How cool is this educational jewelry that @the_fish_nerd has created! Her photos show linked medallions illustrated with non-binary side-blotched lizards, transgender moray eels, and asexual condors. Thanks for sharing! - RXS
Gender Spectrum Online Professional's Symposium 2023: Adapting for Gender-Inclusive Biology Workshop
Stanford Teacher Education Program Alumni Conference 2022 Workshop
Here are the slides and references from our workshop at the 5th Annual STEP Alumni Conference, November 5, 2022. We delighted in the conversations and are so grateful that you joined us! The recording is available here and embedded in the doc above.
NSTA Engage: Spring21 Session (Online)
We are excited to present our session "Gender-Inclusive Biology Curriculum: Small Tweaks and Big Shifts” at the NSTA Engage Spring21 Conference. Ours is a live session on May 6, 2021, 06:30 PM - 07:15 PM Eastern time.
NEA LGBTQ+ Caucus Rainbow Series Webinar
We are excited to give our webinar "Gender Diversity in the Biology Classroom" as part of the NEA LGBTQ+ Caucus’ Rainbow Series. This even is scheduled for Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 4:30 pm Pacific time.
The LGBTQ+ Caucus is the voice of the LGBTQ+ community within the National Education Association.
Discovering Diversity in Science Education - Webinar from Shifting Schools
Sam gave this one-hour webinar for an audience of science educators - not strictly limited to biology content, but with much overlap with our Gender-Inclusive Biology Framework. The webinar also spends time on on science identity, science language, equity in chemistry, and meaningful teaching about diverse scientists.
Shifting Schools is a wonderful organization with a weekly series of free webinars for educators with an equity lens - check out their webinars, podcasts, and other events!
Science Educators for Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice (SEEDS) Conference (Online)
We are excited to present our session "Gender Diversity in the Biology Classroom" at the SEEDS 2021 Conference. SEEDS is a fantastic organization of equity-focused science education, and the conference is free with membership in the organization.
Growing a Gender-Inclusive Biology Curriculum - in Teach Magazine
Image shows the silhouette of a person standing with arms raised and a DNA double helix running across the page. Both figures are colored in multicolored dots. Text reads, “Biology is the study of a diverse range of living things, and biology affirms all genders.”
Sam wrote this introductory article in TEACH Magazine’s 2019 Special Issue: “Out of the Closet and Into the Classroom”. The magazine is based in Canada and all articles are available in English and French.
Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice 2020 (Online)
We are excited to return to the Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice for a second year presenting "Gender Diversity in the Biology Classroom: Small Tweaks and Big Shifts".
Colorado Science Conference 2020 (Online)
We are returning to the Colorado Science Conference for a second year presenting "Gender Diversity in the Biology Classroom: Small Tweaks and Big Shifts". Our session takes place at 2:00 pm Mountain time on Saturday, November 14, 2020.
Kansas Association of Biology Teachers 2020 Conference (Online)
We will be part of a fantastic lineup of virtual workshops at the KABT 2020 Online Conference. Our presentation "Gender Diversity in the Biology Classroom" will begin at 10:50 am Central time on Saturday, September 12, 2020.. You can access event info, our slide deck, and the video from our presentation below.
National Association of Biology Teachers 2020 Conference (Online)
We have the privilege of delivering a virtual workshop at the NABT 2020 Online Conference. Our presentation "Gender Diversity in the Biology Classroom" is at 2:00 pm Eastern time on Friday, November 6, 2020. You can access event info, our slide deck, and the video from our presentation below.
Teaching about Gender Diversity (Book)
Written by teacher for teachers, Teaching about Gender Diversity is an edited collection of interdisciplinary lesson plans that provides K–12 teachers with the tools to implement gender-inclusive practices into their curriculum and talk to their students about gender and sex. Edited by Susan W. Woolley and Lee Airton, this engaging collection features teachers' perspectives on teaching about gender from across North America. Divided into three sections dedicated to the elementary, middle, and secondary grade levels, this practical resource provides lessons for a variety of subject areas, including English language arts, STEM, and health and physical education. To view more titles in Education, visit canadianscholars.ca.
Fred Hutch Science Education Partnership Workshop
This workshop was presented by Lewis Maday-Travis for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Science Education Partnership program on June 3, 2020. The workshop covers the basics of a framework for gender-inclusive biology education. All resources used in the workshop are available at: http://bit.ly/SEPgender
Gender Spectrum Online Professionals' Symposium 2020
We are so excited to give a virtual workshop at Gender Spectrum’s Professional Symposium. Our presentation is titled "Gender Diversity in the Biology Classroom: Small Tweaks and Big Shifts". You can access event info, our slide deck, and the video from our presentation below.
Pathways STEM Outreach Program
This is a unique STEM outreach program for LGBTQ+ high schoolers. Please share with students who may be interested! Sam Long will lead a workshop about diversity in biology in the July session.
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Calling all LGBTQ+ high schoolers! Wanna learn about LGBTQ+ scientists, build STEM skills, and meet other students this summer? Check out the new Pathways in STEM summer outreach program at CU Boulder! All events are online over summer 2020.
Info and registration at http://bit.ly/pathwaysstem
BSCS Presentation - April 15, 2020
STEM Village Webinar
Join Sam Long for a 30-minute webinar on Gender-Inclusive Biology on Monday, April 6th. The time is 4 pm BST or 9 am Mountain time. Thank you to STEM Village for hosting. DM @TheStemVillage for the meeting password.
Gender-Inclusive Biology Curriculums Sam Long takes us through an enlightening and insightful journey of how to build gender-inclusive curriculums, in a way ...
4 Ways Biology Can Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
When I switched to science teaching, I worried we weren’t preparing students for the diverse professional work environments I had left. Peers from different backgrounds often struggle to work together, and some curriculum can limit, not expand, the student conversation.
A student says…
“You need a mom and dad to make a baby.”
“Same-sex pairings or transgender behavior is unnatural because they don’t produce babies.”
“My textbook says a characteristic ‘goal’ of life is to mate and have biological children.”
“But I was taught that everyone is XX or XY. Is that wrong?”
What do we say?
Even in San Francisco, more experienced teachers asked me, a nonbinary immigrant biology teacher, whether science had any unbiased resources for talking to students in a gender-inclusive way. I’m passionate about creating a classroom where students can stay curious about new experiences and identities, but I still want to keep science at the center.
To get you started, I’m sharing four ways teachers at any level or subject can respond to common gender-related questions using the evidence-based model of actual scientific research. Click through to read the article on WeAreTeachers, which includes the infographic below. Feel free to print and/or share!
–RXS
Time to Thrive - Presentation Materials
We are so excited to give a presentation at Time to Thrive 2020 in Washington, D.C. You can access our slide deck, with linked resources, below.