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beyond polar bears: teaching great lakes climate science (presented by ohio sea grant)

Learn about activities for teaching regionally relevant climate science in your classroom, work through hands-on lessons with fellow educators, and get suggestions on how to adapt classroom activities to informal and outdoor education settings.

These free workshops are taught by educators who have used the resources in their own classrooms. We’ll cover Ohio Sea Grant’s updated Great Lakes climate curriculum, along with climate and Great Lakes literacy principles, and informal resources like OSU’s Global Change, Local Impact webinar series.

Workshop will take place at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center on June 11, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

If you can’t attend in person, Ohio Sea Grant will also offer a shorter introductory webinar in the fall.

Please email Christina Dierkes to request a registration form for the one-day workshop, or with any questions you have about the event. Visit the Ohio Sea Grant website for details of this and other workshops for educators.

fundamentals of inquiry:
science inquiry workshops for educators

The new Ohio Content Standards for Science emphasize the use of inquiry to teach the scientific process. Lake Erie Nature & Science Center, in partnership with Bay Village Schools, is offering a series of 2 half day inquiry workshops for K-8 teachers.

Fall 2012


Day 1 (Comparing Approaches to Hands-on Science) focuses on the continuum of inquiry teaching methods. Participants will have a chance to do hands on science lessons ranging from very structured to very open and student driven. Time will be allotted for reflection and group discussion.  An inquiry lesson rubric will be shared.

Day 2 (Understanding Process Skills) will focus on how to create lessons that focus on specific science process skills.  Participants will have a chance to work through a variety of hands on science activities. There will be time for reflection and sharing.

Workshop will take place at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center on September 27 and October 17
- choose either 8 - 11:30 a.m. or 12 - 3:30 p.m.

Winter 2013

Day 1 (Raising Questions) gives teachers an opportunity to take a close look at the kinds of questions learners raise when exploring engaging phenomena and find out how to turn “non-investigable” questions into “investigable” ones.

Day 2 (Adapting Activities for Inquiry) allows teachers to learn a strategy to help them move their science teaching toward inquiry based learning.

Workshop will take place at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center on February 14 and March 14
- choose either 8 - 11:30 a.m. or 12 - 3:30 p.m.

Fee is $75/teacher per season and includes one session on each of the dates listed above.

Registration requests (with payment by credit card or purchase order) and questions may be directed to 440-871-2900.

If you wish to register by mail, please print a registration form and submit it with your payment. Cash payments may be made in person during regular hours (seven days a week, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)

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