KBS K-12 PARTNERSHIP SPRING WORKSHOP 2018

Conservation Connections: In and Outside the Classroom

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Plenary Speaker: Dr. Nick Haddad, MSU Professor at KBS

Biodiversity conservation in degraded landscapes – conservation corridor webpage!

Digital Data Nuggets: real research, real data, real classrooms (M,H)

Organizers: Marcia Angle, Elizabeth Schultheis, and Melissa Kjelvik (Data Nuggets)

Designing teacher “cheat sheets” on new or difficult concepts in ecology (All)

Organizer: Bonnie McGill (KBS Graduate Student, Integrative Biology)

People and the environment: using social science to interpret behavior (M,H)

Organizer: Adam Reimer (KBS LTER Postdoc)

Butterflies and caterpillars: getting kids outside with citizen science (All)

Organizer: Ashley Anne Cole-Wick (Kalamazoo Nature Center Biological Research Director)

Argumentation: the basics of claims, evidence, and reasoning in elementary classrooms

Organizer: Sara Syswerda (Pierce Cedar Creek Institute Education Director)

Clip Mobile Challenge, Junk Drawer Robotics (E, M)

Organizer: Janis Brinn (Michigan State University Extension Educator)

Designing NGSS lessons: constructing units based on what you want the students to learn without giving away the punchline (E)

Organizer: Sara Syswerda (Pierce Cedar Creek Institute Education Director)

A living legacy: trees of the Kellogg Estate (All)

Organizer: Kara Haas (KBS Science Education and outreach Coordinator)

Quantifying systems thinking skills: using modified Data Nuggets (M,H)

Organizer: Joelyn de Lima (Graduate Student, Plant Biology)

Contact Heather Kittredge (kittred8 at msu.edu) or Susan Magnoli (magnolis at msu.edu) for more information.

Costs: Program is FREE. Sub costs will be reimbursed for workshop participants. One form per school building/district. Sub-cost reimbursement forms here. Please return the form with an INVOICE from your school district. Invoice must include the name of the teacher, name of the sub and the pay rate. Email (karahaas@msu.edu) or mail to Kara Haas, KBS, 3700 East Gull Lake Drive, Hickory Corners, MI 49060.

6 SCECHs will be available.

The KBS K-12 Partnership is a joint effort among KBS scientists, MSU College of Education faculty, and science teachers and administrators in southwest Michigan school districts. Since 1999 the partnership has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, including awards from the Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB), the Teacher Retention and Renewal Program (EHR), awards from the NSF GK-12 Program (EHR), and the NSF Math and Science Partnership. The partnership provides teachers in-depth exposure to research topics in environmental science and training to teach inquiry-based science at the elementary and secondary levels.

Major elements of the KBS K-12 Partnership program are:

• Professional development opportunities for teachers and graduate student fellows that focus on providing inquiry-based approaches to learning about and effectively teaching science in the K-12 classroom.
• Providing opportunities for K-12 teachers in other programs at KBS and MSU; including serving as mentor teachers for undergraduates studying to be teachers and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) positions in faculty labs.
• Creating new opportunities for K-12 teachers and MSU faculty and students to work together to deepen and improve the way science is taught and communicated in our community.

Learn more about K-12 teacher and student resources and experiences!