PULSE Science Summit for K-8 Schools

The goal of the PULSE Summit is to support schools in their endeavor to provide every

student effective science instruction with integrated disciplinary literacy. District and

school level leadership hold the keys to professional learning and administrative support

necessary to make science study equitable for ALL our students!

Science instruction offers rich learning experiences that are multidimensional and filled

with opportunities for creative exploration, discussions, and collaboration. The 3-

dimensions of science support a comprehensive vision of how all students deserve to

learn. At this conference, opportunities for notebooking, discussion, explanation, and

reflection will demonstrate how ELA standards are practiced and applied in the context

of science.

Recognizing that lack of time is often used to explain why science learning is not given

the priority it deserves, conference facilitators will provide examples & student work

demonstrating how science investigations connect to and support language arts.

This summit, along with two follow up sessions, is designed to support rich science

learning experiences in your schools and to explore strategies for creating time and

space for science by integrating curriculum, especially literacy and math.

Arizona’s 3-Dimensional Science Standards also provide opportunities for learners to

develop confidence and make use of their cultural heritages, assets, and ways of

knowing – their funds of knowledge.

PESI recognizes that more than a year of online learning, achievement declined, along

with test scores. Now, everyone is concerned with helping those students catch up.

Research shows that challenging children with accelerated, grade-level work is more

effective in catching them up than remedial strategies focused on learning what they

should have mastered in previous grades.

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