This one-hour session highlights how the BYU 3D Rural Science Teachers (3D-RST) project supports rural educators in implementing three-dimensional science instruction aligned with Utah SEEd Standards and NGSS. Participants will explore a classroom-tested Grade 8 chemistry lesson focused on oxidation that integrates Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs), Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs), and Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) through meaningful, place-based phenomena.Using the 2019 Zion National Park rockfall and a hands-on fruit oxidation investigation, the lesson engages students in planning and carrying out investigations to determine whether a chemical reaction has occurred. Participants will see how students analyze patterns in observable properties—such as color change—to develop evidence-based explanations for chemical change, directly addressing Utah SEEd Standard 8.1.3.The session emphasizes how 3D-RST lessons are intentionally designed for rural contexts, using low-cost, easily accessible materials and flexible structures that support small class sizes, limited lab resources, and multi-prep teaching assignments. Presenters will walk through how the lesson scaffolds student sensemaking, supports discourse, and makes three-dimensional learning explicit and visible.Participants will leave with access to all lesson materials developed through the 3D-RST project, along with practical strategies for adapting phenomenon-based, three-dimensional instruction to their own rural classrooms and local contexts.
Participants MUST HAVE one of the following platforms/devices in order to participate in this session: None
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