New Regents Chemistry Labs: Bend and Stretch

• Date/Time: Sunday, Oct 5, from 9am - 3pm
• Location: CUNY City College of NY, North Academic Center (exact room will be emailed to participants)
• Workshop Leader: Pat Bauer & Kara Luce (bios below)
• Appropriate for: Any NYS Regents Chemistry teacher who is leading the new labs, and those working with regents chemistry teachers.
• 6hrs of CTLE credit offered

The NYS Regents Chemistry labs have just been introduced, and we want to help you learn them. This workshop will build on strategies and structures that worked well for out Life Science series last year, and explores active learning strategies for deepening your student’s understanding of crucial conceptual models and help you effectively implement a student-centered, NGSS and NYS Regents-aligned approach tailored to physical science education. To do this, you will engage with the required experiments and activities designed to help students build a critical understanding of these models.

On October 5th, we will run the Structures and Properties of Matter: Bend and Stretch – Structure and Function of Designed Materials (PE: HS-PS2-6) lab. Later workshops this year will focus on the other 2 labs.

Additionally, participants will engage in both “student mode” and “teacher mode” so that they can experience these activities through both lenses and add practical tools to the teacher toolbox. We will also have structured discussions about the new changes in the New York State Regents curriculum and test, strategies for accommodating district-specific curricular requirements, various student populations, laboratory resources, and the use of “Reflective Checklists” as a way of promoting student reflection throughout a unit.

We welcome all teachers and administrators, both new and experienced, to join us for this engaging workshop!

Patricia (Pat) Bauer discovered the Modeling approach to teaching chemistry in 2013 through what became STEMteachersNYC, which was transformative for her teaching. Since then, she has worked with inspired and dedicated teachers as both a workshop participant and facilitator which allowed her to grow and understand the art and science of helping students learn. After 35 years of teaching Chemistry (AP, IB, Honors, and College Prep), Physics (College Prep) and Physical Science in both public and private/independent high schools in various parts of the country, Pat is now enjoying retirement and continuing to learn new ways of thinking about education.

Kara Luce has been a teacher for 20+ years, teaching in a variety of settings in multiple states. While she has taught everything from 7th grade math to honors Physics, the one constant has always been chemistry. Kara has been working with and training educators in the NGSS standards since 2013, and has been a part of STEMteachersNYC since moving to the tri-state area in 2017.

Since 2011, has delivered professional development workshops for teachers, by teachers, about teaching. We are an approved CTLE and NYCPS MTAC vendor. All workshops over 2hrs offer CTLE. Below is some important information, but please see our official on our website for full details and policies.

Pricing: workshop/event pricing reflects a desire to offer affordable professional learning experiences. Some workshops are subsidized and offered at a discount or for free.

CUNY & other partner campus pre-service students: If you are training to be a teacher, we want to welcome you to attend our workshops for free! Please email [email protected] for details and to see if you qualify.

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Are there discounts available? Often, yes! In the summers, we offer Early Bird and Teacher discounts alongside a Full Price ticket meant for those whose school or organization is funding their ticket. In the summer, we also have full scholarships, and a Fellowship available. All year, we announce specials and discounts on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and Facebook), and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here. Additionally, we partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved, and if at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket, please contact us at [email protected]

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, United States