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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MITS Inc., (the Museum Institute for
Teaching Science) </span></font></b><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>is
holding its annual Summer Institute July 7<sup>th</sup> to July 18<sup>th</sup>.
The program offers K-8 teachers professional development opportunities to learn
inquiry-based, hands-on methods of teaching science, technology, engineering,
and math (STEM). Institutes will be held in nine regions of MA including a two
week Institute in Southeast and a one week Institute from July 7-11 in <st1:place
w:st="on">Cape Cod</st1:place>. This year’s theme is <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Headline Science: Science, Math, and Literacy Behind
the Headlines</span></i>, 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. In <st1:place
w:st="on">Cape Cod</st1:place> teachers will visit OceanQuest, and Waquoit Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve. In the Southeast teachers will visit </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Buttonwood Park Zoo, <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">New Bedford</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Whaling</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType>, Oak Knoll Audubon Sanctuary, and
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lloyd</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> for Environmental Studies</span></font><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>. The cost of the <st1:place w:st="on">Cape
Cod</st1:place> program is $125. The cost of the two week Southeast program is
only $200 or $175 if more than one teacher comes from the same school.
Teachers will earn 30 PDPs in <st1:place w:st="on">Cape Cod</st1:place>. In the
Southeast teachers can earn either 60 or 90 PDPs, and 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 <u><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'><a
href="mailto:mits@mits.org">mits@mits.org</a></span></font></u>. Information
is also directly available through their web site <a href="http://www.mits.org/">www.mits.org</a>.
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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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