Announcing the KBS K-12 Partnership spring 2016 workshop

2015 Summer Institute participants

Please join us for the KBS K-12 Partnership Spring Workshop on April 14, 2016 from 8am-4pm.

Preparing Tomorrow’s Scientists: Technology in the Classroom

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Thanks to the 39 teachers who participated! 2016 K-12 Partnership Spring Workshop_participant list

Resources:

Adventures in Avida-ED Presenation, Louise Mead and Cory Kohn

• Try the new browser version of Avida-ED (3.0 alpha)
• Materials used at the workshop
• Curriculum materials, previous version, and other information

Overview:

Plenary: Dr. Brook Wilke, Farm Manager, Kellogg Biological Station “Innovative solutions for sustainable agriculture at KBS”

In the morning we’ll have concurrent sessions on: smartphone microscopes, Avida-Ed, using models, 3D printing, freeze tolerance of plants, using apps for outdoor investigations

In the afternoon we will learn more about the sustainable agriculture work at KBS with a field trip to the Pasture Dairy Center and observation of a rainfall simulator at the Long-term Ecological Research field lab.  Sneak peek of the rainfall simulator – You Tube video.

Where: Kellogg Biological Station, 3700 East Gull Lake Dr., Hickory Corners, MI 49060
Sorry, no SCECHs for this workshop.

Workshop coordinated by Tyler Bassett, 2015-16 KBS K-12 Partnership Fellow

New to the Partnership?  Learn more here.