The OCTM/OSTA summer conference is Friday, June 10th, 2016 @ OSU-Tulsa!  You can now register to attend by mail or via one of our websites. OCTM – Oklahoma Council of Teacher of Mathematics: www.okctm.org OSTA – Oklahoma Science Teachers Association: osta.wildapricot.org   Want to present at the OCTM/OSTA summer conference on Friday, June 10th, 2016 at […]

Have you ever learned about something from another teacher, a reading or through professional development that fundamentally caused you to rethink your teaching practice? That’s exactly how I feel about the crosscutting concepts that were recommended as a dimension of science teaching and learning in The Framework for K-12 Science Education. The Framework outlines seven […]

When I first saw the science and engineering practices introduced in the Framework for K-12 Science Education, I found myself thinking how familiar they all seemed, but as I began to investigate each of them a little more, my vision of each began to shift. No where was that more evident than the shift in […]