Enliven Your Science Course With Tech!
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Location
Zankel Hall, Teachers College, Columbia University
525 W 120th St New York, NY 10027Refund Policy
Description
Enliven Your Science Course With Tech!
Workshop Leader: Steve Lewis
Would you like to teach your students some real engineering and computer programming in the context of your science course? Here’s a great way to do it! Make your existing course better without learning a whole new curriculum! Do the same, required experiments, but with an exciting, easy-to-learn new twist!
You’ll learn how to use an inexpensive module and some pre-cooked programming blocks in Scratch to collect data in real time – a dynamic activity that kids will love. You’ll find out how to get kids engaged in computer programming in Scratch, developing their ideas for experiments, as well as their own data collection strategies and techniques.
Have little or no experience with programming? That’s OK. You can use our pre-cooked routines, and we’ll show you how to program your own.
Do you already have a basic understanding and familiarity with Scratch, Python or other coding languages? This workshop is still for you! You’ll learn to use simple equipment, an array of sensors, and the Make!Sense interface board. You’ll find out how to add the vital skills of basic coding to your courses while continuing to focus on the key science content you teach.
For more information visit Make!Sense’s website: www.makesense.co (not “.com”); check out the section entitled Make!Science for some great examples of how it is being used in classrooms.
Make!Sense interface boards and sensors will be provided at the workshop for all participants, and you can purchase them after the workshop if you wish. When you register for the workshop, you are encouraged to buy one Make!Sense kit at the special workshop price; the kit includes a variety of sensors and ensures that you will leave the workshop with everything you need to apply what you have learned in your own classroom. You should also bring a laptop with a USB port to the workshop so you can practice collecting data with your own machine.
Don’t miss this opportunity to get in on the fun of the growing movement to enliven science courses with an up-to-date approach to data collection and experimentation!
Note: Please sign up for EITHER the "Making Sense of the Gas Laws: A Direct Route to Mastery” workshop OR the “ Enliven Your Course with Tech!” workshop, but NOT BOTH. These two workshops are both 3 hours and run simultaneously from 10am to 1pm in separate rooms at Teachers College.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO RECORDINGS. We take photographs and record video of our workshops in order to publicize a positive image of science, science teaching, and science teachers, as well as of the STEMteachersNYC organization - a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. If you register, you are agreeing to be photographed and to have your voice and image video-recorded. You are also agreeing to relinquish all your rights to the photographs and video recordings.
If you do not wish to be photographed or video-recorded, you must inform us when you check in at the beginning of the workshop. We will take one photograph of your face so that we can erase your image if we happen to catch it by chance during the workshop, and we will do our best to avoid you. We would also appreciate your cooperation in positioning yourself at the edge of the group so as to help us avoid you.
(Members find out about workshops first and can sign up before others.)
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FAQs
Is there a fee to attend this workshop?
Yes. There is a $15 attendance fee.
Is there a special pricing for TC students for this workshop?
Yes. TC students recieve a 50% discount on StNYC workshops. To receive your discount code, please send an email to STEMteachersNYC Registrar (Yi@STEMteachersNYC.org). You will be asked to present a current TC student card at the door on the day of the workshop.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Is the reservation fee refundable?
No, please be sure you are able to attend the workshop prior to registering for it. If you mistakenly register for 2 workshops that take place at the same time, we will not be able to refund the fee.
Is my reservation/ticket transferrable?
No, please contact STEMteachersNYC Registrar (Yi@STEMteachersNYC.org) if you need to transfer your reservation to a different person/name.
Can I update my reservation information?
Yes, you can update your reservation information.
The name on the reservation/ticket doesn't match the attendee. Is that okay?
No, please contact STEMteachersNYC Registrar (Yi@STEMteachersNYC.org) to address this.
Organized by
STEMteachersNYC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that cultivates excellence in STEM teaching and promotes deep understanding and success for students through innovative, teacher-led professional development. Our weekend workshops for teachers are offered during the school year and multi-week workshop intensives occur in the summer. We welcome and encourage teachers from across the globe, the US, and the local New York City area!
STEMteachersNYC is registered as a Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) provider with the New York State Education Department.
STEMteachersNYC delivers professional development workshops for teachers, by teachers, about teaching, since 2011. STEM Teachers of New York City, Inc. (STEMteachersNYC) is an approved CTLE Sponsor (ID#23385), and vendor for the New York City Department of Education (#STE-068881); MTAC Qualified. Pre-service teachers may attend for free.
STEMteachersNYC was founded in the summer of 2011 by a group of educators as a teacher-led study, support, and professional development group. STEMteachersNYC membership has grown at over 30% per year and now stands at over 1,600 members. STEMteachersNYC is an affiliate of the American Modeling Teachers Association.