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Participants explore a variety of innovative and high-impact instructional techniques that are informed from research, expert practitioners, and reflective teaching to build their capacities as science educators. Students use their science content area expertise to design and evaluate learning experiences that align with local, state, and national science standards. Students gain understanding and experience differentiating and scaffolding instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners in science classrooms. Students learn how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and critical race theory (CRT) frameworks can provide meaningful and accessible learning opportunities for all students and practice designing and implementing instruction that is informed by such frameworks. Students learn about science teaching methods through learning experiences embedded in a range of scientific content, and in doing so, build their understanding of science educational practices focused on inquiry and phenomenon-based learning. Students build their capacities to provide safe and effective classroom and laboratory learning environments for all learners, including strategies of how to infuse socioemotional learning supports for their students.