WSST Conference 2025: Full Schedule

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3:00pm CDT

Making Your Classes More Ambitious!

Thursday April 3, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm CDT

After reading Ambitious Science Teaching in 2022, I began to approach my classes much differently. Ambitious Science Teaching is a methodology which encourages student engagement, discussion, problem solving, and modeling. As with any new pedagogy, the desire to implement change can be daunting. Do I need to start from scratch? Can I implement new methods, without having to find new curriculum and materials?

I say you can! Come and hear about my journey to implement Ambitious Science Teaching methodologies, increasing student engagement without completely reinventing the wheel. Student work samples will be shown, so you can get an idea of how implementation of these ideas has increased student achievement as well.

Speakers

Terry Schwaller

Teacher, Mentoring Coordinator, Shiocton High School

I'm interested in Physics and Chemistry instruction, as well as interesting ways to increase student talk and alternative assessment. I'm also a foodie and comic book nerd.

Thursday April 3, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm CDT
Thistle

Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies Physical Science