We’re so excited to meet our SFUSD educators tomorrow at the Google Community Space to kick off our year-long district pilot! 🧪✨
Co-led with #SCLAmbassador and teacher-leader Tess Carlson, this program brings together middle and high school science teachers to co-design, test, and integrate film-based, hands-on learning into SFUSD’s core curriculum. Together, we’re using cinematic storytelling to address key classroom challenges: building scientific literacy, driving student engagement, and fostering strong science identities.
Here’s to a year of collaboration, community, and humanizing science learning! 🎬🔬
More info about the program: https://lnkd.in/g9n4ATWf
#SFUSD #STEMEducation #ScienceEducation #ScienceTeachers #NatureofScience
Help your students turn observation into a superpower! 👀👂⚡
Distinguishing between what we see (observation) and what it means (inference) is the foundation of the scientific method. Developed by #SCLAmbassador and veteran middle school teacher Ariel Raymond, our new classroom-ready lesson plan—OBSERVER: Seeing, Sensing, and Inferring—takes students beyond just “looking” and into the world of evidence-based reasoning.
Whether your students are exploring the schoolyard or a local park, these tools help them build the mental habits to think like scientists.
What’s inside the lesson:
🔍 Guided observation & film viewing
🟥 Outdoor activity with the red frame from #ObserverFilm
💬 Group discussion strategies (Talking Chips)
💡 Observation → Inference analysis
✍️ Reflection writing
The best part? Everything in the lesson, including our award-winning film, is FREE for educators!
📥 Download the #NGSS aligned lesson: https://bit.ly/sclariel
#MiddleSchoolScience #STEMEducation #TeacherResources #FreeResourcesForTeachers #NatureOfScience
Help your students turn observation into a superpower! 👀👂⚡
Distinguishing between what we see (observation) and what it means (inference) is the foundation of the scientific method. Developed by #SCLAmbassador and veteran middle school teacher Ariel Raymond, our new classroom-ready lesson plan—OBSERVER: Seeing, Sensing, and Inferring—takes students beyond just “looking” and into the world of evidence-based reasoning.
Whether your students are exploring the schoolyard or a local park, these tools help them build the mental habits to think like scientists.
What’s inside the lesson:
🔍 Guided observation & film viewing
🟥 Outdoor activity with the red frame from #ObserverFilm
💬 Group discussion strategies (Talking Chips)
💡 Observation → Inference analysis
✍️ Reflection writing
The best part? Everything in the lesson, including our award-winning film, is FREE for educators!
📥 Download the #NGSS aligned lesson: https://bit.ly/sclariel
#MiddleSchoolScience #STEMEducation #TeacherResources #FreeResourcesForTeachers #NatureOfScience
“A hypothesis is never right or wrong. We do not prove science.” 🔬
How do we move students away from the hunt for “the right answer” and toward understanding science as a dynamic, evidence-based process?
Our free lesson plan, created by 2023 NJ State Teacher of the Year and #SCLAmbassador Christine Girtain, introduces students to the Nature of Science (NOS) by pairing a hands-on logic puzzle with our award-winning film, Decoding Ancestral Knowledge.
In this lesson, students:
🎲 Use the Hypothesis Cube to predict patterns using logic and observation
🎬 Watch the film (2024 AAAS Kavli winner) to experience how ancient oral narratives inspire modern hypotheses
🌱 Explore living laboratories like Hawaiian fishponds to see how ancestral knowledge informs nitrogen cycling research.
🧠 Practice scientific reasoning grounded in evidence rather than personal belief
Key concepts include: Hypothesis generation, nitrogen cycling, #NatureOfScience, and Indigenous knowledge in STEM.
Tips for Teachers: Christine recommends teaching this over two class periods for grades 6–10. It’s an ideal start of the year lesson to set the tone for scientific inquiry!
Download the lesson plan and watch the film on our website with a free educator account: 👉 https://lnkd.in/ehzRYwFD
#BiologyTeachers #ScienceEducation #STEMEducation #IndigenousSTEM #Ecology #ScientificMethod
“A hypothesis is never right or wrong. We do not prove science.” 🔬
How do we move students away from the hunt for “the right answer” and toward understanding science as a dynamic, evidence-based process?
Our free lesson plan, created by 2023 NJ State Teacher of the Year and #SCLAmbassador Christine Girtain, introduces students to the Nature of Science (NOS) by pairing a hands-on logic puzzle with our award-winning film, Decoding Ancestral Knowledge.
In this lesson, students:
🎲 Use the Hypothesis Cube to predict patterns using logic and observation
🎬 Watch the film (2024 AAAS Kavli winner) to experience how ancient oral narratives inspire modern hypotheses
🌱 Explore living laboratories like Hawaiian fishponds to see how ancestral knowledge informs nitrogen cycling research.
🧠 Practice scientific reasoning grounded in evidence rather than personal belief
Key concepts include: Hypothesis generation, nitrogen cycling, #NatureOfScience, and Indigenous knowledge in STEM.
Tips for Teachers: Christine recommends teaching this over two class periods for grades 6–10. It’s an ideal start of the year lesson to set the tone for scientific inquiry!
Download the lesson plan and watch the film on our website with a free educator account: 👉 https://lnkd.in/ehzRYwFD
#BiologyTeachers #ScienceEducation #STEMEducation #IndigenousSTEM #Ecology #ScientificMethod
