Teacher Development Workshop 2021 - Full
Jan. 12, 2021
This workshop is now full, we are accepting wait list submissions using the registration link below
Observing Nature
Nature Journals & The Intersection of Science, Literacy, and Art
Presented by the Cooper Center for Environmental Learning & Partners for Equitable Science Instruction (PESI)
Nature journals are a place to generate, expand, document, and explore observations, ideas, and reflections. They can help students create, test and refine their understanding of scientific explanations of the natural world. Nature journaling requires no special artistic talents and no special scientific knowledge, just a desire to slow down, look carefully, question, and wonder.
In this four-part online workshop, participants will be introduced to basic drawing techniques, ideas for recording observations, and possibilities for extending journals into deeper explorations across multiple genres and disciplines. We’ll spend time discussing how nature journals provide opportunities for science learning during this period of virtual education and how they allow the process of inquiry to flourish for students of any age, and for any topic learners might pursue.
Workshop will consist of four 90 minute sessions (dates below). Sessions will all take place over Zoom. Instructor bios below!
This workshop is now full, we are accepting wait list submissions using the registration link below
Teachers will receive a $150 stipend for participation in all four sessions. Stipend will be awarded after the final session.
Deadline to register is Friday, February 5th, 2021.
Dates & Times
This Workshop Consists of Four 90-Minute Sessions
All sessions are from 4pm - 5:30pm and will happen via Zoom.
Tuesday, February 9th
Tuesday, February 16th
Tuesday, March 2nd
Tuesday, March 9th
No session on February 23rd
Instructors
Rachel Carpenter is a classroom teacher at Borton Elementary. She has 13 years of experience teaching kindergarten through high school, and holds a mathematics endorsement. She is currently working on developing student-centered learning experiences in science.
Caryl Crowell is a retired classroom teacher with over 40 years of experience as an educator. Caryl also serves as a Docent at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and is a founding member of Partners for Equitable Science Instruction.
Stephanie Pederson is a Resource Teacher at Borton Elementary School and leads their School and Community Garden program. She has worked in Tucson Unified School District for more than 14 years, as a special education teacher and as a middle and elementary classroom teacher.
Brought to you with financial support from the Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund