VIRTUAL UNCONFERENCES
FOR COOL TEACHERS
We're on a mission to inspire science teachers through unforgettable professional development experiences and a passion for the power of education.
Our upcoming events!
Virtual Field Trip at the IIHS (the place where they crash cars!) December 12, 2024
Citizen Science for the Classroom PD webinar February 13, 2025
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Featured Sessions
The Amoeba Sisters
Pinky and Petunia, the Amoeba Sisters, show you some creative ways to teach Biology!
Dr. Temple Grandin
"The Great Minds of Unique Learners"
Science Friday
"Bees Have a Hairy Secret: Static Charge" with Xochitl Garcia and Ariel Zych
Dr. Liz Warren
"The International Space Station: Humanity's Great Learning Outpost"
Maynard Okereke, The Hip Hop M.D.
"Education Through Entertainment"
Walt Disney Imagineering
"S.T.E.A.M Powered: Inside Walt Disney Imagineering" with Josh Gorin
Video Libraries
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ScIC1: For Teachers, by Teachers
- The Biology of COVID-19 with Robert Siegel
- A Deep Dive into Remote Multi-Modal Science Learning with Killer Snails
- Let's Collaborate! Taking Three-Dimensional Learning Online with Argument-Driven Inquiry
- Engaging Students in Home-Based Projects to Promote NGSS Learning with Green Ninja
- Kitchen Table Physics with PocketLab
- Level Up Your Remote NGSS Instruction with Tyto Online
- Coding in Every Subject for Remote + In-Person Classrooms with Vidcode
- Blast Off with Online Learning with Estes Rockets
- Paper Circuits: Why Every Kid Should Light Up Their Homework with Brown Dog Gadgets
- Unlocking the Power of Three-Dimensional Instruction at Home with Paul Andersen
- Recycling Bin + This = Real Engineering, True Science and Successful Projects From Anywhere with TeacherGeek
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ScIC2: Distance STEM Learning
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ScIC3: Remote Control
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ScIC4: In the Classroom and Beyond
- STEM Education with PocketLab Notebook
- It IS Rocket Science! Pairing PocketLab with Estes Rockers
- Unwrapping Climate Change Education with Dr. Burrito
- Performance Assessments for STEM Education with Paul Andersen
- SciShow Kids: Behind the Science with Alexis Dahl
- STEAM Learning Through Play Using LEGO
- Using Biomimicry to Find Sustainable Answers in Nature's Designs with The Biomimicry Institute
- The Artemis Lunar Exploration Program with Future Engineers and NASA
- Free Online Learning Resources from The Smithsonian Institute
- Data Collection by YOU! Citizen Science with SciStarter
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ScIC5: Citizen Science
- The Science of Learning with Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, StarTalk: Cosmic Queries
- Bees Have a Hairy Secret: Static Charge with Xochitl Garcia and Ariel Zych, Science Friday
- Encouraging a Culture of Curiousity & Discovery with Joy Kiano, N*Gen TV Africa
- S.T.E.A.M Powered: Inside Walt Disney Imagineering with Josh Gorin
- Learn Ways to do "Hands-on Science" Virtually Panel
- The International Space Station with Dr. Liz Warren, ISS National Lab
- Marking the Case for Project-based Learning with Gary Curts, Activate Learning
- Cultivate an Explorer Mindset with Mary Ford, National Geographic
- Introduction to Citizen Science with Caroline Nickerson, SciStarter with
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ScIC6 Day 1: Esports & Games
- Games & Esports as a Trojan Horse for STEM Learning with Constance Steinkuehler, University of California
- What is Esports & Gamification? Panel
- Why is Esports Important for STEM Educators? with Tammie Schrader
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Games & Esports with Dr. Robbie Melton
- Anatomy of an Esports Program with Chris Aviles
- The Neuroscience of Games & Gamifying Science with StarTalk
- Twitch in Education with Garvey Candella
- Esports Productions with Todd Conley
- Fortnite in the Science Classroom with Steve Isaacs
- Minecraft is, as, and for Education with Stephen Reid
- The Dawn of Virtual Robotics Competitions with FIRST Global & Filament Games
- Science-based Tabletop Games with Xochitl Garcia
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ScIC6 Day 2: STEM Summit
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ScIC7: Innovation in the Science Classroom
- Catalysts of Creativity with Ira Flatow
- Talking About a Revolution with OpenSciEd
- Pandemic-induced Innovation in Science Teaching
- Nurturing Innovation in Science with Conceptual Academy
- Townhall with Chris Rush
- Teaching the Whole Child with the Center to Improve SEL & School Safety
- Listen, Wonder, Tinker, Wow! with Tinkercast
- Bringing Hands-on STEM Experiences to Life with DonorsChoose
- Making Your Dream a Reality with NSF
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ScIC8: Action + Impact
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ScIC9: Open Educational Resources
- STEM Saves the World with Explr Media
- What is OpenSciEd? with Jim Ryan
- Bring Space Into Your Classroom with the ISS National Lab
- Meet Carolina's Young Innovators with Carolina Biological
- Does This Look Like a Game to You with Universe and More
- The Next Species of Innovators with the Biomimicry Institute
- Using Authentic Phenomena in the Elementary Science Classroom with Great Minds
- Explore the World with Virtual Field Trips & FUTURE U. with Discovery Education
- Science and Math in Animation with DreamWorks
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ScIC10: Live at CAST22
- Deep in the Heart with Anne Marie Fayen
- The Great Minds of Unique Learners with Dr. Temple Grandin
- STEM Education in Dallas with Michael Ruiz
- Meet the Whynauts with The Perot Museum of Nature and Science
- Phenomena-Driven 3D Learning with Carolina Biological
- Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Science Education with Dr. Uchenna Emenaha
- The Art & Science of Creating Unforgettable Learning Experiences with Steve Spangler
- Gamify Your Classroom with Tammie Schrader
- Amoeba Sisters: A Biology Channel's Origin Story
- From Classroom to Curriculum with Chris Kesler
- Science Fairs Around the World with Society for Science
- Using Models to Explore Phenomena with Great Minds
- Engaged Students, Excited Teachers: HMH Science
- Well-Rounded Science Classrooms in 2022 with STEMscopes
- NASA on the ISS with Keelan Hamilton
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ScIC11: Science Literacy
- Best Day Ever with Steve Spangler
- The Science Behind Pixar with Tony DeRose
- The Heat is On: Heat Islands Panel Discussion
- Beyond the Lone Genius with Joe Hanson
- Mixing It Up: Digital & Analog Content in the Classroom Panel Discussion
- Science Literacy for All Students with Chris Kesler
- Chasing Carbon Zero with Miles O'Brien
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ScIC12: Live at the IIHS
- Physics Talk with Joe Hanson and Dave Bakker
- Crash Avoidance with David Aylor
- Crash Science Activities with Griff Jones
- Live Crash Test with Becky Mueller
- Interactive Simulations with PhET
- The Physics of Flying a Jet with Capt. Ariel Knepper
- Crash Science Lesson Resources with Griff Jones
- Deep Dive with Dummies: Linda Jones and Jessica Jermakian
- Physics for the Future with Paul Hewitt and John Suchocki
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ScIC13: Live at the Ed Games EXPO
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ScIC14: Disney Imagination Campus
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ScIC Presents: Webinars
- Hands-on Science with PocketLab Notebook
- PhET & PocketLab Get Real
- Urban Heat Islands with UrbanHeatATL
- The Physics of Fighter Jets
- Holiday STEM for Students with Mr. Science
- G-Force in Action
- PhET Gets Hands-on
- USASEF X-STEM All Access in Notebook
- OpenSciEd in PocketLab Notebook
- Conceptual Academy in PocketLab Notebook
- Biomimicry Institute Youth Design Challenge
- PocketLab in Space Featuring the ISS National Lab
- Teach Your Way with OpenSciEd Featuring Kendall Hunt
- Get Funded: Grant Writing for Educators
- Kesler Science Gets Powered by PocketLab
- K-5 Science + ELA Lessons in Notebook
- The Amoeba Sisters
For Teachers, by Teachers
ScIC "Science is Cool" is brought to you by PocketLab, a science technology company founded by teachers.
We started ScIC "Science is Cool" virtual unconference in March 2020 as a way to make the best of our, um, unique situation, and create new opportunities for both teachers and innovative education companies. The spirit of our work as an "unconference" is to provide everyone with useful tools and valuable resources as well as giving participants a voice for what's next.
ScIC quickly evolved into a thriving, inspiring forum for teachers around the world to access tools, offer solutions, and also have a place to find camaraderie, and feel heard and understood.
Thank you for being an integral part of ScIC "Science is Cool". We are elated by how well these events have been received and intend to hang out with you for the long run.
I loved it and left inspired! This was a very organized conference. I am so so glad I attended.Thank you so much! I am just bursting with new ideas!
My brain is on overdrive!
It was my first time with ScIC and I am very impressed with the conference. Thank you for organizing it.
Well organized conference with relevant information and even better- immediately applicable ideas for free!!
I was in awe that I was in a conference with so many people from around the world....that wasa highlight for me in itself.....priceless information was provided
This is the kind of PD that gets me excited for school!
Please continue to do this conference virtually even after the world returns to normal. It gave so many people around the world the opportunity to go without having to worry about travel funds [or] days off. I loved all the connections to real science and can’t wait to start implementing them into my classroom.
I immediately shared the virtual resources with my district science curriculum instructors as well as with my science dept.
I always come out more inspired and recharged with ideas & strategies to use with my students.