Name: Blooming Science: Verbs, Skills & Smarter Assessments
Start: 2025-08-26T11:00:00-0600
End: 2025-08-26T12:00:00-0600

ECSD Elementary Summer Summit: Flourishing in Hope – Growing Toward Optimal Learning
Join us on August 26 for a day of connection, inspiration, and deep learning. With over 40 sessions featuring classroom-ready resources, high-impact strategies, and engaging lessons across all subject areas—including the brand-new Social Studies curriculum—this year’s Summit will help you start the year with confidence and purpose. Explore the schedule below and plan your path toward flourishing in your practice and fostering optimal learning for every student.

Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT

Room 8

Session Materials

In Blooming Science: Verbs, Skills & Smarter Assessment, we dig into the powerful language of Alberta’s K–6 Science curriculum—specifically, the verbs that drive the “doing” of science. These action words shape how we design learning experiences, engage students in meaningful inquiry, and assess their progress authentically. Together, we’ll unpack what verbs like observe, compare, design, and analyze actually look like in the classroom. Through interactive activities and practical examples, we’ll explore how these skills can bloom into hands-on investigations, stronger scientific thinking, and more intentional, skill-based assessment. Come ready to connect, collaborate, and leave with tools that make Science more vibrant and visible in your classroom!

Speakers

Leanne Hemphill

Curriculum and Assessment, Edmonton Catholic School Division

Leanne is a tech enthusiast and Assessment & Reporting consultant! Her passion lies in revolutionizing how assessments are conducted, making them engaging and insightful for all. When she's not diving deep into assessment strategies, Leanne can be found gliding through the water with... Read More →

Katerina Campbell

Elementary Science Consultant, Edmonton Catholic School Division

Katerina is an elementary Science consultant at Edmonton Catholic Schools. She loves all things Science, exploring natural phenomena and will never stop asking “why?” Katerina is a self proclaimed maker and cardboard collector. She is a proud promoter of inquiry based learning... Read More →

Natalie Zuberbuhler

Elementary Science Consultant, Edmonton Catholic School Division

Natalie Zuberbuhler: Elementary Science Curriculum and Assessment Consultant with Edmonton Catholic Schools lives for Science and supporting her teacher colleagues. Natalie always has great recommendations on books, tips for catching fish, and how to incorporate computer science to... Read More →

Alyson Gabucci

Curriculum and Assessment Consultant, Edmonton Catholic School Division

Alyson Gabucci is an Assessment & Reporting consultant at Edmonton Catholic Schools. She is passionate about eating, mainly salty carbohydrates, working out because of those salty carbohydrates, and you can often find her with her nose in a book either learning more about assessment... Read More →

Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Room 8 350 5th Ave New York, NY 10018 USA

K-6

ECSD Elementary Summer Summit

Leanne Hemphill

Katerina Campbell

Natalie Zuberbuhler

Alyson Gabucci

Attendees (6)

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