Please join us for the in-person spring K-12 Partnership workshop, which will be co-hosted and co-facilitated by teachers at Comstock STEM!
Who: K-12 teachers and informal educators
When: Saturday, April 29 from 10-3:30pm
Where: Comstock STEM Academy, 175 Hunt St, Kalamazoo, MI 49048
Compensation: 5 SCECHs, boxed lunch (from Ample Pantry), $75 participation stipend
*list all organizers (all Comstock STEM teachers involved)
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Draft Agenda
9:30am arrival and mingling
10am Welcome and program goal overview and personal goal development
10:30-11:15 Schoolyard Walk: To begin, we will ground ourselves in the space by walking in small groups to learn about how teachers use the space for instruction (highlighting the Maple Sugaring program), how students have taken up recent changes to the schoolyard infrastructure and acknowledging the history of the landscape (including a Land Acknowledgement of local Native American tribes).
11:15-11:30am BREAK
11:30-12pm Implications for Teaching (Auditorium)
In small grade-level groups, we’ll discuss and debrief the implications of (insert topic, perhaps place-based learning) for learners and three-dimensional, Next Generation Science Standards aligned learning.
12-12:30 Boxed Lunches and Networking
12:30-2 Hands on and Interactive Science Rotations
In small groups we’ll spend 30 minutes participating in collecting data with the techniques and tools listed:
- Habitats
- Water Quality
- Helpful Plants
2:00-2:30 Research Spotlights
Scientists will share with us how data in biodiversity research is used to answer (and generate more) questions.
2:30-3:30 Reflection and Setting Intentions
Develop next steps and action items to bring what you experienced today into your classroom! Work individually to reflect and then in district teams to set intentions for moving this work forward.
3:30pm Evaluation & Adjourn
Meet the collaboration team!
The KBS K-12 Partnership team and Comstock STEM teachers are working together to plan and lead this workshop!
Comstock STEM: Chris Chopp, MacKenzie Skalski, Ann Swinehart, Kayleigh Schneider, Cooper Nickel, Heather Crull
KBS K-12 Partnership: Kara Haas, Isabela Borges, Alice Puchalsky, Robin Waterman
Questions? Email our team, k12partnership (at) kbs.msu.edu
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KBS K-12 Partnership offers professional development in science teaching! Learn more about the KBS K-12 Partnership.
The KBS K-12 Partnership is funded through the KBS Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) and the Michigan State University Graduate School
A legacy of conservation; a commitment to sustainability.
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