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Inventing to Learn Science
Audience:
Teachers of Grades 2-12, OST Staff, Youth Program
Leaders
Class Location: SD Discovery Center, Pierre
Dates: July 20 (everyone) + July 21 or 22 (One or the
other, you choose.)
9am to 4pm (2 days total/person)
Special Info: Registration fee: $150, first 15 registrations
get $75 scholarship.
Certificate renewal (free), graduate & undergraduate
credit ($40) are pending.
Ed Sobey, author and founder of the Northwest
Invention Center and developer of the Toy Tech:
World's Greatest Toys currently in residence at the
SD Discovery Center will show you how to conduct
hands-on, inquiry-based science units that:-
motivate students
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exercise creative thinking
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develop problem-solving skills
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address content standards
Ed is the "Master" of inventing to learn and this
workshop comes highly recommended by past
participants. This workshop is guaranteed to
be great fun and excite you about teaching science!
During part of the workshop you will work with "real
kids" so see how they respond to the activities.
Sponsored by the SD
Space Grant Consortium and the SD 21st Century
Community Learning Center Programs.
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PEACHES for Early Educators
Audience:
Early childhood educators, K-1 Teachers, Parents, day care
providers,
Class Location: Pierre
Dates: July 28-29
Special Info:
Each participant will get 2 PEACHES guides of their choice
plus a free teacher membership to the SD Discovery Center
that will allow for discounted use of all teaching kits.
Certificate renewal and graduate & undergraduate credit.
(Pending) PEACHES (Primary
Explorations for Children and Educators in Science))
is a nationally-recognized early childhood program
from the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS).
The activities convey
key primary science and mathematics concepts and
skills in a developmentally appropriate way, while
interweaving literature, language acquisition,
drama, art, role-play, and environmental awareness.
The teacher’s guides are designed so teachers,
childcare providers, and parents can feel
knowledgeable, confident, and above all, excited
about doing science and math with their children.
Cost: $75
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GEMS Space Science
Audience:
Teachers of Grades 3-5,
OST Teachers
Class Location: Kadoka, SD
Dates:
August 12 - 14
Special Info: $50 paid to each participant.
Once set of GEMS Space Science Sequence Teacher's Guides and
interactive CD roms ($199) given to each participant. The
three school districts with most attendees from their district
will win a GEMS Space Science teaching kit. Certificate
renewal (free), graduate & undergraduate credit ($40) are
pending.
The Great Exploration in Math & Science Space
Science Sequence is a very flexible, hands-on
series of units that targets national standards
for 3-5 graders.
The unit topics include "How Big & How Far?",
"Earth's Shape & Gravity", "How Does Earth
Move?" and "Moon Phases & Eclipses". It is
possible to teach the units all during a single
years' course of study; or, individual units can
be taught each year over two to three years. Not
all of the units in a sequence must be
taught—each can stand alone as necessary. This
flexibility allows schools to determine when to
teach specific content based on their standards
and curriculum requirements, using integrated
units that naturally progress and build on prior
knowledge. Teams of teachers from a school
are encouraged to attend.
This workshop will provide lots of time to
become familiar with the lessons and practice
the activities. Experts from the
University of California Berkeley with team
teach the workshop with SD Discovery Center
staff in order to help build teacher's
background knowledge, too.
Sponsored by NASA and the SD Space Grant
Consortium.
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Project WET
Facilitator Training
Have you been
trained in Project WET? Are you
interested in taking it to the next level
and training others in Project WET? If
so, contact Anne Lewis about attending the
Project WET/WILD/Learning Tree facilitators
training, July 2009 in the Black Hills. (Credit
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WET. Call the SD Discovery Center if you
are interested in bringing a Project WET
workshop to your school. Project WET
offers multi-disciplinary, hands-on learning
for Grade 4-12 teachers, pre-service
teachers and non-formal educators. |
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E-missions. Bring this interactive,
high tech, earth science activity to your
school. Provides hands-on learning
that simulates the real life drama of
disaster management. Email
Kristie or call 605-224-8295 |
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| Starlab.
Become trained in giving our portable
planetarium show. Call 605-224-8295 or
email
Sue Douglas |
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