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Identify & Explore Variability in Your Data (PD)

Rutgers University 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, new jersey, United States

When most people think of science, they think of facts; a cause and effect; a problem and a solution. However, science is much more complicated than that. In order to truly understand a set of data, one needs to acknowledge variability. The measure of variability chosen to explain data can determine what story is being

$10

Have You Met Alice? (Coding for 3-D Animation)

SRI & ETTC Computer Lab #127 10 West Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway, NJ, United States

Spend the day with Alice, an animation software developed by Carnegie Mellon as a means to teach coding and logic to beginning programmers and aspiring game developers. Instructor Phillip Rolsinelli will walk educators through the fun drag and drop interface, with an eye toward preparing classroom teachers to introduce the tool to their students.

$178

“Ooh NOT Eww!” NGSS-aligned Organism Study for Elementary Students

Montclair State University- PRISM Center, Blanton Hall 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ, United States

Here is a science workshop that will allow your students to learn about a living organism through a hands-on experiment. This is their chance to investigate like real scientists and your opportunity to teach them about the scientific method. Students will be encouraged to think out of the box and propose solutions. Once the day

$150

Preparing for ELA PARCC: Teach Your Students to Write With SPICE

SRI & ETTC 10 W. Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway, NJ, United States

Mike Devono, author of “Teaching Writing with Spice,” will be presenting techniques that have been proven to be successful in raising scores for ESPA, HSPA, GEPA, and NJASK. These strategies are designed specifically for Language Art teachers, Special Education teachers, and ELL teachers. Upon completing this workshop, elementary and middle school educators will walk away

$178

Creating with Encaustic – PD

Sandra Koberlein’s Studio 167 Lighthouse Rd, Pennsville, new jersey, United States

Grab your smock and get fired up to have some fun with hot wax painting! You can bring up to three collage elements you’d like to try this technique on after learning about the history, materials, tools, and techniques of encaustic painting. With over 30 years of experience, participants will have plenty to learn from

$75 – $100

NGSS: Beyond the Basics, Grades 6-12 (PD)

Montclair State University- PRISM Center, Blanton Hall 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ, United States

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) set the expectations for what students should know and be able to do. This workshop will focus on ways to stimulate student interest through the use of the NGSS. Topics of discussion include the three Dimensions, the Performance Expectations, use of Claims-Evidence-Reasoning (CER), and Prediction-Observation-Explanation (POE). Not only will

$150.00

Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) Video Conference-Central (PD)

Robbinsville High School 155 Robbinsville-Edinburg Rd, Robbinsville, NJ, United States

In sign language, prosodic features include duration of a sign, pause, eye aperture, facial expression, use of signing space and more. Teaching prosodic features can help lead to successful communication. In this live video conference, Dr. Deborah Cates, PhD, Sign Language Program Coordinator, Iowa School for the Deaf, will discuss the important role prosodic features

Free

Bringing the Maker Movement to your Elementary School (PD)

Montclair State University- PRISM Center, Blanton Hall 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ, United States

As a wise student once said, “Everything you touch is an adventure”. If you’re interested in discovering new ways to activate your classroom and share powerful ideas, this workshop is

$150.00

Geometry Investigations with GeoGebra, Grades 2-5 (PD)

Busch Campus-Rutgers New Brunswick-100 Sutphen rd. 100 Sutphen Road, Piscataway

Attention all elementary math teachers and supervisors! Irina Lyublinskaya, one of the most experienced and respected workshop leaders in the state, will be presenting ways to incorporate GeoGebra in the

$205