Registration for our 2023 Teacher Workshop is now open!
Our workshops are held at UVA's Mountain Lake Biological Station in Pembroke, VA, providing a great opportunity to escape the summer heat and meet other teachers and scientists in a beautiful outdoor setting atop the Blue Ridge!
Our workshops are held at UVA's Mountain Lake Biological Station in Pembroke, VA, providing a great opportunity to escape the summer heat and meet other teachers and scientists in a beautiful outdoor setting atop the Blue Ridge!
Our next workshop is scheduled for July 10-14, 2022! In addition to our demonstrations of lesson plans and hands-on activities focused on teaching science, we are excited to partner with DataClassroom to help STEM educators build confidence with data collection, formatting, statistical analysis, and graphing. No prior experience is necessary - we will begin with the basics to help you discover exciting new possibilities for teaching data skills - from online learning with curated datasets to the analysis of new data collected right in your classroom! During the workshop, we will start with Ready-To-Teach lesson plans based on real datasets, then conduct our own studies in the classroom (and outdoors!) to build confidence in a variety of different ways to teach data collection, analysis, and graphing.
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What does the Evolution Education Teacher Workshop include?
Where is Mountain Lake Biological Station?
MLBS is a field station for scientists and students that is located atop Salt Pond Mountain in Pembroke, VA (about 20 minutes from Blacksburg, VA). The closest large airport is in Roanoke, VA. See the map below for more details.
- Accompany Mountain Lake biologists in the field to learn about current research in ecology and evolution
- Improve your skills in collecting data, conducting basic statistics, and making graphs with DataClassroom
- Practice these skills with Ready-To-Teach lessons and completely new data that you collect at Mountain Lake
- Practice hands-on demonstrations of innovative classroom lessons using real data from evolutionary studies
- Receive an annual subscription to DataClassroom educational software for use by your entire classroom
- 4 days/nights of lodging (shared cabin/dorms) and meals at Mountain Lake are covered (Mon dinner to Fri lunch)
- A stipend of $400 will be provided for all participants (to defray travel costs)
- A professional development certificate (40 hrs) will be provided for all participants
- Spend several relaxing days at a scenic field station atop the Blue Ridge Mountains in southwestern Virginia
Where is Mountain Lake Biological Station?
MLBS is a field station for scientists and students that is located atop Salt Pond Mountain in Pembroke, VA (about 20 minutes from Blacksburg, VA). The closest large airport is in Roanoke, VA. See the map below for more details.
