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SCIENCE
Professional
Development Opportunities
- American Museum of Natural History Seminars on Science
These six-week courses developed by Museum scientists and educators incorporate the Museum's rich resources including three-dimensional virtual specimens, videos from the field, and interactive simulations. Teachers participate in discussions and activities with the Museum's scientists and educators. Continuing education units and graduate credits are available.
- NSTA Web Seminars Free, interactive, live, online, 90-minute sessions of professional development featuring NASA and NOAA scientists and education experts, as well as authors in association with NSTA Press.
- Mississippi State University offers M.S. programs through distance learning – the Teachers in Geosciences Program.
- Montana State University - Bozeman
Educators can access electronic teacher resources, discuss issues with other educators online, and participate in high-quality graduate courses all from convenient home or work locations via the Internet. An average of 15 online graduate level science and science education courses are available each semester. NTEN courses are designed to help teachers improve and enhance their understanding of science content. Courses can be taken for professional development or as part of a graduate degree program
- New Jersey Audubon Society Place-Based Professional Development
New Jersey Audubon Society (NJAS) offers place-based professional development for school districts using ecosystem education as the focal point for teaching science standards. NJAS is the oldest and largest non-profit conservation organization in the state. It has nine education centers throughout the state and a professional staff of teacher / naturalists to provide background and resources on New Jersey’s habitats and environmental issues. Contact the education department for more information.
- University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program
The University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program is launching Food Safety FIRST, a new online professional development program designed to help middle and high school teachers use inquiry-based learning, increase laboratory skills, share food science and food safety ideas with peers worldwide, develop meaningful student projects that meet NSES, and integrate food microbiology and food science into classroom activities. CEUs and graduate credits are available.
- NJPEP is the online professional development Web site of the NJ Department
of Education. Please send ideas for additions to NJPEP@doe.state.nj.us.
- Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory - DNA Learning Center West
Upper elementary/middle school workshops (The Basics or Advanced).
Call Danielle Sixsmith at 516-367-5174 or e-mail her at sixsmith@cshl.edu.
- Delaware
River Basin Commission's Ed
Web - a listing of workshops,
primarily to do with the watershed.
Many deadlines - as workshops are run by different groups, such as Audubon,
the Stroud Water Research Center and others.
Regional Conferences:
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