Looking forward to the STANYS conference... less than a week away!

A lot of exciting things are happening at the 3D Science Cafe, and we hope you can join us in the work we are doing to connect teachers, schools, and NYSSLS standards across New York State.

Will we see you at the STANYS Conference this weekend?? 

--Hall of Sections (Saturday 3-4 pm) - come visit us at the North Country table and get one of our new 3D Science Cafe stickers!

Check out our new 3D Science Cafe stickers available at STANYS!

--Workshop sessions offered by the Cafe's NYSSLS Transition Team and our collaborators (in order of appearance):

Physics Institute (X-26) Saturday 9:30 - 12:00... hosted by a great group of Physics teachers from around the state, including the North Country's Charlene Rydgren.
CTLE Approved: This institute will provide a strand of physics based professional development to help assist you in the transition to NYSSLS. Join us for “Science In Action” as all participants engage in a GRC, 3-D lesson centered on a phenomenon involving Hoops & Marbles. You will witness how science & engineering practices, along with cross-cutting concepts are used to teach core ideas for the performance expectation HS-PS2-1. From there, you will pick which one of three smaller groups you want to participate in. All groups will be following the same 3-D lesson template but will focus on different units. Your choices include: waves, energy or physics & engineering. Finally, we will reconvene as a whole group for a phenomena and resource share out. There will be discussion on what are good phenomena to incorporate into instruction planning, as well as what resources are accessible. Please bring any you are willing to share. Overall, teachers will collaborate to improve instruction, student achievement, content knowledge and to develop appropriate instructional strategies. You will see research based strategies that meet the needs of all learners and provides equitable learning environments. Use of student data & technology will be discussed. The Institute will run during Sessions A-26,27,28 and B-26,27,28.

Re-align Your Wheels (Don't Reinvent Them!) (D-12) Sunday 8:00 - 9:00... Cookie Barker NYSMT, SAR Biology Northeastern; Sarah Fink NYSMT, SAR Applied Sciences Northeastern
CTLE Approved: Making the leap to the NYSSLS means analyzing, adapting and extending current lessons in a manner consistent with 3-dimensional instruction. Participants will engage in a 3-D lesson showcasing the instructional strategy of gathering, reasoning, and communicating. Graphic organizers will help center the focus on crosscutting concepts, and the workshop will culminate in exploring phenomena by which to develop your own lesson performance expectations. Sound daunting? @3DScienceCafe will walk you through a way to organize this shift in instructional practice at any grade level or subject area.

Chemistry Institute: Practicing the Practices (Y-21) Sunday 9:30 - 12:00... this promising Chemistry institute includes the North Country's Sonal Patel-Dame.
CTLE Approved: Join us as we take a deeper look into the purposeful integration of the science and engineering practices into everyday instruction. Participants will be immersed in hands-on activities that could be used to address different phenomena and three-dimensional learning in their own classrooms. Time will be taken to reflect on how teachers could begin to or continue to integrate three-dimensional teaching this year and in the future. The Institute will run during Sessions E-21,22,23,24 and F-21,22,23,24.

Transform Your Phenomena into Phenomenal Lessons! (G-11) Sunday 1:45 - 2:45... Rebecca Shuman NYSMT, SAR Intermediate Northeastern
CTLE Approved: Don’t reinvent the wheel to drive your NYSSLS transition. Adapt existing phenomena to engage students in three dimensional science practices. In this workshop you will collaborate to improve instruction through the use of scientific phenomena. Participants will construct models, engage in arguments from evidence and identify cross-cutting concepts while increasing their understanding of the NYSSLS. Resources for adapting existing phenomena will be shared and examples from classroom experience will be provided.

Re-align Your Wheels...Part 2: From Realign to Storyline (H-12) Monday 8:00 - 9:00... Cookie Barker NYSMT, SAR Biology Northeastern; Sarah Fink NYSMT, SAR Applied Sciences Northeastern
CTLE Approved: So, you already have a few lessons aligned to NYSSLS; here’s your chance to work with @3DScienceCafe to create a cohesive unit. We’ll have you analyze a NYSSLS-aligned, three-dimensional unit (Energy Transfer and Transformation in Life Science) to model a storyline that can weave your lessons together into a cohesive unit. Strategies for organizing individual lessons with student handouts in 11 X 17 format will be shared. Participants will be given time, templates, and support to help create their own NYSSLS 3-D mini unit.

Please let us know if you've used the 3D Science Cafe's resources... it's great to get feedback to improve upon our ideas. We're getting excited to see you at STANYS!