FOSS® Weather and Water Institute, July 6-10, 2009, Norman, OK
The Full Option Science System (FOSS) staff from the Lawrence Hall of Science, in cooperation with the University of Oklahoma, the National Weather Service, and Delta Education are offering the FOSS Weather and Water Course workshop at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The workshop is designed for curriculum coordinators and teachers involved in the implementation, professional development, and teaching of the FOSS Weather and Water course. The weeklong institute will include hands-on training in the FOSS Weather and Water course, including information about and examples of science notebooks, assessment, inquiry instruction, and effective class discussion and inquiry techniques. Additional presentations on weather-related research and content will be given by research meteorologists from the National Storm Prediction Center, the National Severe Storms Lab, and the University of Oklahoma Department of Meteorology. Participants will take field trips to meteorology research and weather data gathering facilities, and businesses that use the research and weather data as their commercial product for their clients. One all-expenses paid scholarship will be awarded. The deadline is June 9, 2009. A workshop application is available at http://www.fossweb.com/news/calendar.php. If you have additional questions contact Terry Shaw .
FOSS® Chemical Interactions Institute, July 27-31, 2009, Berkeley, CA
The Full Option Science System® (FOSS®) staff at the Lawrence Hall of Science, along with the Center for Science and Engineering Education at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Delta Education, offer a weeklong workshop for users of the FOSS Chemical Interactions Course for middle school. The workshop is designed for curriculum coordinators and teachers involved in the implementation, professional development, and teaching of the FOSS Chemical Interactions course. In addition to experiencing all of the investigations in the course, participants will tour the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory research facilities, including The Advanced Light Source’s Chemical Dynamics and Molecular Environmental Science Beamlines, the Molecular Foundry, and the Berkeley Center for Structural Biology with presentations by leading researchers and master teachers in chemical sciences at the lab. One all-expenses paid scholarship will be awarded. The deadline is June 12, 2009. An application is available at http://www.fossweb.com/news/calendar.php. If you have additional questions contact Linda DeLucchi.