Upcoming PD Opportunities

Don’t’ forget TAPT meets October 25^th.

Here are some things that might be of interest:

From DaNel Hogan:

Still spots open for some exceptional professional development. In one case, educators walk away with equipment for their classroom and in the other they can get a $75 stipend. Both are FREE! Please share with your networks – let’s make sure these workshops are full!

The Optical Society Science Educators’ Day (EDAY)

Keynote speaker and hands-on demonstrations and equipment to take back with you.

Grade Level: Middle and High School Educators

Date: October 22, 2014 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Location: JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort – Tucson Ballroom, Salon E

RSVP as soon as possible to eday@osa.org

Additional info below.

Wetlands and Wildlife Curriculum Development Workshops

2-day curriculum-consultation workshops to develop hands-on, experiential curriculum on wetland ecology, wildlife conservation, and wildlife corridors, $75 stipend

Grade Level: K-12

Option 1 Dates: October 29 (3-6pm) and November 1 (8 am – 2:30 pm)

Option 1 Location: Roger Road Ponds/Sweetwater Wetlands – 2600 W Sweetwater Drive

or

Option 2 Dates: November 12 (3-6 pm) and November 15 (8 am – 2:30 pm)

Option 2 Location: Agua Caliente Park – 12325 E Roger Road

For information and reservations contact 520-615-7855 or email eeducation@pima.gov

See attached flyer for additional information.

Science Educators’ Day (EDAY)

Wednesday, 22 October, 17:00 - 20:00
Tucson Ballroom, Salon E

*Free of Charge – RSVP Required. 

Our guest speaker for the 2014 Science Educators’ Day (EDAY) event is Dr. Michael Raymer. He is a physicist and Phillip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. He was on the faculty at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics before moving to Oregon, where he co-founded the University’s Oregon Center for Optics. His interest in teaching began as an undergraduate at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he co-instructed a beginning course in chemistry. Many years later he parlayed that experience into the founding of the UO’s Science Literacy Program, which is funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and which reaches across the departments of physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. His interest in teaching science literacy led him to author a textbook, The Silicon Web: Physics for the Internet Age (Taylor & Francis, 2009), to accompany a course he teaches called The Physics Behind the Internet.

The registration process is EASY. To confirm your attendance simply email your name and contact information to eday@osa.org.

Ms. DaNel L. Hogan

Director of The STEMAZing Project

200 N. Stone Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85701

(520) 724-8395