ASC TEACHER E-NEWS Sign up for our special monthly e-newsletter for teachers. Each month, we'll provide you with updates on what's happening at ASC, tell you about professional development opportunities and a classroom activity you can try. Sign Up Now! Events, News, Workshops and Professional Development Opportunities for Educators LINKS for Teachers: Have you visited STEMResources.com by the Tennessee Department of Education? Find a vast array of tools and resources to help you in teaching Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics here. Teachers’ Science Night Out at ASC Friday, Oct. 1 6 to 9 p.m. Explore, learn, and enjoy! Sponsored in part by Cornerstone Financial Credit Union Where else in Nashville can you become a forensic anthropologist, dissect a squid, travel through the universe or meet with local scientists all in one night! Gather your teacher friends together for an evening of science fun, beverages, and snacks all under one big roof, the Adventure Science Center. Reservations are required. Just email openhouse@adventuresci.com to make a reservation. Beverages provided by:       Teacher Professional Development Workshops Adventure Science Center offers professional development opportunities that help you teach standards-based science that will engage your students, and build your content knowledge on a variety of science topics. The education team at ASC is committed to sharing fresh ideas and finding low-cost lessons that add excitement to your science classroom. New workshops, registration forms and details are posted on our website at www.adventuresci.com. GROWING UP WILD Exploring Nature with Young Children Pre -K to 2nd grade Teacher  Growing Up WILD is a new nature-based,early-childhood education program from Project WILD and the Council for Environmental Education. Low-cost, hands-on, active and thematic units invite children to explore wildlife and the world around them. Participants receive a Growing Up Wild teacher lesson book with more than 100 pages of lessons. Each lesson includes a warm up activity, art, music and movement, science inquiry, math, language and literacy connections. Workshop Dates: Friday, Aug. 27, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Workshop Fee: $15  Register Online Now. Advance registration and payment is required no less than 2 weeks before the workshop date. Call (615) 862-5177 for more information. Interdependence: Standard 2 Biodiversity and Change: Standard 5 The Earth: Standard 7 The Atmosphere: Standard 8 PROJECT WET 9 to 3 pm Saturday, Oct. 16  Using fun, hands-on activities, learn about Tennessee’s water resources and how to help students become environmental stewards. Engage your class with Best Management Practices (BMP) that demonstrates real world applications relating to water. At completion of the six-hour workshop, participants receive a Project Wet book with over 85 water-related activities for K-12th grade. $20 registration fee (lunch and admission to ASC provided) Interdependence: Standard 2 Biodiversity and Change: Standard 5 The Earth: Standard 7 The Atmosphere: Standard 8 Download a registration form. LEARNING OCEAN SCIENCE THROUGH OCEAN EXPLORATION NOAA Professional Development Introductory Workshop Educators teaching 6th to 12th grade science 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. February 26, 2011 From the bioluminescent corals to deep vent worms, from tropical underwater volcanoes to the Artic Ocean floor, we know more about the moon than our ocean. Bring the excitement of current ocean science discoveries to your students using the Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration curriculum, CD and the Ocean Explorer web site from the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration's (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER). Join NOAA Ocean Exploration Education Program Manager Susan Haynes, as you do inquiry and standards-based activities tied directly to ocean expeditions. Activities written and tested by scientists and educators enable your students to model ocean science exploration in your classroom. Use these lessons in biology, earth, physical and marine science courses to connect your students to the excitement of NOAA Ocean Exploration as they travel from the Galepagos Rift to the Arctic Ocean, from Alaskan and New England seamounts to those in the Hawaiian Islands. Registration is required and space is limited. Each participant will receive the curriculum book, CD, materials related to activities presented during the workship, a NOAA Ocean Exploration Certificate of Participation, a continental breakfast, and lunch. Recommended for educators teaching 6-12 grade science.    Download a registration form. INQUIRY AS A PROCESS Building Teaching Skills 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. March 2011 The inquiry process is guided by our own curiosity, wonder and interest in understanding an observation or solving a problem. Join ASC staff in a day of exploration designed to build skills in questioning, exploration, reflection, and discovery learning. Using field-tested informal science professional development activities, participants may discover a powerful tool to use in the classroom to enhance student learning. Check the ASC website for the workshop date. Embedded Inquiry Embedded Technology and Engineering If interested call Sharon Mendonsa at 615-401-5078. All information posted is subject to change without notice.