Summer Workshops in Biology Modeling will be offered at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
When: June 23-27, 2008. 9:00am – 4:30pm, daily
For: High school biology teachers interested in developing a student-centered, modeling oriented biology program in the style of the Modeling Instruction Method developed at Arizona State University. The instructors of this workshop have created an exciting course that focuses on student development of biological concepts from experimental data using multiple representations. Such conceptual representations support students with a range of learning styles. The program will be limited to 18 teachers to maximize instructional opportunities and group interaction. Act 48 Continuing Education Credit is available.
This workshop is a national first! The week-long program explores the use of research-based strategies to teach key concepts in high school biology from a model-centered perspective. The emphasis of the workshop will be on helping students learn the biological concepts from the perspective of systematically-developed models.
For more information, see the PDF at: http://www.shadysideacademy.org/discovery/documents/2008BiologyModelingWorkshop.pdf
Filed under: Biochemistry, Calendar Items, Cell Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Medicine, Molecular Biology, Nature of Science, Professional Development
will you be offering a program in the summer of 2009?
I have the opportunity to write a grant for professional development and the grant is due by Nov 1 2008.
thank you
Edith Suiter
Duncan High School Biology dept
Duncan OK 73533
580-255-0700
Please send these sorts of queries to the originator of the program, as we have no idea as to the future of the program or ht eintentions of the originating institution. Thanks!