Professional Development

Professional Development

Whale's Tails, Turtle Hurdles, and Migration Phenomena

A 5-Day Summer Professional Development Institute for Grades 3-8 Educators

Spend a week this summer investigating the phenomena of migration of whales, sharks, turtles, and birds, as you explore the tools used to track migrating species. Work with real time data collected by researchers and citizen scientists, gain an understanding of the importance of both technologically collected data as well as historical data collected by whalers and fisherman and learn how your students can become involved in citizen monitoring programs.

Engage in hands-on field and inquiry-based classroom investigations, explore how phenomena can provide a foundation for inquiry-based science instruction, identify culturally appropriate phenomena for classroom-based investigations, and learn how your students can become involved in place-based citizen science activities.

  • Spend time with some of nature’s most impressive superheroes: birds and monarch butterflies.
  • Investigate how scientists use both simple and complex technology to track migratory birds, butterflies, sharks and coastal organisms.
  • Learn about white shark biology.
  • Explore the coastal habitats along the edge of the Slocum River as you participate in the Lloyd Center’s Biodiversity Initiative, a citizen/student scientist project.
  • Take back to your classroom curricular resources and instructional materials to help bring migration alive in your classroom.

Dates and Times: July 17th-21st, 2023 (8:30 AM - 3:30 PM ET)
Location: Manomet, Inc., Plymouth, MA

Cost: FREE for eligible MA educators that qualify through MA DESE’s OAPL program and includes $450 stipend. $450 for non-OAPL-qualifying educators. $425 for non-OAPL-qualifying educators if attending in a team with one or more teachers from the same school or district.

PDPs and Optional Graduate Credit: 40 PDPs available without graduate credit. 67.5 PDPs and 3 graduate credits from Cambridge College or Framingham State University available for $225. Additional work is required for graduate credit.

Collaborating Partners: Wade Institute, Manomet, Inc., Atlantic White Shark Conservancy

 

Register Online: www.wadeinstitutema.org    Questions? Contact: wadeinstitute@wadeinstitutema.org

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Lloyd Center for Environment
Wade Institute
Manomet, Inc.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy