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If you have never attended an official Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) training, you may consider doing so this summer. Many educators mention they have used POGIL activities. The POGIL pedagogy is not simply students completing worksheets. It requires training to implement it in order to achieve the desired effects of developing students process skills along with providing the opportunity for students to self discover content through collaborative roles.

Science Week at Pittcon - For Orlando Teachers & Students

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Teachers and students will appreciate the generous Science Week options at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando this February. This is an annual event offering professional development, outreach programs and grant money from the proceeds of the Pittcon convention.

AMTA Offers Distance Learning Opportunity

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AMTA will be hosting a distance learning Chemistry 2 course that will run from January 19th -April 27 (15 weeks), with an open house to prepare with technology on January 12th. It will be led by expert chemistry modeling leaders Larry Dukerich and Brenda Royce. The course develops on an evidence-based approach to the internal structure of the atom, periodicity and covalent bonding, intermolecular forces, equilibrium and acids and bases.

ChemEd X Professional Learning Community Workshop at BCCE

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Attending BCCE 2016 in Colorado next week? Consider attending our workshop: W20 - ChemEd X Professional Learning Community scheduled for 8/3/2016 at 1:30 – 4:30 pm in Ross 2261.

Michigan Healthy Grading and Assessment Summit

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MI healthy grading and assessment summit

On Saturday, September 17th, 2016, STEM and Flower Learning Consultants, Aric Foster and Megan Moran, will be hosting a day of professional development for all educators interested in analyzing their grading and assessment practices. This free event will be held at Armada High School in Armada, Michigan, located a less than an hour north of Detroit.

Contribute to the ChemEd X community

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Attending ChemEd 2015 in Georgia this month? Consider attending our workshop: ChemEd X Professional Learning Community scheduled for 7/31/2015 at 8:30 – 11:15.

Great Lakes Bioenergy Educational Programs

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The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center offers educational programs for teachers and students. Teachers may apply for a 7-week bioenergy research opportunity in which they also develop curriculum to bring back to their classrooms. The programs runs from June 22 - Auust 7 and offers a $7000 stipend. Deadline to apply March 20, 2015.