Skip to main content
X

Science Investigation Workshops

Elementary Level Science: Grades 3-5
Join our instructional specialists as they lead you through an informative session that will help you navigate expectations, provide tips for set up and implementation, and give you opportunities to practice activities within each NYSED Science Investigation. We will also discuss how these labs relate to the standards and how they can fit into your curriculum. You'll be given time to ask questions and collaborate with colleagues.
Middle School Content and Investigation Workshop: Energy - Cool It!
This workshop provides an overview of the Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) that support the Performance Expectations (PEs) in the required NYS Intermediate-Level Energy Investigation: Cool It! We will review science concepts and examples of class activities, and we will spend time to work on the investigation itself as students will do. There will be opportunities to ask questions and share best practices.

Middle School Content and Investigation Workshop: Structure & Properties of Matter - All Mixed Up
This workshop provides an overview of the Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) that support the Performance Expectations (PEs) in the required NYS Intermediate-Level Structure and Properties of Matter Investigation: All Mixed Up. We will review science concepts and examples of class activities, and we will spend time to work on the investigation itself as students will do. There will be opportunities to ask questions and share best practices.

Middle School Content and Investigation Workshop: Structure & Function - "It's Alive?" Investigation
This workshop provides an overview of the Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) that support the Performance Expectations (PEs) in the required NYS Intermediate-Level Structure, Function, and Information Processing Investigation: It's Alive? We will review science concepts, and we will spend time to work on the investigation itself as students will do. Please bring instructional ideas and/or materials related to PEs MS-LS1-1, MS-LS1-2, and MS-LS1-3 to share with your colleagues. Please BRING YOUR LUNCH if you would like to eat at the start of the workshop.
Afterschool Series: Earth & Space Science
Afterschool Series: Life Science/Biology
All Afterschool Series Trainings are held at Penfield High School

Regents Life Science: Biology Investigations Workshop
Join our instructional specialists as they lead you through an informative multi-day workshop that will help you navigate expectations, provide tips for set up and implementation, and give you opportunities to practice activities within each NYSED Science Investigation. We will also discuss how these labs relate to the standards and how they can fit into your curriculum. You'll be given time to ask questions and collaborate with colleagues.

Regents Earth and Space Science Investigations Workshops
Join our instructional specialists as they lead you through an informative multi-day workshop that will help you navigate expectations, provide tips for set up and implementation, and give you opportunities to practice activities within each NYSED Science Investigation. We will also discuss how these labs relate to the standards and how they can fit into your curriculum. You'll be given time to ask questions and collaborate with colleagues.

Making Sense of the ELS & ILS Investigations for Administrators
An informative one-hour session that sheds light on the new NYSED Elementary and Intermediate Level Science Investigations including the rationale behind their development, the gist of each lab, various factors affecting administration of the investigations, and the pros and cons of different implementation options for districts. Offered by district request, either in-person or online. 

For more information about BOCES 4 Science Investigations Professional Learning or to schedule, please contact Lisa Zeznick, Assistant Director of BOCES 4 Science, at [email protected]

For more information about BOCES 4 Science Investigations Kits, please refer to the Investigations Kit Purchase Catalog on our website: http://www.boces4science.org or contact Steve Montemarano, Director of BOCES 4 Science, at [email protected].

About the Investigations

The HS Investigations are hands-on laboratory experiences that help prepare students for the NYSSLS-aligned Regents examinations that will be administered for Life Science: Biology and Earth and Space Science in Spring 2025 and for Chemistry and Physics in Spring 2026.
BOCES 4 Science is a collaborative science program service developed through a partnership among the BOCES in the Mid-Western New York State region. 
BOCES 4 Science is committed to making our website accessible to everyone. If you are unable to access anything on this site, please contact us at [email protected], so that we may provide you with an alternative. (BOCES 4 Science is not responsible for the content or accessibility of third-party sites.)