Webinar on Demand: Explore the Power of MapMaker to Fuel Your Science and Social Studies Classrooms!

Explore the Power of MapMaker to Fuel Your Science and Social Studies Classrooms!

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National Geographic MapMaker, developed by Esri and National Geographic, is a mapping application that uses the latest in GIS software to connect social studies and science classrooms with essential technology for exploration. Created specifically for students and educators, MapMaker is easy to use, free to access, is browser-based, and usable on most laptops and tablets. Learn about MapMaker and how your students can gain a better understanding of how the world’s most crucial issues, challenges, and opportunities fit into the context of place.

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Achieving Equity-Mindedness and Meaningful Inclusion in Biology Lessons

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Achieving Equity-Mindedness and Meaningful Inclusion in Biology Lessons


The need for student identification and belonging in the scientific community begins in the biology curriculum. This requires equity-mindedness and meaningful inclusion that supports equitable classroom practices and equity science content and pedagogy. This presentation focus’ on the rationale and benefit to teachers and students for developing equity-mindedness for meaningful inclusion. These lesson ideas and strategies are supported by the 3-dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards.

Dr. Catherine Quinlan

Associate Professor of Science Education
Howard University

The need for student identification and belonging in the scientific community begins in the biology curriculum. This requires equity-mindedness and meaningful inclusion that supports equitable classroom practices and equity science content and pedagogy. This presentation focus’ on the rationale and benefit to teachers and students for developing equity-mindedness for meaningful inclusion. These lesson ideas and strategies are supported by the 3-dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards.

 
In this webinar replay, you will:
  • Learn about the connection between identification and belonging and equitable classroom practices and science content
  • See examples from curriculum resources that bring equity into the biology classroom
  • Get ideas for including equity-based phenomena and diverse real-world scenarios
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Real World Forensics: How to Identify 9/11 Victims Using STR Profile Analysis

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Real World Forensics: How to Identify 9/11 Victims Using STR Profile Analysis

Use inexpensive DNA teaching models to help students understand the structure of DNA, chromosomes, genes, and STRs (Short Tandem Repeats). Engage students through phenomenon-based learning to solve the identity of a 9/11 victim using STR profile analyses of the victim, two young boys, and their mother. Observe how to present the STR profile analysis so that it is easily understood by all students. This activity uses the historical event of the 9/11 attack to integrate biology, history, technology, and math while focusing on a human-interest story.

Anthony “Bud” Bertino
Patricia Nolan Bertino

Trainers, co-authors of
Forensic Science: Fundamentals and Investigations

Use inexpensive DNA teaching models to help students understand the structure of DNA, chromosomes, genes, and STRs (Short Tandem Repeats). Engage students through phenomenon-based learning to solve the identity of a 9/11 victim using STR profile analyses of the victim, two young boys, and their mother. Observe how to present the STR profile analysis so that it is easily understood by all students. This activity uses the historical event of the 9/11 attack to integrate biology, history, technology, and math while focusing on a human-interest story.
 
In this webinar replay, you will:
  • Observe the use of inexpensive models to facilitate DNA instruction.
  • Observe how to present and analyze STR profiles using familial genealogy.
  • Review and receive multiple teaching resources including an activity worksheet, Teacher Notes, Student Learning Objectives, Outlines and Lesson Plans for immediate use with your students.
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Teaching History and Science Using What? Incorporating Artifacts into Your Lessons

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Teaching History and Science Using What? Incorporating Artifacts into Your Lessons

Bring the world into your classroom! Join Bill, Mark, and Andrea in this lively session where they’ll explore how to use actual artifacts to teach science and history. The artifacts may be represented in the textbook and digital program you are using or you may have an artifact at home from your travels. Material culture adds a dimension to learning that cannot be replaced by the written word. Let us demonstrate how to teach a lesson with artifacts from afar or from your own community — or your own home.

Dr. William Parkinson

Curator of Anthropology
Field Museum, Chicago, IL
National Geographic Society Grantee

Andrea Kingman

Exec. Product Marketing Manager
National Geographic Learning | Cengage

Mark Hoffman

Senior Product Marketing Manager
National Geographic Learning | Cengage

Bring the world into your classroom! Join Bill, Mark and Andrea in this lively session where they’ll explore how to use actual artifacts to teach science and history. The artifacts may be represented in the textbook and digital program you are using or you may have an artifact at home from your travels. Material culture adds a dimension to learning that cannot be replaced by the written word. Let us demonstrate how to teach a lesson with artifacts from afar or from your own community — or your own home.
 
In this webinar replay, you will leave with these fresh ideas:
  • Create a lesson around historical or scientific objects, providing their background and what they show about the world around them from their era;
  • Design a written inquiry project to encourage curiosity about things students may never have considered or observed;
  • Help students discover science and history in their own community and in their own home by asking each student to bring in an artifact that represents their culture.
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Collecting Data On Hummingbirds and Myself – Students Can Too!

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Collecting Data On Hummingbirds and Myself – Students Can Too!

Anusha Shankar has spent 9 years studying how hummingbirds manage their energy and their time. In the process, she started collecting data on herself – especially her moods and what they were influenced by, and her time and how she allocated it. Anusha thinks collecting information systematically on yourself can give you insight that is difficult to get any other way. And this might be a way students can learn more about themselves and their connection to the world around them! Anusha will share her hummingbird research with students in National Geographic Learning’s upcoming high school Biology program launching in late 2022.

Anusha Shankar

National Geographic Explorer, Rose Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Anusha Shankar has spent 9 years studying how hummingbirds manage their energy and their time. In the process, she started collecting data on herself – especially her moods and what they were influenced by, and her time and how she allocated it. Anusha thinks collecting information systematically on yourself can give you insight that is difficult to get any other way. And this might be a way students can learn more about themselves and their connection to the world around them! Anusha will share her hummingbird research with students in National Geographic Learning’s upcoming high school Biology program launching in late 2022.
 
In this webinar replay, you will:
  • Learn how hummingbird physiology relates to species adaptations in changing environments
  • Connect lesson ideas to NGSS Life Science standards
  • Understand how stories from diverse National Geographic Explorers can help students master high school biology concepts
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Teaching Phenomena-Based Earth Science Using the Geology of Yellowstone

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Teaching Phenomena-Based Earth Science Using the Geology of Yellowstone

In this session, we explore a wide variety of earth science phenomena and how to apply these to high school earth science lessons. We tour Yellowstone’s unique geologic system and consider how it can form the basis for phenomena-based lessons that will meet several high school Next Generation Science Standards.
Marc Hendrix

Marc S. Hendrix

Professor of Geology, University of Montana
Author, National Geographic Earth and Space Science

In this session, we explore a wide variety of earth science phenomena and how to apply these to high school earth science lessons. We tour Yellowstone’s unique geologic system and consider how it can form the basis for phenomena-based lessons that will meet several high school Next Generation Science Standards.
 
This session includes an overview of the Yellowstone Volcano and other natural hazards including earthquakes, hydrothermal explosions, and extreme wildfires. We examine glaciation, surficial deposits, and the impact of recent and ongoing climate change on the park’s ecosystem. We also look at the thermophilic microbes and what they can tell us about life on other planets. You’ll get access to real-time datasets of seismicity, thermal activity, and hydrologic changes within the park.
 
In this webinar replay, you will:
  • Get lesson ideas and strategies to meet specific NGSS Earth Science standards
  • Receive suggestions for using Yellowstone National Park for phenomena-based lessons
  • Become familiar with a variety of publicly-available datasets that can form the basis for labs from the National Geographic Earth and Space Science program
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Teaching the Nature of Science: Strategies and Resources for Student Success

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Teaching the Nature of Science: Strategies and Resources for Student Success

Teaching the Nature of Science is more important than ever. The events of the past year have emphasized the need for greater understanding of science as a way of knowing and how scientific knowledge is developed. Yet teachers still have concerns about teaching these abstract topics. What is the nature of science? How can it be used to increase student interest and promote scientific literacy? How is it addressed in the NGSS? These are just a few of the questions that you will explore as you learn from student-centered activities designed to encourage critical thinking. Dr. Bell’s session will offer specific strategies and resources that support ALL students in learning about the nature of science and how to make sense of scientific claims they encounter on a daily basis.
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Dr. Randy L. Bell

Associate Dean and Professor of Science Education

Teaching the Nature of Science is more important than ever. The events of the past year have emphasized the need for greater understanding of science as a way of knowing and how scientific knowledge is developed. Yet teachers still have concerns about teaching these abstract topics. What is the nature of science? How can it be used to increase student interest and promote scientific literacy? How is it addressed in the NGSS? These are just a few of the questions that you will explore as you learn from student-centered activities designed to encourage critical thinking. Dr. Bell’s session will offer specific strategies and resources that support ALL students in learning about the nature of science and how to make sense of scientific claims they encounter on a daily basis.
 
In this webinar replay, you will learn:
  • What nature of science means and how it is represented in NGSS
  • Strategies for teaching nature of science and how they can be used to boost student interest
  • Resources and lesson ideas for teaching nature of science
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Teaching Phenomena-Based Earth & Space Science

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Teaching Phenomena-Based Earth & Space Science

In this session, we explore a wide variety of science phenomena from high school earth and space science and how to apply these to hands-on science lessons. Utilizing resources from National Geographic and the new Earth & Space Science program, we’ll show how images, videos, and hands-on demonstrations connect students to phenomena and standards-based learning (including NGSS). Lesson ideas and teaching strategies will be appropriate for distance learning and classroom instruction.

Mark Hoffman

Senior Product Marketing Manager, K-12 Science
National Geographic Learning | Cengage

Debbie Leister

Customer Success Consultant
National Geographic Learning | Cengage

In this session, we explore a wide variety of science phenomena from high school earth and space science and how to apply these to hands-on science lessons. Utilizing resources from National Geographic and the new Earth & Space Science program, we’ll show how images, videos, and hands-on demonstrations connect students to phenomena and standards-based learning (including NGSS). Lesson ideas and teaching strategies will be appropriate for distance learning and classroom instruction.

In this webinar replay, you will:

  • Get lesson ideas and strategies to meet specific Earth and Space Science standards
  • Receive tips you can use right now to incorporate phenomena-based lessons with students
  • Learn how to implement hands-on labs from the National Geographic Earth and Space Science program