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Water Matters: Revealing Recurring Themes and Concepts Through Real-World Connections

Middle school science is rich with opportunities to build powerful conceptual connections, but students often miss these links when content is taught in isolation. Using water as a theme, this professional development experience empowers educators to move beyond disconnected instruction by exploring how recurring science themes, such as energy flow, system interactions, and interdependence, can serve as unifying threads across strands and grade levels. Through hands-on investigations, collaborative debriefs, and real-world applications, participants will learn how to make these connections explicit, helping students see science as an integrated field. Participant will receive access to the STEM modules that connect classroom learning to the real world in the JASON Learning platform.

Important Session Information:

You will receive online access to the module Water Matters in the JASON learning platform.

T-TESS/T-PESS:

Dimension 1.4: Activities

Registration for this session has ended

Session ID:
1916635

Credits Available:
(3) Clock Hours
(3) CPE

Contact Person:
Jennifer Wellman

Registration Fee:
$100.00

Instructor(s):

Deb Hill, Jennifer Wellman, Region 4 ESC

Audience:
Science Coordinators, Science Specialist, Science Teachers - 8th Grade, Science Teachers 6-8

Date	Time	Location

12/9/2025	8:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Zoom Session, Online Course

Date:
12/9/2025

Time:
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Location:
Zoom Session, Online Course

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Region 4 Education Service Center
7145 West Tidwell Road Houston, Texas 77092-2096
713.462.7708 | PHONE
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MAIN OFFICE
Region 4 Education Service Center
7145 West Tidwell Road Houston, Texas 77092-2096
713.462.7708 | PHONE

FEEDBACK TERMS & PRIVACY CONTACT US
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT