Teacher WorkshopsBring Sci-Port's hands-on science-as-inquiry programs into your classroom with awesome teacher workshops! Our teacher workshops are designed by certified educators to provide hands-on, minds-on activities for your students. Caddo, Bossier, and DeSoto are offering CLUs for these workshops. Click here to download a PDF flyer of all the workshops we have to offer.
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Sign up by calling Visitor Sales and Services at (318) 424-8660!
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Have this information ready: Name, Email, Fax, Grade(s) You Teach, and School.
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The workshop leader will send out a confirmation email one week before the workshop.
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Must have six or more participants for the workshop to be held.
Call Visitor Sales and Services at (318) 424-8660 to register at least one week in advance.
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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
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Educator Training with Dr. David Klein
Dr. David Klein is an arctic ecologist from the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks visiting Sci-Port in a rare opportunity for you to learn about changes taking place at the top of the world. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs through the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS). |
May 8
9 - 11 a.m.
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Free for K - 12th grade and pre-service educators:
Dr. Dave Klein will present hands-on activities, expert training and useful background information on arctic ecology and the indigenous people of that region. Educators will leave ready to implement with many new activities in their classroom. Light brunch provided.
Call Sci-Port to register at
(318) 424-8660.
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To the Stars:
Moon, Mars & Beyond
Schedule:
4:00 - 4:30 Meet & Greet
4:30 - 5:15 Keynote Speaker
5:15 - 5:30 Break
5:30 - 6:30 Breakout Session
6:30 - 6:45 Break
6:45 - 7:45 Breakout Session
7:45 - 8:00 Closing remarks
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May 14
4 - 8 p.m.
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Free for 4th - 8th grade teachers: Are we going to live on Mars someday? How about the Moon? How are we going to be able to stay there? What sorts of energy will be available? These questions and multiple classroom activities and resources are all a part of this upcoming workshop. Author and educational speaker, Elaine Scott will kick off the evening as keynote. Ms. Scott has written books such as When is a Planet not a Planet? and Mars and the Search for Life. Finally, educators will get to pick from two sets of four concurrent workshop sessions relating to the Moon, Mars & Beyond as well as a signed copy of one of Elaine Scott's books! Sessions include: resources and activities from Louisiana's NASA Educator Resource Center; Mercury and the MESSENGER program; Moon activities from the LASM/Irene W. Pennington Planetarium; and more. A light hors d'oeuvres buffet will be served. Certificate for CLU's will be available. |
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