WSTA Conference

Tacoma

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Keynote - Mind Over Matter

• SLIDES - Teaching the Mindsets that Matter Most

• Alia Crum - Empowering Mindsets (YouTube)

• Learning Mindsets - Continuum - Individual

• 4-Dimensional Inquiry Poster

• Collaboration Checklist
  
  

Session - Mini-lessons

• SLIDES - Using Mini-lessons to Teach All Three Dimensions

• Like Washington stickleback phenomena dataset

• Mini-Lessons - Explicit lessons on the RTC and SEP

Resources

Switch-Its - Magnetic dry-erase block
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
Planning Cards (pdf) - Individual planning cards for all SEP and RTC
Egg Evidence - Claim, Evidence and Reasoning
Assessment Screening Tool - NGSS performance assessment screening tool
The Wonder of Science Assessments - Aligned summative assessments
Phenomena Datasets - Standards-aligned datasets based on natural phenomena.