Professional Development OpportunitiesThe Falls of the Ohio State Park continues to be a leader in summer educator workshops. We focus on fossils, geology and multi-disciplinary lessons. We are offering a NEW workshop in 2012 - see below! * PGP credit is available for Indiana teachers through the Wilson Education Center. * In-service credit (hours posted with each institute) is available for Jefferson County Public School and Archdiocese of Louisville educators. Register through the school system, then contact us!!! * Not with these schools? We will create a certificate of attendance upon request. Probing the Wonders of the Falls registration is through the Falls of the Ohio Foundation and the contact information is with the description. You may pre-register at any time until April 1, 2012 without paying the registration fee. Workshop fees must be paid no later than two weeks in advance. If you are unsure but might be able to attend, you can contact us to see if any open slots are available and we will provide details about payment at that time. We usually have last minute cancellations.
Geology & Paleontology Field Paleontology Institute
Fee: $30 18 hours Instructor: Alan Goldstein, Interpretive Naturalist Limit: 20 educators
How do I get fossils for the classroom? Are there other ways to use fossils in activities for students? What are the best resources available? This three-day workshop combines collecting fossils in the field with activities using those fossils in the classroom. Participants take two excursions to collect Ordovician and Silurian / Devonian fossils (which you can keep) as well as explore the park’s fossil bed (where you can observe, but not collect). Graduate credit (1.0 hour) may be available from IUS. Contact us for details by early April for arrangements.
Examining fossils on the upper beds Collecting Middle Mississippian fossils Finding Ordovician Fossils Discovery Day - Field Paleontology Institute
Fee: $10 6 hours Instructor: Alan Goldstein, Interpretive Naturalist Limit: 20 educators Participants will collect a variety of different types of Mississippian-age fossils in the morning. Afternoon time is used for identification. Shale can be used for in-class collecting activities. It is recommended (but not required) that participants take the three-day Field Paleontology Institute. If you want to have in-class fossil digs, bring a five-gallon bucket and a small shovel.
Identifiying fossils teachers collect during excursions away from the Falls of the Ohio State Park is an important part of the Field Paleontology institutes. Evolution and Adaptation
Fee: $45 12 hours Instructors: Alan Goldstein, Interpretive Naturalist, Falls of the Ohio State Park Doug McCoy, Assistant Curator of Education, Louisville Zoo Limit: 20 participants In partnership with the Louisville Zoo, this workshop is designed to help teachers and other interested educators better understand the unifying scientific concept of evolution. It will explore such questions as: What is science? What is the difference between a scientific theory and a belief? How do we tell geologic time? What is Natural Selection? Participants will learn a number of creative activities that can be put to use in the classroom. Content appropriate for grades 6 – 12.
Understanding 'what is a hypothesis?' Classification activity at the Zoo. An activity at the Falls of the Ohio.
Pending!* Connecting Geology and Habitat along the Ohio River July 5 & 6, 2012, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Instructors: Alan Goldstein, Interpretive Naturalist (Geology component), *Planned Naturalist (Ecology component) is being finalized. Fee: $20 12 hours Limit: 30 participants This new two-day professional development workshop will focus on the interconnectedness of geology and habitat at two sites along the Ohio River: Charlestown State Park and Falls of the Ohio State Park.
The landscape in the Ohio Valley is shaped by the climate and geological history. There are three notable phases that have profoundly affected what we see today. The first is the origin of the bedrock, limestone and shale formed from the floor of ancient tropical seas. Second is formation of the Ohio River by the continental glaciers, combined with glacial erosion and sediment deposition. The third is the habitats that developed as the ice age ended and the impact of humans on the land today.
Multi-disciplinary StudiesProbing the Wonders of the Falls Instructor: Kenny Karem Fee: $20 (includes the book) 3 hours Limit: 20 participants To register: beth@fallsoftheohio.org or call (812) 283-4999 Discover the Falls of the Ohio with author and educator Kenny Karem. You will be guided through a variety of interactive, hands-on activities from Probing the Wonders of the Falls, an illustrated activity guidebook developed for educators and students. You will be exploring the visitor center and the outdoors fossil beds New feature! Interact with day camp students as everyone participates in a variety of interactive activities.
Educators do activities on the fossil beds, part of the Probing the Wonders of the Falls workshop. To be Offered in 2013... Fossils and Museums Institute (3 days) TBD, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (limit 19 participants) (TBD) 18 hours A joint professional development class with Bellarmine University's Dr. Kate Bulinski; funded through a Paleontological Society grant. Participants will visit the Falls Interpretive Center, Cincinnati Museum Center, and Indiana State Museum. Includes activities with education staff, museum tours and fossil collecting in the field. Send a letter (one page, up to 500 words) to Dr. Kate Bulinkski, Bellarmine University - kbulinski @ bellarmine.edu as to how participation in this workshop will benefit your students.
At the Cincinnati Museum Center... At the Indiana State Museum... Geology of Parks Institute (3 days)
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