What’s New with MapMaker? Enrich Classroom Science and Social Studies Explorations with Sarah Appleton and Dan Byerly

What’s New with MapMaker? Enrich Classroom Science and Social Studies Explorations

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.

Sasha Ferreira

Empowering Student Success: Instilling Confidence in the Science Classroom and Beyond

National Geographic Learning, a part of Cengage Group, and Kognity collaborate to bridge “achievement gaps” in the educational resources market. Together we are bringing high-quality, modern and engaging learning experience to high school science classrooms. With Kognity, educators can more easily drive academic achievement and success on high-stakes assessments by tracking student performance and usage of the digital platform. Kognity provides both educators and students with high-quality, engaging materials that improve students’ exam readiness.

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!

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

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.

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

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

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.
 
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Collecting Data On Hummingbirds and Myself – Students Can Too!

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.
 
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Marc Hendrix

Teaching Phenomena-Based Earth Science Using the Geology of Yellowstone

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.
 
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