BPS Science Department
PD Activity
Summer
Contextualized
Content Courses
Summer
Contextualized
Content Courses
AP Bridge
Description
Grad Level Courses:
Biology I
Physics I
Grad Level Courses:
Earth Science I
When
July 6-July 16, 2010
Where
UMass-Boston and
Northeastern University
Participants
K-12 Science Teachers
July 19-July 30, 2010
Northeastern
K-12 Science Teachers
Biology, Chemistry, and Physics
June 22 - 25 and August
30 and 31
UMass-Boston (Chemistry
and Bio), Harvard Medical
School (Bio), and
Northeastern University
(Chem and Physics)
AP Science teachers and
their students
Common Writing
Assignment
3-day calibrating and scoring
TBD
EIGHTEEN different 1-day workshops:
one for each FOSS and STC kit
August 27-Sept. 2
Wood and Paper (K)
Air and Weather (Grade 1)
Ecosystems (Grade 5)
Animals 2x2 (K)
Organisms (Grade 1)
Measuring Time (Grade 5)
Physics of Sound (Grade 3)
Solids and Liquids (Grade 1)
Pebbles, Sand and Silt (Grade 2)
Structures of Life (Grade 3)
Motion and Design (Grade 4)
New Plants (Grade 2)
Water (Grade3)
Animal Studies (Grade 4)
Levers and Pulleys (Grade 5)
Insects (Grade 2)
Magnetism and Electricity (Grade 4)
Landforms (Grade 5)
August 27, 2010
Elementary Kit
Trainings: Summer
BPS Campbell Resource
Center
Funding Source
NSF-Boston
Science
Partnership
NSF-Boston
Science
Partnership
NSF-Boston
Science
Partnership and
APIP
BPS
K-5 teachers
August 30, 2010
August 31, 2010
September 1, 2010
September 2, 2010
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PD Activity
Middle School Kit
Trainings: Summer
High School
Curriculum Trainings:
Summer
Description
EIGHT different 3-day workshops begin in
summer: one for each FOSS and STC kit
Human Body Systems (Grade 6)
Earth History (Grade 7)
Planetary Science (Grade 8)
Weather and Water (Grade 6)
Diversity of Life (Grade 7)
Chemical Interactions (Grade 8)
Force and Motion (Grade 7)
Populations and Ecosystems (Grade 8)
Active Physics, Biology: A Human
Approach, and Living by Chemistry
trainings: Begin in summer go through
academic year
Biology (A Human Approach)
Chemistry (Living by Chemistry)
Physics (Active Physics)
When
August 17-19, 2010
Where
TBD
Participants
Grade 6-8 teachers
Funding Source
BPS
TBD
HS Teachers
BPS
August 17, 2010
August 18, 2010
August 19, 2010
August 17-19, 2010
August 17, 2010
August 18, 2010
August 19, 2010
3/8/16 4:55 AM
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