Programs

Just for Teachers

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VA SOL Based Teacher Workshops

Especially for Elementary School Teachers

Fee: $42 per teacher (minimum of 10 teachers) plus facilitator travel and lodging where applicable.

Physical Science SOLutions

Grades 4–5: 6 hours

Grades K–3: 6 hours

Six-hour hands-on program enhances the “Force, Motion and Energy” and “Matter” strands of the Virginia SOLs.

Life Science is Elementary

Grades K–5: 6 hours

For teachers of kindergarten through fifth grade, this six-hour workshop provides hands-on adventures for the “Life Processes” and the “Living Systems” strands of the Virginia SOLs.

Point 1!

Grades K–5: 6 hours

For teachers of kindergarten through fifth grade, this six-hour workshop offers a hands-on approach to the “Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic” strand of the Virginia SOLs.

Earth in Space

Grades 4 & 6 – 6 hours

For teachers of grades four and six, this six-hour workshop covers the space and astronomy-related components of the “Earth Cycles, Patterns and Change” and the “Interrelations in the Earth-Space Systems” strands of the Virginia SOLs.

From the Ground Up

Grades K–5: 6 hours

For teachers of kindergarten through fifth grade, this six-hour workshop provides hands-on focusing on the Virginia SOLs related to meteorology and geology.

For details or to reserve a workshop date, call (804) 864-1415 or e-mail skirk@smv.org. Don’t see what you’re looking for? Call us. We have science workshop information that might suit your school's needs.

Sue Kirk
SciencePort
c/o Science Museum of Virginia
2500 West Broad Street
Richmond , VA 23220-2054