Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Northeast Front Range Math/Science Partnership

2005 Institutes:

Earth & Space Science

Teachers in all five partner districts are eligible for this institute.

This class addresses basic concepts that are relevant to teaching Earth and space science in Colorado. Our planetary home provides the story that ties the course together into a coherent whole.

The course will:

• Foster development of content knowledge in geology, meteorology and astronomy.
• Model inquiry-based teaching and learning strategies.
• Include classroom activities and discussions, lab and field work.
• Emphasize writing to learn
• Evaluate evidence to draw scientific conclusions.

Instructors: Sandra Laursen, CU Boulder, and Marsha Barber, Jeffco (retired, marshabarber@mywdo.com)

Location: North Arvada M.S./Jeffco Schools
June 8-10, 13-16, 20-22, 2005
Follow-up Saturdays:
Aug. 10/11, Sept. 10, Oct. 1, and Oct. 29, 2005
(Map to the school, PDF)

More details (PDF)

Final 2005 syllabus (PDF)

June 20, 2005
Summer Earth and Space Science Institute Underway