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Fall 2006 (dates TBD)
What: Professional Development Workshops #2 and #3 for STEPS Supervising Teachers
When: 9 am to 4 pm
Where: Miami Museum of Science
June 5 - July 28, 2006
Cohort 2 students participate in Museum Associate Teacher Internship program
Click here to see the June 16, 2006 event photo gallery.
Click here to see the June 23, 2006 event photo gallery.
Click here to see the June 29, 2006 event photo gallery.
Click here to see the June 30, 2006 event photo gallery.
Click here to see the July 7, 2006 event photo gallery.
Click here to see the July 12, 2006 event photo gallery.
Click here to see the July 13, 2006 event photo gallery.
Click here to see the July 14, 2006 event photo gallery.
Click here to see the July 21, 2006 event photo gallery.
Click here to see the July 25, 2006 event photo gallery.
Click here to see the Lee Crawfords Summer Camp 2006 event photo gallery.
May 20, 2006
What: Mandatory orientation meeting for all participants in the Museum's Summer Camp 2006
When: 9 am to 11 am
Where: Miami Museum of Science
May 13, 2006
Cohort 2 students from FIU and UM met with Museum Associate Teacher Internship (MATI) Master Teachers at the Museum to plan lessons for their internship classes. The workshop included activities to help them better understand the role of the teacher in planning and implementing hands-on, inquiry learning. They used an observation checklist to identify best practices in a short video of a science lesson. Participants also were given a tour of camp-related areas of the Museum, such as the classrooms, wildlife center, exhibits, and supply room, with Jennifer Fields, Vice President of Education at the Museum.
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April 22, 2006
Supervising teachers for FIU and UM students, along with the Master Teachers for the Museum Associate Teacher Internship, spent the day at the Museum learning about handheld technology and inquiry-based, hands-on science. Participants received a handheld computer (Palm), and training on how to use it. They were then introduced to the PD3 science observation tool, and practiced using the tool by watching short video clips of classroom. Finally, they were introduced to four APEX Science investigations: Biome on a String, Soaring Rockets, Strawmendous!, and Toot Your Pipe. At each station, participants played the role of teacher, student, or observer using the PD3 tool.
Click here to see the event photo gallery.
April 1, 2006
Cohort 2 students met with Museum Associate Teacher Internship (MATI) Master Teachers attended a workshop at the Museum. Participants were given an overview of the internship in the Museum's summer camp, looked at ways hands-on, inquiry learning is integrated in the camp classes, and worked together to practice using the STEPS online, standards-based lesson planner. All participants registered to use the STEPS Discussion Forum. Participants also were given a tour of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit, and were invited to attend Phantom Ships of the Titanic, an original Planetarium production.
March 22, 2006
Cohort 1 and 2 students, STEPS supervising teachers and STEPS Museum Associate Teacher Internship (MATI) Master Teachers were invited to attend the Museum's Educator Preview of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit.
December 2, 2005
Cohort 1 students enjoyed a luncheon with FIU School of Education faculty and Museum staff in the Dean's conference room. FIU faculty included Drs. Mark Shermis, Judy Cohen, Richard Campbell, and Martinez-Perez, and a representative for Dean Blanton.
June 25, 2005
Florida International University students and Miami-Dade County Public School classroom teachers explored the link between the physical, chemical and living components of an ecosystem, and observed South Florida and
non-native species in the Museum’s Wildlife Center. They created a biome on a string” and used data collection journals to record observations of their biome. Working in collaborative groups, participants practiced online research and mathematics skills to design appropriate zoo habitats for selected animals, culminating in a tour of the TechnoZoo.
Click here to see the event photo gallery.
Click here to download a presentation about biomes.
June 18, 2005
Florida International University students and Miami-Dade County Public School classroom teachers explored and compared three hands-on investigations about tops, and then identified and discussed three approaches to hands-on science. They explored ways to integrate force and motion concepts in the elementary science classroom by interacting with the Newton’s Notions exhibit at the Museum, and explored ways to integrate math with physical science during the CAT-apult challenge.
Click here to see the event photo gallery.
Click here to download a presentation about physics.
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