Digital Star Lab Training
The Digitarium is a digital star dome or portable planetarium. Join us for the morning to be trained on using this amazing piece of equipment that can easily show the following objects: stars in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, an annalema, eclipses (without fear of them being blocked by clouds), transits, views of the solar system from other moons and planets. The Digitarium has the capacity to comfortably seat 30 K-6 students or 24 7-12 students. We hope to see you at this workshop so that you will be able to share this wonderful experience with your students!
Regents Earth and Space Science NYSSLS Curriculum Cohort
This new cohort provides an opportunity for Regents Earth and Space Science teachers to collaborate with colleagues across the region to ensure their readiness to deliver NYSSLS-aligned instruction to their students. The focus will be on curriculum work that involves modifying existing in-district, evaluating/adopting/adapting off-the-shelf, and/or writing original curriculum components. Everything that is created, adapted, or modified by cohort participants will be shared with all. We will engage in curriculum mapping, identification of gaps to NYSSLS alignment, and remediation of the gaps. The three sessions will be facilitated by BOCES 4 Science, and there will be an hour for lunch on your own each day.
Planets, Stars and Cosmology...Oh, My!
Follow the stardust road to join us for a full day of Astronomy for Teachers. Astronomy falls in between Earth and Space Science and Physical Science: Physics just enough to make it challenging, but we are here to help. If you are an ESS or Astronomy elective teacher and would like to refresh your content knowledge and learn some new activities to do with your students, here is your opportunity! In this workshop, you will engage in computer-simulated content, planetary labs, stellar distance activities, and cosmology, too. There will be an hour for lunch on your own.