Let us COME TO YOUR SCHOOL to enhance your professional development days!
FEE: $150 per one-hour session, $100 for each additional workshop (maximum 30 teachers), plus workshop facilitator travel and lodging where applicable. Fees cover workshop materials and curriculum packet. Participants will receive a Professional Development certificate from the Alabama Regional In-service Center for one hour of Professional Development for each workshop plus AMSTI credit for designated AMSTI Affiliate workshops.
WORKSHOP TOPICS:
Learning by Inquiry
AMSTI Affiliate Workshop*
Designed for 1–8th grade educators, this workshop proves the effectiveness of learning by deep delving. Activities in this workshop will help teachers introduce inquiry learning to their students and incorporate inquiry into lessons they’re already doing.
Master the Standards
AMSTI Affiliate Workshop*
This workshop is designed for 3–6th grade educators. Teachers will participate in investigations that will help prepare students to master basic science standards through helpful tips and activities.
Science Smorgasbord
AMSTI Affiliate Workshop*
Chemistry, physics and more! Designed for 3–8th grade educators, this workshop provides you with a wide variety of inexpensive inquiry-based science activities and demonstrations to engage your students and reinforce science content standards in the classroom — all on a
minimal budget.
Physical Science
In this workshop, K – 2 teachers will learn about exploring matter, energy, movement, and change through hands-on science investigations. Participants will actively engage in activities designed to highlight a variety of process/inquiry skills.
Life Science
This workshop is designed to help K - 2 teachers develop curricula to teach structures and processes of living things, cells, organisms and health physiology of the human body. Through an inquirybased
approach, teachers will develop science activities to use in the classroom.
Earth and Space Science
K – 2 Teachers will delve into Earth Systems, Systems in space, weather, climate, rocks, oceans and planets. Throughout this workshop teachers will investigate ways to teach the process skills of observation, making hypotheses, collecting, interpreting
data, and using science tools.
*AMSTI Affiliate
Alabama Math Science Technology Initiative (AMSTI) provides intensive grade and subject specific professional development to teachers in AMSTI schools for two consecutive summers for two weeks each summer. To help teachers continue their professional development in years three and beyond, we offer them high-quality opportunities using a “menu-based” approach.
McWane Science Center is a designated AMSTI Affiliate; AMSTI teachers can participate in our designated workshops and receive AMSTI credit. Participation in any of the AMSTI Affiliate programs by AMSTI Schools is strictly voluntary.
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McWane Summer Science Institute For Teachers!
June 10-14, 2013
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
The Summer Science Institute For Teachers is a five day, inquiry based program focused on hands-on activities you can take back to the classroom. Teachers will practice techniques that promote the scientific method and higher-level thinking skills. And they'll have lots of fun, this is not your average workshop!
This institute provides teachers with many ways to translate science concepts into hands-on opportunities that engage students in the science learning process.
- For K–5 Teachers
- Lunch and Free Parking Included
- Free Field Trip for Each Participant
- CEU Credits Through UAB's STI-PD Program
Full-tuition scholarships are available for this one-week course. Space is limited! Reservations are required by calling (205) 714-8351.
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