What happens when a compelling phenomenon meets a Thinking Classroom? In this interactive session, participants will experience a sea turtle phenomenon as learners while exploring how BTC practices support scientific thinking and sensemaking. Participants will work at VNPS to notice patterns, ask questions, analyze evidence, develop explanations, and revise their thinking. We will examine how the phenomenon creates a reason to learn science content and how intentional task sequencing, questioning, and consolidation move students toward deeper understanding. Participants will leave with a practical process for transforming phenomena into rich thinking tasks that can be adapted to any science curriculum.
