Upcoming CREEC workshop for teachers 3/29/03

Date view Thread view Subject view Author view Attachment view

From: Karen Mendelow Nelson (karenm@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 13 2003 - 11:47:38 PST 

Message-Id: <l03130306ba9690ba3557@[192.168.111.216]>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:47:38 -0800
From: Karen Mendelow Nelson <karenm@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Upcoming CREEC workshop for teachers 3/29/03

The CREEC workshops are always great!

>From: Bay Area CREEC EE Network - Maria Laxo <mlaxaa@yahoo.com>
>To: Karen Mendelow <karenm@exploratorium.edu>
>Reply-To: Bay Area CREEC EE Network <baycreec.89533@email.edgateway.net>
>Subject: Upcoming CREEC workshop for teachers 3/29/03
>Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:28:46 -0800 (PST)
>
>From: Bay Area CREEC EE Network - Maria Laxo
>Replies to this message go to the whole group.
>
>Build Your Science Confidence Using Your Local Environment
>to Teach Science: A Day of Workshops for Elementary Teachers
>
>Prepare with colleagues to face the challenges of
>standardized science testing
>
>Saturday, March 29, 2003
>9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
>Palomares Elementary, Castro Valley Unified School District
>
>Sponsored by Bay Area CREEC and Palomares Creek Watershed
>Project.
>$20.00 per person (includes light breakfast, lunch, workshop
>packets, and EE resources).
>
>On the Agenda:
>&#61607; Learn about local resources that will help you
>develop and implement an environment-based project.
>&#61607; Tour Palomares watershed and garden projects.
>&#61607; Attend two workshops on how to develop exciting,
>hands-on science curriculum that use the local environment
>for the context for learning.
>
>Workshop Descriptions:
>CRS Workshop: Exciting Science Lessons with Local
>Environmental Resources
>Environmental education can be challenging to ìfit inî with
>all your other classroom requirements. In this workshop
>youíll make connections between your environmental project
>ideas and the California State Science Standards, and
>develop lesson plans that take advantage of local resources
>while integrating content and skill practice across your
>curriculum. Community Resources for Science(CRS) is a
>non-profit organization helping elementary teachers in
>Alameda County find and use new ways of engaging their
>students in powerful learning experiences through science
>
>Palomares Watershed Project: Do you want to teach science,
>but don't think you have the time, resources, or background?
>Learn to integrate science, math, and language arts, and
>meet your district standards. In this workshop you will
>learn how to teach science in a hands-on, meaningful way
>using the inquiry method. Go home with ideas to start Monday
>morning. Children are natural scientists; use that curiosity
>to spark academic skill development, interactive learning,
>problem solving, and decisison making.
>
>For more information contact Bay Area CREEC Network
>Coordinator, Laura Powell
>email: bacreec@attbi.com Phone 707-775-2420
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>Respond directly to the sender of this message only.
> mailto:mlaxaa@yahoo.com
>
>Post a response to this message and send to the entire group.
> mailto:baycreec.89533@email.edgateway.net
>
>Post a new message on a new topic and send to the entire group.
> mailto:baycreec@email.edgateway.net
>
>To view this discussion online:
> http://www.edgateway.net/cs/ege/forum/cs_disc/473
>
>To unsubscribe and not receive further emails.
> mailto:unsubscribe.baycreec@email.edgateway.net
>

Karen Mendelow Nelson
Program Manager and Science Educator
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
karenm@exploratorium.edu
415-561-0313

Date view Thread view Subject view Author view Attachment view

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Mon Aug 04 2003 - 16:18:12 PDT