Making Sense of SCIENCE

Making Sense of SCIENCE (MSS) is proven to positively impact teaching and learning in science classrooms across districts and states. We accomplish this by working collaboratively to strengthen the knowledge, skills, and understanding of pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, coaches, administrators, leaders, and school teams. 

How We Help

MSS believes that transformative professional learning equips teachers and leaders with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to support a culture of productive learning. Backed by rigorous research, MSS offers an array of respectful and impactful professional learning and technical assistance services for both teachers and leaders.  

We have diverse services ranging from shorter one- to two-day workshops to more in-depth learning opportunities, such as three- to five-day courses that also include learning pathways for leaders and facilitator academies to support ongoing, locally focused professional learning. 

We understand that every site is different and look forward to exploring and serving that uniqueness. There are many ways to customize an MSS experience to accommodate your site’s unique needs.

We offer 

• Professional learning 
• Professional learning community support 
• Leadership development 
• Technical assistance 

Learn more about the Making Sense of SCIENCE project, the supporting research, and our services and options on the project’s website. 

Service Delivery

• Online and onsite 

Who Will Benefit

• Science teacher  
• Instructional coach 
• Community service provider 
• District administrator 
• School administrator 
• State educational agency 

Connecting Research With Practice

Making Sense of SCIENCE stands apart from many other professional learning offerings in science due to the data collected over time that shows its impact on science teaching and learning. In rigorous national studies, MSS professional learning courses are shown to strengthen teachers’ content knowledge and classroom practices while improving student achievement. 

Over the years, Making Sense of SCIENCE has worked with thousands of classroom teachers, staff developers, and science educators by providing tens of thousands of hours of training and impacting hundreds of thousands of students. 

MSS professional learning builds on more than a decade of research and development and combines in-depth earth, life, and physical science content with a focus on supporting literacy, pedagogical reasoning, and effective classroom practices.