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EXPLORING NATURE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
Friday, April 23
9:00 am - 3:00 pm (one-hour lunch provided)
Audience: Preschool teachers of children ages 3-5
Cost: Free for teachers (with limited substitute pay available to school)
Registration: Advance registration is required. Call 812-337-1337 ext. 11
Cancellation Policy: Space is limited. Please call at least a week in advance if you must cancel.
How do you get started with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education at the preschool level? This highly interactive workshop, offered by WonderLab in collaboration with the Indiana University School of Education P-16 Center, will focus on teaching children about their natural world. The workshop will cover best practices for teaching STEM concepts to young children, hands-on activities related to nature and the environment, and include materials to launch these activities in the classroom. Participants will learn key concepts of inquiry-based teaching methods that encourage children to engage in the critical processes of observing, classifying, measuring, comparing, and communicating. There will be time for participant discussion of ideas and doing hands-on activities.
Additional Benefits:
Presenters:• Resource materials for activities in your classroom
• Other classroom materials provided through WTIU's Ready to Learn program
• 20% discount in WonderLab's gift store on the day of the workshop
• Plentiful snacks
• Free chaperones (Aug-Dec 2010) for your class field trip!
• $500 stipend for week's attendance
• Resource materials for your classroom
• 20% discount in WonderLab's gift store during the institute week
• Optional 3 hours IU graduate credit with partial tuition support (forms required)
• Delicious snacks
At the end of the fall semester, participants will be invited back to WonderLab for a brief follow-up session to discuss how effectively the institute helped them address
the new curriculum and content, and to identify additional ways in which professional development needs can be met by the institute partners.
Program Partners: Indiana University School of Education and MCCSC
This professional development opportunity is made possible by a grant to the WonderLab Museum from the Brabson Library and Educational Foundation.
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