THEMIS E/PO : In The Classroom

Teacher Professional Development Workshops

Teachers taking part in a Professional Development workshop with the SF Unified School District in February 2001. This workshop was a part of the Best of the Solar System Program.

Throughout the year the THEMIS Education and Public Outreach team is involved in conducting teacher workshops across the country. We conduct short one-hour workshops on THEMIS science and classroom materials that we have developed. We also conduct longer half-day or full-day workshops where the focus may be on more broad topics in Space Science and include other NASA educational materials.

These workshops may be found at conferences of the National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) and associated state chapters and groups, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).

Laura Peticolas, of the THEMIS E/PO team, demonstrates an activity about magnetism that they can use in their classroom. This photo was taken at a teacher professional development workshop at the national conference for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) in October, 2003.

We also conduct full-day workshops at the Space Sciences Laboratory on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. These workshops are often done in partnership with the Lawrence Hall of Science GEMS program. See our teacher workshops page for dates and locations of upcoming workshops that you could attend.

Related Links

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NSTA - Home page for the National Science Teachers Association

AAPT - Home page for the American Association of Physics Teachers

NCTM - Home page for National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

SACNAS - Home page for the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science

GEMS - Home page for the Lawrence Hall of Science Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) program

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