3125.H, CODE, STEM Teaching Tools: ACESSE Resource H — Attending to Student Interests and Community Priorities in Phenomena

(Open Education Resources for Science Education PD) This was copied directly from the website:  "In this workshop, we will build our capacity to identify a variety of meaningful phenomena of different types that connect to specific science and engineering learning standards. We will first explore what makes a phenomenon compelling to students and how we can ensure this happens in our classrooms. Then, we will focus on different classes of phenomena, and how using them can promote goals for equity. This resource can also be used by individuals wanting to learn how to allow students to take meaningful action to solve problems associated with real-world phenomena related to science and engineering. Participants will explore different classes of meaningful phenomena (using the framework of Suárez & Bell, 2019): Everyday phenomena, which all students will be able to experience in class or have experienced outside of class; Contemporary scientific phenomena, which relate to current science, most often science that is in the news today because it is unsettled or sparks controversy; Societally relevant phenomena, which relate to science-technology intersections, connects to care and concern and enables students to see connections to social and socio-ecological justice; and Culturally relevant phenomena, which are grounded in the worlds of specific communities in culturally significant ways and allows students to draw on ways of knowing from families and cultural communities. " Always review materials extensively before using them to align with goals, grade level appropriateness, topics, etc.