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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>MITS Announces New Hybrid Professional Development Institutes!</span></strong><span style='color:black'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>(Online and Face-to-Face STEM)</span></em><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>On-Site Dates</span></u></strong><span style='color:black'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>July 8 - 12, 2013 in the Boston area</span></em><br><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>July 15 - 19, 2013 in the Southeast area</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <br>Take a Museum Institute for Teaching Science Hybrid Course that combines 10 hours of online learning with one week of face-to-face instruction at our partner institutions. Each course will feature interdisciplinary STEM content and inquiry-based, hands-on, minds-on exploration!<br><br>In <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Boston</span></strong>, compare how both animals and people skillfully adapt to their environments. Find out about design skills that help us make livable spaces and great architecture. Learn the science and engineering that create and maintain the waterworks infrastructure that keeps the city alive. Partner Institutions include </span><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Zoo New England,</span></em> Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, and Learning by Design.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>In the <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Southeast</span></strong>, take a historical view of technology, design and land use. Uncover the connections between the natural world and engineering design. Explore salt marshes, wetlands, forests, fields and a marine mammal rehabilitation facility. Partner Institutions include </span><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Lloyd Center for the Environment</span></em>, Buttonwood Park Zoo, Mass Audubon Oak Knoll and Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuaries, and National Marine Life Center.<span style='color:black'><br><br>Examine patterns and adaptations that inspire engineering solutions and new technologies. Return to your classes with lots of classroom investigations and resources, new content knowledge and skills! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Registration Cost: </span></strong><span style='color:black'>$350 ($25 discount if signing up with one or more teachers from same school district).<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Earn PDP’s. Graduate credits also available for an additional fee.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <br><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>Spots are limited, so register today!</span></em> Visit <a href="http://mits.org">http://mits.org</a> to read regional summaries, browse our Summer Institute brochure, and register online!<br><em><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For more information on these and other Institutes, email <a href="mailto:mits@mits.org"><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>mits@mits.org</span></a> or call the MITS office at 617-328-1515. </span></b></em></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px none;orphans: 2;widows: 2;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.75pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>What are MITS Summer Institutes?</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.75pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>MITS Summer Institutes are a unique professional development opportunity. Visit each of the partner organization’s sites for 1-2 days and participate in both content and skill development sessions taught by professional educators, scientists and other content experts. Depending on the region, daily activities will include: nature walks, behind-the-scenes tours of facilities, introductions to resource centers, modeling of inquiry-based activities and more. Days will include a balance of indoor, classroom-based components and outdoor field experiences. All activities are designed to help you meet State Frameworks and create interdisciplinary connections. Participants can choose to receive PDPs, or graduate credit and PDPs.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> Kathy Zagzebski</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> President & Executive Director</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> The National Marine Life Center</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> P.O. Box 269, 120 Main Street</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> Buzzards Bay, MA 02532-0269</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> phone: 508 743-9888 x301</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> cell: 774 313-8850</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> fax: 508 759-5477</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> e-mail: <a href="mailto:kzagzebski@nmlc.org" title="mailto:kzagzebski@nmlc.org"><span style='color:black'>kzagzebski@nmlc.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> web: <a href="http://www.nmlc.org/" title="http://www.nmlc.org/"><span style='color:black'>http://www.nmlc.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> twitter: @MarineLifeCtr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> “Caring for stranded marine animals.”</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> I GoodSearch for the National Marine Life Center.</span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> You can help, too, just by searching the Internet</span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> with GoodSearch - <a href="http://www.goodsearch.com/" title="http://www.goodsearch.com"><span style='color:black'>www.goodsearch.com</span></a>.</span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> Thanks for your support!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>