Introductory workshops, "mapping" institutes, and the GIS Leadership Institute provide a coordinated professional development program for teachers.
The following workshops are scheduled for the Summer of 2008:
Mapping Your Community
For Teachers Grades Grades 4–12
June 23–27, 2008
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Litzsinger Road Ecology Center
Meet your curriculum goals while engaging your students in studies of
their local community. Participants will develop a curriculum module
to take back to school that uses a place-based approach to education
and integrates use of geographic information system (GIS) software and
other resources to support student inquiry. A school site license for
the GIS software is provided to all participants.
Mapping Environmental
Issues
For Teachers Grades 4–12
June 30–July 2, 2008
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Litzsinger Road Ecology Center
For teachers with some experience using a geographic information
system (GIS), this advanced workshop covers how to identify local data
sources and process the data for use in an environmental
investigation. Participants will take home their data and an outline
for a project. This workshop assumes comfort with basic computer
skills, including navigating folders and downloading and unzipping
files.
There is no registration fee for either workshop. Participants are responsible for their own travel and lodging costs.
By application only. Download an application.
In the workshop significant time is dedicated to developing your own curriculum project to implement in your classroom. Optional graduate credit is available at an additional fee.
For more information about the content of the workshops, please contact:
Bob Coulter
Missouri Botanical Garden
PO Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
(314) 442-6737
bob.coulter@mobot.org
For more professional development opportunities, see Missouri Botanical Garden's Workshops for Teachers.
