2024 Summer Teacher Workshops
Discovery Center Museum’s experienced science educators can train teachers on STEM and various science topics. Choose from our hands-on and interactive programs to enrich students’ educational curricula. Please contact Denise at [email protected] to discuss scheduling these multi-day workshops for your school or district. Individual teachers can register using the links below.
Each course supplies you with materials to keep use with your students!
Workshop: Simple Machines: STEM Challenges
Dates: July 8-10
Register: Click here or call 815-963-6769
Description: Have you ever wondered how things work? Discover how simple machines are used in our daily lives. Challenge students to design and create solutions to real-world problems by applying the science concepts of simple machines. Topics will include mini-skateboards with a skateboard park, working elevators, a fish Automata and an Archimedes screw. Get the materials, knowledge, and experience you need to bring hands-on STEM learning to your students in a Makerspace learning environment!
Location: Discovery Center Museum Makerspace Room
Times: Monday 8-1, Tuesday 8-12, Wednesday 8-12
Professional Development Hours (PDH): 13 Hours
Cost: $25
Graduate Credit available through the University of St. Francis - Registration for graduate credit needs to be done through the University of St. Francis* at the link below. You will still need to register with Discovery Center as well.
REAL 695 Simple Machines: STEM (1 credit)
https://myusf.stfrancis.edu/portal/real/apply/202430/30606
Workshop: Engineering and Design: STEM and Makerspace Challenges
Dates: July 15-17
Register: Click here or call 815-963-6769
Description: We are moving! Join us while we zip across the room, ski down the ramp, pick up objects with a robotic hand, float across the sky and the water! Meet us in the Makerspace to challenge students to create and design with the Engineering and Design Process, while developing and refining their communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Get the materials, knowledge, and experience you need to bring hands-on STEM learning to your students in a Makerspace learning environment!
Location: Discovery Center Museum Makerspace Room
Times: Monday 8-1, Tuesday 8-12, Wednesday 8-12
Professional Development Hours (PDH): 13 Hours
Cost: $25
Graduate Credit available through the University of St. Francis - Registration for graduate credit needs to be done through the University of St. Francis
RECT 694 STEM and Makerspaces (1 Credit)
https://myusf.stfrancis.edu/portal/real/apply/202430/30605
Workshop: Life Science: Plant and Animal Adaptations and Survival
Dates: Aug 5-7
Register: Click here or call 815-963-6769
Description: Can you see me? I didn’t plant that flower there! Unwrap the secrets of plant and animal survival skills such as camouflage, beak adaptations, seed dispersal, and plant protection. Encourage your students to further their communication and critical thinking skills while you get the materials, knowledge, and experience you need to bring hands-on STEM learning to your students in a Makerspace learning environment!
Location: Discovery Center Museum Makerspace Room
Times: Monday 8-1, Tuesday 8-12, Wednesday 8-12
Professional Development Hours (PDH): 13 Hours
Cost: $25
Graduate Credit available through the University of St. Francis - Registration for graduate credit needs to be done through the University of St. Francis at the link below. You will still need to register with Discovery Center as well.
RECT 694 STEM and Makerspaces (1 Credit)
https://myusf.stfrancis.edu/portal/real/apply/202430/30605
What teachers say about Discovery Center Educator Workshops:
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"This was an area that I knew little about making it difficult for me to teach this content. I learned a ton & have started to look at the world through the eyes of a scientist. I recommend this course to other teachers."
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“I loved all of the hands-on experiments and the detailed instruction of the content. They are very willing to share so much with us!”
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"This class convinced me that I can do hands-on weather science even if I don’t know all of the answers myself”
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"Hands-on activities! Varied activities for various grade levels. The amount of resources and materials was well beyond expectations."
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“Awesome! So many hands-on materials and great ideas to bring to my classroom.”
