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Delaware Sea Grant Summer Professional Development Opportunities

WOW Wonders of Wetlands Educator Workshop

DESCRIPTION: Calling all informal and formal educators of k-12 students! Join Delaware Sea Grant and the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays for a WOW: Wonders of Wetlands Educator Workshop. This one-day workshop will provide participants with a background in wetlands and how wetlands can be used to teach a variety of science and environmental topics. Participants will also be introduced to the Wonders of Wetlands Educator’s Guide which provides educators with classroom ready lessons that are designed to increase understanding of wetland ecology and issues, and promote informed decision-making regarding wetlands. This workshop serves as an exciting mini-conference for the Mid-Atlantic Marine Educators Association.

DATE & TIME: Monday, June 17, 2024 | 9am to 4pm

LOCATION: The workshop will take place in person at the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays' office (39375 Inlet Rd, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971) and include a field component at the James Farm Ecological Preserve (weather permitting).

REGISTRATION: Registration is $25.00 per person and space is limited. To register complete the online registration form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNbReVRthAgFiRIFToWRx1kUUIz7mOQK9egywpXkPmaTvG9w/viewform?usp=sf_link. Registrants will receive a copy of the "WOW!: The Wonders of Wetlands Educators Guide" ($25 value) and a one-year membership to the Mid-Atlantic Marine Educators Association ($15 value). Classroom teachers will also receive a $100 stipend for attending the workshop.

Registration now open for the 5th Annual

Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Education Conference

Virtual on the afternoons June 25, 26, and 27, 2024

Join formal and nonformal educators from across the Mid-Atlantic to share ideas, resources, and inspiration for advancing education for climate action.

Register

The $20 registration fee supports speaker fees, virtual platforms, and scholarships.

Full scholarships are available for Mid-Atlantic educators. Apply here.

Connecting Antarctic Research to Climate Change in Delaware Climate Change Education Workshop for Middle & High School Teachers

DESCRIPTION: Are you interested in connecting global climate research to climate change in Delaware? Would you like to incorporate authentic climate change data into your classroom instruction? In this four-day professional development workshop participants will interact with climate scientists from the University of Delaware and learn about recent climate change research being conducted in Antarctica. Participants will also learn about how this polar research relates and might impact climate change in Delaware.

Throughout the workshop, teachers will engage with real-world data collected by the researchers and learn how this data can be used in their classroom. Participants will work together to create lesson plans and resources based on this project to bring back to their classroom that support NGSS and their school curriculum.

This workshop is designed for middle and high school classroom teachers.

DATE & TIME: August 6,7, 8, and 9 from 9:00am to 4:00pm

LOCATION: Room 206, Robinson Hall, University of Delaware, 272 The Green, Newark, DE 19716 (Google Map link; https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=1f894ebf-01d4-4b54-8f6b-687607a1f167&cp=39.676244~-75.757813&lvl=16&pi=0&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027)

REGISTRATION: The workshop is FREE! Interested teacher should complete the online registration form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZLRMnQmf4AuD1sVt574FTbuQcX382aWlx7DRLBoyvL8f4xQ/viewform?usp=sf_link. Classroom teachers that attend the workshop will receive a $140 stipend per day for attending. This workshop is intended for middle and high school classroom teachers.

Tommye Staley Would Love to See You

Tommye Staley, a science teacher at Milford High School for 24 years, at Wesley College for 16 years, at Del-Tech in Dover, and a longtime member of DTS is coming to Delaware to debut her first book, Washing Worms: Memories of a Southern Girl. It is a beautiful story of a little girl growing up on an isolated island farm in central Arkansas in the 1940’s, a time when no one locked their doors and left their keys in their unattended vehicles. It was a time without fear. It tells of her relationships with the folks who worked on the farm and how they influenced her young life until a major change occurred in her young innocent life. This is her first book! However, she wrote the screenplay for the movie, Christmas Journey (on Amazon Prime) and several short plays.

While in Delaware, she will be making multiple appearances at her Meet & Greet the Author events where she will be talking about her book and selling signed copies (cash or check only). She will be at the following locations and would love to see you: Dolce Bakery & Coffee Shop on Walnut St in Milford on Monday, Aug. 12 at 7:30am, Milford Senior Center on Park Ave on Mon. Aug. 12 @12:30pm, Dover Christian Church at 1738 Forrest Ave., Dover on Tuesday, Aug. 13 @ 6pm. She will also appear at 2 local theaters: Possum Point Players in Georgetown on Thur. Aug. 15 @ 6pm and at Riverfront Theater in Milford on Fri. Aug. 16 @ 7pm.

If you can’t come to any of the events, her book is also available online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, all good bookstores and as an e-book for Kindle and Nook. She would love to see all her former fellow teachers and students while she is here.

NEWS & HAPPENINGS

• In Memoriam: William R. Hall Jr. | UDaily (udel.edu)
• New Castle County Science Fair
• Delaware STEM Council Educator Awards- Free Virtual Event
• Pathways to Green Schools
• NMLSTA- New Middle School Science Teacher and Mentor Survey Are you new in your career to science teaching? Are you a mentor to a new science teacher? NMLSTA wants to hear from you.
• Renewable Energy Workshops.