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Congratulations to Anna Pshenichny-Mamo for winning the People’s Choice Award at Faculty Research Day for her outstanding poster presentation exploring the intersection of the Nature of Science and Social Justice in natural history museum exhibits!

Dvir, M. & Tsybulsky, D. (2025). Facilitating the design and analysis of middle school students’ reasoning in the context of citizen science: A framework of the interrelations between statistical, scientific, and nature of science reasoning with data-based claims. Science and Education.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-025-00637-0

 

Remah Haj was accepted to the ESERA Doctoral School 2025 (Almería, Spain)!
She was also selected to join “Bedarkech HaAkademit,” a prestigious academic career program for outstanding Arab women doctoral students, initiated by Afik in Academia – Israeli Women University Professors’ Forum.

In addition, Remah has recently been accepted to another prestigious program — “Tamkeen,” a selective initiative by Alrowad for Science and Technology. This unique program supports Arab students pursuing advanced degrees in science and technology, offering tools and workshops to enhance their personal and professional development.

Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. Digital curation in science education: exploring novel student-centered technology applications for personalized learning experiences. SITE2025 conference. Orlando, USA, March 2025. Oral presentation. PPT.

1. Dagan, K. & Tsybulsky, D. Enhancing scientific literacy in distance elementary education: A closeup on pre-service teacher beliefs and practices. National Harbor, Maryland, USA, March 2025. Oral presentation.
2. Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. Curating the future: Integrating digital curation for personalized learning in science education. National Harbor, Maryland, USA, March 2025. Poster presentation.
3. Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Lodge, W. & Tsybulsky, D. “Who Do You Imagine as Scientists?”: Intersecting NOS and social justice in natural history museums. NARST2025 conference. National Harbor, Maryland, USA, March 2025. Oral presentation.
4. Ben-Simon, H. & Tsybulsky, D. Bridging the gap: How designed purposes facilitate authentic scientific purposes in citizen science project. NARST2025 conference. National Harbor, Maryland, USA, March 2025. Oral presentation.
5. Tsybulsky, D., Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Ben Simon, H. Nature of science in science curriculum and teacher education, a global perspective: Nature of science in Israel. NARST2025 conference. National Harbor, Maryland, USA, March 2025. Symposium.

Haj, R., Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky. (2025). Digital curation in science education: A new learning pathway to enhance student engagement with socio-scientific issues. Chais2025 Annual Conference Proceeding, pp. 37E- 40E, Raanana, Israel. PPT.

Congratulations to Haya Ben Simon on receiving the Miriam and Aaron Gutwirth Excellence Scholarship!

 

 

Gadot, R. & Tsybulsky, D. (2025). Taxonomy of digital curation activities that promote critical thinking. Smart Learning Environments, 12, 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-025-00365-6

We welcomed a fantastic community of new biology teachers to our lab for an engaging and inspiring afternoon!
The teachers explored and shared ideas to make science biology lessons more impactful and exciting for students.
🌱 Because when it comes to teaching science, the learning never stops, and we’re always eager to grow and give back.

We are happy to announce the Annual Biology Teachers Conference 2024 entitled ‘Biologists’ Discourse #17′

Please find below the link to the conference website:

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