Discover these on-demand professional learning webinars today. Explore a variety of topics, including computational thinking, inquiry-based learning, and design thinking. Available in English and French.
No classroom is an island! Inviting community members and STEM professionals into the classroom has numerous benefits. It provides authentic learning contexts, inspires career exploration, strengthens cultural connections and more! In this session, you will discover how to model life-long learning as you learn alongside students from experts and knowledge keepers in your community. You will explore strategies and protocols for respectful collaboration and communication with others while engaging in STEM teaching and learning.
Do you find that your students need guidance in effective communication and collaboration? Join Let’s Talk Science for a session where we will identify skills that support empathy, kindness and constructive feedback in the classroom. Let’s Talk Science will consider cultural and environmental factors that can impact students’ confidence in interacting with their peers.
Do your students actively contribute to shaping the learning environment in your classroom? The right classroom culture, climate and structure can positively impact learning, promote student agency and develop student leadership. Join Let’s Talk Science to explore learning strategies that empower students to participate and contribute to shaping the learning environment in significant and meaningful ways.
As one of Canada’s Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 and Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders, Samia Sami joins Let’s Talk Science to bring her expertise in engineering and sustainability to discuss real-world examples of how innovation is transforming industries and communities. Samia will also discuss the importance of early exposure of youth to engineering concepts and how educational choices can lead to future pathways.
This lecture is geared for kids & youth (grades 6-12) at TRIUMF. They will have two mini lectures (15 min each), one physics related (about particles and colliders at CERN) and the other one chemistry oriented (about the periodic table of elements). In between, they will have virtual and augmented reality demos for attendees to experience,
Let’s Talk Science will consider factors that impact student engagement. Through a series of activities and discussions, you will explore learning strategies to support student agency and leadership skills.
Mathematical learning experiences are meaningful to students when they play a role in generating inquiry questions and are part of the data collection process. Enrich math, data management, social studies and more with Google My Maps. Have students develop map-based solutions to common questions regarding travel, distance, area, and location in your local community and beyond.
Is your Makerspace currently sitting unused? Is it difficult in current times to incorporate hands-on learning in your classroom? Learn how integrating the Design and Build process, as well as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, can provide a supportive framework for Makerspaces or similar classroom/virtual spaces.
Do you feel your students could benefit from strategies and tools to face challenges in and out of the classroom? Abstract issues and concepts come up in STEM and can often leave students feeling discouraged. Join Let’s Talk Science for a session to explore mindfulness strategies and other tools you can implement in your classroom to cope with any challenge they might tackle on a daily basis.
For more than four decades, UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy collaborated with the UBC Faculty of Education (Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy) in organizing UBC Physics Olympics – a hands-on physics team competition for British Columbia Secondary School students. This year, the event will take place online, via Zoom to support teams who are planning to take part in the event in 2024.