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Teacher Workshops
- Mercury in the Environment
- Combining science research and educational pedagogy, teachers spend four days learning about mercury and developing lessons to teach in their classrooms. The workshop uses the innovative scientific findings of the Environmental Molecular Science Institute to design lesson plans to teach current science curricula. In addition to using the new information as a means to ground instruction in real problems, we will also use a new approach to classroom instruction, the Directed Discourse Approach to Science Instruction. Flyer for more information.
- Who: High School Science Teachers
Where: Stanford University
When: July 21 - 24, 2008
Stipend: $400 plus $400 after classroom lesson presentation
How: Application (147 kb pdf)
Commitment: Develop a lesson and teach the lesson in your classroom during the next academic year.
- Contact Jennifer Saltzman for more information.
| Learn about the environmental issues and the chemistry and biology from the scientists directly. |
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| Develop curriculum for the high school classroom with pedagogy experts, scientists, and other teachers. |
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| Explore the real world on a field trip to the local mercury mine. Collect and analyze samples using techniques that can be used with high school students. |
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- To learn more about other opportunities with the Environmental Molecular Science Institute and the fascinating research on interfaces at the molecular level, visit the EMSI Education page.
- Stanford and the San Andreas
- This workshop will consist of two parts. First, participants will take a short walking tour of the Stanford campus to explore the effects of the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes and the restoration and rebuilding efforts that followed. Second, those local effects will be put into the broader context of plate tectonics and the study of earthquakes through a series of hands-on activities.
- When: Saturday, May 13, 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Where: Stanford University
Cost: FREE
- This was offered in conjunction with the CSTA Extended Professional Development Program. You can earn university credit by completing a series of workshops of which this is one offering.
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