career in various science and engineering teaching positions in grades K-8th. She is always willing to learn more about three-dimensional learning and the positive impact it has on student learning in science. Gretchen participated in the MSU-Urban STEM and Leadership Fellowship. She is a recipient of the 2016 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (K-6 Science, Illinois) and the 2017 Illinois STEM Educator Award. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/hs-evolution-in-action-gallery daily 0.75 2017-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1514651285045-RZMRDEPYKY5W7WZKMM0C/IMG_6169+students+adding+to+DQB.JPG MS Sound Investigations Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1514651285045-RZMRDEPYKY5W7WZKMM0C/IMG_6169+students+adding+to+DQB.JPG MS Sound Investigations Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1514644687354-BO404MZ1L1K3ME06FESU/IMG_6169+students+adding+to+DQB.JPG MS Sound Investigations Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479748259535-7IFULUJ6KR2GVNEJPQDA/MS+Sound+IN+Action+1.png MS Sound Investigations Gallery - What does the record look like up close? We really wanted to inspect the record more closely. We use a magnifying glass, and some really interesting patterns on the surface of the record. We want a closer view. Looking at the surface of the record again through a powerful microscope reveals some really important clues about how different sounds might be produced and how all this information might be encoded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1514645752603-W9846PGZM9BPMSG59P7B/heather+student+zoom+in+record.jpg MS Sound Investigations Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1514644688299-OCDAAHL3ZPI3FT4A7L8M/Detecting+reflection.png MS Sound Investigations Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1514644987145-HQFCM3DCMWW3RC7XTQI2/tuning+fork+model+heather+IL+DKQkT3nX0AAFqum.jpg MS Sound Investigations Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479748272664-7KBKBKHJVA992751MOV9/MS+Sound+in+Action+2.png MS Sound Investigations Gallery - Do all objects vibrate like this when they are making sounds? Maybe some objects like the table or the floor don't vibrate when we hit them or walk on them. Or maybe these objects are vibrating just a little bit (at a scale that is too fast or too small for us to see). We come up with lots of ways to detect and inspect such motion, by slowing it down or scaling it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490120543682-QLXCNMNFKCCLV3I8ZCJ6/SoundMusicBox.png MS Sound Investigations Gallery - How does this thing produce different notes? There are lots of instruments, like guitars, pianos, harps, xylophones, that produce different notes when we play them. A music box is another thing that does this. When we inspect the structure of all these devices more closely, we uncover a relationship between the length of an object and the pitch of the sound it produces when struck or plucked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1514645403580-04U8DSRC05V3UQJGFOXZ/initial+sound+models+VT.jpg MS Sound Investigations Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479748285247-UNRAMF1I0X9A97BU8HE5/MS+Sound+in+Action+3.png MS Sound Investigations Gallery - How do the vibrations of the sound source compare for louder and softer sounds? Graphing the motion of a vibrating object provide us clues about what might causing a sound to be louder vs. softer. There are so many interesting features in these graphs to compare, such as the repeating pattern it makes, the distance it travels, how long it takes for this pattern to repeat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1514644556834-44Q9Z8NX7WG99QV9OX9G/Students+meauring+wave+energy.png MS Sound Investigations Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1514645764506-9KM7DJRIY14T5JXBE96C/Water+testing.png MS Sound Investigations Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1514644578154-DZJYSXT2EXXZSCPB61MF/Students+Dissecting+Speakers.png MS Sound Investigations Gallery https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/nancy-jo-michael daily 0.75 2017-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458878350881-HX51L4AXFT0CZF5TMGW2/Nancy+Michael.jpg Nancy Jo Michael - Nancy Jo Michael, 2nd Grade Teacher Nancy Jo Michael is a certified Teacher Leader in Science in the state of Connecticut. She teaches at Pembroke Elementary School and was named Teacher of the Year 2016 for the Danbury Public Schools. Nancy holds a Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Michigan and a Master's degree in Special Education from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as post-graduate studies in STEM education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458878350881-HX51L4AXFT0CZF5TMGW2/Nancy+Michael.jpg Nancy Jo Michael - Nancy Jo Michael, 2nd Grade Teacher Nancy Jo Michael is a certified Teacher Leader in Science in the state of Connecticut. She teaches at Pembroke Elementary School and was named Teacher of the Year 2016 for the Danbury Public Schools. Nancy holds a Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Michigan and a Master's degree in Special Education from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as post-graduate studies in STEM education. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/ruth-purdiedyer daily 0.75 2017-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458879871399-LFYYK6T8EF8M4V088SZX/Ruth+Purdie-Dyer.jpg Ruth Purdie-Dyer - Ruth Purdie-Dyer, 2nd Grade Teacher Ruth Purdie-Dyer is a certified CT Teacher Leader in Science. She teaches at WCAIS-Magnet School. Ruth holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Human Resources from Western CT State University, an M.S. in Education from the University of Bridgeport. Ruth is a lead teacher in Green School Programs and Global Sustainability. She is devoted to improving teacher knowledge around Science and Global Environmental Studies. Nothing is more exciting to Ruth than teaching second graders and coaching professionals in these areas at the Western CT Academy of International Studies Magnet School in Danbury, CT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458879871399-LFYYK6T8EF8M4V088SZX/Ruth+Purdie-Dyer.jpg Ruth Purdie-Dyer - Ruth Purdie-Dyer, 2nd Grade Teacher Ruth Purdie-Dyer is a certified CT Teacher Leader in Science. She teaches at WCAIS-Magnet School. Ruth holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Human Resources from Western CT State University, an M.S. in Education from the University of Bridgeport. Ruth is a lead teacher in Green School Programs and Global Sustainability. She is devoted to improving teacher knowledge around Science and Global Environmental Studies. Nothing is more exciting to Ruth than teaching second graders and coaching professionals in these areas at the Western CT Academy of International Studies Magnet School in Danbury, CT. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/brian-aycokc daily 0.75 2018-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479964733092-WNT560NVBNL9WM065LIR/Brian+Aycock.PNG Brian Aycock - Brian Aycock, 3rd Grade Curriculum Coordinator Brian Aycock currently serves as the Third Grade Curriculum Coordinator for West Aurora SD 129. He is also the Elementary Director for the Illinois Science Teachers' Association. He is passionate about science education, and specializes in three-dimensional curriculum development and implementation. He resides in Downers Grove, IL with his wife Samantha, and his two children Brooklyn and Donovan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479964733092-WNT560NVBNL9WM065LIR/Brian+Aycock.PNG Brian Aycock - Brian Aycock, 3rd Grade Curriculum Coordinator Brian Aycock currently serves as the Third Grade Curriculum Coordinator for West Aurora SD 129. He is also the Elementary Director for the Illinois Science Teachers' Association. He is passionate about science education, and specializes in three-dimensional curriculum development and implementation. He resides in Downers Grove, IL with his wife Samantha, and his two children Brooklyn and Donovan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479962488340-J26MOC5LCN13U3EC3K20/Brian+Aycock.PNG Brian Aycock Brian Aycock currently serves as the Third Grade Curriculum Coordinator for West Aurora SD 129. He is also the Elementary Director for the Illinois Science Teachers' Association. He is passionate about science education, and specializes in three-dimensional curriculum development and implementation. He resides in Downers Grove, IL with his wife Samantha, and his two children Brooklyn and Donovan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479962691071-DKVM071W0VXYOK9IECZ6/Brian+Aycock.PNG Brian Aycock - Brian Aycock, 3rd Grade Curriculum Coordinator Brian Aycock currently serves as the Third Grade Curriculum Coordinator for West Aurora SD 129. He is also the Elementary Director for the Illinois Science Teachers' Association. He is passionate about science education, and specializes in three-dimensional curriculum development and implementation. He resides in Downers Grove, IL with his wife Samantha, and his two children Brooklyn and Donovan. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/lori-farak daily 0.75 2017-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458878056220-6CVEZGX072YKNBWOWLDU/image-asset.jpeg Lori Farkash - Lori Farkash, 2nd Grade Teacher Lori Farkash, teaches at Moses Y. Beach School in CT. She is a 2010 Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Science Teaching and Wallingford's Teacher of the Year in 1999, enjoys engaging second graders in hands-on, discovery based learning while developing students' natural curiosities about the world. In addition to teaching, she creates second grade Language Arts and Math curricula for her district and has taught grades 1-5 over the past 27 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458878056220-6CVEZGX072YKNBWOWLDU/image-asset.jpeg Lori Farkash - Lori Farkash, 2nd Grade Teacher Lori Farkash, teaches at Moses Y. Beach School in CT. She is a 2010 Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Science Teaching and Wallingford's Teacher of the Year in 1999, enjoys engaging second graders in hands-on, discovery based learning while developing students' natural curiosities about the world. In addition to teaching, she creates second grade Language Arts and Math curricula for her district and has taught grades 1-5 over the past 27 years. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/malika-jones daily 0.75 2018-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479964864486-FPJYHJBZYXHFPR7HF1DA/Malika+Jones.jpg Malika Jones - Malika Jones, Middle School Science Teacher Malika Jones is a certified Teacher Leader in Science in the state of Illinois. She holds many degrees, among which are a B.S. in Biology, as well as a M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction. She has taught for over 10 years. In 2014, she was awarded the Teacher of the Year for Beach Park School District. She currently teaches 8th grade biology, trains teachers to use Next Generation Science methods and creates science and math curriculum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479964864486-FPJYHJBZYXHFPR7HF1DA/Malika+Jones.jpg Malika Jones - Malika Jones, Middle School Science Teacher Malika Jones is a certified Teacher Leader in Science in the state of Illinois. She holds many degrees, among which are a B.S. in Biology, as well as a M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction. She has taught for over 10 years. In 2014, she was awarded the Teacher of the Year for Beach Park School District. She currently teaches 8th grade biology, trains teachers to use Next Generation Science methods and creates science and math curriculum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479962409201-TE1SDXK1Y9WQCZAIAD8S/Malika+Jones.jpg Malika Jones - Malika Jones, 8th grade Science Teacher Malika Jones is a certified Teacher Leader in Science in the state of Illinois. She holds many degrees, among which are a B.S. in Biology, as well as a M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction. She has taught for over 10 years. In 2014, she was awarded the Teacher of the Year for Beach Park School District. She currently teaches 8th grade biology, trains teachers to use Next Generation Science methods and creates science and math curriculum.   https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/maureen-elliot daily 0.75 2017-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480474514729-UNU8H60PFVVY36UYOBOP/Maureen+Elliott.JPG Maureen Elliot - Maureen Elliot, Elementary Literacy Specialist Maureen teaches at Oscar Mayer School, in Chicago, IL. She graduated from Indiana University in Early Childhood Education and began her career teaching Kindergarten and 1st grade. It was during this time that she realized she loved teaching students how to read. She then went on to get her masters in Reading from Northeastern University and from there she gained experience working as a reading specialist in grades K-12 in various schoosl throughout Chicago. Maureen was selected to be a reading specialist for the Office of Literacy in the city of Chicago where she worked with various inner city schools throughout the city as an area literacy coach helping coach and provide professional development for teachers in the area of literacy.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480474514729-UNU8H60PFVVY36UYOBOP/Maureen+Elliott.JPG Maureen Elliot - Maureen Elliot, Elementary Literacy Specialist Maureen teaches at Oscar Mayer School, in Chicago, IL. She graduated from Indiana University in Early Childhood Education and began her career teaching Kindergarten and 1st grade. It was during this time that she realized she loved teaching students how to read. She then went on to get her masters in Reading from Northeastern University and from there she gained experience working as a reading specialist in grades K-12 in various schoosl throughout Chicago. Maureen was selected to be a reading specialist for the Office of Literacy in the city of Chicago where she worked with various inner city schools throughout the city as an area literacy coach helping coach and provide professional development for teachers in the area of literacy.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480474426905-IXH23FB6HF0FI8CMQ71H/Maureen+Elliott.JPG Maureen Elliot - Maureen Elliot, K-2 Literacy Specialist Maureen graduated from Indiana University in Early Childhood Education and began her career teaching Kindergarten and 1st grade. It was during this time that she realized she loved teaching students how to read. She then went on to get her masters in Reading from Northeastern University and from there she gained experience working as a reading specialist in grades K-12 in various schoosl throughout Chicago. Maureen was selected to be a reading specialist for the Office of Literacy in the city of Chicago where she worked with various inner city schools throughout the city as an area literacy coach helping coach and provide professional development for teachers in the area of literacy.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480474456084-ZS3GVH7NYUILKBS46816/Maureen+Elliott.JPG Maureen Elliot - Maureen Elliot, Elementary Literacy Specialist, Chicago Public Schools Maureen graduated from Indiana University in Early Childhood Education and began her career teaching Kindergarten and 1st grade. It was during this time that she realized she loved teaching students how to read. She then went on to get her masters in Reading from Northeastern University and from there she gained experience working as a reading specialist in grades K-12 in various schoosl throughout Chicago. Maureen was selected to be a reading specialist for the Office of Literacy in the city of Chicago where she worked with various inner city schools throughout the city as an area literacy coach helping coach and provide professional development for teachers in the area of literacy.   https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2017-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480475783044-V2YBYRVA49TWS9R03G26/Anthony+Baker.jpg Anthony Baker - Anthony Baker, High School Science Teacher Anthony teaches at Du Quoin High School in Du Quoin, IL. After a career in archaeology, Anthony completed his Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Southern Illinois University with teacher certification in 2009. Since then he has worked as a 9-12 science teacher, as well as a professional development provider, assisting rural educators to improve their science instruction and curriculum writing skills. He was a member of the Illinois State Board of Education Science Model Curriculum writing team, and is currently an ISBE Foundational Services provider in science as well as the Lead Teacher for the ROE #30 ISTEM grant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1480475783044-V2YBYRVA49TWS9R03G26/Anthony+Baker.jpg Anthony Baker - Anthony Baker, High School Science Teacher Anthony teaches at Du Quoin High School in Du Quoin, IL. After a career in archaeology, Anthony completed his Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Southern Illinois University with teacher certification in 2009. Since then he has worked as a 9-12 science teacher, as well as a professional development provider, assisting rural educators to improve their science instruction and curriculum writing skills. He was a member of the Illinois State Board of Education Science Model Curriculum writing team, and is currently an ISBE Foundational Services provider in science as well as the Lead Teacher for the ROE #30 ISTEM grant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1479963264939-L3PZL4UMXUZPXFUEU8V1/Anthony+Baker.jpg Anthony Baker - Anthony Baker, Science Teacher, Du Quoin High School. After a career in archaeology, Anthony completed his Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Southern Illinois University with teacher certification in 2009. Since then he has worked as a 9-12 science teacher, as well as a professional development provider, assisting rural educators to improve their science instruction and curriculum writing skills. He was a member of the Illinois State Board of Education Science Model Curriculum writing team, and is currently an ISBE Foundational Services provider in science as well as the Lead Teacher for the ROE #30 ISTEM grant.   https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/patty-whitehouse daily 0.75 2018-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1481599758184-XI6BK0M3WH8OPJ32CXBL/Patty+Whitehouse.jpg Patty Whitehouse - Patty Whitehouse, Elementary Grade Science & Engineering Teacher Patty Whitehouse teaches 1st through 6th grade science and engineering at Goudy Technical Academy in Chicago, IL. She has been an educator for 25 years. Her classroom lab is also the site of the practicum experience for graduate and undergraduate students in Loyola University’s Science Methods classes. She holds Masters Degrees in both Administration and Education, and double majored as an undergraduate in Biology and English. Patty is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, teaching Science Methods for Elementary Teachers, and is also a member of the Development and Implementation team at Northwestern University’s Science in Society Science Summer Camp. Patty has provided professional development for FOSS, STC, NGSS, and the Next Generation Science Exemplar System (NGSX) and has presented at National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and International Reading Association (IRA) conferences. Her writing credits include curriculum guides for several publishers and CPS, as well as over 100 books that introduce science and engineering to elementary school readers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1481599758184-XI6BK0M3WH8OPJ32CXBL/Patty+Whitehouse.jpg Patty Whitehouse - Patty Whitehouse, Elementary Grade Science & Engineering Teacher Patty Whitehouse teaches 1st through 6th grade science and engineering at Goudy Technical Academy in Chicago, IL. She has been an educator for 25 years. Her classroom lab is also the site of the practicum experience for graduate and undergraduate students in Loyola University’s Science Methods classes. She holds Masters Degrees in both Administration and Education, and double majored as an undergraduate in Biology and English. Patty is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, teaching Science Methods for Elementary Teachers, and is also a member of the Development and Implementation team at Northwestern University’s Science in Society Science Summer Camp. Patty has provided professional development for FOSS, STC, NGSS, and the Next Generation Science Exemplar System (NGSX) and has presented at National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and International Reading Association (IRA) conferences. Her writing credits include curriculum guides for several publishers and CPS, as well as over 100 books that introduce science and engineering to elementary school readers. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/michael-novak daily 0.75 2020-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458660141160-TZ707THN1OG4TU6VJ27J/P1010053+michael+working+with+groups.JPG Michael Novak - Michael Novak, Senior Curriculum Developer Michael Novak develops NGSS-designed curriculum materials and professional development for the Next Generation Science Storylines project at Northwestern University. He is currently working on several development teams in the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium to build storyline-based middle school NGSS units and professional development resources. He has also authored instructional units and computational models for the Center for Connected Learning. Novak is a 2014 Golden Apple Fellow and National Board-Certified teacher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458660141160-TZ707THN1OG4TU6VJ27J/P1010053+michael+working+with+groups.JPG Michael Novak - Michael Novak, Senior Curriculum Developer Michael Novak develops NGSS-designed curriculum materials and professional development for the Next Generation Science Storylines project at Northwestern University. He is currently working on several development teams in the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium to build storyline-based middle school NGSS units and professional development resources. He has also authored instructional units and computational models for the Center for Connected Learning. Novak is a 2014 Golden Apple Fellow and National Board-Certified teacher. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/brian-reiser daily 0.75 2017-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458961842541-NKQQJFG8C19DSNUAXDGL/image-asset.jpeg Brian Reiser - Brian J. Reiser, Professor, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University Professor Reiser's research investigates how to bring the science practices of argumentation, explanation, and modeling into K-12 classrooms. Reiser was a member of the committee authoring the Framework for K-12 Science that guided the design of NGSS and is working with states around the country to help design and implement NGSS-based professional development for science teachers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1458961842541-NKQQJFG8C19DSNUAXDGL/image-asset.jpeg Brian Reiser - Brian J. Reiser, Professor, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University Professor Reiser's research investigates how to bring the science practices of argumentation, explanation, and modeling into K-12 classrooms. Reiser was a member of the committee authoring the Framework for K-12 Science that guided the design of NGSS and is working with states around the country to help design and implement NGSS-based professional development for science teachers. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/g1-light-digital-investigations daily 0.75 2017-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490574698831-Q7Q55YMWVAMR2K5J341D/Picture1.png G1 Light & Digital Investigations - What can we see in our room with the lights turned off? We could easily count the number of shapes on a piece of paper when the ceiling lights were turned on inside of our room. But after we turned the lights off, some spots in the room became really hard for us to accurately count the number of shapes on a paper. This led us to recall other experiences we've had when it was hard to see what was there in the dark. And this, in turn raised a question, "What could we see in our room if we no we let no light in it?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490574698831-Q7Q55YMWVAMR2K5J341D/Picture1.png G1 Light & Digital Investigations - What can we see in our room with the lights turned off? We could easily count the number of shapes on a piece of paper when the ceiling lights were turned on inside of our room. But after we turned the lights off, some spots in the room became really hard for us to accurately count the number of shapes on a paper. This led us to recall other experiences we've had when it was hard to see what was there in the dark. And this, in turn raised a question, "What could we see in our room if we no we let no light in it?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490574612695-VKZ5IQ4XN2SZ8D9O1EIR/Picture+4.png G1 Light & Digital Investigations - What materials will block all the light coming through our windows? We claimed that we need to block the light coming through the windows in our classroom to make our room as dark as possible. We wanted to test some different types of materials to see which would block the light best. While this led to some important discoveries about which materials block all the light, which block some of the light, and which block none, it will also raised a new design challenge related to the size of our windows and the limited amount of material we have for covering them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490576578269-NR48E7RY35O3H2X4PH8M/IMG_5413.jpg G1 Light & Digital Investigations - What materials block all the light coming through a smaller window? We built a smaller window on a smaller wall to continue testing our materials. We discovered some materials, like cardboard can block all the light coming through a window. We thought that if we had enough cardboard we could make a room that let no light into it from outside. This raised a new design challenge for us, "What materials could we use to make our small window on a wall more like a small room?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490574582546-P9YS8XHXFT85D4GHPO08/Picture+4.png G1 Light & Digital Investigations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490575123928-ZNSE1LQU2ZMNDGTLQIUE/Makin%27+it+dark.jpg G1 Light & Digital Investigations - What can we see when we block all the outside light from getting into a closed space? We built a smaller room, out of cardboard with a smaller window and door in it in order to keep investigating some of the questions we still have. After building smaller rooms out of cardboard boxes, we explored what we can see inside of them. Some of us claimed that we couldn't see anything. Others weren't so sure. This led to another design challenge for us, "What technologies could we use to help all look into the same box at the same time?" https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/g2-corn-investigations daily 0.75 2017-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490579374045-AGSQNK32759LWZPMUJSK/Screen+Shot+2017-03-26+at+9.25.44+PM.png G2 Corn Investigations - What is this thing made of? After looking at this harvest corn decoration our teacher brought in, we wondered if it was real corn or not. We wanted to dissect it to see if it was made of the same structures as the corn we eat. We found some similarities (both have cobs and kernels), but we also found some differences (in hardness and color). We were still wondering if this is real corn. Some students suggested we plant it to see if it would grow. Others suggested we keep the wet corn in water and see if anything happens to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490579374045-AGSQNK32759LWZPMUJSK/Screen+Shot+2017-03-26+at+9.25.44+PM.png G2 Corn Investigations - What is this thing made of? After looking at this harvest corn decoration our teacher brought in, we wondered if it was real corn or not. We wanted to dissect it to see if it was made of the same structures as the corn we eat. We found some similarities (both have cobs and kernels), but we also found some differences (in hardness and color). We were still wondering if this is real corn. Some students suggested we plant it to see if it would grow. Others suggested we keep the wet corn in water and see if anything happens to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490578100229-T6TATKHM75LRLOQCWDJ1/Screen+Shot+2017-03-26+at+9.25.44+PM.png G2 Corn Investigations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490579589705-3GVU1G5RIW0WIMUTNRMB/IMG_1364+%281%29.JPG G2 Corn Investigations - What do we notice? What do we wonder? Each day we check in on our corn in the water, we record what we notice and we record what we wonder. The more we notice, the more we wonder. And the more we wonder, the more ideas we have for what might be going on as well as ideas for new investigations we want to conduct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490579222271-W0NHWN85F5TD2M670Z1Q/Measure.png G2 Corn Investigations - How much did our corn grow? As we kept observing our corn, from one day to the next, some of us argued that it was growing. But that led us to realize that we couldn't really prove it was growing unless we started taking measurements of some of these structures and recoding them, so we could compare a measurement from one day to the next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490578056905-IXOX52T3ICYOI4KL2MN3/Screen+Shot+2017-03-26+at+9.27.02+PM.png G2 Corn Investigations - Do plants need light to grow? As we kept checking in on our harvest corn in water near the window, we noticed something odd after a while. The green things coming from it were bending toward the window. This got us wondering if plants need light to grow. So we conducted an investigation to try to answer that question. After leaving some of our corn in the dark, we started noticed some changes in what was happening to it. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/kelsey-edwards daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732561990455-L5J5W4Z7C7CH3A9URX0C/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.13.05%E2%80%AFPM.png Kelsey Edwards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732562376275-UC5PI1VPXEFRLX1WUP6E/Kelsey+Edwards.JPG Kelsey Edwards - Kelsey Edwards, Senior Project Coordinator Kelsey Edwards is the Senior Project Coordinator of the Reiser Lab at Northwestern University. She is a part of the research team working on teacher professional development surrounding three-dimensional learning in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Kelsey is also part of the development team to develop K-12 curriculum designed to meet the learning goals of NGSS. As part of that project, she studies teacher and student learning as they engage in these curricular units. She performs analysis for the team using qualitative and quantitative methods. In addition to research, she helps support the projects’ financial processes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1506532741989-4W15TNUOV24JKTCI7PWQ/Kelsey+Edwards.JPG Kelsey Edwards - Kelsey Edwards Kelsey Edwards is the Program Coordinator of the Reiser Lab at Northwestern University. She is a part of the research team working on teacher professional development surrounding three-dimensional learning in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Kelsey is also part of the development team to create K-12 curriculum designed to meet the learning goals of NGSS. As part of that project, she studies student learning as they engage in these curricular units. Before this, Kelsey focused on understanding student learning in middle school classrooms as students engaged in practice-based science learning.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1506532822788-IB6OQZM1TWR5FFJ2TPFG/Kelsey+Edwards.JPG Kelsey Edwards - Kelsey Edwards Kelsey Edwards is the Program Coordinator of the Reiser Lab at Northwestern University. She is a part of the research team working on teacher professional development surrounding three-dimensional learning in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Kelsey is also part of the development team to create K-12 curriculum designed to meet the learning goals of NGSS. As part of that project, she studies student learning as they engage in these curricular units. Before this, Kelsey focused on understanding student learning in middle school classrooms as students engaged in practice-based science learning.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1506541882677-T0RLTOAT1X8FRCKVJGK3/Kelsey+Edwards.JPG Kelsey Edwards - Kelsey Edwards, Program Coordinator Kelsey Edwards is the Program Coordinator of the Reiser Lab at Northwestern University. She is a part of the research team working on teacher professional development surrounding three-dimensional learning in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Kelsey is also part of the development team to create K-12 curriculum designed to meet the learning goals of NGSS. As part of that project, she studies student learning as they engage in these curricular units. Before this, Kelsey focused on understanding student learning in middle school classrooms as students engaged in practice-based science learning.   https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/trey-smith daily 0.75 2017-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1506555804431-LDUFMFTYQWQMSRJ66ZJO/Trey+Smith.jpg Trey Smith - Trey Smith, Learning Sciences PhD Student Trey Smith taught middle and high school science in Philadelphia public schools for 7 years. Before moving to Evanston, Trey served as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, and was the 2015-16 Science Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. As a PhD student in the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University, he is interested in supporting teachers as they design and test expanded visions for learning in their science classrooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1506555804431-LDUFMFTYQWQMSRJ66ZJO/Trey+Smith.jpg Trey Smith - Trey Smith, Learning Sciences PhD Student Trey Smith taught middle and high school science in Philadelphia public schools for 7 years. Before moving to Evanston, Trey served as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, and was the 2015-16 Science Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. As a PhD student in the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University, he is interested in supporting teachers as they design and test expanded visions for learning in their science classrooms. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/meg-vandyke daily 0.75 2018-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515338400452-C846XQGDNAKAGMA7TDBA/VanDyke.jpg Meg VanDyke - Meg Van Dyke, Middle School Science Teacher Meg Van Dyke is a 2014 Golden Apple Fellow, a PAEMST finalist, and has been a middle school science teacher for fifteen years at O’Neill Middle School in Downers Grove, IL. She received her B.S. from Loyola University and her M.A.T from National Louis University. Her interest in technology integration in the science classroom led to her Ed. D. at Northern Illinois University. She continues to research technology use to enhance middle school argumentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515338400452-C846XQGDNAKAGMA7TDBA/VanDyke.jpg Meg VanDyke - Meg Van Dyke, Middle School Science Teacher Meg Van Dyke is a 2014 Golden Apple Fellow, a PAEMST finalist, and has been a middle school science teacher for fifteen years at O’Neill Middle School in Downers Grove, IL. She received her B.S. from Loyola University and her M.A.T from National Louis University. Her interest in technology integration in the science classroom led to her Ed. D. at Northern Illinois University. She continues to research technology use to enhance middle school argumentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515338167961-JSUN2171Q9O0I2YNJIYF/VanDyke.jpg Meg VanDyke - Meg Van Dyke, Middle School Science Teacher Meg Van Dyke is a 2014 Golden Apple Fellow, a PAEMST finalist, and has been a middle school science teacher for fifteen years at O’Neill Middle School in Downers Grove, IL. She received her B.S. from Loyola University and her M.A.T from National Louis University. Her interest in technology integration in the science classroom led to her Ed. D. at Northern Illinois University. She continues to research technology use to enhance middle school argumentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515338314112-ELIEKRHC93QQACHQOAXU/VanDyke.jpg Meg VanDyke - Meg Van Dyke, Middle School Science Teacher Meg Van Dyke is a 2014 Golden Apple Fellow, a PAEMST finalist, and has been a middle school science teacher for fifteen years at O’Neill Middle School in Downers Grove, IL. She received her B.S. from Loyola University and her M.A.T from National Louis University. Her interest in technology integration in the science classroom led to her Ed. D. at Northern Illinois University. She continues to research technology use to enhance middle school argumentation. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/amy daily 0.75 2018-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1524526485737-VSVONWKT5K7PGSM9JN43/Amy+Telford.jpg Amy Telford - Amy Telford, High School Science Teacher Amy Telford is a science educator at Salem Community High School in Salem, IL. She worked on the NGSS curriculum writing team for state of IL (2014-15) and was an Area Teacher Leader for IL Science Area Partnership Grants (2015-2017). She was a beta pilot team member of Middle School Sound Unit and a member of pilot team for Science Lesson Study through Illinois Math and Science grant (2017). She is the current ISTA Region 6 Director. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1524526485737-VSVONWKT5K7PGSM9JN43/Amy+Telford.jpg Amy Telford - Amy Telford, High School Science Teacher Amy Telford is a science educator at Salem Community High School in Salem, IL. She worked on the NGSS curriculum writing team for state of IL (2014-15) and was an Area Teacher Leader for IL Science Area Partnership Grants (2015-2017). She was a beta pilot team member of Middle School Sound Unit and a member of pilot team for Science Lesson Study through Illinois Math and Science grant (2017). She is the current ISTA Region 6 Director. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/liz-lithio daily 0.75 2018-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1516586021420-ECT32EZ01XF1GCLT74SC/Liz_Lithio.jpg Liz Lithio - Liz Lithio, Middle School Science Teacher Liz Lithio is a 7th and 8th grade science teacher at Gemini Junior High School in Niles, IL. Liz holds a Master's degree in Secondary Science Education from Northwestern University. Before pursuing a career in education, Liz was a research biologist. Spending several years engaging in scientific research showed Liz the importance of learning science through pursuing questions of personal interest and having agency in how one designs tasks to uncover answers to those questions. She is passionate about giving students these same opportunities in her classroom via three-dimensional curriculum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1516586021420-ECT32EZ01XF1GCLT74SC/Liz_Lithio.jpg Liz Lithio - Liz Lithio, Middle School Science Teacher Liz Lithio is a 7th and 8th grade science teacher at Gemini Junior High School in Niles, IL. Liz holds a Master's degree in Secondary Science Education from Northwestern University. Before pursuing a career in education, Liz was a research biologist. Spending several years engaging in scientific research showed Liz the importance of learning science through pursuing questions of personal interest and having agency in how one designs tasks to uncover answers to those questions. She is passionate about giving students these same opportunities in her classroom via three-dimensional curriculum. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/new-gallery daily 0.75 2018-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515343746493-EC8MKSMX12N9GIFRVQ78/bhug.jpg Barbara Hug - Barbara Hug, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/katherine-seol daily 0.75 2018-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1524181212986-MX1NFFEPD6OD5QPNSL3B/Katherine+Seo.JPG Katherine Seol - Katherine Seol, Middle School Science Teacher Katherine Seol teaches 8th grade science at Edison Middle School in Champaign, IL. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Health Science and a Master’s degree in Secondary Science Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Katherine is interested in developing three dimensional curricula to create authentic learning experiences and related research. She believes meaningful classroom activities and discourse are powerful tools for deeper science learning.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1524181212986-MX1NFFEPD6OD5QPNSL3B/Katherine+Seo.JPG Katherine Seol - Katherine Seol, Middle School Science Teacher Katherine Seol teaches 8th grade science at Edison Middle School in Champaign, IL. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Health Science and a Master’s degree in Secondary Science Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Katherine is interested in developing three dimensional curricula to create authentic learning experiences and related research. She believes meaningful classroom activities and discourse are powerful tools for deeper science learning.   https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/jill-carter daily 0.75 2018-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515434439268-TJXRUGF7PABU4NSNWEXD/Jill+Headshot.2.jpg Jill Carter - Jill Carter, Science and Environmental Education Consultant Jill Carter is a Science and Environmental Education Consultant. Prior to this, Jill taught advanced biology, geology, and AP Environmental Science at Pekin Community High School for 30 years. In addition, she served as the Science Department Chairperson for 19 of those years. She has taught graduate classes at Northern Illinois University. Graduating from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, Jill double majored in biology and earth science. She earned her Master’s from NIU and her doctorate in Science, Social Studies, and Environmental Education Integration from NIU. Jill has conducted numerous science and environmental education workshops for K-12 teachers as well as many presentations at NSTA and ISTA conferences. She is a past president of the Illinois Science Teachers Association. Jill was an Illinois PAEMST finalist and was named as the ISTA/ExxonMobil Exemplary Science Teacher in 2003 and the Illinois Environmental Educator of the Year in 2004. She wrote and assembled various Illinois state level high school science tests for many years. She served on the Illinois State Board of Education’s NGSS Curriculum Model Writing Team. Jill has a passion for educating students and collaborating with other professionals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515434439268-TJXRUGF7PABU4NSNWEXD/Jill+Headshot.2.jpg Jill Carter - Jill Carter, Science and Environmental Education Consultant Jill Carter is a Science and Environmental Education Consultant. Prior to this, Jill taught advanced biology, geology, and AP Environmental Science at Pekin Community High School for 30 years. In addition, she served as the Science Department Chairperson for 19 of those years. She has taught graduate classes at Northern Illinois University. Graduating from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, Jill double majored in biology and earth science. She earned her Master’s from NIU and her doctorate in Science, Social Studies, and Environmental Education Integration from NIU. Jill has conducted numerous science and environmental education workshops for K-12 teachers as well as many presentations at NSTA and ISTA conferences. She is a past president of the Illinois Science Teachers Association. Jill was an Illinois PAEMST finalist and was named as the ISTA/ExxonMobil Exemplary Science Teacher in 2003 and the Illinois Environmental Educator of the Year in 2004. She wrote and assembled various Illinois state level high school science tests for many years. She served on the Illinois State Board of Education’s NGSS Curriculum Model Writing Team. Jill has a passion for educating students and collaborating with other professionals. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/robert-white daily 0.75 2018-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515729364218-77ZYX4W7D0NI9UBOFERE/BobWolfe.png Robert Wolfe - Bob Wolffe, Professor of Education Bob Wolffe is a Professor of Education at Bradley University. Prior to moving into higher education, he taught grades 2-5 outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. As an elementary education generalist, he has been involved in curriculum development, consulting and undergraduate and graduate teaching across multiple disciplines. Most recently, he has been a part of several Math Science Partnership grants and a member of writing teams working on NGSS-based units of instruction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515729364218-77ZYX4W7D0NI9UBOFERE/BobWolfe.png Robert Wolfe - Bob Wolffe, Professor of Education Bob Wolffe is a Professor of Education at Bradley University. Prior to moving into higher education, he taught grades 2-5 outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. As an elementary education generalist, he has been involved in curriculum development, consulting and undergraduate and graduate teaching across multiple disciplines. Most recently, he has been a part of several Math Science Partnership grants and a member of writing teams working on NGSS-based units of instruction. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/misty-richmond daily 0.75 2018-01-07 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/jen-smtih daily 0.75 2018-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515343324204-STODQ9761AOIZPQC7ZZR/Jen+Smith.jpg Jen Smith - Jennifer Smith, Middle School Science Teacher Jennifer Smith is an Illinois Teacher of the Year finalist and an eight-grade science teacher at Monticello Middle School. Jennifer holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in education from Eastern Illinois University as well as a Master's degree in teacher leadership from the University of Illinois Springfield. She is also National Board certified in Early Adolescence Science. Jennifer believes that hands on activities and real world experiences are vital to meaningful student learning in the science classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515343324204-STODQ9761AOIZPQC7ZZR/Jen+Smith.jpg Jen Smith - Jennifer Smith, Middle School Science Teacher Jennifer Smith is an Illinois Teacher of the Year finalist and an eight-grade science teacher at Monticello Middle School. Jennifer holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in education from Eastern Illinois University as well as a Master's degree in teacher leadership from the University of Illinois Springfield. She is also National Board certified in Early Adolescence Science. Jennifer believes that hands on activities and real world experiences are vital to meaningful student learning in the science classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515342878389-MGGPFT2C81UHQUF81S7K/Jen+Smith.jpg Jen Smith - Jennifer Smith, Middle School Science Teacher Jennifer Smith is an Illinois Teacher of the Year finalist and an eight-grade science teacher at Monticello Middle School. Jennifer holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in education from Eastern Illinois University as well as a Master's degree in teacher leadership from the University of Illinois Springfield. She is also National Board certified in Early Adolescence Science. Jennifer believes that hands on activities and real world experiences are vital to meaningful student learning in the science classroom. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/dawn-novak-1 daily 0.75 2018-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515381635489-TBPNM206F2LIKTOQI2CM/DawnNovak.jpg Dawn Novak - Dawn Novak, Middle School Science Teacher Dawn Novak teaches 7th-grade science at Maple School in Northbrook, IL. Dawn holds a Master degree in Curriculum and Instruction. She is passionate about crafting three-dimensional science curriculum for the middle grades, as well as finding ways to engage students in heavy mental lifting using science and engineering practices to investigate questions they truly wonder about and providing avenues for student input and agency in the science classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515381635489-TBPNM206F2LIKTOQI2CM/DawnNovak.jpg Dawn Novak - Dawn Novak, Middle School Science Teacher Dawn Novak teaches 7th-grade science at Maple School in Northbrook, IL. Dawn holds a Master degree in Curriculum and Instruction. She is passionate about crafting three-dimensional science curriculum for the middle grades, as well as finding ways to engage students in heavy mental lifting using science and engineering practices to investigate questions they truly wonder about and providing avenues for student input and agency in the science classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515381579663-3M8NK76QIMKNX9TFL7D8/DawnNovak.jpg Dawn Novak https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/ty-scaletta-1 daily 0.75 2018-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515381040228-R8LALL0JOEA28IM9569P/Tyler+Scaletta.jpg Ty Scaletta - Tyler Scaletta, Middle School Science Teacher Ty Scaletta teaches 6th and 7th grade science at North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, IL. Ty holds a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Northwestern University. He is passionate about designing and implementing three-dimensional science curriculum for the middle grades, as well as finding ways to support student autonomy and cooperative learning in the science classroom through productive talk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515381040228-R8LALL0JOEA28IM9569P/Tyler+Scaletta.jpg Ty Scaletta - Tyler Scaletta, Middle School Science Teacher Ty Scaletta teaches 6th and 7th grade science at North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, IL. Ty holds a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Northwestern University. He is passionate about designing and implementing three-dimensional science curriculum for the middle grades, as well as finding ways to support student autonomy and cooperative learning in the science classroom through productive talk. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/amy-mcgreal daily 0.75 2018-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1516303797919-YSG1KHLYNC06JHCZXL6P/Screen+Shot+2018-01-18+at+1.29.25+PM.png Amy McGreal - Amy McGreal, fifth and sixth-grade science teacher Amy McGreal is currently teaching fifth and sixth grade science at Lara Academy in Chicago, IL. Amy is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, teaching Science Methods for Elementary Teachers, and has partnered with the Next Generation Science Exemplar System for Professional Development (NGSX) to train teachers and administrators. She is passionate about bringing high quality, student driven, phenomena based science experiences to her students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1516303797919-YSG1KHLYNC06JHCZXL6P/Screen+Shot+2018-01-18+at+1.29.25+PM.png Amy McGreal - Amy McGreal, fifth and sixth-grade science teacher Amy McGreal is currently teaching fifth and sixth grade science at Lara Academy in Chicago, IL. Amy is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, teaching Science Methods for Elementary Teachers, and has partnered with the Next Generation Science Exemplar System for Professional Development (NGSX) to train teachers and administrators. She is passionate about bringing high quality, student driven, phenomena based science experiences to her students. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/sarah-pratte daily 0.75 2018-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515557069503-PD2GBYJE3KNCG4FDGG4V/image.png Sarah Pratte - Sarah Pratte, Middle School Science Teacher Sarah Pratte is a seventh and eighth-grade science teacher at East Prairie Middle School in Tuscola, Illinois. She received her bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and completed her Masters of Science in Natural Sciences at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Sarah participated in NGSS workshops and has piloted NGSS curriculum for over 5 years, as she believes that the best way for her to learn three-dimensional learning is to actively practice it in her classroom. She is excited to see her students working together to figure out meaningful scientific concepts and ideas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1515557069503-PD2GBYJE3KNCG4FDGG4V/image.png Sarah Pratte - Sarah Pratte, Middle School Science Teacher Sarah Pratte is a seventh and eighth-grade science teacher at East Prairie Middle School in Tuscola, Illinois. She received her bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and completed her Masters of Science in Natural Sciences at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Sarah participated in NGSS workshops and has piloted NGSS curriculum for over 5 years, as she believes that the best way for her to learn three-dimensional learning is to actively practice it in her classroom. She is excited to see her students working together to figure out meaningful scientific concepts and ideas. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/jamie-ratcliff daily 0.75 2018-01-07 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/katie-larson daily 0.75 2018-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1516303343122-GFJGQLTFU48BIUW3R9MD/Katie+Larson.jpg Katie Larson - Katie Larson, Education Manager at the Alliance for the Great Lakes Katie Larson, Education Manager at the Alliance for the Great Lakes, works with educators around the Great Lakes region, including Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Racine. As a former middle and high school special education teacher, Katie has a passion for empowering youth of all ages and abilities to learn about and connect with the unique places in their community through indoor and outdoor learning experiences. Katie has an M.S.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Outdoor/Environmental Education. In 2012, she developed the Great Lakes in My World 9-12 curriculum to supplement the Alliance’s existing Great Lakes in My World K-8 curriculum and Adopt-a-Beach shoreline field trip program. Katie previously worked at The Morton Arboretum as an environmental educator, in addition to teaching 6 years in public schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1516303343122-GFJGQLTFU48BIUW3R9MD/Katie+Larson.jpg Katie Larson - Katie Larson, Education Manager at the Alliance for the Great Lakes Katie Larson, Education Manager at the Alliance for the Great Lakes, works with educators around the Great Lakes region, including Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Racine. As a former middle and high school special education teacher, Katie has a passion for empowering youth of all ages and abilities to learn about and connect with the unique places in their community through indoor and outdoor learning experiences. Katie has an M.S.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Outdoor/Environmental Education. In 2012, she developed the Great Lakes in My World 9-12 curriculum to supplement the Alliance’s existing Great Lakes in My World K-8 curriculum and Adopt-a-Beach shoreline field trip program. Katie previously worked at The Morton Arboretum as an environmental educator, in addition to teaching 6 years in public schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1516303320187-2D81G2DLJHVXXSN70MOF/Katie+Larson.jpg Katie Larson https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/analysis-tools daily 0.75 2018-03-15 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/cindy-kern daily 0.75 2018-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1523477444438-HASOIGA002GDAAZ6UXHF/CindyKern+Newer.jpeg Cindy Kern - Cindy Kern, Assistant Professor of Education Cindy is an assistant professor of education and the director of the Quinnipiac University Science Teaching and Learning Center. The QUeST Learning Center’s goal is to support pre-service and in-service science teachers as the Connecticut transitions to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1523477444438-HASOIGA002GDAAZ6UXHF/CindyKern+Newer.jpeg Cindy Kern - Cindy Kern, Assistant Professor of Education Cindy is an assistant professor of education and the director of the Quinnipiac University Science Teaching and Learning Center. The QUeST Learning Center’s goal is to support pre-service and in-service science teachers as the Connecticut transitions to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1523389312003-C28IOH5P9H9PKAGTX2AQ/Cindy+Kern.png Cindy Kern - Cindy Kern https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/talks-papers-gallery daily 0.75 2018-03-15 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/jane-hock daily 0.75 2018-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1524225893188-OQWY9QS5LN340HYNV31E/Jane+Hock.jpg Jane Hock - Jane Hock, Sixth-Grade Science Teacher Jane Hock is currently teaching sixth-grade science at Madison Middle School in Trumbull Connecticut. Jane graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a BA in Communications, MA in Education and a Sixth Year degrees in Foundations. She was the recipient of "Celebration of Excellence", a program administered by the Connecticut State Department of Education, which recognizes excellence in teaching by honoring Connecticut public school teachers who have developed exceptionally creative curriculum projects and implemented them successfully in the classroom. Her goal is to continue to introduce a creative curriculum that is inspirational and challenging to her students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1524225893188-OQWY9QS5LN340HYNV31E/Jane+Hock.jpg Jane Hock - Jane Hock, Sixth-Grade Science Teacher Jane Hock is currently teaching sixth-grade science at Madison Middle School in Trumbull Connecticut. Jane graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a BA in Communications, MA in Education and a Sixth Year degrees in Foundations. She was the recipient of "Celebration of Excellence", a program administered by the Connecticut State Department of Education, which recognizes excellence in teaching by honoring Connecticut public school teachers who have developed exceptionally creative curriculum projects and implemented them successfully in the classroom. Her goal is to continue to introduce a creative curriculum that is inspirational and challenging to her students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1523389335084-DTPIY4F8WFL1ENQXWZ0L/Jane+Hoch.png Jane Hock - Jane Hoch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1523454902537-SPC1BK2BY1CP3HNI5EMZ/Jane+Hoch.png Jane Hock - Jane Hoch, Middle School Science Teacher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1524225866428-OLNVQADDM60BTR1NB5SE/Jane+Hock.jpg Jane Hock - Jane Hoch, Middle School Science Teacher Jane Hock is currently teaching sixth-grade science at Madison Middle School in Trumbull Connecticut. Jane graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a BA in Communications, MA in Education and a sixth Year in Educational Foundations. She was the recipient of "Celebration of Excellence", a program administered by the Connecticut State Department of Education, which recognizes excellence in teaching by honoring Connecticut public school teachers who have developed exceptionally creative curriculum projects and implemented them successfully in the classroom. Jane has been selected to participate in multiple grant programs in the area of STEM education, New Terrain Math/Science Partnership Grant being the most recent where she was part of a team who wrote and implemented the NGSS Roadkill storyline. Her goal is to continue to introduce creative curriculum that is inspirational and challenging to her students. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/roadkill-design-team daily 0.75 2018-04-10 https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/tj-mckenna daily 0.75 2018-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1523454713881-YIUDXMM2JAIYR3ZMP5IB/mckenna_.jpg Thomas (TJ) McKenna - Thomas (TJ) McKenna, Professional Development Specialist Thomas J. McKenna is a Staff Scientist & Professional Development Specialist at the Connecticut Science Center, a doctoral candidate in Science Education at the University of Connecticut, and a national facilitator for the NGSX project (www.NGSX.org). He has a passion for bringing authentic science experiences into K-12 classrooms through working with pre-service and in-service teachers and his current research is focused around ways to reach the vision in the NGSS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1523454713881-YIUDXMM2JAIYR3ZMP5IB/mckenna_.jpg Thomas (TJ) McKenna - Thomas (TJ) McKenna, Professional Development Specialist Thomas J. McKenna is a Staff Scientist & Professional Development Specialist at the Connecticut Science Center, a doctoral candidate in Science Education at the University of Connecticut, and a national facilitator for the NGSX project (www.NGSX.org). He has a passion for bringing authentic science experiences into K-12 classrooms through working with pre-service and in-service teachers and his current research is focused around ways to reach the vision in the NGSS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1523454704043-A23GZGI1IK6L4DYXZL7D/mckenna_.jpg Thomas (TJ) McKenna - Thomas (TJ) McKenna Thomas J. McKenna is a Staff Scientist & Professional Development Specialist at the Connecticut Science Center, a doctoral candidate in Science Education at the University of Connecticut, and a national facilitator for the NGSX project (www.NGSX.org). He has a passion for bringing authentic science experiences into K-12 classrooms through working with pre-service and in-service teachers and his current research is focused around ways to reach the vision in the NGSS. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/liz-doherty daily 0.75 2018-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1524226127544-LT8ZC2N6BGX4S7UMRDZJ/Liz+Doherty.jpg Liz Doherty - Elizabeth Doherty, Sixth-Grade Science Teacher Elizabeth Doherty is a sixth-grade science teacher at Madison Middle School in Trumbull, CT. She received her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Connecticut and completed her Master’s and Sixth Year degrees in Administration and Supervision from Southern Connecticut State University. Over the past 27 years, Elizabeth has been involved with science education on both the elementary and middle school levels where she has worked as a science teacher, a professional development provider, and a teacher leader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1524226127544-LT8ZC2N6BGX4S7UMRDZJ/Liz+Doherty.jpg Liz Doherty - Elizabeth Doherty, Sixth-Grade Science Teacher Elizabeth Doherty is a sixth-grade science teacher at Madison Middle School in Trumbull, CT. She received her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Connecticut and completed her Master’s and Sixth Year degrees in Administration and Supervision from Southern Connecticut State University. Over the past 27 years, Elizabeth has been involved with science education on both the elementary and middle school levels where she has worked as a science teacher, a professional development provider, and a teacher leader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1523389366793-C9EPIX66U0692GMA64B5/Liz+Doherty.png Liz Doherty - Liz Doherty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1524226107057-EORB6LZRD5PPFFMNATCC/Liz+Doherty.jpg Liz Doherty - Elizabeth Doherty, Sixth-Grade Science Teacher Elizabeth Doherty is a sixth-grade science teacher at Madison Middle School in Trumbull, CT. She received her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Connecticut and completed her Master’s and Sixth Year degrees in Administration and Supervision from Southern Connecticut State University. Over the past 27 years, Elizabeth has been involved with science education on both the elementary and middle school levels where she has worked as a science teacher, a professional development provider, and a teacher leader. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/gail-housman daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1578070749966-72J4KPU4GCHD47LB0LSZ/gail+eli+bouchon+%282%29.JPG Gail Housman - Gail Housman, Curriculum Development Specialist. Gail has worked on several design teams for OpenSciEd and is currently helping lead development of OpenSciEd Elementary to create storyline-based NGSS units for grades K-5. Prior to her current position, she taught fourth and fifth grades and participated in several science-related efforts in her district. Gail received her Masters in Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1578070749966-72J4KPU4GCHD47LB0LSZ/gail+eli+bouchon+%282%29.JPG Gail Housman - Gail Housman, Curriculum Development Specialist. Gail has worked on several design teams for OpenSciEd and is currently helping lead development of OpenSciEd Elementary to create storyline-based NGSS units for grades K-5. Prior to her current position, she taught fourth and fifth grades and participated in several science-related efforts in her district. Gail received her Masters in Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1536239593357-KNJXA0BFC9LE2RCT0EWN/gail+eli+bouchon+%282%29.JPG Gail Housman - Gail Housman Gail Housman loves teaching fourth grade at Ideal Elementary School in Countryside (La Grange School District 105). She also enjoys coaching the district's IMSA Fusion STEM program, serving as lead teacher for the district-wide fourth grade team, and has been working on developing NGSS storylines with the Science Writing Cadre at West 40. Even though helping students wonder about the world is the best job ever, she cherishes time spent exploring with her husband and two sons, as well. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/sara-ivory daily 0.75 2019-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1535844566502-8M5S67I7F0SEGSFMKA0C/Sara+Ivory2.jpg Sara Ivory - Sara Ivory, K-5 Instructional Coach Sara is currently working as the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program Coordinator at Ogden International School of Chicago. After teaching in elementary schools abroad for eight years, she enjoys being able to support learning in the public school system here in Chicago. Her role allows her to reach all 30 classrooms of K-5 students at Ogden through co-planning, co-teaching and coaching teachers. She is endlessly curious, seeking to always learn more about inquiry, international education and supporting teachers to enhance student learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1535844566502-8M5S67I7F0SEGSFMKA0C/Sara+Ivory2.jpg Sara Ivory - Sara Ivory, K-5 Instructional Coach Sara is currently working as the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program Coordinator at Ogden International School of Chicago. After teaching in elementary schools abroad for eight years, she enjoys being able to support learning in the public school system here in Chicago. Her role allows her to reach all 30 classrooms of K-5 students at Ogden through co-planning, co-teaching and coaching teachers. She is endlessly curious, seeking to always learn more about inquiry, international education and supporting teachers to enhance student learning. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/mary-servino daily 0.75 2019-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1536002727223-H0GZFWJ0TD2NF3X1NQLQ/Sally+Drew.png Mary Servino - Mary Servino Science Specialist at Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School in Bridgeport, CT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1536002727223-H0GZFWJ0TD2NF3X1NQLQ/Sally+Drew.png Mary Servino - Mary Servino Science Specialist at Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School in Bridgeport, CT https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/harry-rosvally daily 0.75 2019-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1535840334447-R9CVZJZQABKYCEBGRDV9/Harry+Rosvally.png Harry Rosvally - Harry Rosvally Science Curriculum and Staff Development Specialist, PNW BOCES Newton, CT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1535840334447-R9CVZJZQABKYCEBGRDV9/Harry+Rosvally.png Harry Rosvally - Harry Rosvally Science Curriculum and Staff Development Specialist, PNW BOCES Newton, CT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1535840149688-CCQWQ2VMIZ016JS9OP6P/Harry+Rosvally.png Harry Rosvally - Harry Rosvally https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/rebekah-wampler daily 0.75 2019-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1535840388786-W19FBM8VGRIR98XI4WAZ/Rebekah+Wampler.png Rebekah Wampler - Rebekah Wampler Grade 4 Teacher at Woodside Intermediate in Cromwell, CT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1535840388786-W19FBM8VGRIR98XI4WAZ/Rebekah+Wampler.png Rebekah Wampler - Rebekah Wampler Grade 4 Teacher at Woodside Intermediate in Cromwell, CT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1535840215784-Z1HLUL367UDESD1WR9T9/Rebekah+Wampler.png Rebekah Wampler - Rebekah Wampler https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/sally-drew daily 0.75 2019-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1536002834362-W3YVDZEQNIFNLJY57VWD/Screen+Shot+2018-09-03+at+2.26.33+PM.png Sally Drew - Sally Drew Dr. Sally Drew, Associate Professor Special Education & Interventions at Central Connecticut State University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1536002834362-W3YVDZEQNIFNLJY57VWD/Screen+Shot+2018-09-03+at+2.26.33+PM.png Sally Drew - Sally Drew Dr. Sally Drew, Associate Professor Special Education & Interventions at Central Connecticut State University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1535840117003-OKEY8KBMEDFTX25ZH5H6/Sally+Drew.png Sally Drew - Sally Drew https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/jamie-noll daily 0.75 2019-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1565466517706-Y7G1HYHICLHR2C5VQ4YJ/Jamie+Action+Shot.jpeg Jamie Noll - Jamie Noll, Curriculum Development Specialist Jamie Noll is a National Board Certified teacher. She is currently working on several development teams in the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium to develop storyline-based middle school NGSS units. Prior to her current position, she taught ninth-grade biology in Washington and middle school science in Illinois. Jamie was a Noyce Scholar and received her Masters in Teaching from the University of Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1565466517706-Y7G1HYHICLHR2C5VQ4YJ/Jamie+Action+Shot.jpeg Jamie Noll - Jamie Noll, Curriculum Development Specialist Jamie Noll is a National Board Certified teacher. She is currently working on several development teams in the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium to develop storyline-based middle school NGSS units. Prior to her current position, she taught ninth-grade biology in Washington and middle school science in Illinois. Jamie was a Noyce Scholar and received her Masters in Teaching from the University of Washington. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/christina-murzynski daily 0.75 2021-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1565465648829-HS62RSV7MSNVSDW8VKOF/Christina.JPG Christina Murzynski - Christina Murzynski, Research Study Coordinator Christina Murzynski was the Research Study Coordinator in Reiser Lab at Northwestern University. She worked with the research group analyzing teacher practices and the promotion of three-dimensional learning while bringing NGSS-aligned curriculum to their classrooms. Christina was also part of the design team for PLC NextGenScience Storylines, a web-based system, used by educators and facilitators to help develop and implement strategies for supporting three-dimensional learning on a unit-by-unit basis within professional development settings. Before this, Christina contributed to the creation of K-12 socio-emotional development curriculum as an undergraduate at Penn State Behrend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1565465648829-HS62RSV7MSNVSDW8VKOF/Christina.JPG Christina Murzynski - Christina Murzynski, Research Study Coordinator Christina Murzynski was the Research Study Coordinator in Reiser Lab at Northwestern University. She worked with the research group analyzing teacher practices and the promotion of three-dimensional learning while bringing NGSS-aligned curriculum to their classrooms. Christina was also part of the design team for PLC NextGenScience Storylines, a web-based system, used by educators and facilitators to help develop and implement strategies for supporting three-dimensional learning on a unit-by-unit basis within professional development settings. Before this, Christina contributed to the creation of K-12 socio-emotional development curriculum as an undergraduate at Penn State Behrend. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/kaia-tomokiyo daily 0.75 2019-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1569094829272-T7ESPJ39GA64OO1VGW53/Kaia+Tomokiyo.jpg Kaia Tomokiyo - Kaia Tomokiyo, K-2 teacher Kaia Tomokiyo is a a National Board Certified Teacher going into her 9th year of teaching. She has experience teaching grades K-2 and has been a teacher-leader for most of her career. Kaia is a science enthusiast and studied many of the sciences during her undergraduate program at the University of Washington. She is currently teaching kindergarten at Sartori Elementary in Renton, WA. Kaia has also been working on designing elementary science curriculum aligned to NGSS and she specializes in Ambitious Science Teaching Practices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1569094829272-T7ESPJ39GA64OO1VGW53/Kaia+Tomokiyo.jpg Kaia Tomokiyo - Kaia Tomokiyo, K-2 teacher Kaia Tomokiyo is a a National Board Certified Teacher going into her 9th year of teaching. She has experience teaching grades K-2 and has been a teacher-leader for most of her career. Kaia is a science enthusiast and studied many of the sciences during her undergraduate program at the University of Washington. She is currently teaching kindergarten at Sartori Elementary in Renton, WA. Kaia has also been working on designing elementary science curriculum aligned to NGSS and she specializes in Ambitious Science Teaching Practices. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/jeanane-charara daily 0.75 2019-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1569094564679-YNM00ZTFZ31DZC6NY339/Jeanane+Charara.JPG Jeanane Charara - Jeanane Charara, Elementary Science Resource Teacher Jeanane Charara is an Elementary Science Resource teacher for Dearborn Public Schools in Michigan supporting science instruction through professional development, coaching, and curriculum development. She is also a peer reviewer on Achieve's Science Peer Review Panel. As a peer reviewer, Jeanane evaluates science lessons and units designed for the NGSS. She formerly taught as an elementary ESL teacher and was the Distance Learning coordinator at the Michigan Science Center. Jeanane is passionate about elementary science and works toward making it more accessible to all teachers and students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1569094564679-YNM00ZTFZ31DZC6NY339/Jeanane+Charara.JPG Jeanane Charara - Jeanane Charara, Elementary Science Resource Teacher Jeanane Charara is an Elementary Science Resource teacher for Dearborn Public Schools in Michigan supporting science instruction through professional development, coaching, and curriculum development. She is also a peer reviewer on Achieve's Science Peer Review Panel. As a peer reviewer, Jeanane evaluates science lessons and units designed for the NGSS. She formerly taught as an elementary ESL teacher and was the Distance Learning coordinator at the Michigan Science Center. Jeanane is passionate about elementary science and works toward making it more accessible to all teachers and students. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/openscied-gallery daily 0.75 2021-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1612408056341-62WW2H675GAKXS1ILK2K/cover_te_thermalenergy.jpg OpenSciEd Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1612408056341-62WW2H675GAKXS1ILK2K/cover_te_thermalenergy.jpg OpenSciEd Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1612408275391-DI9Z3UP1R2VLSQ0YLEX6/Screen+Shot+2021-02-03+at+9.09.06+PM.png OpenSciEd Gallery - How can containers keep stuff from warming up or cooling down? This unit on thermal energy transfer begins with students testing whether a new plastic cup sold by a store keeps a drink colder for longer than the regular plastic cup that comes free with the drink. Students find that the drink in the regular cup warms up more than the drink in the special cup. This prompts students to identify features of the cups that are different, such as the lid, walls, and hole for the straw, that might explain why one drink warms up more than the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1612408287327-QGD52FU1FQFW1FJDFADP/Screen+Shot+2021-02-03+at+9.09.19+PM.png OpenSciEd Gallery - Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? The unit starts out with anchoring students in the exploration of a series of videos of hailstorms from different locations across the country at different times of the year. The videos show that pieces of ice of different sizes (some very large) are falling out of the sky, sometimes accompanied by rain and wind gusts, all on days when the temperature of the air outside remained above freezing for the entire day. These cases spark questions and ideas for investigations, such as investigating how ice can be falling from the sky on a warm day, how clouds form, why some clouds produce storms with large amounts of precipitation and others don’t, and how all that water gets into the air in the first place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1612408294427-1LESFQJR2JVRGNLRIITE/Screen+Shot+2021-02-03+at+9.09.36+PM.png OpenSciEd Gallery - How can we make something new that was not there before? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1612408297624-QTIK9CXR4K0WSQHQF3TO/Screen+Shot+2021-02-03+at+9.09.51+PM.png OpenSciEd Gallery - How do things inside our bodies work together to make us feel the way we do? This unit on metabolic reactions in the human body starts out with students exploring a real case study of a middle-school girl named M’Kenna, who reported some alarming symptoms to her doctor. Her symptoms included an inability to concentrate, headaches, stomach issues when she eats, and a lack of energy for everyday activities and sports that she used to play regularly. She also reported noticeable weight loss over the past few months, in spite of consuming what appeared to be a healthy diet. Her case sparks questions and ideas for investigations around trying to figure out which pathways and processes in M’Kenna’s body might be functioning differently than a healthy system and why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1612408300933-1914IPNZ2K88KOUSY4T5/Screen+Shot+2021-02-03+at+9.10.08+PM.png OpenSciEd Gallery - Where does food come from and where does it go next? This unit on matter cycling and photosynthesis begins with students reflecting on what they ate for breakfast. Students are prompted to consider where their food comes from and consider which breakfast items might be from plants. Then students taste a common breakfast food, maple syrup, and see that according to the label, it is 100% from a tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1612408307292-V3D83647ZHRO7NW8TZ6H/Screen+Shot+2021-02-03+at+9.10.26+PM.png OpenSciEd Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1612408310550-Z6ATH1PI3DY68TGGA0S4/Screen+Shot+2021-02-03+at+9.10.41+PM.png OpenSciEd Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1612408314923-2G530XU3ABVDJE48F49F/Screen+Shot+2021-02-03+at+9.10.55+PM.png OpenSciEd Gallery https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/nicole-vick daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732562307061-H0LL9VPKSEB1HUN13QAX/image-asset.png Nicole Vick - Nicole Vick, Curriculum Development Specialist Nicole works on multiple OpenSciEd development teams, serving as a course and unit lead and writer. Prior to joining the Next Generation Science Storylines project, she was a high school science teacher for 18 years teaching a multitude of courses. Nicole has led professional development to support educators transitioning to three-dimensional teaching across the United States. She is active in state and national science education organizations having served as an NSTA District Director, ISTA President, and was named a NSELA 2024 VESEL Scholar. She received a Doctorate of Education from the University of Missouri St. Louis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732562307061-H0LL9VPKSEB1HUN13QAX/image-asset.png Nicole Vick - Nicole Vick, Curriculum Development Specialist Nicole works on multiple OpenSciEd development teams, serving as a course and unit lead and writer. Prior to joining the Next Generation Science Storylines project, she was a high school science teacher for 18 years teaching a multitude of courses. Nicole has led professional development to support educators transitioning to three-dimensional teaching across the United States. She is active in state and national science education organizations having served as an NSTA District Director, ISTA President, and was named a NSELA 2024 VESEL Scholar. She received a Doctorate of Education from the University of Missouri St. Louis. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/areal-joplin daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732562641607-P9NF28N5L93JCBOSF8VB/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.23.53%E2%80%AFPM.png Areal Joplin - Areal Joplin, Curriculum Development Specialist Areal Joplin is a unit lead and writer for the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium. Before joining the team, Areal taught middle school science for 5 years and STEAM coordinator for Chicago public schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732562641607-P9NF28N5L93JCBOSF8VB/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.23.53%E2%80%AFPM.png Areal Joplin - Areal Joplin, Curriculum Development Specialist Areal Joplin is a unit lead and writer for the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium. Before joining the team, Areal taught middle school science for 5 years and STEAM coordinator for Chicago public schools. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/tommy-clayton daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732564080735-NSH5FIF6KF9G99KXA6BT/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.26.18%E2%80%AFPM.png Tommy Clayton - Tommy Clayton, Curriculum Development Specialist Tommy Clayton is a Curriculum Development Specialist at Northwestern University. Prior to his current position he taught middle school science for 11 years and spent a year as a K-5 STEAM specialist in NJ public schools. Tommy was an OpenSciEd middle school field test teacher and writer for several of the middle school units. He also helped support the development of professional learning videos for elementary and middle school teachers to learn from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732564080735-NSH5FIF6KF9G99KXA6BT/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.26.18%E2%80%AFPM.png Tommy Clayton - Tommy Clayton, Curriculum Development Specialist Tommy Clayton is a Curriculum Development Specialist at Northwestern University. Prior to his current position he taught middle school science for 11 years and spent a year as a K-5 STEAM specialist in NJ public schools. Tommy was an OpenSciEd middle school field test teacher and writer for several of the middle school units. He also helped support the development of professional learning videos for elementary and middle school teachers to learn from. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/jacob-noll daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732562845370-YYGUAABYXJ7BPX5O3IN7/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.27.23%E2%80%AFPM.png Jacob Noll - Jacob Noll, Curriculum Development Specialist Jacob Noll is a unit lead and writer for the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium. Previously, he has contributed to the development of both high school and elementary science curricula, including two high school OpenSciEd chemistry units and three additional OpenSciEd Elementary units. Before joining the team, Jacob taught high school science for over a decade. He holds a Master's in Teaching from the University of Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732562845370-YYGUAABYXJ7BPX5O3IN7/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.27.23%E2%80%AFPM.png Jacob Noll - Jacob Noll, Curriculum Development Specialist Jacob Noll is a unit lead and writer for the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium. Previously, he has contributed to the development of both high school and elementary science curricula, including two high school OpenSciEd chemistry units and three additional OpenSciEd Elementary units. Before joining the team, Jacob taught high school science for over a decade. He holds a Master's in Teaching from the University of Washington. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/yang-zhang daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732562951790-2USGU8U2PR1M0NQE3BQM/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.29.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Yang Zhang - Yang Zhang, Postdoc Yang Zhang is a postdoc at Northwestern University. She is a former elementary school teacher and obtained her PhD from University of Rochester. She is currently working on the Customize project where she studies teacher learning using curriculum customization as a catalyst for equitable science teaching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732562951790-2USGU8U2PR1M0NQE3BQM/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.29.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Yang Zhang - Yang Zhang, Postdoc Yang Zhang is a postdoc at Northwestern University. She is a former elementary school teacher and obtained her PhD from University of Rochester. She is currently working on the Customize project where she studies teacher learning using curriculum customization as a catalyst for equitable science teaching. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/jason-buell daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732563022915-QULED7IEMTO14KFS0FVT/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.30.20%E2%80%AFPM.png Jason Buell - Jason Buell, Postdoc Jason Buell is a postdoc at Northwestern University. He is a former middle and elementary school teacher and did his PhD at the University of Colorado Boulder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732563022915-QULED7IEMTO14KFS0FVT/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.30.20%E2%80%AFPM.png Jason Buell - Jason Buell, Postdoc Jason Buell is a postdoc at Northwestern University. He is a former middle and elementary school teacher and did his PhD at the University of Colorado Boulder. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/gen-zoufal daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732563074638-4H79MFTKRICHXEV2VR0T/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.31.12%E2%80%AFPM.png Gen Zoufal - Gen Zoufal, Project Administrator Gen Zoufal is the Project Administrator for the Reiser Lab. She is the Project Manager for the OpenSciEd Elementary Developers Consortium and the OpenSciEd Middle School Computer Science curriculum development team. As Project Administrator, she designs and supports collaborative teams, manages timelines, and oversees finances. Prior to her work with the Reiser Lab, Gen facilitated Arts Integration and Community Building programming in schools across the St. Louis Region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732563074638-4H79MFTKRICHXEV2VR0T/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.31.12%E2%80%AFPM.png Gen Zoufal - Gen Zoufal, Project Administrator Gen Zoufal is the Project Administrator for the Reiser Lab. She is the Project Manager for the OpenSciEd Elementary Developers Consortium and the OpenSciEd Middle School Computer Science curriculum development team. As Project Administrator, she designs and supports collaborative teams, manages timelines, and oversees finances. Prior to her work with the Reiser Lab, Gen facilitated Arts Integration and Community Building programming in schools across the St. Louis Region. https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/amy-mcgreal-1 daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732563138315-EO0TT1JJWHRTJ3F9HS6X/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.32.15%E2%80%AFPM.png Amy McGreal - Amy McGreal, Curriculum Development Specialist Amy is currently a Curriculum Development Specialist at Northwestern University. This role includes creating storyline-based NGSS units for grades K-5 for OpenSciEd Elementary. She also teaches Methods of Elementary School Science at Northwestern University. Prior to her current position, she taught third - sixth grade science and participated in several science-related efforts with Chicago Public Schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1732563138315-EO0TT1JJWHRTJ3F9HS6X/Screenshot+2024-11-25+at+2.32.15%E2%80%AFPM.png Amy McGreal - Amy McGreal, Curriculum Development Specialist Amy is currently a Curriculum Development Specialist at Northwestern University. This role includes creating storyline-based NGSS units for grades K-5 for OpenSciEd Elementary. She also teaches Methods of Elementary School Science at Northwestern University. 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We really wanted to inspect the record more closely. We use a magnifying glass, and some really interesting patterns on the surface of the record. We want a closer view. 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Maybe some objects like the table or the floor don't vibrate when we hit them or walk on them. Or maybe these objects are vibrating just a little bit (at a scale that is too fast or too small for us to see). We come up with lots of ways to detect and inspect such motion, by slowing it down or scaling it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ef1da37da24f301fccaacd/1490120543682-QLXCNMNFKCCLV3I8ZCJ6/SoundMusicBox.png How Can We Sense So Many Different Sounds From A Distance? - How does this thing produce different notes? There are lots of instruments, like guitars, pianos, harps, xylophones, that produce different notes when we play them. A music box is another thing that does this. 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