Potatoes Fly at Science Teacher Training in Denver, Colorado
Filed under In the News, Science in the Rockies, Spangler TV, Teacher Spotlight, Teaching Moments
Tag - professional staff development
July 23, 2008
What happens when you put 150 teachers from 23 states and three countries in the same room for three days with a team of instructors who are over-the-top excited about teaching science? Enthusiasm for making science fun spreads like a virus. Concerns about test scores, curriculum changes or the ever-changing pressures of being a teacher seem to vanish. For three days, these teachers put their worries aside and focus on ways to bring wonder, discovery and exploration back into their classrooms. Here's a glimpse at what happened at Science in the Rockies this year...
Not all of the participants who come to Science in the Rockies start out loving science. Hilary Vanderveen admits she was a student who didn't like science all that much, but this experience taught her how to avoid that attitude in her classroom. Vanderveen believes the key is raising the "I wonder factor" in her students' minds as they approach various … (more...)
May 4, 2008
Imagine a room filled with 183 energetic early childhood teachers and you'll know how fortunate I was to present our Hands-on Science Secrets workshop in El Centro, California. Heather Vessey-Garcia worked for almost a year to plan every detail of the event... down to lightning fast on-site registration and a killer lunch (always important when teachers are showing up on a Saturday). Speaking of Saturday, I can't begin to thank all of the participant for taking their personal time on the weekend to attend the workshop, but this shouldn't surprise anyone who works with early childhood educators. The El Centro teachers were eager to learn about new activities for their children and to share some of the things that are working best for them right now.
As always, if you attended the workshop, I'd invite to share a comment on ways you're using the materials and information with your students... but don't blame me for making a mess with the Mentos and Diet Coke eruption.
El Centro Teachers Hooked on Science
Filed under Teacher Spotlight, Teaching Moments
Imagine a room filled with 183 energetic early childhood teachers and you'll know how fortunate I was to present our Hands-on Science Secrets workshop in El Centro, California. Heather Vessey-Garcia worked for almost a year to plan every detail of the event... down to lightning fast on-site registration and a killer lunch (always important when teachers are showing up on a Saturday). Speaking of Saturday, I can't begin to thank all of the participant for taking their personal time on the weekend to attend the workshop, but this shouldn't surprise anyone who works with early childhood educators. The El Centro teachers were eager to learn about new activities for their children and to share some of the things that are working best for them right now.
As always, if you attended the workshop, I'd invite to share a comment on ways you're using the materials and information with your students... but don't blame me for making a mess with the Mentos and Diet Coke eruption.
