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Valle Imperial Project in Science Summer Workshops 2000

submitter: Valle Imperial - Project in Science
published: 06/21/2000
posted to site: 08/04/2000

Valle Imperial Project in Science
Imperial County, California
Summer Workshops 2000

(submitted by Sarah Quinn)

This summer, the Valle Imperial Project in Science (VIPS) will offer a variety of professional development opportunities to the teachers in Imperial County. Sessions are open to any kindergarten through sixth grade teacher in the county. Facilitators include administrators, staff, and lead teachers from VIPS. Teachers may choose from among the following:

August 14-18, 2000 Science Assessment Institute
8:30-3:30pm limit: 24 participants 3 University credits avail.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn the processes of implementing, scoring, calibrating, and assuring the reliability of performance and embedded science assessment. The presentation was developed and is facilitated by Dr. Michael Klentschy, Superintendent of the El Centro Elementary School District in Imperial County.
 
August 14-28, 2000 Electricity Content Module
8:30-3:30pm limit: 24 participants 3 University credits avail.
This content module for teachers will allow participants to deepen their own content knowledge about electricity through guided and learner-directed inquiry. Materials were developed by CAPSI at the California Institute of Technology, California.
 
August 14-18, 2000 Animal Content Module
8:30-3:30pm limit: 24 participants 3 University credits avail.
This content module for teachers will allow participants to deepen their own content knowledge about animal physiology, life cycles, and habitats through guided and learner-directed inquiry. Materials were developed by CAPSI at the California Institute of Technology, California.
 
August 14, 2000 Three Kinds of Hands-On Science
8:30 - 11:30am limit: 24 participants 3 University credits avail.
Teachers will experience and discuss three methods of teaching hands-on science using the medium of spinning tops. The presentation is based on one developed at the Institute for Inquiry at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, California.
 
August 15, 2000 Using Notebooks to Promote Inquiry
8:30-11:30am limit: 24 participants 3 University credits avail.
Teachers will study examples of students' science notebooks in order to establish and discuss common components of exemplary work. The presentation was developed by Laurie Thompson at CAPSI and Sarah Quinn at VIPS.
 
August 16, 2000 Ice Balloons Part I
8:30-11:30am limit: 24 participants 3 University credits avail.
Teachers will explore unusual phenomena (ice balloons) to develop and advance the critical inquiry skill of questioning. The presentation is based on one developed at the Institute for Inquiry.
 
August 17, 2000 Ice Balloons Part II (must have attended Part I)
8:30-11:30am limit: 24 participants 3 University credits avail.
Teachers will choose one of their questions developed in Part I, and build an inquiry investigation around it. The presentation is based on one developed at the Institute for Inquiry.
 
August 18, 2000 Process Skills Circus
8:30-11:30am limit: 24 participants 3 University credits avail.
Through hands-on experiences, teachers will identify and discuss some of the major science process skills students should be using. The presentation is based on one developed at the Institute for Inquiry.
 
August 22, 2000 Level One Science Unit Training
8:30-3:30pm limit: 20 participants per unit session 3 University credits avail.
The VIPS curriculum includes 27 science units for grades kindergarten through six. VIPS provides teachers with six hours of unit specific training prior to their first implementation of the unit in the classroom. Facilitators are lead teachers who have successfully taught the unit in their own classroom. During Level One training, teachers become familiar with content, processes, materials, assessment, and classroom management strategies particular to their unit. Training is offered four times a year to all K-6 teachers in the Imperial County.
 

Units offered on August 22 include:

K: Myself & Others (Insights)
1: Finding the Moon (Delta) Solids and Liquids (FOSS-Delta)
2: Soils (STC) The Life Cycle of Butterflies (STC)
3: Earth Materials (FOSS-Delta) Amazing Air (Delta)
4: Solar System (Delta) The Mysterious Powder (Insights)
5: Crayfish (VIPS) Reading the Environment (Insights)
6: Solar Energy (FOSS-Delta) Measuring Time (STC)