Penn State offers science educator workshops

Penn State offers science educator workshops

University Park, Pa. -- From the Earth's weather, to the planets and stars and all the way to the Cosmos, teachers looking for innovative, exciting ways to teach fifth- through 12th-grade students science may find what they are looking for at Penn State's Science Workshops for Educators.

A series of one-week summer workshops held at the University Park campus can help teachers stay up to date on current science, explore ways to teach science as fun and interact with peers from across the country. Available courses include: "Smart Sensors," "The Wonders of Weather Workshop," "Solar System to the Stars" and "Origins of the Cosmos." All educators will receive two graduate credits. Pennsylvania educators will receive Act 48 hours. Tuition, housing and travel subsidies are available. For more information on individual courses or fees go to http://www.teachscience.psu.edu online.

"I have taken seven of these courses and they have all been extraordinary. The materials and methods presented are cutting edge," said past participant Larry Flint of the Williamsport Area School District.

The workshops are an outreach program of NASA's Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium, the Eberly College of Science, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the Penn State Astrobiology Research Center, the NSF-funded Penn State Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, the NSF-funded Ridge 2000 Program and NASA.

Apply to the program at http://www.teachscience.psu.edu/apply.html online.