Expanding minds through science-informed professional development workshops
We believe that when everyone has access to nature and science, together we can make the world a better place.
The Delaware Museum of Nature and Science offers quality-assured teacher professional development workshops that help expand your science knowledge while providing opportunities to learn concepts, activities and techniques for immediate classroom application. Provided here is a list of current offerings. Additional programs are available to meet your curriculum needs or can be designed and implemented for you and your organization. $15.00 per credit hour. Some grant funding may be available.
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Professional Development workshops
| Program Title | Levels | Time/format | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exploring DelMNS | Any | DelMNS. One session, 3 hours | Explore our exhibits, hands-on activities, & interactive experiences to discover all the ways that the DelMNS can serve as a resource to deepen understandings of the natural world to enhance your student’s science knowledge. |
| Science UP: Ecosystem Discovery | Preschool, Elementary, Middle School Educators | DelMNS or Virtual One session, Two hours | Science UP: Ecosystems Discovery is a hands-on interactive tour of eight ecosystems; their weather, animals, and plants so the participants can experience the differences and importance of each ecosystem. Activities for classroom use are provided to enhance student understanding of various scientific concepts. |
| Science UP: Earth and Sky | Preschool, Elementary, Middle School Educators | DelMNS, Virtual, or your location. Two sessions, Two hours each | This program reviews the scientific concepts related to the Earth (water cycle, rock cycle, weather, layers of the earth) and the Sky (Sun, Moon, Planets, Stars). In addition to the scientific information, hands-on instructional strategies and activities are included during these sessions. Participants will receive support materials and have access to borrow kits for classroom use. |
| Science UP: Birds and Bugs | Preschool, Elementary Educators | DelMNS, Virtual, or your location. Two sessions, Two hours each | This series introduces practitioners to important facts about birds and insects in our environment. Hand-on activities and methods for discovery-based learning will provide techniques for immediate application of this information into classroom experiences. |
| Science UP: How Things Grow | Preschool & Early Elementary Educators | DelMNS or your location. One session, Two hours | This program provides a treasure of student activities for instruction and hands-on learning about the growth and development of a variety of plants, animals, and people. Educators will leave with games, classroom lessons, and more that can be used immediately. |
| Science UP: What Makes It Go? | Preschool & Early Elementary Educators | DelMNS or your location. One session, two hours | This hands-on workshop provides information and activities relating to Physics including: Gravity, Motion, Force, Friction and Buoyancy. Participants will learn child friendly definitions of these concepts along with experiments to help students understand their world. |
| Science UP: Seasons and Weather | Preschool & Early Elementary Educators | DelMNS or your location. One session, two hours. | Participants learn information relating to the science of seasons and weather. This program provides student activities in content essential to preschool education. Educators leave with games, classroom lessons and more that can be used immediately. |
| Weather, Climate and Human Impact | Middle School, High School Educators | DelMNS or your location. One session, Two hours | Educators will participate in exciting activities for immediate classroom use including analysis of weather data, climate research videos, use of weather instrumentation, research information on the NOAA site and games to explain these concepts. |
| Healthy Together: Teaching Nutrition and Healthy Living to Children | PreK-K | DelMNS or your location. One session, Two hours | Healthy Together explores how to teach healthy eating habits, exercise and body awareness to children. Content for this class includes a review of current nutrition information, exploration of children’s literature and samples of activities, songs and games to enhance learning. |
| Seeing Science Everywhere: Animals and Their Habitats | Preschool & Early Elementary Educators | DelMNS or Virtual. One session, Three hours | Participants explore a variety of habitats and their characteristics including weather, flora and fauna of the region. They then learn the classification of animals that appear in varied habitats. Throughout the session, sample lessons for young learners are provided. |
| Heredity and Biological Evolution | Early Elementary Educators | DelMNS or your location. One session, One hour | This hands-on workshop provides educators simple activities designed to introduce the concepts of hereditary traits, adaptation, survival and diversity of species. |
Fee: $15.00 per credit hour. Some grant funding may be available.
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