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Programs at Duke Farms
Climate Science and Sustainable Actions: A
Summer Teacher Institute at Duke Farms
Let the 2,700 acre Duke Farms property
serve as your living laboratory and source
of inspiration for exciting new lessons when
you join a team of experts for an actionpacked
weeklong summer institute.
Master teachers Laura Gallagher and
Missy Holzer will be the lead faculty for the
workshop.
Participating teachers will conduct
hands-on outdoor fieldwork, hear lectures
from New Jersey’s top experts and develop
Next Generation Science Standards-aligned
lesson plans that will bring the concepts of
climate change and sustainability to life for
students.
Ample opportunities will exist for networking
and collaboration with other K-12
educators.
When: Aug. 1-5, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Where: Duke Farms, Hillsborough Township
Cost: $150 per educator
Visit www.dukefarms.org to register.
Teaching and Learning with
Monarch Butterflies
Each fall, monarch butterflies from the
U.S. and Canada begin a 2,000 mile migration
to Mexico. The following spring, their
great grandchildren return. This is a twoday
workshop combining classroom and
field experiences where participants are
taught by a team of experienced educators
that provide participants with the knowledge,
skills, materials and confidence to
raise monarchs on their own.
The workshop enables pre-K through
12th grade educators to teach essential skills
in literacy, math, science, geography, technology,
Spanish, the arts and social studies
through the captivating story of monarchs.
Each participant receives hands-on instruction
by experienced teachers, rearing
cages, books, posters, DVDs and other essential
materials. strategies for creating butterfly
gardens, activities for any subject area,
proven models for engaging community
support and on-going support.
When: August 15-16, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Duke Farms, Hillsborough Township
Cost: $50 per person.
Visit www.dukefarms.org to register.
NGSS professional
development workshop
series for 2016-17
During the 2016-17 school year, the Science
Education Institute at Raritan Valley
Community College will offer a series of
seven one-day workshops designed to help
teachers of grades K-12 and their supervisors
prepare for implementation of the Next
Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
Participants will be introduced to a performance
sequence that consists of three
stages: gathering, reasoning, and communicating.
Each workshop will focus on different
stages and the science and engineering
practices and crosscutting concepts that
each emphasizes. Participants will engage
in several performance tasks that are similar
to the NGSS performance expectations and
integrate Science and Engineering Practices,
Crosscutting Concepts, and Disciplinary
Core ideas. They will be introduced to a nationally
field-tested Lesson Idea Template
to begin planning their own NGSS-aligned
lessons.
The 2016-2017 NGSS Professional Development
Workshop Series will include
eight workshops:
• Asking Questions/Planning and Carrying
out Investigations – Wednesday,
Sept. 28
• Analyzing and Interpreting Data – Tuesday,
Oct. 18.
• Engineering Design and Technology –
Wednesday, Nov. 16
• Developing and Using Models –
Wednesday, Dec. 14
• Crosscutting Concepts – Wednesday,
Jan. 25
• Constructing Explanations/Engaging in
Argument from Evidence – Wednesday,
Feb. 15
• Planning NGSS-Aligned Lessons for
Grades K-5 – Wednesday, March 15
• Planning NGSS-Aligned Lessons for
Grades 6-12 – Wednesday, March 22
All workshops are held at Raritan Valley
Community College in North Branch.
Workshops begin promptly at 9 a.m. and
end by 3:30 p.m. Light breakfast and lunch
will be provided.
The fee is $125 per workshop.
Register early. Last year several of our
workshops were filled weeks in advance.
For more information and to register visit
www.raritanval.edu/njace or contact
Mariel O’Brien at mariel.obrien@raritanval.edu
or 908-526-1200, ext., 8942.
For long-term professional development
on the NGSS in your district contact Dr. Wil
van der Veen at wil.vanderveen@raritanval.
edu or 908-526-1200, ext. 8566.
Starlab Training on Nov. 30
Starlab is an inflatable dome on which
you can project vivid images of the night
sky, ancient mythological characters, our
solar system and galaxy, Earth’s weather
patterns and geological features, or the
biological cell. It is easily transportable
and fits into a small car. It can be set up in
fifteen minutes and accommodates up to 30
students. The Starlab dome does require a
clean floor space of 20 x 22 feet and a 12 feet
high ceiling.
Starlab is the prefect tool to make science
come to life for students. It helps teachers
prepare for the Next Generation Science
Standards (NGSS) by allowing students
to make observations, collect and analyze
data, and construct explanations for natural
phenomena in astronomy, earth science,
and biology. Astronomical phenomena such
as the daily and yearly motions of the sun,
moon, planets, stars, and constellations
are easily observed with Starlab. Data from
these observations presents students with
the evidence to develop models and construct
explanations for these phenomena.
Starlab also includes projection cylinders
related to earth science concepts such as
ocean currents, weather and climate, and
plate tectonics, and biology concepts such
as the cell.
The Starlab Training will be held at
Raritan Valley Community College in North
Branch. At the training, participants will
learn how to set up, maintain, and repack
the Starlab system.
The training will begin promptly at 9 a.m
and end by 4 p.m. Light breakfast and lunch
will be provided.
The fee is $150. Teachers who complete
the training are eligible to rent Starlab for
$375 per week.
Customized Starlab training is also available
at your district site. Because the highly
individualized nature of the training it can
only accommodate up to five teachers.
For more information and to register visit
www.raritanval.edu/njace or contact Mariel
O’Brien at mariel.obrien@raritanval.edu or
908-526-1200, ext., 8942.
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