Oportunidad para maestros: Ciencias grados 5-10

GENETICS FOR YOUR LIFE

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/teachers/courses/gfyl2007/

Tired of the same old genetics activities? Come and be part of something new!

The Genetic Science Learning Center is embarking on a breakthrough new project and we need your help! The project will develop highly interactive online and investigative classroom learning experiences in heredity and genetics that will be available worldwide on this website. Beginning at the upper elementary level and progressing through to high school, materials developed as part of this project will engage today’s learners and prepare them for life in the genomic age.
We are looking for Elementary, Middle and High School science teachers to participate in an innovative 3-day workshop to begin the development process.

This workshop is an opportunity to work together with an innovative group of teachers, curriculum developers, science educators, web developers and multimedia artists to think creatively about:

• The genetics knowledge and skills students will need for life in the 21st Century.
• A learning progression that builds genetics knowledge and skills across grade levels, from upper elementary (grades 5/6), through middle school (grades 7/8) and into high school (grades 9/10).
• How inquiry-based curriculum materials designed to build genetics knowledge and skills can be grounded in current science education standards but also go beyond the standards, which are out of date with respect to today’s genome science.
• How best to utilize the multimedia capabilities of the Internet to support inquiry-based student learning at each grade band.
• Science examples that will be relevant and interesting to students and that can be used to teach genetics knowledge and skills, both within grade bands and across grade bands.
• Your role will be to share your expertise and serve as a consultant to the Genetic Science Learning Center as, together, we begin envisioning and planning these new curriculum materials.

We are looking for teachers with:

• A willingness to engage in discussions with teachers at all grade levels, in order to develop an integrated learning progression of genetics concepts
• A willingness to “think outside the box”, beyond the learning experiences they currently use with their students to teach genetics
• An interest in thinking creatively about how to integrate Internet-based multi-media technologies with classroom learning experiences and laboratory experiments

IMPORTANT! APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, June 18, 2007

For more information, please visit their website at http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/teachers/courses/gfyl2007/