(Teachers tell me that they appreciate reminders, so please forward
to high school teachers. Pre-service teachers are welcome at most
sites, so please forward to them. -- Jane Jackson)
April 23, 2010: ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE/MODELING WORKSHOPS
Modeling Workshops in high school physics, chemistry, and/or physical
science will be held in summer 2010 in 25 states: Arizona, Alabama,
Miami FL, Georgia, Chicago IL, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, New Orleans LA,
Maine, Michigan, Minneapolis MN, Missouri, New Jersey, Albuquerque
NM, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pittsburgh PA, northern
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Dallas TX, Spokane WA, and
Wisconsin. (Probably in San Diego, possibly in San Luis Obispo CA.)
Modeling Workshops in 11th grade biology will be held in Pittsburgh
PA and Tennessee, for teachers in Physics First/Capstone Biology
sequences.
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.
Unsolicited comments by teachers:
* The class was incredible--the best prof dev I've had.
-- Kim Sciarrone, Seattle
* I took a modeling class this past summer at UW-Oshkosh. It was wonderful.
* I finished my last four years doing only modeling and it was fun and
very rewarding. This has been one of the first times I feel my students
have accomplished something (and myself as well). I wish I were 30 years
younger and I would really have gone 'bananas' with Modeling.
* This is my second year teaching with the modeling curriculum and
I have to say that I never thought that high school students could ever
understand some of the more complicated concepts. I mean after Unit 2 and
3, they are a hop, skip, and a jump from enthalpy. This, by the way, is a
topic that is well covered in the AP exam. I struggled with some of these
things even as a junior in college. I never thought that they could get it
in high school!