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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
Juanita Chan-Roden, MAEd, is the Director of Science and Career Programs, serving the Rialto, California, community for 22 years. She has a background in entomology, plant vector pathogen epidemiology, and other disciplines, and has taught at both elementary and secondary grade levels. She is passionate about inspiring a love and excitement for science and strives to nurture wonder and curiosity about the natural world by developing cross-disciplinary curricula, organizing STEM student learning events, and illustrating to her peers that science and the environment can provide real-world context that gives flavor to all other subjects. She has worked diligently to integrate environmental education into all levels of the K–12 curriculum, advocating that all students have the opportunity to appreciate their local community’s biodiversity.
I am currently serving as a district math strategist in the Rialto Unified School District. I have been an educator for 20 years teaching math at the middle and high school levels. As an educator, I believe that students learn best when they are engaged in activities that are relevant to them. In the math world, students should be given opportunities to learn mathematics in context, and that context is well-grounded in the different phenomena that occur around us.
