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What is a KBLOG ALERT?

Interesting, exciting and timely educational material often catches my attention. This includes upcoming webinars and science competition announcements. I have gathered many teaching tools from participating in webinars and I feel, as I will blog about them later, that science competitions should be a part of the life of students. When I do find any time-sensitive material relevant to helping educators and their students I will pass those on in my KBLOG ALERTS.

ALERT NOTICE

Empowering youth to connect, create and communicate for our blue planet.

Location of various competitions and fellowships for young people related to climate issues.

Bow Seat is pleased to offer free, virtual Teacher Training workshops to make it as easy as possible to bring the Contest into your classroom. Join Program Manager, Eric Carstens, to learn more about the Contest, meet other like-minded educators, and discuss student art in a unique way.

After the workshop, you will receive a packet of materials, including lesson plans and worksheets to help bridge the gap between arts and environmental advocacy in your classroom. There are four different opportunities to participate, scheduled for the time zones of the contiguous US.

https://bowseat.org/

https://tinyurl.com/Bowseattraining

April 5, 2023 – 4 PM ET (Register >)
April 6, 2023 – 4 PM CT (Register >)
April 10, 2023 – 4 PM MT (Register >)
April 11, 2023 – 4 PM PT (Register >)

The Teacher Training workshops are free, but you must register to participate and receive the supplemental materials afterward. If you cannot attend the workshop in your time zone, please register for any date that fits your schedule.

Data Puzzle Project

Integrating authentic data and Ambitious Science Teaching practices to help students make sense of phenomena.

Thursday, March 9, 2023

1:00 pm PT | 2:00 pm MT | 3:00 pm CT | 4:00 pm ET

https://nagt.org/nagt/profdev/workshops/ngss_summit/mar092023/index.html

Webinar Description:

Teachers have expressed a desire to incorporate authentic scientific data into their curricula, but they struggle to find accessible and meaningful datasets that can be easily integrated into modern teaching practices. In response to this problem, climate scientists and instructional specialists from the University of Colorado Boulder have collaborated to create "Data Puzzles," a free resource that utilizes instructional practices as outlined by Ambitious Science Teaching (AST) to engage students in data analysis in the context of important scientific research. Data Puzzles challenge students to analyze and interpret climate datasets to create explanatory models for important questions like, "What is causing the megadrought in the Colorado River Basin?"

In this session, participants will be introduced to AST practices and authentic climate datasets as they engage with a Data Puzzle and leave prepared to facilitate Data Puzzle resources in their own classrooms.

Logistics

Duration: 1 hour
Format: Presentations will take place through a Zoom Meeting screen-sharing session. The webinar will be recorded.
Accessing the Webinar: Instructions for joining the webinar will be email to participants the day before the event. Learn more about accessing the webinar .
Questions? Please contact Ashley Carlson (acarlson2@carleton.edu) if you have any questions about this event.

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