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Teacher Professional Development: A year of inquiry in BC

Last summer, Science World re-launched its teacher professional development program and it’s been an exciting journey! In the 2015–2016 school year, we worked with 831 teachers and delivered 41 workshops in 32 locations throughout BC.

After extensive consultations with teachers as part of Science World's School Support Project, we identified a need for more professional development that falls in line with BC's transformed curriculum, as well as increased collaboration opportunities. The aim of Science World's professional development program is to assist teachers to develop local communities of practice. Our programs help to foster teacher-champions for inquiry-based learning, throughout the province. We offer workshops on inquiry-based learning, assessment and planning for inquiry, and placed-based learning. 

We're excited that in just a few weeks we'll be hosting a 4-day Summer Institute for Elementary Teachers themed around making and tinkering, presented in collaboration with the Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation.  At the Institute, teachers will have the opportunity to delve into inquiry-based learning and consider how it relates to tinkering with different materials and media including programming, robotics and 3D printing.

We have plans to expand our professional development program in the upcoming school year and bookings are already coming in. We hope to be in your community soon!


We're always working on new material and would love to hear from teachers. Tell us in the comments: what kind of Science World workshop would you like to see?

 

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Survivors

Artist: Jeff Kulak

Jeff is a senior graphic designer at Science World. His illustration work has been published in the Walrus, The National Post, Reader’s Digest and Chickadee Magazine. He loves to make music, ride bikes, and spend time in the forest.

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Egg BB

Artist: Jeff Kulak

Jeff is a senior graphic designer at Science World. His illustration work has been published in the Walrus, The National Post, Reader’s Digest and Chickadee Magazine. He loves to make music, ride bikes, and spend time in the forest.

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Comet Crisp

Artist: Jeff Kulak

Jeff is a senior graphic designer at Science World. His illustration work has been published in the Walrus, The National Post, Reader’s Digest and Chickadee Magazine. He loves to make music, ride bikes, and spend time in the forest.

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T-Rex and Baby

Artist: Michelle Yong

Michelle is a designer with a focus on creating joyful digital experiences! She enjoys exploring the potential forms that an idea can express itself in and helping then take shape.

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Buddy the T-Rex

Artist: Michelle Yong

Michelle is a designer with a focus on creating joyful digital experiences! She enjoys exploring the potential forms that an idea can express itself in and helping then take shape.

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Geodessy

Artist: Michelle Yong

Michelle is a designer with a focus on creating joyful digital experiences! She enjoys exploring the potential forms that an idea can express itself in and helping then take shape.

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Science Buddies

Artist: Ty Dale

From Canada, Ty was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1993. From his chaotic workspace he draws in several different illustrative styles with thick outlines, bold colours and quirky-child like drawings. Ty distils the world around him into its basic geometry, prompting us to look at the mundane in a different way.

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Western Dinosaur

Artist: Ty Dale

From Canada, Ty was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1993. From his chaotic workspace he draws in several different illustrative styles with thick outlines, bold colours and quirky-child like drawings. Ty distils the world around him into its basic geometry, prompting us to look at the mundane in a different way.

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Time-Travel T-Rex

Artist: Ty Dale

From Canada, Ty was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1993. From his chaotic workspace he draws in several different illustrative styles with thick outlines, bold colours and quirky-child like drawings. Ty distils the world around him into its basic geometry, prompting us to look at the mundane in a different way.