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Hands-On Professional Development for Elementary Teachers
The Arkansas Discovery Network Summer Science Institute is a week-long professional development opportunity designed to provide elementary teachers with comprehensive math and science training. Through five days of intensive, inquiry-based workshops, participants will be immersed in cutting-edge techniques designed to thoroughly engage students in scientific exploration. Participants will learn how to incorporate inquiry-based learning activities in the classroom while building confidence in their own science teaching skills. Since hands-on learning is the best way to engage students in science education, participants will be provided with ample resources and experiences. Through the use of simple and recycled materials, participants will create activities that demonstrate complex scientific concepts. In addition to focusing on academic subject matter aligned with the Arkansas Education Frameworks, the program will serve as a platform for teachers to collaborate and support other like-minded teachers. The workshops will be held at the Museum of Discovery located in downtown Little Rock from Monday, July 23 through Friday, July 27, 2012. Teachers will earn 25 hours of professional development, and will receive a $150 stipend. For more information, or to register for the Summer Science Institute, please contact Kathleen Lawson at 501-537-3071 or via e-mail at klawson@museumofdiscovery.org.
- Public television station in Central Arkansas and sponsor of the AETN Public Media Center at the Museum of Discovery
- Arkansas Discovery Network teacher resource page contains lesson plans that accompany Network exhibits
- Exploratorium, the Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception in San Francisco is a great resource for hands-on science education using inexpensive materials.
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry of Portland.
- The Open Source Physics (OSP) project seeks to enhance computational physics education by providing a central Web site containing computer modeling tools, simulations, curricular resources such as lesson plans, and a computational physics textbook that explains the pedagogic simulations’ algorithms.
- NASA’s website on climate change awareness
- This website has information on subjects such as weather, tides, and satellite technology.
- NASA’s interactive website on space
- Smithsonian Resources for Educators
- National Science Foundation
- NASA for educators
- Teach Space Sciences
- American Museum of Natural History for educators
- National Science Teachers Association links teachers across the country so they can help provide resources and information for each other.
- Discovery Chanel’s Educational resource page
- US Geological Survey maps available and other geological resources
- National Institute of Health has information and resources for teachers on many health subjects
- PBS has numerous resources for teachers, check them out
- American Chemical Society education resources
- A clearing house site for many federal agencies with resources for teaching science
- A list of all the science specialists for districts throughout the state, set up through the Arkansas Department of Education
- Go to this page and scroll down to “science” for more links to science resources
- Natural history resources for Arkansas
- Online Physics Games
- A website that makes physics fun for the whole family
- A huge directory of resources on a vast array of subjects
- If you want to know Arkansas’s Geologic History look at here, by Peggy Guccione. The reading level is great for students 5-12 grades.
- Check out Rockhounding in Arkansas’s timescale
- Plus the Arkansas Geological Survey’s timescale, here.
- Science, Math, Engineering and Technology resources are listed on the SMART Portal both alphabetically and linked to Arkansas Standards
- Live Binders are a great way to organize your resources. Here is an example of a Live Binder with science resources.
- SMART Portal
- Delta STEM Education Center
- A website that gathers content developed by teachers, for teachers
- An inspired teacher, Laura Candler, created a website to help provide resources for her fellow teachers.
