Using hands-on experiences and focused refl ection, the Science Institute for Inquiry workshop gives teachers an opportunity to explore the practice of science inquiry. Participants will examine different ways of teaching hands-on science, explore the process skills of inquiry, engage in a full scientifi c inquiry, and consider ways to include inquiry in the Middle School Science Classroom.
Based on the Institute for Inquiry materials from the Exploratorium Science Museum in San Francisco, teachers will have the opportunity to incorporate inquiry methods into current classroom curriculum.
July 20–22, 2009
Science Museum Oklahoma
2100 Northeast 52nd Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
July 27–29, 2009
Tulsa Air and Space Museum
3624 North 74th East Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74115
Institute Details
5th – 8th Grade Science Teachers
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. with a fi nal activity to be completed in the Fall 2009.
Participants will receive a $400 stipend if they attend all four days of the institute and complete a final activity ($300 at end-of-summer institute and $100 upon receipt of fi nal activity from classroom).
There is no registration fee to attend the Institute.
Participants will be selected based on demonstration of need and geographic representation.
Confirmation of participation will be sent electronically.
Applications must be received no later than Monday, May 11, 2009