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Target Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers

This two-part series offers practical formative assessment strategies that support inquiry based instruction. Participants will develop a better understanding of "Assessment FOR Learning" principles and utilize strategies to assess science process skills and conceptual understanding of scientific ideas. Participants will also practice constructing questions that are especially effective at eliciting student thinking.

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Target Audience: 1st Grade Teachers

This workshop will cover the 1st Grade Science GLCEs related to Earth Science—Clouds. You will be able to describe the shape and appearance of cumulous clouds. You will be able to explain what kind of weather is to be expected when cumulous clouds are present. You will be able to identify cloud types using cloud classification names. Students will be able to identify the three types of contrails. Participants will receive the Elementary GLOBE instructional materials on Clouds.

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Target Audience: 5th-8th Grade Teachers

This workshop is designed to give the 5th through 8th grade teacher an understanding of the Earth in Space & Time as defined in the Middle and High School GLCEs and HSCEs. Common misconceptions will be addressed. In addition to this background knowledge, teachers will come away from this workshop with a wide variety of teaching strategies, activities, labs and other ideas they can use in their classrooms to assist their students in the understanding and mastery of the content related to "The Earth in Space & Time" as defined by MDE.

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Target Audience: 1st and 2nd Grade Teachers

This workshop will cover the 1st and 2nd Grade Science GLCEs related to Earth Science—Earth Systems. You will be able to conduct an experiment designed to test a plant’s need for water, sunlight, and soil. You will be able to explain how the Earth’s processes and components are interconnected. You will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of how water, air, soil, and living things interact in the Earth system. Participants will receive the Elementary GLOBE instructional materials on Earth Systems.

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Target Audience: Grade K-6 Teachers

This 3-Day training will cover all of the Inquiry Process Standards, Statements and Expectations related to the K-6 Grade Level Content Expectations. Using hands-on experiences and focused reflection, this training will give teachers a thorough grounding in the pedagogy and practice of science inquiry. Participants examine different ways of teaching hands-on science, explore the process skills of inquiry, engage in a full scientific inquiry, and consider ways to include inquiry in their own classrooms. This training utilizes the workshop materials developed by the Exploratorium’s Institute for Inquiry.

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Come join in on the fun and excitement of using GPS and Geocaching to make your science curriculum come alive. Geocaching is a high tech cross-curricular scavenger hunt that will engage your students while making real-world technology accessible and understandable. Teachers will spend the day learning how GPS works, and participating in hands-on activities applicable to the classroom and HSCE/GLCEs.

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Target Audience: 4th Grade Teachers

This workshop provides the participants with essential teacher background knowledge and is based upon activities selected to illustrate or enhance concepts presented in the K-7 Science Processes and the Grade Four Physical Science Grade Level Content Expectations, Grade 4-Unit 1. There are many forms of Energy. We ask two questions to begin this workshop. Does Energy have weight? Does Energy take up space? The answer will give us a basic understanding of Energy. We will discover that Energy makes things move and is the ability to do work. There will be basic hands on experiments and demonstrations on Energy. We will examine the many ways we can transform Energy from one form to another. Second, we develop the basic concepts of Electric Circuits on our very own circuit board. Each participant will receive one of these circuit boards to keep. With this circuit board in class, your group will fully examine the series and parallel circuits. Other major concepts and ideas introduced are conductors, insulators, fuses, diodes and some everyday applications. Look forward to a charged up workshop.

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Target Audience: 6th Grade Teachers

This workshop provides the participants with essential teacher background knowledge and is based upon activities selected to illustrate or enhance concepts presented in the K-7 Science Processes and the Grade Six Physical Science Grade Level Content Expectations (Grade 6-Unit 1).

Does energy have weight? Does energy take up space? These two questions begin this workshop and lead to the understanding that energy makes things move and is the ability to do work.

There are many forms of energy. We will identify the two most important forms of Energy, namely Potential and Kinetic. There will be basic hands on experiments and demonstrations on energy. We will examine the many ways we can transform from one form to another. The energy conversions can link together forming energy chains which form the basis of modern industry and society.

These two concepts will be further investigated with hands on activities that show the relationships between potential and kinetic energy.

Come and let us increase your understanding of energy in a way that you can easily enjoy in a relaxed atmosphere.

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Contact: Deb Wood, dwood@misd.net, 586.228.3498

REGISTRATION FOR COMMERCIAL VENDORS ONLY!

Click on the link to the right, or at the bottom of the page to register as a commercial vendor for the 2008 Fall Conference of the Metropolitan Detroit Science Teachers Association (MDSTA).

Please note that the registration page will ask for various fields to be filled in. Use the "District" field to enter your company name and the "School" field to enter your department. You can enter N/A for any required field that is not relevant to a business. We also need the address field and the email fields to be treated as required fields. Thank you for being a vendor at the conference.

Please click on the date to the right to register for the 2009 Fall Conference of the Metropolitan Detroit Science Teachers Association (MDSTA).

REGISTRATION FOR NON-PROFIT VENDORS ONLY!

Click on the link to the right, or at the bottom of the page to register as a non-profit vendor for the 2008 Fall Conference of the Metropolitan Detroit Science Teachers Association (MDSTA).

Please note that the registration page will ask for various fields to be filled in. Use the "District" field to enter your company name and the "School" field to enter your department. You can enter N/A for any required field that is not relevant to a business. We also need the address field and the email fields to be treated as required fields. Thank you for being a vendor at the conference.

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Target Audience: 5th Grade Teachers

This workshop provides the participants with essential teacher background knowledge and is based upon activities selected to illustrate or enhance concepts presented in the K-7 Science Processes and the Grade Five Physical Science Grade Level Content Expectations (Grade 5-Unit 1).

Are you hesitant to teach the concepts of Force and Motion? Join us as we "uncover" the important concepts of motion by developing an understanding of the nature of motion, leading to the concepts of speed, velocity and acceleration. Each concept will be investigated through demonstrations and hands-on activities.

We will be moving along with Newton’s three laws which describe how the planets move as well as the movement of an insect. Discovering for ourselves and appreciating that an object´s motion involves some form of push or pull. This push or pull is another word for force and forces are always found in pairs. We will also discover that there are two types of forces: contact and non-contact.

“Find out WHAT makes us move!” join us for a very moving workshop!

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Target Audience: Secondary Teachers

Plate tectonics is the central organizing theory for the science of geology, which is why it has prominence in the 6th grade and high school Earth Science content expectations. Using physical models, maps with datasets and numerous real world plate motion scenarios, teachers will deepen their understanding of the plate tectonic theory and gain experience with instructional resources they can take back and use with students. Participants will also gain familiarity with the real world implications of plate tectonics such as rock occurrences, landscapes, earthquakes and volcanoes.

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Target Audience: 7th Grade Teachers

This workshop provides the participants with essential teacher background knowledge and is based upon activities selected to illustrate or enhance concepts presented in the K-7 Science Processes and the Grade Seven Physical Science Grade Level Content Expectations (Grade 7-Unit 1).

Major concepts that will be investigated are: 1. Identification of the elements and compounds that make up matter; 2. Describing Matter using Chemical and Physical properties; 3. Exploring States of Matter; 4. Building a Model that describes Matter; and Exploring Changes in Matter. We will develop understanding of the states of matter, their behavior with more hands on activities. By understanding the properties and states of matter we can develop a model for matter and explain some of the changes that matter undergoes.

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Target Audience: 1st Grade Teachers

1st Grade Teachers who need either content background or ideas to effectively teach the new Science GLCEs will find this two day workshop helpful. The primary goals of this workshop are to give the attendees a background in the science content necessary to be effective in the instruction of the Earth, Life, and Physical Science GLCEs and to provide activities to broaden this understanding. Additionally, we will be providing many ideas and activities to use with their students on these topics.

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Target Audience: Grade K-12 Teachers

Join in on this exciting workshop emphasizing two technological media—podcasting and storyboards. Both of these media allow teachers and students to share their science messages of learning. The ability to create a complete video production with sound, narration, moving and still images, and interesting special effects is something any student would find exciting. In creating these student and teacher science podcasts and science storyboards, learning takes on a new and heightened importance and focus—something that any teacher should find exciting.

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Target Audience: 4th Grade Teachers

This workshop provides the participants with essential teacher background knowledge and is based upon activities selected to illustrate or enhance concepts presented in the K-7 Science Processes and the Grade Four Physical Science Grade Level Content Expectations (Grade 4-Unit 2).

Everything around us is made up of something. This something is called matter. Matter is defined as any substance which takes up space, and has mass and volume. These properties can be measured.

Matter can exist in several states: solids, liquids and gases. We will examine how these states can be changed from one into another. Looking at the materials which make up our world shows us that they can be classified based on their physical properties.

We will examine two physical properties of matter (namely magnets, sound, and light). Our activities will develop the properties of conduction and reflection. Hands on activities and demonstrations will be used to examine these properties of matter. The workshop will approach each concept through our senses (Qualitatively) and using measurement (Quantative).

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Target Audience: Secondary Teachers

Current research in the area of global climate change is incredibly fascinating, rich with complexity and offers endless opportunity for students to take a front row seat as the science unfolds before our eyes. In addition to its prominence in the high school Earth Science content expectations, climate change is important for students to understand because of its real world relevance for decades to come. This workshop will familiarize teachers with the major areas for climate change science and offer experience with engaging and effective instructional approaches they can use with students.

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Target Audience: Macomb District Science Coordinators and Teachers

The purpose of these meetings is to bring together leaders in the world of science education at all levels in Macomb County. Teachers, as well as District Coordinators, are welcome to attend as we explore together current science related issues, instructional techniques, new equipment and what’s going on in science education in Macomb.

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Target Audience: Grade 1 Teachers

This workshop will cover the 1st Grade Science GLCEs related to Earth Science—Seasons. You will be able to describe the seasonal changes in a local habitat by making detailed observations, recording their results, making comparisons, and sharing information with others. You will be able to explain how colors in nature relate to their local environment and to seasonal changes within that environment. You will be able to conduct a research project related to ruby-throated hummingbirds and will be able to communicate their results using different formats. Participants will receive the Elementary GLOBE instructional materials on seasons.

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Target Audience: Kindergarten and 3rd Grade Teachers

This workshop will cover the K and 3rd Grade Science GLCEs related to Earth Science—Soil. You will be able to describe a soil profile and will be able to explain the different properties of soil, including texture, color, and size. You will be able to list things found in soil such as rocks, roots, critters and organic materials. You will be able to explain soil’s function for plants and animals and the overall importance of soil science. Participants will receive the Elementary GLOBE instructional materials on Soil.

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Target Audience: Secondary Teachers

Never mind that rocks are exciting and beautiful! Michigan´s Earth Science content expectations in 6th grade and high school describe student performances where basic rock classification and origins are explained. In addition, rocks and fossils are to be used to interpret geologic histories and as evidence in support of the plate tectonic theory. The main goal of this workshop is to develop teacher ability to identify common rocks and minerals and relate them to the geologic processes that form and change them. In doing so, we will explore and interpret several classic occurrences. We will use some model instructional approaches that can be directly applied in the classroom.

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Target Audience: 2nd Grade Teachers

Wouldn’t it be perfect if an expert combined the appeal of children’s picture books with Standards-based science content and then offered you the ready-to-teach results? This workshop, featuring More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, makes that exciting idea a reality. This delightful book for new and experienced elementary teachers presents ready-to-teach lessons, complete with student pages and assessments that use picture books to guide science inquiry explicitly tied to the National Science Education Standards. The following lessons will be featured in this workshop: Measurement, Inventions and Trees. Each participant will receive the lessons and the picture books/trade books that accompany the lessons.

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Target Audience: 7th Grade Teachers

This workshop provides the participants with essential teacher background knowledge and is based upon activities selected to illustrate or enhance concepts presented in the K-7 Science Processes and the Grade Seven Physical Science Grade Level Content Expectations (Grade 7-Unit 2).

Two types of wave energy will be investigated in this workshop; Sound and Light. Both are needed to understand many aspects of our daily lives. We will build the model based upon the characteristics of Sound and Light which will be discovered through experimentation. The main characteristics of the model that will be developed are: frequency, wavelength, pitch, and amplitude.

Using our senses and mathematical abilities we will develop many hand and mind on activities. Here we will test our model and with more hands-on activities that end with applications that demonstrate it’s ability to transfer one source of energy into another.

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Target Audience: Grade 2 Science Teachers

A professional development specifically designed to meet the needs of the 2nd Grade Teacher.
- Engaging, innovative activities that encourage hands-on student participation
- Aligned with Science, Math and English Language Arts Grade Level Content Expectations.

Classroom and Teacher Materials:
Binder of Classroom Ready Activities
Background Information for Teachers
2nd Grade Science Grade Level Content Expectations Companion Document

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Target Audience: Grade 3 Science Teachers

A professional development specifically designed to meet the needs of the 3rd Grade Teacher.
- Engaging, innovative activities that encourage hands-on student participation
- Aligned with Science, Math and English Language Arts Grade Level Content Expectations.

Classroom and Teacher Materials:
Binder of Classroom Ready Activities
Background Information for Teachers
3rd Grade Science Grade Level Content Expectations Companion Document

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Target Audience: Grade 3 Science Teachers

A professional development specifically designed to meet the needs of the 3rd Grade Teacher.

- Engaging, innovative activities that encourage hands-on student participation
- Aligned with Science, Math and English Language Arts Grade Level Content Expectations.

Classroom and Teacher Materials:
Binder of Classroom Ready Activities
Background Information for Teachers
3rd Grade Science Grade Level Content Expectations Companion Document

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The MISD will provide, upon request with advance notice, appropriate auxiliary aids and services as necessary to afford a qualified individual with a disability equal opportunity to participate in the services, programs and activities conducted by the district. For information regarding workshops or online registration please contact Lynn Brown at 586-228-3492.