Digital microscopy: utilize advanced technology, hardware, and software, to enhance your stem based science inquiry. The workshop includes demonstrations and hands-on activities with the latest digital scopes and flex cameras.
Research shows that time spent planning "smarter" translates into improved student achievement. Explore elements of a standards-based instructional unit, using the backwards mapping model. Receive printed materials and interactive CD.
Ready to expand your Family Science Night? Learn about implementing a multi-night program using hands-on science and conservation activities. Find out about ideas to get started, and roadblocks to avoid.
Finding time to teach physical science in primary (PreK-2) grades is daunting! Come delve into the world of physical science, learn about exciting possibilities for integrating science and literacy, and explore our new Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards. Grade level PreK-2. Ticket: $20
This Short Course is six hours in total. The second part of the course will be presented on Saturday, Oct. 20, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Want science fun in your primary classroom? Mary Miche will sing nature songs and share her new book, "Nature's Patchwork Quilt." Join her for nature-science learning and sing-along fun.
Learn to integrate technology and hands-on inquiry. STEM-focused forensic activities that link the scientific method with analysis and investigative skills to solve “cases” involving fingerprint, trace, DNA, and document evidence.
Donated and student cell phones are a powerful no-cost solution to technology integration. Used in conjunction with various free web-based applications, teachers can offer students a more interactive learning experience.
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Finding time to teach physical science in primary (PreK-2) grades is daunting! Come delve into the world of physical science, learn about exciting possibilities for integrating science and literacy, and explore our new Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards. Grade level PreK-2. Ticket: $20
This Short Course is six hours in total. The first part of the course will be presented on Friday, Oct. 19, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm.
Early childhood educators will be engaged in hands-on developmentally appropriate science activities that not only engage your young learners with science content but also provide strong literacy and math connections.
Try out fresh ideas that engage young students in exploring the natural world. Take home Project Learning Tree’s new early childhood guide and a music/movement CD. .
Model Based Inquiry allows students and teachers alike to formulate and clarify scientific concepts, including the NGSS cross-cutting concepts of: Patterns, Cause and Effect, Scale, Proportion and Quantity, Systems and Systems Model, Energy and Matter, Structure and Function, Stability and Change.
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This session will show how to work with ELL and the Next Generation Science Standards in planning a learning cycle, developing background knowledge appropriately for Inquiry instruction, and vocabulary instruction through the tiered/ blended approach to scaffolding inquiry science. Grade level PreK-10.
Ticket: $20
This science safety workshop will provide participants with a general overview of science safety for public schools. A comprehensive set of materials will be provided to each participant.
Darrell Reasner
Mandi Bottoms
Marian Murphy-Shaw
Grant Paul
Jonathan Osborne
Eric Muller
Almetria Vaba
Peter Hippard
Edusmart
Derek Gregg
Rick Pomeroy
The Tech Museum of Innovation
National Science Teachers Association
Society for Science & the Public
Mark Salata
National Center for Science Education (NCSE)
Karen Larson
Eric Muller
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Therese Arsenault
Kendia Herrington
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Anna D.
Jennifer Weibert
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