10-Minute Field Trips and Kitchen Sink Science

5.5 Professional Development Hours
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
October 4, 2008 – East Valley
Designed for pre-service teachers in grades K-4, special education teachers

Important Note: This workshop offers 5.5 instructional hours. NAU students (ECI 574 - Master of Education Elementary Education with Certification Emphasis) will receive additional training in the 5E Model of Inquiry during the preceding week.

Research shows that hands-on, minds-on, real-world experiences are powerful ways to help students develop enduring understanding, but it is often difficult to implement these on a regular basis. Discover the many natural resource-related field trip possibilities within your own schoolyard! Learn how simple, everyday materials can be used to teach important scientific concepts. Although this workshop is especially designed to meet the needs of K-4 teachers, others will find the content easy to adapt for their own grade level. Leave this experience with increased knowledge and skills for impacting the rigor and relevance of your instruction.

Outcomes and Indicators

By participating in this workshop, you will:

• Understand that science can be taught in a variety of settings by participating in diverse activities within the classroom and immediate neighborhood.
• Recognize how science can be easily integrated with math, reading, writing, and social studies to address a selected problem or challenge.
• Become more confident in teaching science by collaborating and problem solving with colleagues who teach at your same level.
• Explore diverse career opportunities in the fields of science and education by participating in cooperative learning activities.

Content Focus: Kitchen sink science, scientific inquiry and exploration, careers, problem-based learning

Research-Based Practices Modeled and/or Targeted: Science and Reading Literacy, 5E Model for Inquiry (Bybee), Cooperative Learning (Kagan & Slavin)

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