Grades 3-8
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).

New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site Teachers’ Workshop July 22-23, 2008. Help protect your students’ health and teach them to be stewards of the Harbor. Workshop and winter callback earns 20 Science PDPs. Registration has been extended, so sign up now. Click here to download an information flyer for this event.

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) in nine regions of MA. 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, exploring botanical gardens, zoos, the aquarium, art museums, natural reserves, the ocean, and more. The cost of the program is only $200 or $175 if more than one teacher comes from the same school. Teachers will earn either 60 or 90 PDPs, and those teachers who choose to earn 90 PDPs 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 mits@mits.org. Information is also directly available through their web site 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.

 

This page last updated July 20, 2008.