Category: Talks

Creating teachable moments with Dr. Rodger Bybee

The International Science Teaching Foundation and its project Science Bits was honored by the presence of the renowned American pedagogue Rodger W. Bybee, the director of the team that created the 5E instructional... Read more »

WEBINAR. Storytelling in Science class

WEBINAR Storytelling in Science Education

This webinar is designed to help teachers improve story telling skills in science class and explains how ideas and technology can be used to contextualize key scientific concepts for today’s digital natives and better...

WEBINAR. 21st Century Skills

The “21st Century Skills in Science Teaching” webinar is designed to help teachers make SEL (social-emotional learning) part of their science class. We'll explain why SEL matters and how to teach 21st Century Skills...

The Cognitive Principles of Learning Underlying the 5E Model of Instruction

The International Journal of STEM Education includes in its March issue The cognitive principles of learning underlying the 5E Model of Instruction, an article that outlines the principles from cognitive sciences on how...

Teaching and Learning Integers in Math Bits

$Teaching and Learning Integers in Math Bits$

If we reflect on the common word problems on integers that students do in grade 7, it is a little worrisome to realize that the average third or fourth grader in Primary School could solve them too. These problems, or...

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