[Phys-l] more Modeling Workshops this summer for HS physics, chem, phys sci, biology teachers

[jane.jackson@asu.edu (Jane Jackson)]

(Please forward to high school science teachers.)

     ANNOUNCEMENT: MODELING WORKSHOPS
             March 12, 2012 update
Fifty Modeling Workshops in high school physics, chemistry, and/or 
middle/high school physical science will be offered in summer 2012 at 
~28 sites in ~20 states.

These locations will offer workshops: Tempe AZ, San Francisco Bay 
area, Miami FL, Chicago IL, Notre Dame IN,  Iowa, Kansas, southern 
Maine, Detroit MI (2 locations), Winona MN, Omaha NE, southern New 
Jersey,  North Carolina, Buffalo NY, Columbus OH, Bowling Green OH, 
central & northern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, South Dakota, 
Tennessee, Houston TX, and Oshkosh WI (and possibly others).

Modeling Workshops in biology will be held in New Jersey, Tennessee, 
& North Carolina.

Visit http://modeling.asu.edu for details. Click on "Modeling 
Workshops Nationwide in Summer 2011".
         http://modeling.asu.edu/MW_nation.html

Most Modeling Workshops are described also at http://www.ptec.org/pd .


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.

Some sites have stipends, usually for in-state teachers.
Graduate credit is available at most sites.

Blogposts by teachers, on their Modeling Workshops:
*  Tracie: 
http://adventureswiththelowerlevel.blogspot.com/2011/07/letter-to-my-colleagues.html
*  Brian: 
http://noninertialteaching.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/but-modeling-instruction-works-better/
*  Scott: http://salttheoats.blogspot.com/p/fiu-modeling-workshop.html
*  Frank:  http://fnoschese.wordpress.com/modeling-instruction/
*  Ms Bethea: http://blog.msbethea.com/?cat=22/
* Shawn: http://shawncornally.com/wordpress/?p=2194
* Geoff: 
http://pedagoguepadawan.net/160/mechanics-modeling-instruction-reflection/

--
cheers,
Jane
Jane Jackson, Co-Director, Modeling Instruction Program
Box 871504, Dept.of Physics, ASU, Tempe, AZ 85287
480-965-8438/fax:965-7565 http://modeling.asu.edu
Jane.Jackson@asu.edu
   For 21 years, the Modeling Instruction Program has been
helping teachers attain knowledge and skills needed
to benefit their students. Modeling Instruction is
designated as an Exemplary K-12 science program
by the U.S. Department of Education.