Registration Open for COSI Summer Teacher Workshops

Workshops (except “Inquiry Into Robotics”) are $130 on or before June 3, 2011; $155 after June 3. “Inquiry Into Robotics” is $160 on or before June 3, 2011, or $200 after June 3. Ashland University credit is available for an additional fee. Workshops run 8am-4pm. Register online.

Integrating Science & Mathematics
PreK–8 Teachers | June 14-15, 2011
Force and motion, measurement, probability, behavior, growth, and change.

Integrating Science & Literature
PreK–8 Teachers | June 16-17, 2011
Astronomy, Earth’s resources, habitats, environment, and sound.

Inquiry into Geology
PreK–6 Teachers | June 21-22, 2011
Rocks, minerals, soil, forces that change the earth, fossils, and dinosaurs.

Science Inquiry & Applications in Physical Science
Elementary PreK–6 Teachers | June 23-24, 2011
Force and motion, properties of matter, energy, and states of matter.

Inquiry into Robotics
Grades 4–8 Teachers | July 19-20, 2011
LEGO WeDo / LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits, programming robots, and careers in robotics.

Inquiry into Energy
Grades 4–8 Teachers | July 21-22, 2011
Conservation of mass & energy, matter and motion, light and sound energy, cycles of matter, and flow of energy.

Inquiry into Plants
PreK–3 Teachers | July 26-27, 2011
Plant life cycles, observations of living things, behavior, growth, and change.

Science Inquiry & Applications for Early Elementary
PreK–3 Teachers | July 28-29, 2011
Explore atmosphere & weather, living things, life cycles, Earth’s resources, and the sky.

Opportunities Available for COSI Guest Teacher Leader for Summer Workshops

Have you taken a teacher workshop or class at COSI? Would you like to gain experience in facilitating courses for your peers? If you responded yes to these questions, consider becoming a Guest Teacher Leader for a COSI teacher workshop this summer. COSI is looking for ten teachers who are familiar with our workshops, have a strong interest in science and are comfortable facilitating hands-on science lessons in their classroom.

Guest Teacher Leaders would VOLUNTEER to assist with the facilitation of ONE two-day summer teacher workshop. In exchange, they would be able to attend one FREE teacher workshop this summer. Guest Teacher Leaders would be able to receive Ashland credit for both workshops, for an additional fee of $175/credit.

If you’ve taken a teacher workshop or class at COSI, you know that they are active, fun, and content-rich. Your role, as a Guest Teacher Leader, would be to assist or lead lessons, share personal insights about how lessons would work with your students, assist COSI team in set up and clean up of the workshop. The hours would be from 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM on the days of your workshop, in addition to a 4 hour training session and a meeting with the lead COSI facilitator approximately 1 week before your workshop.

To be considered for this appointment, complete the COSI Guest Teacher Leaders Application 2011 and return it to Teacher Programs at COSI by May 15, 2011. If you have any questions, contact COSI Teacher Programs by e-mail at teacherprograms@mail.cosi.org or by phone at 228.2674, ext. 2357.

Have an exciting day discovering science!

Mary Ann Wojton
Sr. Director of Student and Teacher Programs

Registration Open for Girls Discover….Archaeology! at COSI April 9

“We have to give students the opportunity to engage in authentic, real-world learning experiences…The student has to see the connections between her various classes…and the world beyond the school walls.”
Lance Rougeux, quoted in “Engaging Girls in STEM,” by Bridget McCrea, THE Journal.

On Saturday, April 9, middle-school girls will have the opportunity to do just that at COSI. COSI’s Girls Discover…Archaeology! is a day-long STEM career exploration program that’s just for girls in grades 6-8. Girls will meet professional and student archaeologists, explore careers in archaeology, and have a great time learning and meeting new friends. Scholarships are available, too. Learn more at http://www.cosi.org/educators/mentoring/girlsdiscover/

Teacher Leadership and Fellowship Opportunities at COSI

Would you like to gain experience in facilitating courses for your peers? COSI is looking for Guest Teacher Leaders to help facilitate a two-day summer teacher program. In exchange, Guest Teacher Leaders can attend a COSI teacher workshop this summer. The application deadline is March 15. Download COSI Guest Teacher Leader Application

Are you a central Ohio elementary grade teacher who has taught science for fewer than five years? Do you want use inquiry-based teaching methods to get your students actively engaged in learning science? Consider applying to become the next Carl F. Kohrt Science Teaching Fellow at COSI. The application deadline has been extended to April 30. Download COSI Kohrt Fellowship Application

Licking County elementary teachers are invited to apply for the Boeing Science Teaching Fellowship at COSI. The winner receives two teacher professional development programs, co-teaching experience and a field trip to COSI for your class (including transportation). The application deadline is April 8. Download COSI Boeing Licking County Fellowship Application

Free COSI Teacher Resource Fair August 3

Between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm on Tuesday, August 3, 2010, visit COSI’s permanent exhibitions and meet representatives from central Ohio organizations that support teachers.  This free fair covers all grade levels and assists teachers in teaching educational standards in the classroom.  Register online at http://www.cosi.org/educators/professional-development/teacher-fair/ Valid school ID required; homeschool educators are welcome.

COSI’s Summer Lineup of Professional Development Programs

CSI: The Science of Solving Crimes June 15–16, 2010 (8am – 4pm)  |  Grades 6-12 Explore ways to use cutting-edge forensic science to support teaching physical and life sciences. View a videotape of an actual autopsy with live narration by a forensic pathologist. Physical Science: 9.8, 9.9; Life Science: 10.27, 11.1; Science & Technology: 9.1, 9.2, 12.1. Inquiry Into Health, Medicine, & BioTechnology June 17–18, 2010 (8am – 4pm)  |  Grades 6-12 Study with the professionals and learn techniques that you can use to improve your health. Explore COSI’s Labs in Life with an OSU researcher who will explain her work in body composition, listen to a genetic counselor as he shares the intricacies of his work, and experience medical equipment breakthroughs with biotech engineers. Life Sciences: 6.7, 8.2,10.5-8, 10.27, 10.28, 12.5-6, 12.12; Science and Technology: 6.2, 7.3, 10.2, 11.1, 12.4. Inquiry Into The Titanic July 6–7, 2010 (8am – 4pm)  |  Grades 3-9 Explore the technology and engineering of big ships, including what keeps them afloat, and get personal with Titanic’s passengers. Earth Science 4.2; Physical Science 3.3, 3.4, 6.1, 8.3,9.12, 9.22; Science & Technology 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.4,8.3, 8.4, 9.3; Geography 6.1, 6.2; Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities 6.2; Social Studies Skills and Methods 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.3; People in Societies 7.2. Inquiry Into Astronomy July 13–14, 2010 (8am – 4pm)  |  Grades 8–12 Work with professional astronomers from OSU to learn more about the universe, including gravity, light and spectra, our solar system and the often misunderstood expansion of the universe. Make and take your own “Galileoscope.” Earth Science: 8.5, 8.8, 9.3, 12.2, 12.4. Slip & Slide Science: Inquiry Into Force & Motion July 15–16, 2010 (8am – 4pm)  |  Grades 6-9 Understand how an unbalanced force acts on an object to change the object’s speed or direction. July 15 will be at COSI; July 16 will be at the Columbus Zoo’s Zoombezi Bay waterpark! Physical Science: 3.1-4, 8.1-3. 9.21-25. Inquiry Into Weather July 19–20, 2010 (8am – 4pm)  |  Grades 2-7 Discover the components of extreme weather and develop exciting methods to teach these to your students. Teachers will explore components of the JASON Project Mission Weather curriculum and gain other engaging lessons and activities which can make your weather unit a breeze next year! Earth Sciences 2.4, 2.5, 4.1-6, 7. 5-9. Inquiry Into Watersheds July 21–22, 2010 (8am – 4pm)  |  Grades 3-10 Connect students to your local watersheds and enhance their knowledge of watersheds through inquiry-based activities that are classroom-ready. Explore Lily Pad, COSI’s newest exhibition area focusing on watersheds. Includes the water cycle, watershed dynamics, geology, macro-invertebrate sampling, chemical analysis, stream morphology, and more. Earth Sciences 3.5, 4.2, 4.3, 5.6, 7.2, 7.3, 10.5, 10.6; Life Science 3.2, 3.6, 5.4, 5.6, 7.5, 10.19 Integrating Science & Literature July 26–27, 2010 (8am – 4pm)  |  Grades K-3 Reading and writing are an integral part of science. Teach them at the same time focusing on key topics of pollution, energy, space, habitats, & living and non-living things. Resources include a number of science-related children’s literature selections and media. Language Arts: Acquisition of Vocabulary: K.1, K.3-4, 1.3, 1.9, 2.3, 2.10, 3.9; Language Arts: Reading Processes: K. 5, K.9-10, 1.9, 2.3-4, 3.5; Physical Science 1.9; Earth Science K.2, 1.1, 1.3; Life Science K.1-2, K.5-6, 1.1, 2.2-3, 2.7, 3.6 Integrating Science and Mathematics July 28–29, 2010 (8am – 4pm)  |  Grades 1–3 Use cool science lessons to teach mathematics concepts including measurement, graphing, and simple data analysis. Teach your young students to have fun while learning to sort, classify, and order like a scientist. Mathematics: Number, Number Sense and Operations K.6-7,1.10-11; Measurement k.2-3, 1.1, 1.5, 2.1, 2.5-7; Geometry and Spatial Sense k.1, 1.1-3, 2.1, 2.3; Patterns, Functions and Algebra k.1, 1.1; Data Analysis and Probability K.1-3, 1.1, 1.6; Physical Science: 1.1-9, 2.1-3, 3. 1-4; Earth Science: 1.1-3, 2.4-5, 3.1-6. Cost: All workshops (except “Inquiry Into The Titanic“): $130 on or before June 1, 2010; $155 after June 1. “Inquiry Into The Titanic“: $175 on or before June 1, 2010; $200 after June 1. Ashland credit is available for an additional fee of $172 per credit hour (each two-day program counts as one semester of graduate credit hour).

Zula’s Summer Institute 2010 Meet keynote speakers Lilian Katz and Maurice Sykes! COSI is pleased to team up with the children’s television program, The Zula Patrol, to offer Zula’s Summer Institute 2010! Learn how to transform your classroom into an inquiry-based environment that will launch children onto a pathway of lifelong learning. Zula’s Summer Institute 2010 is perfect f! or Head Start, Pre-K, Kindergarten Teachers, Program Directors, Education Coordinators, and Principals. Zula’s Summer Institute 2010 will take place June 24 & 25 in Arlington, Virginia. The cost is $375, and includes registration, a Zula science curriculum “module sampler,” conference materials, breakfast and lunch daily. CEU credits will be available for an additional cost. Click here for details!

COSI Teaching Fellowship Application Due April 21

Would you like to feel more comfortable teaching science? Have you taught science for less than five years?    Do you want use inquiry-based teaching methods to get your students actively engaged in learning science?  If you responded yes to these questions, consider becoming the Carl F. Kohrt Science Teaching Fellow at COSI.  Thanks to the generosity of our retiring Board Chair, Dr. Carl F. Kohrt, COSI is able to offer one science teaching fellowship for a grade 1 – 8 teacher who has little experience teaching science but would like to increase his/her abilities in this area.

The Dr. Carl F. Kohrt Science Teaching Fellowship at COSI includes:

• Three COSI teacher professional development programs (including Ashland University credit) during the summer of 2010. Up to 3 semester graduate credits.
• Co-Teaching experience, with a COSI Master Educator, in their classroom with their students, teaching a subject of their choice during the fall of 2010.
• Field trip for up to 60 students (including bus transportation) to be taken September 2010 – February 2011.
• Field trip workshop or movie for students during the field trip.
• One year premium family membership to COSI.

To be considered for this appointment, interested teachers need to complete the attached application and return it to Teacher Programs at COSI by April 21, 2010.  If you have any questions, contact COSI Teacher Programs by e-mail at teacherprograms@mail.cosi.org or by phone at 228.2674, ext. 2357.

Girls Discover….Engineering! at COSI November 7, 2009

Do you know middle school girls who like science, math, and solving problems? Girls Discover…Engineering! is a fun-filled day of hands-on activities and informative sessions led by women in a variety of engineering disciplines. Participants will learn how engineers are involved with buildings, the environment, consumer products, medical research, and more;  work with other girls to solve an engineering challenge; talk with young women studying to be engineers and find out how and why they made their career choice; and have a great time learning about engineering and meeting new friends! See http://www.cosi.org/educators/mentoring/girlsdiscover/