Balancing Informational & Literary Texts
(Grades K-5)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a teaching approach to help all learners be successful. This workshop focuses on the Science content area.
About This Course
This workshop is part of a new series of content collections - Pepper Online Workshops (POW!) – focusing on the hottest topics that educators are dealing with across the country. These workshops feature amazing videos, interactive planning tools, and other research-based materials.
The Universal Design for Science Learning will look at the value of providing multiple means of engagement and variety of activities for students in a Science classroom. The workshop will also provide short videos specific to incorporating UDL strategies in Science and resources to examine good lesson design and the importance of using a variety of resources and approaches to reach students at their level and interest, as well as provide multiple means of expressing what they’ve learned.
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Course Staff
PCG Education
PCG Education’s courses are created by a development team led by
individuals who are recognized as national leaders in education. Members of the
team have experience in teaching students of all ages, and in both formal and informal
educational settings.
In addition to working with students, the Pepper team has also
worked with teachers and administrators in a variety of face to face settings
(summer institutes, small group settings, large workshops) and also through
online and blended learning courses.
Lori Larsen
Lori Larsen has
experience teaching in both the public and private environment and has worked
at the District level in administration, as well as a education consultant
traveling to schools throughout the United States and Canada. She had made
presentations at local, state, and national conferences highlighting the use of
technology as an instructional tool in the classroom and focuses on integrating
technology and curriculum to engage students. Her experience as a classroom
teacher and as a professional development specialist working with teachers
gives her opportunity to work with teachers and students to effectively enhance
classroom instruction and student learning.
Sarah Feldman, Seewan Eng