We talk to fourth-grade teacher Sharleen Haarsma about using Twig Science to inspire students with phenomena, how science is all around us, and her most successful lesson.

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We talk to Christina Roy, a teacher at a project-based learning school, about science and engineering practices, one of the three dimensions of the NGSS—from how they help to get students engaged in science to why the skills they introduce are vital across the curriculum and beyond.

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We talk to Twig's own Contessa Akintunji about how Lisa Delpit's book changed her life, the power of recognizing our own biases, and why it's so important for teachers to get to know students and their families.

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We talk to acclaimed author and reading specialist Wiley Blevins about why literacy is so important, what it feels like to be a language learner, and which of his 90 books is his favorite.

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We talk to Lauren Stoll from Stanford’s SCALE team about assessment, learning, and equity, SCALE's role in developing the Twig Science program, and the challenges and benefits of 3-D science standards.

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We talk to Dr. Monica Burns from classtechtips.com about digital learning, open-ended creation tools, and moving from learning loss to learning recovery.

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Michael Hernandez is an award-winning cinema and broadcast journalism educator. We talk to him about using video to empower students to become digital storytellers.

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We talk to literacy expert Andrés Pi Andreu about ELA knowledge building with Twig Create, multimodal literacy, and using films and filmmaking to engage students.

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