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MassBaP Professional Development week ending May 2, 2008
Teaching Science in your Watershed Using Real World Local Environmental
Issues to Teach Science:
Four Day Professional Development Opportunity
June 26, 27, 30 and July 1, 2008
Registration Fee $150
Stipends from the Westfield River Environmental Center of $150 for
first 15 participants registered by June 6th. Meals and materials
included.
Possibility of graduate credit
To register contact: Audrey Antosz at
<http://mailcenter3.comcast.net/wmc/v/wm/481A662B0009585100005F4F2216566276CFCFCFC90B010109?cmd=ComposeTo&adr=aantosz%40wsc%2Ema&sid=c1>aantosz@xxxxxxx
All K-12 teachers are welcome to attend! However, the focus of these
workshops will be most relevant for teachers of science in upper
elementary through high school grades.
All workshop sessions will be led by faculty at Westfield State
College and community experts.
Participants will learn the basics of watershed science, focusing on
real-world local environmental issues such as:
Human impacts on water quality
Effects of invasive species on aquatic and
terrestrial ecosystems
Reintroduction of Atlantic Salmon
Participants will engage in specific activities relevant to their classroom
or schoolyard, including:
Stream monitoring & water quality
Basic mapping skills, including GIS " & GPS technology
Investigating soils
Studying the impacts of the hemlock woolly adelgid, a
non-native
insect
Priscilla Miller, Director
Center for Teacher Education and Research
Westfield State College
577 Western Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
1-413-572-8065
<http://mailcenter3.comcast.net/wmc/v/wm/481A662B0009585100005F4F2216566276CFCFCFC90B010109?cmd=ComposeTo&adr=pmiller%40wsc%2Ema%2Eedu&sid=c1>pmiller@xxxxxxxxxx
Department of Education Chemistry and/or Physics Summer Institutes:
Lab Based Chemistry
Target Audience: Educators Grades 6-9 & HS Special Needs Resource Staff
Summer Component: 8-days July 8-11, July 14-17 (tentative)
Summer Times: 8:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Chelsea High School
Lab Based Physics
Target Audience: Educators Grades 7-12 & HS Special Needs Resource Staff
Summer Component: 8-days July 22-25, July 28-31
Summer Times: 8:30am to 3:30pm
Location: University of MASS at Lowell, Olney Hall
Fall Call Back Dates: Two Days TBA.
Fall Meeting Times: 9am to 3pm.
Participants will leave with great activities, increased competency in
science, $200 dollars of instructional supplies, 67.5 professional
development points, and an option to earn 3-graduate credits at $50
dollars per credit.
If you would like additional information concerning either of these
opportunities, please email us
<http://mailcenter3.comcast.net/wmc/v/wm/481A67E10005A4A3000046552216566276CFCFCFC90B010109?cmd=ComposeTo&adr=greenman%2Emark%40marbleheadschools%2Eorg&sid=c1>greenman.mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mark Greenman
Science Matters
Phone: (781) 248-4952
Physics for the Middle Grades (June 2 - July 28 @UMass)
This course is designed to meet the needs of teachers in the middle
grades with a focus on the Physical Sciences content of the grades
3-5 section of the Massachusetts Frameworks for Science and
Technology/ Engineering. Topics include: electricity, magnetism,
light and sound, and forms of energy.
During class meetings, students will engage in lab work that
provides both instruction in content and models learning activities
that are appropriate for the elementary classroom. Course
assignments are designed to support participants' development of
curriculum material, incorporating the connections between content
and pedagogy, which will be relevant and useful in their school
setting.
Funding is provided by the Massachusetts Math and Science
Partnership. There is no charge for teachers desiring PDP's. Three
graduate credits are available for inservice teachers at a reduced
cost of $300 plus a $45 registration fee. Preservice teachers can
earn general education
undergraduate credits at the same cost. There is no stipend, but course
materials will be provided.
Eligibility requirement: teachers or teacher aides in Massachusetts
schools; priority given to those in high needs school districts.
Registration:
<http://k12s.phast.umass.edu/pvnet/mathscience.htm>http://k12s.phast.umass.edu/pvnet/mathscience.htm.
(You cannot register directly through Continuing Education.)
Questions: Contact Mort Sternheim,
<http://mailcenter3.comcast.net/wmc/v/wm/481A68E80005CA00000006352216566276CFCFCFC90B010109?cmd=ComposeTo&adr=mort%40umassk12%2Enet&sid=c1>mort@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
413-545-1908.
Instructors: Mort Sternheim and Chris Emery, UMass Amherst
Dates: Mondays June 2 through July 28 from 4:30pm to 8:30pm.
Location: UMass Amherst, Lederle Graduate Research Tower room 1033
New Science Teacher Academy to Select Middle and High School Science
Teachers for 2008-09 Term: Applications are still being accepted to
become a "Fellow" in the NSTA New Science Teacher Academy for
2008-09. New science teachers throughout the country who are
entering their second or third year of teaching with a schedule that
includes at least 51% science teaching time to middle or high school
students are encouraged to apply.
Cofounded by the Amgen Foundation, the NSTA New Science Teacher
Academy is a fellowship program created to help promote quality
science teaching, enhance teacher confidence and classroom
excellence, and improve teacher content knowledge. NSTA Fellows
chosen for the program which runs from August 2008 through June
2009, will receive a comprehensive NSTA membership package;
participation in an e-mentoring program developed by NSTA, the New
Teacher Center at UC-Santa Cruz, and Montana State University; and
access to a variety of web-based professional development activities
including web seminars. Each NSTA Fellow will receive financial
support to attend and participate in NSTA's 2009 National Conference
on Science Education in New Orleans, scheduled for mid-March.For
more information on how to apply to the New Teacher Science Academy,
please visit <http://www.nsta.org/academy/>www.nsta.org/academy.
Applications must be submitted no later than May 23, 2008, to be
considered. Don't delay, apply now.
Nationally Syndicated TV Talk Show Seeks Teacher for Science Demos:
Jimmy Kimmel Live is looking for someone who is passionate and
knowledgeable about science who would feel comfortable taking Jimmy
through multiple unusual and entertaining science experiments for a
new segment that they're hoping to have on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Ideally, if they find the right personality for the segment, they
would like to make this a recurring bit. Anyone who is interested is
welcome to submit a brief video introducing himself/herself, sharing
some background information, mentioning a few potential experiments,
and explaining why he/she would be a good candidate for this
segment. The video should be no longer than 5 minutes and can be
submitted via e-mail at <mailto:ftsjkl@xxxxxxxxx>ftsjkl@xxxxxxxxx or
mailed directly to the address below. Deadline for submission: June
2, 2008. Contact: Tara Varilek, Jimmy Kimmel Live at: 6834
Hollywood Blvd. 6th Floor
Hollywood, CA 90028
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