No Question Left Behind: Bringing Guided-Inquiry Curricula into Science and Mathematics Classrooms
A one-and-a-half-day workshop for middle- and high-school science
and mathematics teachers
Sponsored by the University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research and The Jackson Laboratory, with support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Bank of America Company, trustee of the Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation
Dates: 8:30 Monday, June 25 – 1:30 Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Location: University of Maine Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine
Monday night hotel rooms provided for participants at no cost at the Comfort Inn Ocean’s Edge
This workshop will explore ways to give middle and high school students the opportunity to develop their own evidence-based understanding of science and mathematics concepts by researching and solving content-rich problems. Drawing from examples in physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, and Earth sciences, presentations will focus on
Additional sessions will delve into
The workshop is open to 75 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Fifty spaces will be held for in-service teachers who will receive a $200 stipend for attending the entire workshop. All participants are invited to present posters showing innovative curricula, assessment, and other related topics. The workshop is free of charge to all participants and includes Monday night private room accommodations at the Comfort Inn Ocean’s Edge on Penobscot Bay in Belfast and all meals. Continuing Education Units are available to those who participate in the entire workshop.
Presenters include:
Comments from past Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research sponsored conferences
Very well organized. All the activities were engaging and made me think deeply about how I teach and how people learn. The presenters were all excellent and there was a mix of interests and backgrounds for presenters and participants that made the experience rich … GREAT LOCATION!
This was an exciting opportunity to meet with like-minded people. I was pleased to hear I am not alone in some of my own struggles in the classroom. I gained some resources I can use right away.
This workshop was immediately useful to me. There was a high degree of interaction and a combination of focus with breadth. The presentation allowed exploration of several activities all relating to a specific outcome.
Registration: If you would like to be put on our Contact List for future events, please send an email to Leisa.Preble@umit.maine.edu. Please include your name, school, grade level, subject(s) taught, and email address.
Questions: Amie Gellen, Assistant Director, Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research: amie.gellen@umit.maine.edu, phone: 581-1021