Taunton Public Schools
Taunton, MA
OpenSciEd
September 16, 2021 - September 17, 2021
12/06/2021
“We want them to have that experience exploring and that knowledge base so they can tackle whatever the new thing is.”
09/17/2021
“I am so tremendously excited to see that my city is applying this thought process and this methodology to science.”
09/17/2021
“If you give them the opportunity to really explore it on their own, it will blow you away what they are capable of.”
09/17/2021
“We were not having good success with our highest-need populations… I’m all in if equity is the starting point.”
09/17/2021
“Trust the process. Don’t feel as though you can put every one of the routines in place the first time.”
09/17/2021
“They’re talking, they’re expressing themselves, they’re trying to understand how concepts work, which is such a flip from where we were.”
09/17/2021
“I was on the lookout for something…where all students in the classroom could see themselves as scientists, as problem solvers.”
09/16/2021
“I feel horrendously paranoid that I’m going to give away something that they’re going to need to uncover on their own later.”
09/16/2021
“80 percent of the students were going home each day and saying what they did in science class. I don’t think that’s a normal number.”
09/16/2021