Look for more information at http://www.MassScienceTeach.org
TI Technology Users Group Meeting: Massachusetts Academy is going
to try something new!!! We are hoping to create a TI User's group
or groups. We would like teachers using or who would like to use TI
technology to get together and share ideas. We will create groups
based upon interest; such as science, geometry, algebra, Trig,
Stats, N-Spire, Navigator, 89's, 84's or whatever. We may have
subgroups at times and big groups at other times. It all depends
upon you. Please join us from 4 - 6 on May 13th , 2008 at Mass
Academy for our second meeting, a session on apps and grant
opportunities and refreshments. Parking across the street in the
lot is free, we are at 85 Prescott Street in Worcester. ALL ARE
WELCOMED REGARDLESS OF LEVEL OF EXPERTISE!! COME AND JOIN US
Please RSVP so I know how many to plan for.
Jacklyn Bonneau
Mass Academy
85 Prescott St
Worcester Ma 01605
508-831-5859
<mailto:bonneau@xxxxxxx>bonneau@xxxxxxx
Teaching Elementary Life Science Online Course by WGBY:
This summer, WGBY, in partnership with the Massachusetts DOE and
Easthampton Public Schools a, is proud to offer Teaching Elementary
Life Science, a course from PBS TeacherLine and Teachers' Domain
The course will run for six weeks, June 23 through August 8th.
Coursework is done completely online and is flexible to complete
around your summer schedule. No set meeting times are required, just
successful completion of course activities at the end of each
session. Upon course completion, you will receive a certification
for 50 PDPs. Optional graduate credit will be available.
To take the course, there is no cost to you as a teacher, because this
project has been grant funded by the MA Department of Education.
Space is EXTREMELY limited, with only 25 seats available.
Contact
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for an application
Course Description: "Teaching Elementary Life Science" begins with the
principles of constructivist learning, inquiry, and exploration-based
science. Course content includes living things, plants as
producers, animals consumers, heredity and adaptation, interaction
of organisms, and the human impact on ecosystems Throughout, the
emphasis on content gives teachers a comprehensive understanding of
life science to increase students' understanding at the elementary
level The final week will be spent on developing a series of life
science activities for the classroom, a final product you can use!"
Heather J Lavigne
Director of Education & Outreach
WGBY
44 Hampden Street Springfield, MA
01103 (413) 781-2801 ext286
Fax: (413) 731-5093
E-mail:
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<http://www.wgby.org/edu>http://www.wgby.org/edu
NSTA Offers Eight More Web Seminars in May: The seminars are
90-minute, live experiences that allow the participants to interact
with national experts, scientists, engineers, and fellow colleagues.
Check out the topics and register today. Registration is free!
May 6 - FDA: Teach Science Concepts and Inquiry with Food-Focus on
Cosmetic Safety
May 8 - NOAA: Coral Ecosystems
May 13 - NASA: Mapping the Moon
May 14 - NASA JPL: Robotic Exploration of the Red Planet
May 15 - NASA: 21st Century Explorer-Today's Knowledge for Tomorrow's Explorer
May 20 - Sally Ride Science: Igniting Students' Interests in Science Careers
May 22 - Polar Science, Global Discoveries: IPY Research Update for Teachers
May 27 - NSDL: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears Series: Polar
Geography Register at:
<http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/SeminarRegistration.aspx>http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/SeminarRegistration.aspx
Still looking for graduate/PD credits this summer? Take an online
course from the American Museum of Natural History:
<http://learn.amnh.org/welcome.php?=BAP>Seminars on Science offers
award-winning online graduate courses in the life, earth, and
physical sciences. Designed for K-12 educators, each six-week course
is led by an experienced classroom teacher and a research scientist.
In-depth readings and assignments paired with rich web-based
discussions assure that educators come away from each class with a
deeper understanding of both the science and the tools of scientific
inquiry.
Courses may meet your local professional development needs,
including degree, certification, NCLB and salary gradation
requirements. Check out the Seminars on Science website for
complete information, including free sample resources-essays,
videos, and interactives-from all of our online courses.
All ten courses are available this summer including: The Solar
System; Evolution; Earth: Inside and Out; The Ocean System;
Genetics, Genomics, Genethics; and Space, Time and Motion. Free
sample resources are available for each course on the Seminars
website.
Summer sessions run June 9 - July 20 AND June 30 - August 10.
Register early for a $50 discount. For more information, go to
<http://learn.amnh.org/welcome.php?=BAP>learn.amnh.org or call
direct at 800-649-6715.
MITS Inc., (the Museum Institute for Teaching Science) is holding
its annual Summer Institute July 7th to July 18th. The program
offers K-8 teachers professional development opportunities to learn
inquiry-based, hands-on methods of teaching science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM). Institutes will be held in nine
regions of MA including a two week Institute in Southeast and a one
week Institute from July 7-11 in Cape Cod.
This year's theme is Headline Science: Science, Math, and Literacy
Behind the Headlines, and will allow teachers the ability to explore
and learn about the science processes that go into developing what
the public reads in the news. Topics will include global warming,
water quality, energy, the ecosystem, engineering skills, forensics,
and the effects of the environment on our bodies. Teachers will
learn how to teach these subjects using inquiry-based methods from
highly trained Museum Educators who will model these methods on
three levels: directed, guided, and open inquiry. Teachers will
have the unique experience to learn from primary source materials at
museums and will spend about 2 days in a different museum for each
region. In Cape Cod teachers will visit OceanQuest, and Waquoit Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve. In the Southeast teachers will
visit Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Oak Knoll
Audubon Sanctuary, and Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies. The
cost of the Cape Cod program is $125. The cost of the two week
Southeast program is only $200 or $175 if more than one teacher
comes from the same school. Teachers will earn 30 PDPs in Cape Cod.
In the Southeast teachers can earn either 60 or 90 PDPs, and have
the option of earning 3-4 college credits for an additional cost.
There are still spaces available. For more information and
registration contact the office at 617-695-9771 or
<mailto:mits@xxxxxxxx>mits@xxxxxxxxx Information is also directly
available through their web site <http://www.mits.org/>www.mits.org.
For out of state participants interested in attending an Institute,
please contact the MITS office at your earliest possible convenience
about low-cost housing options.
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,
<mailto:mort@xxxxxxxxxxxx>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.
Fulcrum Institute for Leadership in Science Education:
Tufts University, in collaboration with TERC and the Malden Public
Schools, is now recruiting teachers for the Fulcrum Institute for
Leadership in Science Education, a National Science Foundation Math
and Science Partnership (MSP) designed to build school and district
capacity for quality science teaching.
The Fulcrum Institute, a series of three graduate level Tufts
University courses plus a week-long, face-to-face summer institute,
helps develop K-8 teacher leaders of science in their schools.
Participating teachers are part-time graduate students at the
University.
Tufts University currently offers the courses tuition-free to teachers
accepted to the program and who agree to share their classroom
practice with researchers, colleagues and Tufts pre-service teachers.
The Fulcrum Institute also provides all books and required
investigation materials. Cost to participants is the registration fee
($75.00) for each course. Participants are eligible to receive a
stipend for their feedback, for participation in the projects
research component, and for successful completion of the courses.
We are looking for school-based teams of three to five K-9 teachers.
Our program is for teachers who are new to science and want to
increase their confidence and skill in teaching it, as well as those
who have extensive science backgrounds. We welcome the opportunity to
work with interested communities to improve science learning and
teaching in schools.
School-based teams from Malden, Boston, Somerville, Natick,
Shrewsbury, Pentucket Regional, Ashburnham/Westminster, Methuen, and
Acton currently are participating in the program.
The Fulcrum Institute is currently recruiting teachers for the next
institute that begins Jan 2009, and runs through May 2010.
Applications are due October 15th, 2008. For more information or to
obtain an application to the program call 617-627-3039 or go to
<http://fulcrum.tufts.edu/>http://fulcrum.tufts.edu/
To view a video highlighting one of our face-to-face events go here:
<http://ase.tufts.edu/education/projects/projectFulcrum.asp>http://ase.tufts.edu/education/projects/projectFulcrum.asp
Roxane Johnson
Fulcrum Institute Program Manager
<mailto:roxane.johnson@xxxxxxxxx>roxane.johnson@xxxxxxxxx
617-627-3039
<http://fulcrum.tufts.edu/>http://fulcrum.tufts.edu/
FROM N.E. AQUARIUM: Earn Graduate Credits and PDPs this Summer!
1) Whale Watch Workshop: Explore the world of marine mammals. We
will investigate marine mammal anatomy, unique adaptations and the
challenges they face while on the whale watch. Learn activities
that you can take back to the classroom. Time: 8:30am-4:00pm
Location: New England Aquarium Cost: $75 (whale
watch ticket included in cost of workshop)
Pre-registration is required. To Register, Please email
<mailto:trc@xxxxxxxx>trc@xxxxxxxx with your name, grade, school and
contact information
2) On the Waterfront: Integrating Science Standards through
Classroom and Field Investigations Cost: FREE
Course description: Participants will learn about the physical
environment of the waterfront, the living organisms and the human
activity in and around the waterfront, and the relationship among
the three. Faculty will present a rich array of curricula, practical
skills and content knowledge for conducting standards-based
investigations and analysis. Based primarily on the science
Framework, the Institute integrates other content areas, especially
language arts (linking science observation to literacy through
journaling), and mathematics (measuring, graphing). Offered at 2
different locations and on different dates!
Location #1: Campbell Science Center, Dorchester and the New England
Aquarium: Dates: June 25 - July 3, 2008, 2 fall dates TBD
Times: 8:30am - 4:30pm To register: Please contact the
Teacher Resource Center <mailto:jsoule@xxxxxxxx>jsoule@xxxxxxxx or
(617) -973-6590 Location #2: New Bedford Whaling Museum, New
Bedford and the New England Aquarium: Dates: July 28 - August 6,
2008, 2 fall dates TBD Times: 8:30am - 3:30pm To
register: Please contact the Teacher Resource Center
<mailto:nscola@xxxxxxxx>nscola@xxxxxxxx or (617) -973-6590
MASS AUDUBON Climate Change Summer Course For Middle School and High
School Teachers: For more information email Liz Duff at
<mailto:lduff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>lduff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or call her at
978-927-1122 ext. 2701. To register, call 781-259-3445.
Summer Chemistry Institute:
The department of education is sponsoring a summer content CHEMISTRY
institute in partnership with Chelsea public schools. This institute is
targeting teachers in grades 6-9 and resource staff in support of
students taking chemistry and/or physical science.
Participants will go home with over $200 dollars of instructional
supplies, great activities, and improved competency in teaching ideas in
chemistry and physical science Participants completing the entire
institute will earn 67.5PDPs and will have the option to receive 3
graduate credits from Endicott College for a very reduced price of $150
dollars. The graduate credit will be awarded at the end of the summer
component of the institute.
For Teachers in Grades 6-9 and Special Education Teachers
PDPs: 67.5 Awarded for Full Participation of Summer and Fall Sessions.
Graduate Credit: Optional 3-Credits Awarded at End of Summer Session.
Summer Dates: 8-days July 8-11, July 14-17
Summer Time: 8:30AM to 3:30PM.
Follow up Dates: September 27 & December 6.
Follow up Time: 9AM to 3PM.
For additional information, please contact:
Mark Greenman
Science Matters
<mailto:greenman.mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>greenman.mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<<mailto:greenman.mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>mailto:greenman.mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
781 248-4952
From Boston Museum of Science:
1-- Forum: Nanotechnology in Cambridge:
May 22, 2008: 7:00 p.m. Join us for a forum presented in
collaboration with the Cambridge Public Health Department on how to
make residents and consumers aware of the presence and potential
risks of nanomaterials in consumer
products.
2--Summer Professional Development Opportunities:
For teachers of grades 1 - 5 Teachers interested in the science of
plants, landforms, magnets, energy, or the solar system are invited
to attend workshops exploring engineering activities related to
those science topics. Sponsored by the Engineering is Elementary
team.
2008 NSRC National Science Education Strategic Planning Institute
July 20-25, 2008
The National Science Resources Center (NSRC) invites you to
participate in this year's National Science Education Strategic
Planning Institute.
More than 800 forward-thinking school districts at the cutting edge
of science education reform have participated in one or more of the
60 previous NSRC planning events, and are at various stages of
implementing the strategic plans they developed there. Be part of
this growing national movement: Participate in the National Science
Education Strategic Planning Institute this year.
During the Institute a team of expert practitioners will guide your
school district leadership team through the rigorous process of
developing a tailored strategic plan-a plan for initiating and
implementing an effective research-based science program. You will-
Explore current research on how students learn and develop.
Examine exemplary research-based science curricula.
Address the five elements of reform;curriculum, professional
development, materials support, assessment, and administrative and
community support.
Receive technical assistance in the strategic planning process and
network with others involved in science education reform.
National LASER K-8 Science Education Strategic Planning Institute
Where: Alexandria, Virginia
When: July 20-25, 2008
Who Should Attend: A five-person team of teachers, school
administrators, community leaders, and a scientist or engineer
representing a corporation, academic institution, museum, science
technology center, foundation, government, or other nonprofit
organization working to reform science education.
Details: The brochure, sample program, registration information and
frequently asked questions may be found at
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dpTjLIKOrHlAEeshsSfSXEgibU3gAL97TQg_msX6rBupjRbjWPBJanVNVptJhpYeiT2UKYpwZCT4FxbFc4GuM7_eAmnD7EiTpEUtIYbsrtqlTm-tIOf4msBLcadl_cdziKFxvm5OfCnZKgBwRUSwkg==>http://www.nsrconline.org/pdf/2008_SPI_main.pdf.
Additional Information: Contact: Mary Raucci, NSRC, 202.633.2971,
<mailto:laser@xxxxxx>laser@xxxxxxx
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