Links for Precollege Teachers: Summer Workshops

We provide workshops in science laboratory inquiry-based activities, introduction to the Internet, integrating technology into science curriculum, and designing and using problem-based learning scenarios.

:: 2005 Workshops

PRISM Web Development Workshop
A workshop for PRISM program teachers, designed to facilitate construction and hosting of simple web pages to accompany problem-based learning curriculum development projects

PRISM Summer Institute
June 6-10, 2005. New PRISM fellows and teachers get an immersive course in development and implementation of innovative science lessons with problem-based learning and investigative case-based learning pedagogies.

Classroom Case Facilitation
In conjunction with the PRISM spring demo day, teachers and fellows got a crash course in problem-based learning case facilitation and classroom management.

:: 2004 Workshops

Every Child a Scientist
A workshop on the scientific method and science process skills for Atlanta Public Schools middle school teachers.

:: 2003 Workhsops

Evolution at the High School Level
An active learning workshop for high school teachers on the challenges of teaching evolution in the contemporary classroom.

Excellence in Curriculum Integration through Teaching Epidemiology (EXCITE)
Expanding on the success of the EXCITE Workshop during summer 2002, the workshop was offered during the summer of 2003 to enhance current science and math curricula in schools throughout the Atlanta-Metro area.

:: 2002 Workshops

Excellence in Curriculum Integration through Teaching Epidemiology (EXCITE)
The Center for Science Education (CSE) at Emory, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offered a 2-day workshop on the aspects of teaching epidemiology in the classroom. The workshop included defining epidemiology and biostatistics, outbreak investigations, a seminar at the CDC, along with a Global Health Odyssey Tour. Participants were given the opportunity to meet scientists employed by the CDC, as well as the chance to ask questions related to this field.

Babies & Birth Defects: A Mystery in Texas - A Teaching Module for Middle and High School Teachers and Students
The Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in conjunction with the Emory Center for Science Education (CSE) were pleased to present a web-based module called ?Babies and Birth Defects: A Mystery in Texas?, a module developed for EXCITE (Excellence in Curriculum Integration though Teaching Epidemiology).

:: 2001 Workshops

Water Workshop
This summer we offered an inquiry-based workshop entitled, "Water, Water, Everywhere: Is It Any Good to Drink?" conducted by Atlanta Public School master teachers Deneen McBean-Warner, Nikki Mouton, Rosa Roberts and Will Todd. The workshop was been designed around the premises exposed by the National Center for Improving Science Education and The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). Science should be exciting and related to the students' real world experiences. Results of the BSCS study indicated that teachers for a variety of reasons were not designing lessons that addressed their students' "real life" experiences. The framework of this professional development workshop will allow teachers to: ? Explore and create curricula consisting of hands-on activities that address a variety of learning styles ? Develop and enhance their scientific and technological knowledge base ? Examine socially and meaningful scientific content that could later be explored with their students ? Develop a constructivist approach to learning by designing exciting activities in cooperative groups The final product will be one that addresses National, State and System curriculum objectives. We collaborated with the Dr. Melissa Demetrikopoulos, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience faculty, in organizing a teacher workshop on Diversity and Adaptations in the Brain for middle school teachers.

Neuroscience workshop for Teachers (co-sponsored by the CBN)
The workshop, facilitated by Dr. Demetrikopoulos and GIFT teacher David Parlier, used brain diversity as a way to expand upon the external characteristics that are typically used to study the Life Science curriculum objectives for the state of Georgia. 18 participants attended the weeklong workshop and had access to the various brain specimens and other resources used in the workshop for their classroom.

:: 2000 Workshops

ENTRY POINT!
ENTRY POINT! is a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) offering Outstanding Internship Opportunities for Students with Disabilities in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, and some fields of Business.