ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE: MODELING WORKSHOPS
June 10, 2010
Modeling Workshops in high school physics, chemistry, and/or physical
science will be held in summer 2010 in 25 states.
These locations still have openings: Alabama, Chicago IL, Kansas,
New Orleans, Maine, Minneapolis MN, New Jersey, New York,
Pittsburgh PA, northern Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Dallas TX, Spokane
WA, and Wisconsin. (And 3 days in San Diego.)
Modeling Workshops in 11th grade biology will be held in Pittsburgh
PA and Tennessee, for teachers in Physics First/Capstone Biology
sequences. Openings exist.
Modeling Workshops are peer-led. Content is reorganized around basic
models to increase its structural coherence. Participants are
supplied with a complete set of course materials and work through
activities alternately in the roles of student or teacher, as they
practice techniques of guided inquiry and cooperative learning.
Modeling Instruction is one of two K-12 science programs designated
by the U.S. Department of Education as EXEMPLARY.
Stipends at most sites, usually for in-state teachers.
Graduate credit available at some sites.
Comments by teachers:
* After the first year of teaching using the modeling method, I
wished I had learned about modeling years ago. (David Braunschweig,
Vernier consultant)
* Most useful course I have taken since becoming a teacher.
* Thanks to taking physics modeling course work, I am highly
qualified in physics.
* I learned a tremendous amount and am all fired up to teach physics
this fall!
* I learned more about teaching and physics this summer than in 5
years of college!
* Great chem workshop.
* It was, without a doubt, the single greatest professional
development experience of my career.
--
cheers,
Jane
Jane Jackson, Co-Director, Modeling Instruction Program
Box 871504, Dept.of Physics, ASU, Tempe, AZ 85287
Jane.Jackson@asu.edu
Modeling is about making and using scientific descriptions (models)
of physical phenomena and processes. Modeling Instruction is an
inquiry method for teaching science by actively engaging students in
all aspects of scientific modeling.