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Shedd Aquarium has lots of great programs for teachers! From lizards to fish, classroom to field trip, find out how you can enhance the science learning experience for yourself and your students. Our range of workshops bring teachers the skills and comfort to engage themselves in the exciting world of science. Contact teacher programs coordinator Amy Christiansen for registration information at 312-692-3165 or e-mail teacherservices@sheddaquarium.org. You can also print a registration form at www.sheddaquarium.org/teachers Click on Program Listings.
Field Trip Basics & Curriculum Connections
Suggested for K- to 5th-grade teachers
Saturday, Sept. 22, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. OR,
Wednesday, Sept. 26, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Credit: 3 CPDUs
FREE; light refreshments provided
Learn the most important strategies for planning a focused and successful field trip. Get a detailed look at registration procedures as well as locations and programs for your students in the aquarium. During the workshop we will also practice creating a pretrip lesson plan, an activity for during the field trip and create a post trip lesson as a group.
*This workshop is ideal for new teachers or those new to the area.
Classroom Habitats Suggested for K to 12th-grade teachers
Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Credit: 5 CPDUs
Fee: $40; breakfast provided- lunch on your own
Bring science alive in your classroom with a classroom habitat! From aquariums to worm bins, teachers gain hands-on experience in how to create their own classroom habitat along with complementary Illinois State Standard-specific lesson plans to take back to the classroom.
Animal Investigations: Lizards
Suggested for K to 12th-grade teachers
Saturday, Nov. 10, 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Credit: 5 CPDUs
Fee: $40; breakfast provided- lunch on your own
Learn how to investigate animals using our special exhibit residents as an example. Discover how lizards are classified, their incredible diversity and reproductive strategies. Learn about the research Shedd is doing on lizards in the Bahamas and meet our largest lizard, Faust, the Komodo dragon. Create an activity that students could use while observing lizards in the aquarium or investigating them in the classroom.
Wilderness Classroom Organization: Trans-America Expedition Teacher Workshop
Suggested for 3rd- to 8th-grade teachers
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
FREE!
Join Wilderness Classroom and Shedd Aquarium for a Trans-America Expedition workshop. Teachers learn exciting new ways to study the rain forest, including how a school can use the Internet to interact with a team of scientists and explorers Dave Freeman and Eric Frost on their 3,000-mile journey across the Amazon. The workshop includes a variety of teaching materials for you to take home courtesy of Wilderness Classroom. Visit http://www.wildernessclassroom.com/ for more information and to register for the workshop.
NOAA “Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration”
Professional Development Workshop, Part One of Two (Part Two will be April 12, 2008)
Suggested for 6th- to 12th-grade teachers
Saturday, Nov. 3, 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Free
From bioluminescent corals to deep-vent worms, from tropical underwater volcanoes to the Arctic Ocean floor, we know more about the moon than we do our ocean. Bring the excitement of current ocean science discoveries to your students using the new Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration curriculum and a CD-ROM of the Ocean Explorer Web site (http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Join NOAA Ocean Exploration program facilitator Stacia Fletcher as you do inquiry- and standards-based activities tied directly to ocean expeditions. Activities written and tested by scientists and educators enable your students to model ocean science exploration in your classroom. Use these inquiry-based exercises in earth and marine science courses to connect your students to the excitement of NOAA ocean exploration as they travel from the Galapagos Rift to the Arctic Ocean, from Alaska and New England seamounts to those in the Hawaiian Islands.
The curriculum lesson plan book with CD-ROMs, take-home materials related to activities presented during the workshop, NOAA Ocean Exploration certificates of participation, a continental breakfast and lunch will be provided to each participant.
Registration is required and space is limited. Registration begins Monday, Sept. 3, and ends Oct. 19. This is the first of a two-part workshop series. The second workshop will be on April 12, 2008. Educators attending both full-day workshops will receive a $100 stipend.
Great Lakes Aquarium also provides programs for educators. Visit their Web site at http://www.glaquarium.org/learn. Lake Michigan Federation’s events calendar is jam-packed…check it out at http://www.lakemichigan.org/calendar/default.asp. Peggy Notebart Nature Museum has lots of programs planned for teachers. Visit their web site for more information. Brookfield Zoo offers a variety of educational programs for teachers and the public. Visit Brookfield Zoo's website to to find out more. Indiana Dunes National Lake Shore has a variety of programs planned for 2005. Check them out at ttp://www.nps.gov/indu/. The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is a great place to visit for information related to maritime history in the Great Lakes. You can out more about their exhibits and upcoming events by visiting http://www.wimaritimemuseum.org/ Pier Wisconsin, located in Milwaukee, offers visitors an opportunity to learn about the maritime and natural history of the Great Lakes. You can find out more about the facility and their programs by visiting http://www.pierwisconsin.org/. | 
