The Lawrence Hall of Science

The public science center of the University of California, Berkeley.

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The Lawrence empowers teachers with tools to improve science learning, and Lawrence researchers present their findings and curricula worldwide.

Children playing on the DNA sculpture at the Lawrence
Wednesday 08/28/2024–10/30/2024

ThinkLink Webinar: FOSSmap Digital Assessment System

Offered on multiple dates. This FREE 1-hour webinar provides a walk-through of FOSSmap assessment features to help support assessment and…

Virtual
Two children and a staff member are working together during a science activity.
Thursday 08/29/2024–10/24/2024

ThinkLink Support: Onboarding for New Users

Offered on multiple dates. This FREE 1-hour webinar is for teachers and administrators who are new to ThinkLink.

Virtual
The Lawrence Hall of Science
Friday 08/30/2024–10/25/2024

ThinkLink Support: Tips & Tricks

Offered on multiple dates. This FREE 1-hour webinar provides a walk-through of ThinkLink features to help support successful implementation in…

Virtual
Children playing on Pheena the Whale
Wednesday 09/04/2024–10/23/2024

ThinkLink Support: Back to School Refresher

Offered multiple dates. This FREE 1-hour webinar is for teachers and administrators who would like a review of ThinkLink navigation…

Virtual
Students in front of The Lawrence
Wednesday 09/18/2024
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Wednesday 10/09/2024
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Wednesday 10/30/2024
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Wednesday 11/20/2024
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

New to FOSS Community of Practice – West and Mountain

Join our Professional Learning and Curriculum Specialists to earn continuing education credits and dive into getting started with the FOSS…

Virtual
A young person looks through a telescope of the view at The Lawrence.
Wednesday 09/18/2024
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Wednesday 10/09/2024
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Wednesday 10/30/2024
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Wednesday 11/20/2024
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

New to FOSS Community of Practice – East and Central

Join our Professional Learning and Curriculum Specialists to earn continuing education credits and dive into getting started with the FOSS…

Virtual
A child looks through a telescope.
Thursday 09/19/2024
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Thursday 10/10/2024
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Thursday 10/24/2024
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Thursday 11/14/2024
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

FOSS Science Notebooks Community of Practice – East and Central

Join our Professional Learning and Curriculum Specialists to earn continuing education credits by elevating writing in the science classroom with…

Virtual
A child and an adult work together on a science project at an exhibit at The Lawrence.
Thursday 09/19/2024
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Thursday 10/10/2024
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Thursday 10/24/2024
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Thursday 11/14/2024
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

FOSS Science Notebooks Community of Practice – West and Mountain

Join our Professional Learning and Curriculum Specialists to earn continuing education credits by elevating writing in the science classroom with…

Virtual
Two young people explore an exhibit at The Lawrence.
Thursday 10/24/2024
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.

Amplifying the Personal and the Conditional in Evaluating Racial Equity Change at the…

American Evaluation Association Conference, Roundtable Discussion

In this roundtable session, we will share what we have learned about understanding, documenting, and measuring transformation and translation in…
Two children at an exhibit at The Lawrence.
Tuesday 11/05/2024
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. EST

California’s Environmental Literacy Survey: Assessing 20 Years of Statewide Policy

NAAEE Conference, Poster Session

California has built a highly supportive context for K-12 environmental and climate literacy by integrating environmental concepts into frameworks, standards,…
A young person is building a structure at The Lawrence.
Thursday 11/07/2024
8:30 a.m.–9:10 a.m. EST

ottoy Initiative: Repairing Past Harm Through Partnership and Collaboration

NAAEE Conference, Presentation

Traditional ecological knowledge and native ways of knowing are often ignored or tokenized in many EE contexts, often in fear…
Sunstones at The Lawrence
Thursday 11/07/2024
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. EST

Environmental Literacy Implementation in and Out of California TK–12 Classrooms

NAAEE Conference, Poster Session

Through a survey with 1,080 educators, this study aimed to understand the extent to which environmental literacy is being implemented…
Children playing on the DNA sculpture at the Lawrence
Friday 11/08/2024
9:20 a.m.–10:00 a.m. EST

Evaluation Capacity Building

NAAEE Conference, Roundtable Discussion

Drawing on a collaborative partnership between YES Nature to Neighborhoods and the Lawrence Hall of Science, facilitators will invite collective…
Two children and a staff member are working together during a science activity.
Friday 11/08/2024
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. EST

Flipping Through Nature: Supporting Self-Guided Environmental Learning

NAAEE Conference, Hands-on Presentation

This session will explore recently developed learner- and nature-centered activities that support participant connection to the outdoors, without mediation from…

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