This week on Teaching Channel Talks, our host Dr. Wendy Amato is joined by The Science Lady, Kathy Renfrew, to discuss how science learning provides experience for reading and writing, as well as the importance of shifting the instructional focus away from test results. As a renowned science educator, Kathy offers exceptional insight on how administrators and other teachers can support science teachers and reminds us all that it is a right for students to be taught science—not a privilege!

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Academic Research

• The Integration of Literacy, Science, and Engineering in Prekindergarten Through Fifth Grade

STEM Teaching Tools

• Practice Brief 21: What school building administrators should know about the new vision for K-12 science education
• Practice Brief 43: Why do we need to teach science in elementary school
• Practice Brief 58: How can science instruction leverage and develop student interests? Short answer: In so many different ways!
• Practice Brief 62: What does subject matter integration look like in elementary school? Including science is the key!
• Practice Brief 72: How can arguing from evidence support sensemaking in elementary science?

Videos

• Nell Duke: Relationships Between Literacy and Science: Implications for Policy
• Teaching Channel Presents: STEM in Action

Blogs & Related Articles

• Science Is Too Important to Sacrifice for Test Prep
• Growth Mindset in STEM: EDP and the Writing Process
• STEM, Middle School, and Girl Power: An Interview with Ms. Lauren Wester
• Making “Science Talk” a Natural Part of Learning

Professional Learning

• 3-credit continuing education course:

STEM is the Future for All Students

• 3-credit continuing education course:

Fantastic Phenomena-based Learning with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

• 3-credit continuing education course:

3 Dimensional Learning with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)