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Webinar #1: Overview of Science and Engineering for Grades 6-12: Investigation and Design at the Center
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From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine:
Webinar #1: Overview of Science and Engineering for Grades 6-12: Investigation and Design at the Center
January 31, 2019 | 3:00 p.m. EDT
When investigation and design are at the center, classes focus on students asking questions, collecting and analyzing data, and using this evidence to better understand the natural and built world around them. Centering classes in this way requires a dramatic shift from the traditional classroom dynamic, both the role of the students and the role of the teachers is altered.
The report describes evidence-based ways that teaching and learning should shift and provides guidance for teachers, administrators, providers of professional development, and creators of instructional materials on how to support students and teachers as they learn and instruct in this new way.
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