STEM Ed Announcement: MITS Workshop - Biomimicry

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

This is not a UMass program
 Contact Information is below.
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 Please Join the Museum Institute for Teaching Science for our January 24th
 Professional Development Seminar. 
 
 Biomimicry: Natural Inspirations for Engineering Solutions 
 
 Anamarija Frankic, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
 and Fellow, Biomimicry Institute
 
 What do termite mounds, kingfisher bills, and gecko feet have in common? 
 Participate with Professor Anamarija Frankic as she unfolds the cutting edge
 field of biomimicry.  Biomimicry inquires of natural processes, and
 structures to develop innovative and sustainable engineering solutions
 leading to the creation of new structures, materials and products.   Natural
 systems and organisms provide stunning examples of effective communication,
 resource production and storage, and energy efficient design. Animals,
 plants and microbes are consummate engineers, they have found what works and
 can direct us to solutions for human scale problems.  Discover how to bring
 novel ideas about nature and engineering together and present them to your
 students and audiences. 
 
  Inquiry, Science and You:  How to Successfully Implement Science Practices
 into Your Teaching 
 
 Charlene Tuttle, 4th grade Teachers, Melrose Avenue School, Jamestown, RI
 and Instructor, University of Rhode Island
 
 Recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science
 Teaching and the Amgen Award for Excellence in Science Teaching
 
 Sharpen your inquiry skills with Charlene Tuttle as she facilitates an
 active and engaging workshop on inquiry design and implementation.  During
 the session, you will experience inquiry as a learner, using a 3 phase
 model. We will then deconstruct your experience and analyze the different
 components of inquiry. Discussions will include how you could use this model
 in your own instruction and apply these ideas to your own teaching
 situation. Please bring a lesson or idea that you would like to implement
 using inquiry methods. We will work together to mold elements of inquiry
 into your lesson or idea to cap off the workshop.
 
 The seminar will be held at Higgins University Center at Clark University in
 Worcester MA.   9:30am  3:30pm---25$ (includes lunch).  
 
 Register on-line at www.mits.org or contact the MITS office at mits@mits.org
 or (617) 328-1515 for more information. PDP's available.  
 
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 Timothy LaVall
 Assistant Program Director
 MITS (Museum Institute for Teaching Science)
 1354 Hancock St. Suite 302
 Quincy, MA 02169
 (617) 328-1515
 tlavallee@mits.org
 www.mits.org
  
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