Name: When Students Drive the Thinking: Figuring Out a Phenomenon Using BTC + NGSS
Start: 2026-06-30T08:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-30T10:10:00-0400

When Students Drive the Thinking: Figuring Out a Phenomenon Using BTC + NGSS

Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT

Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 406

Participants will engage in a student-hat experience to figure out a real-world phenomenon using Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) structures and three-dimensional (3D) NGSS learning. Through this experience, they will develop a lived understanding of how BTC elevates student science thinking, supports phenomenon-centered lessons that prioritize student sense-making, and leverages Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) and Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) within the task. Participants will leave with a ready-to-use structure for planning a launch and 3D task that supports students in developing, revising, and explaining ideas using evidence.

Speakers

Anya Covarrubias

Senior Science Consultant, American Alliance for Innovative Systems (AAIS)

Anya Covarrubias is a science educator, instructional coach, and national consultant who has spent more than two decades helping teachers create classrooms where students do the thinking. A former high school science teacher, STEM Instructional Coach, and current doctoral researcher... Read More →

Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 406 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

BTC outside of math, Medium

Grade Level or Subject Area Instructional Coaches; Building Leaders; Central Office Leaders; 6-8; 3-5; K-2; Other!

Building Thinking Classrooms Conference 2026

Anya Covarrubias

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Building Thinking Classrooms Conference 2026

Anya Covarrubias

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