International School of Beijing

Spring Visit - April 7-15, 2026

Tuesday - April 7, 2026

• Parent Meeting - The Wonder of Science

• Secondary - What’s Your Evidence?

  • Sciplots - Giant Panda

  • Panda montage video

Wednesday - April 8, 2026

• Grade 7 Unit Work

• Grade 6 Unit Work

• Secondary - Evidence of Student Learning

Thursday - April 9, 2026

• Grade 4 Science Work

• Grade 5 Science Work

Friday - April 10, 2026

• Grade 8 Unit Work

Saturday - April 11, 2026

• Weekend Workshop

  • Slides

  • Summary Tables

Tuesday - April 14, 2026

• Lower Elementary Science Work

• Grade 9 Unit Work

Wednesday - April 15, 2026

• Chemistry Unit Work

• Physics Unit Work

Fall Visit - November 18-27, 2025

Friday - November 28, 2025

• Grade 6 Unit Work

• Grade 8 Unit Work

Thursday - November 27, 2025

• HS Biology Unit Work

• Grade 7 Unit Work

• Storylining

Wednesday - November 26, 2025

• Middle School Deep Dive NGSS - Andersen Slides

  • Student Reflection on Lesson

• Scope and Sequence

  • ISB Middle School Document

  • Open SciEd Scope & Sequence

• Assessments

  • Lake Mead Assessment (Google Form)

  • Lake Mead Assessment (Responses)

  • The Wonder of Science Assessments

• Formative Assessment Workshop - Andersen Slides

Tuesday - November 25, 2025

• Drinking Bird Labsite

  • Andersen slides

  • Phenomenon Video

Monday - November 24, 2025

• Handwarmer Labsite

  • Andersen slides

  • Phenomenon video

  • Student Reflections on Lesson

• Deep Dive NGSS - Andersen Slides

• Scope and Sequence

  • ISB High School Document

• Assessments

  • Lake Mead Assessment (Google Form)

  • Lake Mead Assessment (Responses)

  • The Wonder of Science Assessments

Thursday - November 20, 2025

• Phenomena and Storylines

• TTT - Learning Mindsets

Wednesday - November 19, 2025

• Secondary Kickoff Slides

• The Practices of Math and Science

Resources
Mini-Lessons - Explicit lessons on the RTC and SEP
Inquiry Cards (pdf) - Table set of inquiry cards with descriptions
Inquiry Poster (pdf) - Large inquiry cycle poster
Inquiry Slides Template - K-12 Google slide templates for inquiry
Learning Performance Generator
Planning Cards (pdf) - Individual planning cards for all SEP and RTC
Assessment Screening Tool - NGSS performance assessment screening tool
Dr. Shah Scientist Video - What does a scientist look like?
Phenomena Datasets - Standards-aligned datasets based on natural phenomena.
Switch-Its - Magnetic dry-erase block