Engineering is Elementary Series
Sponsored by the Salem State
Collaborative
Dates: Tuesdays, January 29, and February 5, 12, 26, 2008
Location: Lynnfield Middle School, 505 Main Street Lynnfield, MA
Time: 3:30 – 6 PM
Audience: Grade 4
through 6 -EIE’s focus is up to grade 5 with adaptations for grade 6
PDP’s: 10 Hours
Presenters: Gail
Naylor, Lynnfield Grade Five Teacher and Bob Simmons CPMSIE Elementary Workshop
Coordinator
Description: “Everyone Engineers!”
is a favorite motto of a new Museum of Science program, Engineering is
Elementary. And that “everyone” means you, too! Find out how you already have great
engineering instincts, and discover ways of bringing your students’ learning to
life, while addressing key content standards in the science frameworks. While
you learn for yourself about this content area (no prior formal engineering is
assumed), we’ll also explore how one resource, Engineering is Elementary,
can help you:
Session
1: A Gentle Start to Technology and
Engineering
What
can a candle, a clothespin, and a can opener help you learn about technology
and engineering? Tap into your prior knowledge, charge up your creativity, and
begin making new connections that will help you answer this question. Find out
about EIE units, resources for teachers to use with their kids to
get them started engineering. We’ll take a look at the organization of the
units, which revolve around storybooks specially written for kids about
kids who engineer.
Gail
has taught EIE units to her grade five students for the past year. Bob has
co-facilitated EIE workshops with Museum of Science presenters and is a former
K-6 Math/Science Curriculum specialist.
Sessions 2, 3 and 4: These sessions will follow the introductory session
and focus on specific Engineering is Elementary units. Special attention
will be paid to Water Filtration, Wind, and Pollination.
Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org, or email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please either email (preferred) or call Jim at 781-771-4860. In case of snow, if Lynnfield is cancelled, this workshop will be postponed.
Make checks or Purchase Orders payable to CPMSIE and Bring to the First Session
DEADLINE to sign up for MOS Program is January 17 .