What’s the Big Idea and How Do We Teach It?

Sponsored by the Salem State Collaborative Project for Math,

Science and Interdisciplinary Education (CPMSIE)

Location: Lynnfield High School, 275 Essex Street, Lynnfield, MA 01940

Presenter: Ann Harney, Elementary Science Consultant

Time: 3:30 – 6 PM

Audience: Grade 3-5 classroom teachers and educational support personnel.

Dates: Mondays, January 12, 26 and February 2 and 9, 2009.

Cost: $50 for Member Districts $195 for non-member Districts

For Member List see website www.salemcollaborative.org

PDP’s: 10 Hours with Completed Project

Description: In this grade 3-5 workshop, we will carry out investigations that focus on the big ideas presented in Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and discuss how they can be presented in our classrooms. Some of the concepts we will explore are forms of energy, adaptation of living things, and properties of rocks and minerals. We will discuss how to teach and assess these concepts, review some of the books available to support these concepts, and look at the cross-curricula connections.
Session1- What are some forms of energy?
What can we learn about magnets? Electricity?

Session 2- What do we mean by adaptation?
What are some adaptations of animals? What are some adaptations of plants?

Session 3- What makes a mineral a mineral? What makes a rock a rock?
How can we sort and classify rocks?

Session 4- What does assessment look like in the inquiry based classroom?

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 call Jim at 781-771-4860.

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

The last day to sign up for What’s the Big Idea and How Do We Teach It?

is January 7, 2009