Independent Workshops

Below is our list of independent workshops utilizing Vernier technology. If you plan on having a workshop featuring Vernier equipment, please let us know and we will advertise it here.

Modeling Workshops
Tempe, AZ

Arizona State University in Tempe invites high school physics and
chemistry teachers nationwide to enroll in five summer Modeling Workshops
that are for professional development and can lead to a Master of Natural
Science degree.
Modeling Workshops thoroughly address most aspects of high school
science teaching, including integration of teaching methods with course
content as it should be done in the high school classroom. Workshops
incorporate up-to-date results of physics and science education research,
best high school curriculum materials, use of technology, and experience in
collaborative learning and guidance.
Participants are introduced to the Modeling Method as a systematic
approach to the design of curriculum and instruction. The name Modeling
Instruction expresses an emphasis on making and using conceptual models of
physical phenomena as central to learning and doing science. Adoption of
"models and modeling" as a unifying theme for science and mathematics
education is recommended by both NSES and NCTM Standards as well as AAAS
Project 2061. Mathematics instruction is integrated seamlessly throughout
each course by an emphasis on mathematical modeling.
In each workshop, content for an entire semester high school course is
reorganized around models to increase its structural coherence.
Participants are supplied with a complete set of course materials and work
through all the activities alternately in the roles of student or teacher.
Teachers use computers as scientific tools to collect, organize, analyze,
visualize, and model real data.
Since Modeling Workshops are high-quality professional development based
on scientifically-based research, teachers can request Federal Title II-A
funds from their local education agency (LEA) to pay tuition and/or to buy
classroom technology to implement it. Relevant Federal guidelines for use
of Title II-A funds can be downloaded at the website. Arizona teachers can
apply for free tuition and free housing. Excellent low-cost family and
individual housing is nearby.
Modeling Workshops in summer 2009:
Mechanics: June 15 - July 2
Modeling-adapted CASTLE electricity: June 15 - July 2 (prerequisite:
mechanics workshop)
Mechanical waves and sound: July 13 - 24 (prerequisite: mechanics workshop)
First semester chemistry: July 6 - 24
Second semester chemistry: June 15 - 26 (prerequisite: 1st semester chemistry)

Web Site: http://modeling.asu.edu/MNS/MNS.html
E-mail: Jane.Jackson@asu.edu
Contact: Jane Jackson, Co-Director, Modeling Instruction Program Box 871504, Department of Physics, ASU, Tempe, AZ 85287 480-965-8438/fax:965-7565