Incorporating Air Quality into Math and Science Instruction

Room: 207
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Learn how exploring local air quality brings cultural relevance to the NGSS (Science) and CaCCSS (Math) classroom. By focusing on the shifts called out in the new math framework and utilizing resources from the Seeds to Solution curriculum and beyond, anyone can create a locally relevant and culturally responsive integrated lesson series.

This session emphasizes how local environmental topics are critical to making math and science more engaging, and how learning can help build environmental resiliency in communities.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Explore the intersection of the new math framework with the goals of the science framework
• Engage in middle school STEM lessons that integrate math, science, and civic engagement practices
• Use local phenomena to inspire rich STEM learning
• Discuss how to work around challenges when using real-world phenomena to plan instruction

Speakers:

Juanita Chan-Roden, Director, Science and Career Programs, Rialto Unified School District
Michael Nguyen, District Lead Math Instructional Strategist, Rialto Unified School District

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