A2- Educational Blog
Wednesday, April 10,
2013- SCONYC
Science Council of New
York City= SCONYC a networking program that embodies the
educational system for NYC and State. It is held every year
where educators K-12 and educational organization groups come
together to relate, discuss and inform about new innovative
ways to teach and learn. The SCONYC conference and workshops
was held this past Sunday April 6, 2013-at Stuyvesant
HS-Manhattan.
Key note speaker Amie Hamlin-
Executive Director of NY coalition for healthy foods. She
addressed the importance of eating the right foods (plant
based), and how it can save the planet 3 times day.
Basically, don't consume junk
food--This includes meat and some dairy products-
You can visit the site to learn
more- About NY Coalition for Healthy School Food
The exhibits is where you can
sign up to get information on new learning materials and
possibly get some materials for free. In the afternoon there
are workshops and panels. This year the greatest emphasis (for
me) was on the topic of "The Next Generation Science
Standards" (NGSS)- a workshop presented by Allen Asher. It
focuses on K-12 graders learning "The Nature of Science": It
encompasses a framework for teaching and learning, and having
a deeper level of the epistemic knowledge of and about the
nature of science; to prepare students' future academic
achievements, to build strong science-based skills in
students, and for students' to become more of an informed
citizen(s) in our society.
The NGSS also includes
disciplinary core ideas--one being core ideas of engineering
and technology, and crosscutting concepts connected to the
nature of science learning. The schedule for the final
decision to be released this week.
To learn more check out the links below:
Next Generation Science Standards-
www.nextgenscience.org
One final
thought--this new standard will take 3-5 years to actually
know if it will stand or fail. It would be wise for all
teachers to start implementing this new standard into their
curriculum and teaching.
To
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