Events Calendar: Special Events and Professional Development Opportunities
From the Mountains to the Sea
Youth Watershed CongressGrants Available!
At the Tsongas Industrial History Center
Friday, May 2nd 2008
Come and participate with your students in a day long conference
showcasing your projects, posters, experiments, and community work.
(e.g. groundwater and surface water protection, watershed clean up,
flora and fauna in your watershed, pollution, the ocean and the river,
local effects of climate change, etc.) We encourage all participants to
prepare both a poster/display and a power point presentation to the
Congress. The congress is open to all high and middle school students
and classes.
$400 Grants are available. Contact Dr. Timothy LaVallee,
978-970-5080.
The conference day will include:
1) keynote speaker
2) poster display
3) student presentation session
4) breakfast treats/lunch
5) workshops (a list of workshops and a sign-up will be sent to
you at a later date)
National
Endowment for the Humanities
Landmarks
of American History and Culture
Application Deadline March 17, 2008
Our Summer 2008 workshops
will use the rich resources of Lowell National Historical Park, Old Sturbridge
Village, and Concord, MA, museums to offer one-week residential learning experiences.
More information...
Museum Institute for Teaching Science – MITS
July 7 – 18, 2008
Teachers Grades 3-8
Ever wish there were a summer camp for adults? MITS is the next best thing, plus it is an opportunity to earn lots of PDPs and inexpensive graduate credit. In two weeks, you get to sample museums and other cultural organizations, learn new activities to take back to classroom (all connected to the state standards), network with your peers, work
inside and outside, just a generally relaxing, enjoyable way to learn.
This year we will be out in the Park boat, study maps and GIS, weave, go to the woods to study math in nature, study electricity, water power, simple machines, the math of quilting—such an array of topics!
If you would like more information about MITS go to http://www.mits.org
or call Beverly Perna at 978-970-5080.
Hope to see you at Camp Merrimack!
60 Professional Development Points
Or 90 Professional Development Points plus 3-4 credits
Groundwater Institute July 21 & 22, 2008
For teachers Grades 6-12
Presented by the American Ground Water Trust in partnership with the
Tsongas Industrial History Center
Out of sight perhaps but not out of mind for long as precious
groundwater supplies continue to dwindle throughout the world.
Ground water and water wells can provide a great learning laboratory for
children of all ages, not just in science, but also in many other areas
of the school curriculum. An appreciation of the vital role of ground
water in our environment and economy should be part of the learning
heritage of every adult and child.
In addition to presentations and discussions, field trips and site
visits, participants take home classroom-ready activities and receive
professional development points.
To sign up, go to www.agwt.org.
Summer Teacher Workshop
August 5-8, 2008
Hands-On Inquiry Science with Crickets and
Network Data Collection
In partnership with the UMass Lowell Computer Science Department, we are pleased to host this teacher workshop, August 5-8, 2008.
This is hands-on workshop for teachers who are interested in using
sensors, data probes, and computers for science experimentation.
Working with other participants and workshop leaders, you will develop
inquiry skills as you pose your own questions, formulate experimental
designs, collect data, and then make sense of this data.
