Classroom III

Teachers report that students learn science best by doing science – investigating natural phenomena with student-led, hands-on inquiry.  The Science Now workshops are designed to provide teachers the content knowledge and resources they will need to meet the challenges of facilitating inquiry-based science. 

Next summer plan to join fellow 8th grade teachers for a week in residence at the NC School of Science and Mathematics in Durham.  Share information and ideas as NC begins end-of-grade (EOG) science testing in grade 8. 

The Course Registration Fee is $25.00; breakfast, and lunch will be provided each day and participants may stay in the school dorms at no cost.

Through the support of the  Burroughs Wellcome Fund, participating teachers will receive 3 CEUs, a science kit to keep for their classrooms that includes a GPS, a fossil kit, texts and electronic media. Emphasis will be on NC Standard Course of Study and the topic earth’s dynamic history.  Instruction will focus on the development of science process skills needed to investigate ways in which rocks, fossils, and ice cores record Earth’s geologic history and the evolution of life.

According to one of the 2006 participants, “Both presenters were excellent and kept us involved and interested throughout the 5 days. The field trips were wonderful and fit in perfectly with what we were concentrating on. All in all it’s one of the best workshops I have ever participated in.”

Online registration for North Carolina teachers is available at http://ncssm.infonowonline.org/  

If you have any questions, contact Carole Stern, NCSSM Outreach Specialist, 919 416-2635

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