Registration Deadline

Event Date(s)

Professional Development Opportunity

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AMNH (American Museum of Natural History): Seminars on Science
Eleven Seminars on Science courses fully online over two summer sessions (June-July, July-August). The courses are fully online and all of them are available for graduate credit.
Courses include: The Solar System; Water: Environmental Science; Evolution; Earth: Inside and Out; The Ocean System ; Genetics, Genomics, Genethics; In the Field with Spiders, The Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds, Sharks and Rays, The Diversity of Fishes and Space, Time and Motion.
Since the courses are fully web-based, there is no need to come to the museum at any time, and all courses are led by both an experienced classroom teacher and a research scientist.
Basic course: $465 per course (-$50 early reg. discount by June 7)

Katie Rasmussen
Manager, Seminars on Science
Seminars on Science
National Center for Science, Literacy, Education and Technology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th St.
New York, NY 10024
1-800-649-6715
semadmin@amnh.org
http://learn.amnh.org

 July 6 - 9

Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers
Middle School Science Teacher Workshop.   We will provide teachers with housing in the Best Western Hotel, some of the meals, all the materials, and activities, visits and lectures by Cornell scientists and a $350 stipend. More information is provided in the enclosed attachment and also in our webpage: http://cibt.bio.cornell.edu

Florianna Blanton , CIBT

http://cibt.bio.cornell.edu

 July 12 - 23

Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers
Molecular Biology Teacher Workshop.   We will provide teachers with housing in the Best Western Hotel, some of the meals, all the materials, and activities, visits and lectures by Cornell scientists and a $600 stipend. More information is provided in the enclosed attachment and also in our webpage: http://cibt.bio.cornell.edu

Florianna Blanton , CIBT

http://cibt.bio.cornell.edu

(Online)





June18 - Aug1
June18 - Aug8
June18 - Aug8

Earth Climate and Earth Systems: NCAR Education Online (National Center for Atmospheric Research), Are you seeking a K-12 professional development opportunity that will enhance your qualifications, competency, and self-confidence in integrating Earth system science, climate, and global change your science classroom?

Introduction to Earth's Climate
Earth System Science: A Climate Change Perspective
Understanding Climate Change Today

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), offers a suite of distance learning courses that build upon our face-to-face professional development workshops. $225 (additional fee for optional 2 graduate continuing education credits of $90)

http://ecourses.ncar.ucar.edu/

Winter, Summer and Fall Schedules

July 12 - 20
(Online course)

SUNY ESF: Climate Change and Sustainability (1 credit)
Tuition: $207

July 25 - 27

Cornell Univ.: ASSET Summer Science Workshop
The Advancing Secondary Science Education with Tetrahymena (ASSET) program develops and disseminates a collection of self-contained laboratory modules for use in middle school and high school classrooms. Each laboratory module is built around Tetrahymena thermophila, a safe, easy to grow protozoan that is ideal for demonstrating many of the basic principles of biology. The workshop is from July 25 - 27, 2010 and is free of charge to all accepted applicants.

http://asset-program.vet.cornell.edu

Aug. 2 - 5

SUNY ESF: Advanced Training in Alternative Energy Workshop
(2 credits) The workshop is open to high school science teachers, pre-service science teachers, and other community educators in New York State. The goal of the workshop is to provide a background in PV, wind, and other alternative energies for use in classroom education.This workshop is sponsored by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and SUNY ESF. Please contact Dr. Neal Abrams or Dr. Richard Beal with questions about the workshop.

http://www.esf.edu/outreach/summer/

Exploring Nature Educational Resource
PO Box 84, Elizabethtown, NY
12932 518-962-4977
• sheri@exploringnature.org
1-888-497-3765

http://www.exploringnature.org/db/main_index.php
http://www.exploringnature.org/school_programs/
Wild_science_conference.php

July and Aug

Harris Rochester STEM Teaching Institute:
This summer the Harris Corporation and Rochester Area Colleges’ Center for Excellence in Math and Science are sponsoring nine FREE institutes for K-12 teachers living in the following counties: Allegany, Cayuga, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates.
All institutes include a summer intensive with sustained support and follow-up throughout the year. The goals of the STEM Teaching Institutes are to provide high quality professional development and to establish a regional professional learning community committed to continuous improvement in STEM education.
The workshops are held at various locations on different dates during the months of July and August - see the website for additional information.

Connie K. Duff, Director
2010 Harris Rochester STEM Teaching Institutes cduff@rochester.rr.com.

www.raccems.org

Online Courses

(Year Round)

PBS Teacherline : NYS teachers use a promo code to receive a discount.
Some Course topics: Teaching Ele. Life Science, Heredity and Adaptation (K-4), Teaching Middle School Life Science, Structure and Function (5-8), Regulation and Behavior (5-8), Natural Selection and Applied Genetics (5-8), Teaching HS Biology (9-12), Inquiry in Science Ed (9-12), Teaching Ele. Physical Science, Understanding Motion and Forces (K-4), Teaching MS Physical Science, Teaching Earth and Space Science (6-12), teaching Effective Lessons (9-12)

http://www.pbs.org/teacherline

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