Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Summer PD: New Visions for a Changing World: Towards a Pedagogy of Climate Change

McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning, Center for Climate Change Education and Framingham State University College of STEM, in collaboration with Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS) present: 

NEW VISIONS FOR A CHANGING WORLD: TOWARDS A PEDAGOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Join us to learn how climate science falls within the revised 2016 STE Standards, and how you can implement these standards, including the Science and Engineering practices, in your own classroom. Participate in content and skill development sessions taught by professional educators and scientists at each collaborating partner organization. Take home investigations you can use in your classroom and a collection of teaching resources and field trip ideas!

Learn how to use the Science and Engineering Practices in your classroom and how they relate to science inquiry.

Explore STEM resources in your community.

Discover how to adapt your current curriculum to meet the revised MA Science and Technology/Engineering Standards.

Droughts in the Southwest. Superstorms. Melting Arctic ice. Changing weather patterns and the northward movement of tropical species. Sea level rise of 1-4 feet by the end of the century. What is the Earth telling us? What trends and patterns are observable? What do they hold for our future?  What do we know about climate change? How do we know it?

Spend a week this summer asking these urgent questions about planetary changes, gathering and evaluating data, developing hypotheses, and considering evidence and consequences as you explore the intersection of climate science, food production, biodiversity, energy and infrastructure, and society. Your experience will include field and laboratory work at the recently opened state-of-the-art Framingham State University Hemenway Laboratories.

Participate in laboratory experiences to develop an understanding of the basic physics and chemistry of climate change that include analysis of temperature, carbon dioxide and precipitation data. Perform experiments to estimate the energy content of food waste, and explore the connections between food waste, agricultural production, energy consumption, emission of carbon dioxide and methane, and the warming up of the planet. Learn about exciting pedagogical approaches utilizing the idea of paradigms and paradigm shifts. Apply science and engineering practices to complex systems and complex problems, thus enabling you to creatively and effectively engage students in the heterogeneous classroom. Leave with an array of useful tools and inspiring approaches that are designed for deep learning, effective communication and positive change-making.

Learn how climate science falls within the revised 2016 STE Standards, and how you can implement these standards, including the Science and Engineering practices, in your own classroom. 

Partners: Framingham State University – College of STEM, McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning, Center for Climate Change Education

Course Dates: July 10-14 (8:30 am -3:30 pm); Half-Day Introductory Session June 10; Half-Day Fall Call-back November 18

Registration Fee: $375/participant; $350/participant for team of 2 or more teachers from the same school district.

PDPs and Graduate Credit: Framingham State University (3 credits, 67.5 PDPs, $225); 40 PDPs available without graduate credit.

Visit www.mits.org for more info on this and other Professional Development Institutes and to register online.

For more information contact:
Dr. Irene Porro, Director
McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning
Iporro@framingham.edu

Or

Brianna Wilkinson, Assistant Education Director
Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS)
617.328.1515
bwilkinson@mits.org

Trauma and Resilience: The Effect on Families, Children and Learning


TRAUMA AND RESILIENCE:
The Effect on Families, Children and Learning
Saturday, 4/29/17 from 10:00am-1:00pm
University Hall, Room 2-078
We are delighted to present Lesley University professor Dr. Patricia Crain de Galarce, Ed. D., the Associate Dean of GSOE and Director of the Center for Special Education, who will be facilitating this workshop.  She will be joined by her colleagues, and they will be leading us in a presentation and discussion about trauma and resiliency and what this means for us as teachers. 
 
Please register for this event by Monday, April 24 by sending your name and contact information to newteachercommunity@lesley.edu and putting RSVP Spring Event into the subject line.  Any questions?  Please email Andi Edson, Director of the NTC at aedson@lesley.edu

Certificates of Attendance to be given!  Great raffle prizes! Discounted parking!
Join us for a delicious and nutritious brunch!