Each Institute offers two to four one-day workshops devoted to a specific theme addressed in the National Science Education Standards and the CT Science Curriculum Framework. Click here for a free download. Participants learn to use biotechnology techniques and protocols adapted for classroom use and ways to prepare and use inexpensive materials to teach biotechnology. Participants receive resources and instructional strategies that support teaching biotechnology in their classrooms.
Participants learn innovative ways to engage students in thinking critically and logically.
Each teacher receives resources and instructional strategies to support teaching chemistry in their classroom. For teachers of grades 6-12 Teachers learn about the processes and forces that shape the structure and composition of the Earth and of the water cycle, the distribution and characteristics of water, and its influences on human activity. Each workshop includes a field study focusing on the earth science topics covered in the session. Teachers receive resources and instructional strategies to support teaching earth science in their classroom. For teachers of grades 9-12 Teachers learn new concepts and ideas in physics, conduct innovative laboratory investigations, and learn how to use new instructional materials.