Watershed Symposium 2019

Planting SEEds for Water Education: Using the New UT Science Standards

Summary:
Curious about what the new Science with Engineering Education Standards (SEEd) may mean for your education programs? Join USEE & GSLI to Join us to focus on phenomena, dive in to the three-dimensions of science learning and discover how to be a "guide on the side" to help students engage in the practice of science.

Full Abstract:
This year, the Utah State Board of Education adopted new standards, the Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) standards for K-5th and secondary education. These new standards will be implemented starting next school year. This follows the adoption and implementation of SEEd for 6-8th grade last school year. Why does it matter? If you conduct outreach or education programs for K-12th grade it's time to update and revise your programs. There have been two main shifts in science content for K-12th grade. 1) Content areas have shifted between grades, and 2) The practice of science teaching and learning will change to adapt to these standards, modeled after the Next Generation Science Standards. We know that teachers will need help addressing these new standards and there is no better way to do this than by working with community organizations and agencies to provide students with hands-on experiences in the practice of science. Join us to dig into what this means for outreach providers: focus on phenomena, dive in to the three-dimensions of science learning and discover how to be a "guide on the side" to help students engage in the practice of science. The Utah Society for Environmental Education will share more about the new standards and the Great Salt Lake Institute will demonstrate what it looks like to develop a program that addresses SEEd. Participants will receive resources from USEE and GSLI that they can use to help inform the development of educational programming.