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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Our Philosophy ………….………………… 3

Pricing Guide ………….………………… 4

Early Childhood Workshops …………… 5 – 6

Elementary Workshops ………………… 7 – 8

Secondary Workshops ………………… 9 – 11

Skill Trainings ……………………………… 12

SPONSORS

Orlando Science Center is supported by United Arts of Central Florida, funded in part by Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program, and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the City of Orlando, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on disability, race, color, or national origin including limited English proficiency, in programs or activities

receiving Federal financial assistance. The Orlando Science Center is a private, non-profit educational facility. ©2019 Orlando Science Center.


What is STEM?STEM education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning, combining multiple academic subjects with a focus on the real world impact of these lessons. It is about students applying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in relevant contexts that make connections for them between school, community, work, and the world around them. STEM education provides opportunities to create skills that move students forward to become stronger problem solvers and more creative innovators that can lead tomorrow’s global economy.

STEM activities should be student-centered and teacher-guided, engage students in investigating questions that impact real world problems, allow for inquiry-based learning through hands-on activities, and reinforce 21st Century skills.

Our PhilosophyThe Orlando Science Center collaborates with educators to help students develop 21st century skills that allow them to succeed in school and beyond. We believe that STEM education is essential to preparing future generations with the skills needed to enter the workforce and pursue vital and lucrative careers.

Professional Development Categories We offer hands-on professional development trainings for early childhood, elementary, secondary, and out of school time educators. Our trainings are designed to increase educators’ STEM literacy and ability to implement STEM ac-tivities with learners. Below are the general training categories that we offer.

All of the workshop times listed in this guide are for content only and do not include lunch. Workshops have a maximum of 30 participants and can be offered on location or at the Orlando Science Center. Travel fees are assessed separately.

STEM PRACTICES

These workshops focus on pedagogy and teaching strate-gies. Participants will experience STEM activities and reflect on the facilitation strategies that were used to create an effective STEM environment in their own classrooms.

LESSON GUIDES

Participants will experience standards-aligned activities that they will be able to immediately implement with their own students. Participants will receive a teacher guide binder which will contain the lesson guides for the activities.

OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME

Educators will learn how to integrate STEM activities into their own out of school time programs. Participants will learn what makes an activity “STEM” and gain facil-itation strategies that can be used with their students.

SKILL TRAININGS

Each skill training focuses on a specific type of technology. Participants will learn how to use the technology and how best to use it with their students. Please refer to the skill trainings page for more information.


STEM Practices, Lesson Guides, and Out-of-School Time Workshops

2 Hour Workshop$600 per workshop for up to 10 participants; $60 per additional participant

4 Hour Workshop with Educator Guide$1,400 per workshop for up to 10 participants; $140 per additional participant(Price includes one Educator Guide binder per participant.)

6 Hour Workshop with Educator Guide$1,900 per workshop for up to 10 participants; $190 per additional participant(Price includes one Educator Guide binder per participant.)

Skill Trainings Workshops



PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PRICING GUIDE

We are able to accommodate budgets and requests of all shapes and sizes. If you do not see what you are looking for within our suite of current offerings, we are happy to discuss customizing a training to best meet your needs. Please call us at 407.514.2112 and ask to speak about Teacher Professional Development.

All of the workshop times listed in this guide are for content only and do not include lunch. Workshops have a maximum of 30 participants and can be offered on location or at the Orlando Science Center. Travel fees are assessed separately.



EARLY CHILDHOOD WORKSHOPS

4 Hour WorkshopsCreating Young Scientists and EngineersParticipants will learn how to introduce the scientific inquiry and engineering design processes to their children. They will also learn how to guide their children towards discovering that they themselves are scientists and engineers. Participants will be given teaching tools on how to ignite children’s curiosity and ingenuity through each step of these processes that can be immediately utilized in the preschool classroom setting.

6 Hour Workshops STEM in Early ChildhoodParticipants of this training will understand the essential components of STEM teaching and learning through hands-on and minds-on activities and discussions. Participants will be guided through multiple STEM activities that can be successfully utilized throughout the preschool classroom setting. Participants will gain practical application skills that can be used immediately in an informal and formal educational setting. Participants will be introduced to effective questioning and how to utilize it during all activities throughout their school days.

STEM PRACTICES



EARLY CHILDHOOD WORKSHOPS

LESSON GUIDES

4 Hour Workshops

Animal HabitatsParticipants will learn about The Scientific Inquiry Process and how to guide their children through it using these Animal Habitats: Ocean, Desert, Rain Forest, and Your Backyard (Florida’s Swamps/Ponds). Participants will explore the topics as a student by exploring hands-on and minds-on activities which they can utilize throughout the preschool classroom setting.

Pint-Sized ProgrammingParticipants will learn about the basics of Computer Science and Coding, and how to introduce and teach these concepts to their preschool children. Participants will explore these topics as a student by exploring hands-on and minds-on activities and tools which they can then immediately utilize throughout the preschool classroom setting.

I’m an Engineer!Participants will learn about the Engineering Design Process, and how to introduce and encourage the related skills to their preschool children. Participants will explore the topic of Engineering as a student by exploring hands-on and minds-on activities and tools which they can immediately utilize throughout the preschool classroom setting.

The Solar SystemParticipants will learn about The Scientific Inquiry Process and how to guide their children through it using these Earth and Space topics: Our Home Planet (Earth), Sun and Stars, and the Moon. Participants will explore the topics as a student by exploring hands-on and minds-on activities which they can utilize throughout the preschool classroom setting.



ELEMENTARY WORKSHOPS

STEM PRACTICES

6 Hour Workshops

Engineering Design Challenges: DeconstructedParticipants of this training will understand the essential components of creating and implementing standards-aligned engineering design challenges for students. Participants will explore methods of creating standards-based STEM curriculum. Participants will collaborate to apply the strategies acquired during the training as they design sample engineering design challenges, using standards-based content as a platform. Participants will gain practical application skills that can be used immediately in the classroom.

Engineering is ElementaryOrlando Science Center is an endorsed site to provide Engineering is Elementary (EiE) Professional Development Workshops to the southeast. Intensive hands-on training shows teachers first-hand how to embed this curriculum into the classroom and provides the necessary support for success. Each training will focus on one EiE unit which teachers will experience from the learner’s perspective before reflecting on their experience as educators. Engineering is Elementary is intended for use with grades 1-5.

The Maker Mindset

Participants will learn how to incorporate design thinking and project based learning in the classroom through mak-ing. Activities will be explored from the perspective of a hands-on learner and educator. Participants will reflect on ways to bring Maker culture to their own schools.

Fundamentals of STEM LearningParticipants of this training will understand that STEM education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning, combining multiple academic subjects, focusing on real-world lessons. Participants will explore how STEM programs create stronger problem solvers and more creative innovators to lead the global economy. Participants will collaborate to practice facilitating STEM programs which apply science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in contexts that help students make connections between school, community, work, and the world around them. Participants will gain practical application skills that can be used immediately in the classroom.

The STEM ClassroomParticipants of this training will understand the essential components of STEM activities throughhands-on participation. Participants will explore various styles of STEM learning and learn how they can adapt these facilitation strategies for their own classrooms. Participants will collaborate to apply the strategies acquired during the training as they plan how to incor-porate STEM components in their existing classrooms. Participants will gain practical application skills that can be used immediately in a formal educational setting.



ELEMENTARY WORKSHOPS

OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME LEARNING

2 Hour Workshops FUNdamentals of STEM

Participants will focus on pedagogy and process as they experience an engineering design challenge from the learner’s perspective. After testing their designs and evaluating how they would improve them, participants will reflect on their experience focusing on the distinction between the role of the student and the role of the teacher in a STEM lesson. We will discuss how to assess student success in an engineering design challenge before breaking down the essential components of an engineering design challenge, providing insight and troubleshooting tips. Participants will receive an engineering design challenge template to help them apply the strategies from the session with their own students.

6 Hour Workshops Engineering Adventures

This workshop will introduce you to the Engineering Adventures (EA) curricula. You’ll experience

engineering activities from the curricula both as a learner and as an educator. As you practice working with the engineering design process and develop questioning strategies to use with your young engi-neers, you’ll build confidence in your ability to lead engineering activities at your afterschool or camp program! EA units are designed for 3-5 grade learners in out-of-school-time programs



SECONDARY WORKSHOPS

STEM PRACTICES

4 Hour Workshops Creating Interdisciplinary Units

Participants will understand how to create units which integrate interdisciplinary standards and how to assess student understanding of interdisciplinary standards. Participants will apply this knowledge as they begin planning their own interdisciplinary unit.

6 Hour Workshops

Engineering Design Challenges: Deconstructed

Participants of this training will understand the essential components of creating and implementing standards-aligned engineering design challenges for students. Participants will explore methods of creating standards-based STEM curriculum. Participants will collaborate to apply the strategies acquired during the training as they design sample engineering design challenges, using standards-based content as a platform. Participants will gain practical application skills that can be used immediately in the classroom.

Fundamentals of STEM Learning

Participants of this training will understand that STEM education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning, combining multiple academic subjects, focusing on real-world lessons. Participants will explore how STEM programs create stronger problem solvers and more creative innovators to lead the global economy. Participants will collaborate to practice facilitating STEM programs which apply science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in contexts that help students make connections between school, community, work, and the world around them. Participants will gain practical application skills that can be used immediately in the classroom.



SECONDARY WORKSHOPS

LESSON GUIDES

6 Hour Workshops ChemistryParticipants will experience model chemistry lab activities that are sure to generate a positive reaction from students. Topics addressed include stoichiometry, electrochemistry, and calorimetry. This workshop is aligned to high school chemistry standards.

Earth ScienceParticipants will learn about the factors that have shaped and continue to shape our home planet. The activities address how rivers are formed by erosion and deposition, how thermal energy is transferred through the planet, how humans have an effect on the temperature of a region, and how hurricanes can affect our lives. This workshop is aligned to middle school earth science standards.

Physical ScienceParticipants will perform physical science activities designed for middle school students enrolled in their first physical science course. These investigations cover a variety of topics, including buoyancy, gravity, the motion of sound waves, electromagnetism, and the periodic table. This workshop is aligned to middle school physical science standards.

Teaching Algebra Through ScienceParticipants will learn how hands-on science investigations can be used to teach difficult Algebra I topics including linear and exponential functions, as well as statistics. The workshop will give participants the opportunity to write their own classroom activity to address a specific algebra topic of their choosing. This workshop is aligned to high school algebra and science standards.



SECONDARY WORKSHOPS

OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME LEARNING

2 Hour Workshops FUNdamentals of STEM

Participants will focus on pedagogy and process as they experience an engineering design challenge from the learner’s perspective. After testing their designs and evaluating how they would improve them, participants will reflect on their experience focusing on the distinction between the role of the student and the role of the teacher in a STEM lesson. We will discuss how to assess student success in an engineering design challenge before breaking down the essential components of an engineering design challenge, providing insight and troubleshooting tips. Participants will receive an engineering design challenge template to help them apply the strategies from the session with their own students.

6 Hour Workshops Engineering Everywhere

Participants of this training will understand the essential components of creating and implementing standards-aligned engineering design challenges for students. Participants will explore methods of creating standards-based STEM curriculum. Participants will collaborate to apply the strategies acquired during the training as they design sample engineering design challenges, using standards-based content as a platform. Participants will gain practical application skills that can be used immediately in the classroom.

Modeling Our World with Computer Science

Project G.U.T.S. (Growing Up Thinking Scientifically) is a nationally-recognized program designed for middle schoolers to learn more about the world around them. Students will learn how they can use computer code to model real phenomena in earth science, biology, and chemistry. This workshop will give educators the necessary coding skills to bring this award-winning content to their students.



SKILL TRAININGS (ALL AGES)

2 Hour Workshops

Each 2 hour workshop will provide an introduction to the selected technology. Participants will understand the basics of the technology and how it can be used for classroom implementation.

4 Hour Workshops

Each 4 hour workshop will provide an in-depth look at the selected technology and how it can be used with students. Participants will be given time to learn, explore, and create using the technology before brainstorming how to implement it with their own students.

We are able to provide educators the skills needed to use a variety of new technologies. Participants will learn how to use these technologies, as well as how to best incorporate them into their classroom. Topics cover a wide range of age groups and grades, from pre-K to high school. Trainings can also be adjusted by experience level, from beginner to advanced. Multiple technologies can be combined to create a unique workshop experience. Each skill workshop can be either 2 or 4 hours, depending on the needs of your school.

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• 3D Printing

• Alice

• Circuit Playground

• Dash

• LEGO® Mindstorm EV3

• LEGO® Education WeDo

• Makey Makey

• Ozobots

• Scratch

• VEX Robotics

• Arduino

We currently offer trainings using the following technologies:

Orlando Science Center is proud to be one of Code.org’s Regional Partner organizations. Their computer science curriculum can be implemented with students in Pre-K through high school. Ask us about scheduling a training today!

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