Virtual Visits with the New York Hall of Science

Do you want to learn how to integrate brain science into your curriculum, innovate your lesson plans, and motivate your students for FREE? The New York Hall of Science invites you to participate in the Dana Brain Science Educator Series and become a Dana Fellow. Upon completion of the program, each Dana Fellow will be awarded a stipend of $300.

This year, the series will be entirely online, providing a great opportunity for educators from across the nation to learn and collaborate. We will be highlighting the “Best of the Dana Brain Science Educator Series” with six sessions that combine the most popular activities and materials from past years. Sessions will focus on exciting topics like brain damage and disease, memory, and the five senses with the underlying theme of learning, tying all the sessions together.

Using the course management system Moodle, each session will allow participants to access video lectures from experts in the field, readings, and classroom-based investigations as well as participate in moderated discussions with fellow educators. Additionally, all Dana Fellows will be required to create and submit a unit on the brain that consists of at least six lessons.

The series is open to K-8 educators throughout the country and participation is limited to 20 teachers, so apply now! To apply, please follow the link below and fill out the online application. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2009.

For more information please contact Michaela Labriole at mlabriole@nysci.org or 718.699.0005, ext. 569.

The dates for the synchronous sessions are January 9^th, 23^rd, February 6^th 27^th, March 13^th and 27^th. Sessions will be held from 3-6pm EST (12-3pm PST).

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This entry was posted on September 28, 2009 at 3:41 pm and is filed under Virtual Visits.