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Inquiry for Middle School: Boost Engagement and Critical Thinking
Looking to enhance student engagement, foster critical thinking, and align with state assessments? Join us as we explore how to use simple phenomena, inquiry-based learning, and scientific practices to deepen student understanding and spark curiosity in the middle school science classroom. The same training will be offered multiple times. Please register for only one date. Registration
Grades 6-8 September 17, 2025 or October 23, 2025 3:30-5:30 2 hours
ELA + Science
Elevate your ELA instruction with engaging science! This professional development provides strategies to seamlessly weave science concepts and activities into your daily reading and writing lessons, making science integration easy and effective. The same training will be offered multiple times. Please register for only one date. Registration
Grades 4-8, September 11, 2025 or January 29, 2026 3:30-5:30 2 hours
Effective Teaching for Learning (and the CAST)
Join us to learn about the California Science Test (CAST), how to approach it, and how to efficiently maximize learning in science, resulting in higher test scores on your school’s dashboard. The same training will be offered multiple times. Please register for only one date. Registration.
Grades 3-8, October 30, 2025 or January 21, 2026 3:30-5:30 (2 hours)
Nature Education: Flow Learning, Solutionary Thinking, and Effective Teaching Strategies
A CREEC North "Nature's Narrative" Workshop
Join us for an engaging, hands-on workshop focused on Environmental Literacy, where you'll explore the integration of outdoor learning, climate resilience, and Solutionary Teaching strategies. Collaborate with colleagues, dive into real-world environmental issues, and walk away with practical tools and resources to apply in your classroom. Registration
October 7, 2025 9:00-3:30 (6 hours)
Jazzing Up Science at the Planetarium
Engage with student-centered, inquiry-based learning through hands-on exhibits designed to spark curiosity. Experience phenomena like Rainbow Shadow Dancers and Cracking the Code of Light, then participate in a group discussion on NGSS alignment and how to integrate these activities into your classroom. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the planetarium, followed by a unique planetarium experience. Plus, take home links to terrific phenomena and a free gift to inspire your students! Registration
Grades 4-12, September 4, 2025 or January 8, 2026 3:30-5:30 2 hours
Exploring Local Watersheds: Phenomena, AI, and Climate Science in the Classroom
A CREEC North "Nature's Narrative" Workshop
Nature’s Narrative is a full-day professional learning workshop that builds environmental literacy through place-based phenomena, inquiry, and structured discourse. Participants examine changing rainfall and watershed impacts by generating questions, modeling erosion/landslides, and completing a watershed mapping investigation, with dedicated time for an introduction to classroom-relevant AI and a segment on elementary climate change instruction. The day also highlights solutions-oriented resources (Seeds to Solutions), includes reflective routines (including an SEL “nature moment”), and closes with reflection and next steps for implementation. Registration
TK - 8, March 28, 2026 9:00 - 3:30 6 hours
Build It, Love It, Learn It!
Join us for a hands-on professional development workshop where you’ll explore how engineering is embedded at every grade level in the California Science Standards. Experience fun, interactive engineering activities that can be easily integrated into your science curriculum, and walk away with a resource book filled with dozens of simple, low-cost projects to bring back to your classroom! Please register for only one date Registration
TK - 8, November 20, 2025 or March 12, 2026 3:30-5:30 2 hours
WITH VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL TEAMS
Coaches will support teams in utilizing student data to create instructional goals and to measure the impact of their growth. Time depends on the frequency the team can/wants to meet. One cycle is about 5 hours of in-person coaching time. More information can be found in this flyer.
Looking for something else? Contact Nate Fairchild to suggest a workshop for spring of 2026! nfairchild@shastacoe.org
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