STEM Ed Announcement: DESE Chemistry Institute

[Morton Sternheim <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is not a UMass program.
Contact information is below.
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Laboratory Based Chemistry Institute

Audience:  MS Science Teachers and HS Physical Science Teachers
Dates:        August 10-13 and August 16-19 (8-days)
Location:   Chelsea High School (A/C!), Chelsea, MA
PDPs:        67.5 with Option to Earn 3 Graduate Credits
Goodies:    Go Home with $200 of Science Equipment
Contact:     Mark D. Greenman
Office:       (703) 292-5195       mgreenman@nsf.gov
Other:        (781) 248-4952       mgreenman2@verizon.net

This is a no cost Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
professional development offering.  Participants will go home with
classroom activities they will be able to use immediately, over $200
dollars of classroom equipment, 67.5 PDPs and an increased comfort in
teaching ideas related to the Massachusetts state frameworks standards 
in science.

The pedagogy for this institute is based on best practices from research
in science education.  The instructional model is student centered,
Socratic in nature, and will help participants gain a deeper
understanding of ideas in chemistry.