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Connecting Oceans Academy is an innovative professional development program that offers supportive training opportunities in the sciences, arts and other related disciplines. Participants receive support and guidance from the Center for University, School, and Community Partnerships (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth), as well as specialist educators, scientists, historians and scholars.
To download full program descriptions and applications for courses currently being offered, please click on the links below:
Spring 2010
The Art of Writing and the Nature of Seeing through the eyes of Rachel Carson >>
Language Art / Science
Content Institute (15 PDP course) This course is fully booked!
The Art of Writing and the Nature of Seeing through the eyes of Rachel Carson is a Language Arts and Science Program that will introduce selected readings from the Rachel Carson, Charles Darwin and other great authors using their writings that promote Ocean and Climate Literacy.
Wednesdays, June 9, 16, and 23 and Tuesday June 15 fromDrawn to the Sea: Art, Science and the Nature of Seeing >>
Language Art / Science
Content Institute (15 PDP course) This course is fully booked!
We are confronted with many things to look at every day, but true seeing requires an attentive frame of mind that is open to delight while welcoming the unexpected. As an artistic pursuit, learning to truly see promotes a deeper appreciation for the world around us while cultivating the deep importance of firsthand experience. The act of drawing calls us to consider the personal meaning of that which we take the time and energy to see. In this course, participants will engage in observational and contemplative drawing as they come to better know artifacts and life forms of the sea from both artistic and scientific perspectives. Participants will keep sketchbook journals and learn various means for portraying both the seen and the felt world. Join us on three Saturdays in May with a different artist / educator each week as we explore the links among Art, Science and the Sea. May 8, 15 and 22, from 8:30am to 2pm
Summer 2010
Earth, Wind and Waves >>
Science
Content Institute (15 PDP course)
Earth, Wind and Waves is a Physical and Earth Science Program that will introduce the study wave phenomena in the transfer of energy through the three phases of the Earth. Participants will learn new content, develop lessons and create activities using hands-on learning, inquiry and technology.
July 13 –15 :Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from
Art-Education Graduate Level Course for Teachers >>
Language Art / Science
University of Massachusetts (3 graduate credit course) This course is fully booked!
In this course, participants will engage in observational and contemplative drawing as they come to better know artifacts and life forms of the sea from both artistic and scientific perspectives. Participants will keep sketchbook journals and learn various means for portraying both the seen and the felt world.
Marine Science Graduate Level Course for Teachers >>
Science
University of Massachusetts (3 graduate credit course)
Marine Science for teachers is a Physical Science Program that will introduce the study of physics, chemistry and technology for middle and high school teachers (graded 5-12).We will study the primarily role of the ocean as a major component of the global and local climate. We will be using the new Ocean Explorium Science on a Sphere® (SOS) site and NASA’s GLOBE program and work with a variety of visiting lecturers from UMASS Dartmouth/ School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST). We will use newly published Inquiry-Based Approach to “Teaching Physical Concepts in Oceanography” funded by the National Science Foundation. July 26 -29 & August 2 – 5: Monday to Thursday from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm @ Fairhaven High School
