Teachers' Corner
Events, workshops, and
professional development opportunities
Teacher’s Night Out at ASC
Friday, October 3, 2008, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
It’s a social, it’s all about science, it’s all for you! Here's your chance to be a child: to play, to discover, to experience the excitement of the Adventure Science Center - without the responsibility of supervising your students. Wear comfy clothes as you renew, reawaken, rekindle, and revitalize your enthusiasm for science and teaching. Slide the slides, ride the rides, and explore the exhibits with reckless abandon!
Teacher’s Night Out at ASC is also a terrific opportunity to explore the new exhibits in Space Chase and take a trip out of this world in the new, state-of-the-art and world-class Sudekum Planetarium.
So, grab, pester, encourage, kidnap, lasso, seize, or drag your adult teacher friends along on this special opportunity to join in the fun! And remember, it’s teachers only, so no one but other teachers will see you behaving like a child!
Join us to find out why more than a quarter million people have made ASC the science place of choice!
Reservations are required. This is a teachers only event. Must show valid school ID upon entering ASC. Just email openhouse@adventuresci.com with your name, your school name, school website, and number of teachers in your party. Beverages and snacks will be provided.
Teacher's Night Out is sponsored by Cornerstone Financial Credit Union.
The annual TWISTER hands-on workshops hosted by Adventure Science Center increases the interest of young women in math and science through positive, hands-on experiences. The event fosters awareness of career opportunities in math and science related careers, provides young women with opportunities to meet with positive role models who are active in math and science related careers, and involves young women with limited opportunities for success in positive experiences in math and science. TWISTER serves as an intervention strategy designed to nurture girls' interest in mathematics and science courses and to encourage them to expand their career visions to include science and math based careers. >>
Professional Development Workshops
To register, download a registration form. Workshops require payment in advance. The registration fee is non-refundable if cancellation occurs within 2 weeks of the workshop date. A confirmation email will be sent within two weeks of receiving a registration form.
Dissection Day
November 15, 2008, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Wouldn’t you like to know how to take apart a squid, cow eye, sheep brain, or flower? Get hands-on experience in this informal morning lab that gives you the skills to do this with your students. Resources, lessons, and diagrams are included. $15 (Elementary)
What a Blast! Rocketry Workshop
February 28, 2009, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Use easily available materials to build a model rocket that really launches. Take home a rocket sample kit and a guide to incorporate rocketry into the classroom. This unit allows your students to use science, engineering, and math skills as they design, test, and evaluate their own handmade rocket. $35 (4th to 8th grade)
Astro-Academy
April 18, 2009, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Do you gaze up into the nighttime sky and wish you could identify the stars and planets? Do your students ask you unanswerable questions like what is a black hole or what happens when our sun dies? Become a graduate of the Astro-Academy in this half-day content-building workshop that seats you under the stars and teaches you how to navigate and observe just like ancient people. Resources and hands-on activities are included. $15 (Middle to High School)
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