Upcoming Workshops
Reading in Science Workshop, TBA
TBA
Upcoming workshops will be available shortly.
Past Workshops
Reading in Science Workshop, Grades: 6-12
June 14th, 2018
Join the Bakken Teacher Academy for a FREE full-day workshop! Close Reading in Science: Engaging middle & high school students in challenging text to enhance science learning.
In this workshop, teachers will develop a deeper understanding of “close reading” and how it can be used in the secondary science classroom to support learning goals, promote student engagement, and help students make meaning of complex nonfiction text.
Topics covered include:
- selecting appropriate and challenging texts from both historical and contemporary sources;
- demonstrating active reading for students through teacher modeling;
- annotating to facilitate student attention to text for future tasks such as writing and discussion; and
- developing and scaffolding text-dependent questions to focus student attention on important parts of the text.
This workshop will also feature discussion techniques designed to get science students talking (in pairs, small groups or with the whole class) to help them build engagement with, understanding of and connections to challenging text.
Armed with a deeper understanding of how “close reading” can benefit science learning—and using the tools and practices described above—participating teachers will then collaborate to develop and improve lesson ideas that they can use with their science students.
Following the workshop, participants will have access to an online repository of texts for Close Reading and lessons created by science teachers who have participated in Bakken Teacher Academy workshops.
- Facilitators: Beth Murphy & Betsy Stretch
- Date/Time: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 from 8:30am-3:30pm
- Location: The Bakken Museum, 3537 Zenith Ave. South, Minneapolis
- Lunch is included
- Space is limited—sign up soon!
Reading in Science Workshop, MISF Teachers, Grades: 6-12
June 19th, 2018
Join the Bakken Teacher Academy for a FREE full-day workshop! Close Reading in Science: Engaging middle & high school students in challenging text to enhance science learning.
In this workshop, teachers will develop a deeper understanding of “close reading” and how it can be used in the secondary science classroom to support learning goals, promote student engagement, and help students make meaning of complex nonfiction text.
Topics covered include:
- selecting appropriate and challenging texts from both historical and contemporary sources;
- demonstrating active reading for students through teacher modeling;
- annotating to facilitate student attention to text for future tasks such as writing and discussion; and
- developing and scaffolding text-dependent questions to focus student attention on important parts of the text.
This workshop will also feature discussion techniques designed to get science students talking (in pairs, small groups or with the whole class) to help them build engagement with, understanding of and connections to challenging text.
Armed with a deeper understanding of how “close reading” can benefit science learning—and using the tools and practices described above—participating teachers will then collaborate to develop and improve lesson ideas that they can use with their science students.
Following the workshop, participants will have access to an online repository of texts for Close Reading and lessons created by science teachers who have participated in Bakken Teacher Academy workshops.
- Facilitators: Beth Murphy & Betsy Stretch
- Date/Time: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 from 8:30am-3:30pm
- Location: The Bakken Museum, 3537 Zenith Ave. South, Minneapolis
- Lunch is included
- Space is limited—sign up soon!
Reading in Science Workshop, Grades 4-8
June 20th, 2018
Join the Bakken Teacher Academy for a FREE full-day workshop! Close Reading in Science: Engaging grade 4-8 students in challenging text to enhance science learning.
In this workshop, teachers will develop a deeper understanding of “close reading” and how it can be used in the secondary science classroom to support learning goals, promote student engagement, and help students make meaning of complex nonfiction text.
Topics covered include:
- selecting appropriate and challenging texts from both historical and contemporary sources;
- demonstrating active reading for students through teacher modeling;
- annotating to facilitate student attention to text for future tasks such as writing and discussion; and
- developing and scaffolding text-dependent questions to focus student attention on important parts of the text.
This workshop will also feature discussion techniques designed to get science students talking (in pairs, small groups or with the whole class) to help them build engagement with, understanding of and connections to challenging text.
Armed with a deeper understanding of how “close reading” can benefit science learning—and using the tools and practices described above—participating teachers will then collaborate to develop and improve lesson ideas that they can use with their science students.
Following the workshop, participants will have access to an online repository of texts for Close Reading and lessons created by science teachers who have participated in Bakken Teacher Academy workshops.
- Facilitators: Beth Murphy & Betsy Stretch
- Date/Time: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 from 8:30am-3:30pm
- Location: The Bakken Museum, 3537 Zenith Avenue South, Minneapolis
- Lunch is included
- Space is limited—sign up soon!
Contact us with questions or for more infomation.
This workshop is hosted by The Bakken Museum. Funds for this project were provided by a grant from the federal Improving Teacher Quality Program of the No Child Left Behind Act administered by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.