Submitted by: Kelly O’Shea

We discussed some ideas about next year’s focus, including a book club (focusing on scientific racism and then transitioning into anti-bias work for our classes) and examining computational thinking to determine what we are doing and whether we should or should not be trying to integrate it into science. Other ideas brought up included finding labs to do together or planning for ways to bring science classes together with kids from different divisions.

We will keep it in the back of our minds this summer with the understanding that the departmental meeting structure could (and maybe should) change depending on what the fall schedule and structure looks like.

We talked about what science-specific needs we have for the uncertainty of the fall, and the main concern across all grade levels is how we can make and distribute kits of supplies to students with basic things that will allow them to do more science activities at home in our fall classes.