Inquiry Investigations: Water, Energy, and Food Webs

Sponsored by

The Salem State Collaborative

Presenters: Sandi Ryack-Bell, Executive Director

Amy Hoffmaster, Asst Program Director

Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS, Inc.)

Location: Peabody’s Veteran Memorial High School, Lowell Street, Peabody, MA

Audience: Grades 5-9 Science Teachers

Time: 8:15-2:15 PM (lunch included)

Date: 8 April 2010 (Thursday)

PDP’s: 5 for the session

Fee: $35 for Member Districts $105 for non-Member Districts

Description:

Investigate connections between water and energy, and how these connections impact wildlife as we explore how to use inquiry investigations in your middle school classroom.  Uncover relationships between water density, salinity, and temperature. Examine how these relationships affect food webs and daily/yearly migrations of birds, plankton and other wildlife. Engage in hands-on, minds-on inquiry-based science activities you can take back to your classroom. Learn about classroom and field trip resources available to you through local MITS partners. Connections to the state frameworks and assessment tools will also be discussed.

Registration Information:

Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org, or email the following information to

Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please

either email (preferred) or call Jim at 781-771-4860.

Make checks or Purchase Orders payable to CPMSIE and Bring to the First Session

DEADLINE to sign up is 5 April 2010

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