[SEMCO] Summer Institute in Cape Cod

[MITS]

MITS Inc., (the Museum Institute for Teaching Science) is holding its annual
Summer Institute July 7th to July 18th.  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 Cape Cod.  This
year's theme is Headline Science:  Science, Math, and Literacy Behind the
Headlines, 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 Cape Cod teachers will visit OceanQuest, and Waquoit Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve. In the Southeast teachers will visit
Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Oak Knoll Audubon
Sanctuary, and Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies.  The cost of the Cape
Cod 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 Cape Cod. 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 mits at mits.org.
Information is also directly available through their web site www.mits.org
<http://www.mits.org/> .  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.   

 

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