Hello Everyone,

I wanted to make sure that you all see the new information on the elementary science professional development opportunities on December 16th and January 6th. Both sessions will run in the Pinewood TPC from 4:15 - 6:15 by Paul Drummond from the MISD.

On December 16th the topic will be force and motion. The course will provide teachers with an opportunity to learn the science concepts related to force and motion and teachers will examine how children make sense of these concepts. The session will focus on forces as pushes and pulls, gravity as a force, and the relationship between force and mass. Teachers will participate in hands-on activities that are classroom friendly and that can be scaffolded across grade levels.

On January 16th the topic will be Magnetism. The course will provide teachers with an opportunity to learn the science concepts related to Magnetism. We will examine how children make sense of the concepts. The session will focus on magnetism as it applies to properties of matter and forces (pushes and pulls, attract and repel).  Teachers will participate in hands-on activities that are classroom friendly.

In both sessions Paul will present a website that the science consultants at the MISD are developing as a resource for teachers in which all the activities are directly aligned to GLCE's by grade level.

If you are in need of some PD hours so that you can sleep in on MLK day both of these sessions are valuable.

Thanks,

John
 


Comments

Courtney Joondeph

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:54:06

I think this is a great idea! It's about time! Third grade needs some help with estimation: )

 



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