Science educators! 🔎 Looking for fresh ways to bring science to life with FREE story-driven films and resources?
Join us on January 8 at 7pm ET | 4pm PT for our webinar: Hands-On Lesson Plans to Make Science Relevant and Fun!
Hear from fellow educators and SCL Ambassadors using our award-winning films to spark curiosity and deepen learning. They’ll share their innovative, ready-to-use lesson plans, including: 🦠 Bacterial evolution board game 🧬 Pipe-cleaner DNA modeling 🌳 Pros & cons of genetic engineering in conservation 🌺 Connecting oral traditions and scientific knowledge 🐦 Animal behavior case studies
Whether you teach middle school, high school, or college, you’ll walk away with new strategies and free resources to boost engagement.
Through guided discussion, interactive reflection, and evidence-based strategies, you’ll explore how film can spark conversations around nature of science and broaden students’ perspectives of who scientists are.
SCL’s Executive Director Sarah Goodwin & Associate Researcher Emily Howell will give a short virtual talk at Science Talk ’25 from Association of Science Communicators about “What does it take to collaborate? Relationship insights from a sci-comm research-filmmaking partnership“
Coming Home will screen on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at the MíraLA Film Festival.
“The MíraLA Film Festival (MFF) showcases the work of independent women of color filmmakers amidst the beautiful backdrop of southern California. MFF is about women of color, filmmakers, audiences and film professionals establishing a relationship and supporting underrepresented filmmakers in film.” Learn more and see the full festival program here.
Join us at the 15th Anniversary of the Athena Film Festival for an in person screening of Decoding Ancestral Knowledge with a Q&A with the Co-Directors Ruth Lichtman and Sharon Shattuck!
You can also stream the festival program all weekend long from March 6-9. Learn more and buy passes at the festival’s official website: https://aff25.eventive.org/films
Join us at the FREE Braga Science Film Fest from November 16 – November 23 for a fantastic programme of science shorts! Our film will play on Saturday November 23 and be available for 24 hours. The festival is free to attend but registration is required. More details via the festival website. Portuguese subtitles will be available. Catch the trailer below:
A microbiologista havaiana Kiana Frank leva-nos a um lago sagrado e explica como o conhecimento tradicional e a microbiologia podem trabalhar juntos para nos ajudar a entender como cuidar e gerir a terra.
Short film blocks will be virtually available for viewing from Monday, November 4th to Thursday, November, 7th. Please register for each block of short films you wish to view via the Eventbrite links in the schedule. You must register for these events in advance in order to receive the private YouTube link to view that block.Audience members who have registered before 9:00am will receive the private viewing link that morning, between 9am and 10am. If you registered after 9:00am, you will receive the link by the following day.
Audience members who register for this event will receive an email with a private YouTube link to view the films in Block 3 (below).
Bloque #3 – Documentales cortos (64 min)
La Generación de la Recuperación. Documental. España 24min.
En un viaje del sur al norte de la vasta provincia de Burgos, LA GENERACIÓN DE LA REGENERACIÓN pinta un fresco del mundo rural castellano y de los principales problemas que acechan a sus pobladores y pobladoras a través de diversos proyectos productivos y sociales que tienen como eje principal el desarrollo sostenible y el respeto por el entorno. Un viaje temporal que se articula alrededor de una cuestión: ¿qué podemos aprender del pasado para construir un futuro sostenible?
[ENG] In a journey from the south to the north of the vast province of Burgos, THE GENERATION OF REGENERATION paints a fresco of the Castilian rural world and the main problems that threaten its inhabitants through various productive and social projects that have as their axis sustainable development and respect for the environment. A time journey that is articulated around a question: what can we learn from the past to build a sustainable future?
Querida abuela, Maruja. Documental. España. 29 min.
Nacho, en pleno confinamiento al dar positivo en COVID, recibe una llamada de su padre: su abuela ha muerto. Poco después, vuelve a casa y su padre le da una cinta de VHS con imágenes inéditas de su abuela y su familia. Nacho, junto a sus primos Rubén y Tomás, decide documentar con su cámara la búsqueda de un reproductor de VHS para ver la cinta de vídeo por primera vez. Los tres primos regresan a la casa de playa donde pasaban los veranos cuando eran niños, con la esperanza de encontrar en ella el reproductor y así despedirse de su querida abuela Maruja. Desde la experiencia de grabar este reencuentro familiar, Nacho, Rubén y Tomás tratarán de reconectar con su familia y conocer mejor a su abuela.
[ENG] Nacho, during confinement after testing positive for COVID, receives a call from his father: his grandmother has died. Shortly after, he returns home, and his father gives him a VHS tape with unpublished images from his grandmother and family. Nacho, alongside his cousins Ruben and Tomas, decides to film with his camera the search for a VHS player to see the tape for the first time. The three cousins return to the beach house where they spent their summer as kids, hoping to find the VHS player and say goodbye to their grandmother Maruja. From the experience of recording the family reunion, Nacho, Rubén, and Tomás will try to reconnect with their family and try to know better their grandmother.
Coming Home. Mónica Feliú-Mójer. Puerto Rico/USA. 10:19 min.
“Coming Home” is a short documentary following Dr. Mónica Feliú Mójer as she returns to Puerto Rico to serve as the emcee of the national conference of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). The film showcases her upbringing in a rural working class community and how it instilled values of equity, justice, solidarity, and collective care that drive her science communication and engagement work today.”
“GlobeDocs 2024 celebrates the true stories told in documentary films, and the artists and visionaries who bring them to life. The 10th Annual GlobeDocs Film Festival October 22 – 27, 2024 will feature both in-person and virtual film screenings followed by engaging conversations with Globe journalists and filmmakers.”
Coming Home is featured on Labocine Live, an online platform, magazine and community for films from the Science New Wave. Learn more about Labocine here.
Not a Labocine member? Don’t worry, you can watch the film anytime for free on our website!
Our new film, Coming Home, will have its Virtual Premiere at SACNAS with a special Q&A with the film’s director, Mónica Feliú Mójer, Ph.D. Register for free here: https://bit.ly/cominghomepremiere
SCL Ambassadors in Action: Highlights from NABT 2025
Our Ambassadors brought science to life through story-driven lessons that inspire curiosity and connection.
The Science Communication Lab’s 2025 Ambassadors took center stage at NABT, leading dynamic sessions on using film and storytelling to engage students in science. Their free, classroom-ready lessons connect real scientists, big ideas, and discovery — helping teachers bring the nature of science to life.
Free OBSERVER Film Access for Educators
Bring the power of observation to your classroom!
Give Students a Science Superpower!
Science educator Elizabeth Coscia recaps her experience at our Observation as a Superpower PD workshop
Science educator Dr. Elizabeth Coscia recaps our Observation as a Superpower PD workshop, which offered multisensory observation tools to inspire student curiosity and inquiry.
Introducing the SCL Educator Ambassador Program
A national initiative to enrich science teaching and learning through storytelling.
We’re proud to launch the SCL Educator Ambassador Program—connecting educators across the country to transform science classrooms through storytelling.
From Red Carpet to Red Squares: OBSERVER Film Premiere Wows Educators at NSTA
With its iconic red square and focus on the power of observation, the film offers a compelling new resource for NGSS-aligned science teaching.
Our new film, OBSERVER, made its North American debut at the 2025 NSTA Conference with a red carpet premiere that captivated science educators from across the country. With its iconic red square and focus on the power of observation, the film offers a compelling new resource for NGSS-aligned science teaching.
Celebrating Science Educators: A Night of Film, Conversation, and Community
Recap of our East Bay Educator Event produced in partnership with Charity Frempomaa, a high school dean and science teacher at Head-Royce School
NABT Conference Recap, Plus Our New Ambassador Initiative and New Website!
Introducing KinesinLMS!
A free and nimble open source platform for online courses
New Research on Storytelling in Science Films
Read our open access paper in Science Communication on narrative engagement with our films
The Science Communication Lab and iBiology Lectures
A Letter from Executive Director, Sarah Goodwin
SABER 2024 Reflections
Finding Passion, Community, and Connection
Join us for the World Premiere of COMING HOME this Thursday!
Letter from Director & Producer Dr. Mónica Feliú Mójer
Interview with Adam Kleinschmit
Creator of "The Most Beautiful Experiment" educator resources
Interview with Margaret Lee
Creator of "Electric Microbes" educator resources
Interview with Marina Ellefson
Creator of "Good Chemistry" educator resources
From Bedside to Bench: A Training Collaboration with the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
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