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Registration and Materials
Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space Science is a
video course for grade K-6 teachers, consisting of eight
video programs, a print guide, and this Web site. Use these components
for professional development in two-hour weekly group
sessions, or on your own.
Registration and Credit
Participation in this workshop is free, but you
must register with
the Annenberg Channel. Registration entitles groups to receive
certificates of completion that may be used for inservice or
recertification credit. (Note: if you are
taking this course with a group, only one person need to register
the entire site.) Graduate
credit is available at a reasonable
cost.
Getting the Materials
The video programs are broadcast free on the Annenberg
Channel. You may choose to watch a live broadcast or tape the
programs to watch at a more convenient time. Find out more about
the Annenberg Channel,
and see the broadcast schedule for
this workshop. If you do not have access to the Annenberg
Channel, you may watch the videos
online, on demand
via broadband streaming, or purchase
videocassettes and the print
guide from our online catalog. The guide
is also available as a PDF under Support
Materials (PDF) on this
Web site.
If you are participating in a group session, your facilitator
will give you a copy of the print guide or request that you print
the PDF for yourself from this Web site. Your facilitator will
give you any
instructions concerning meeting time and place, what you should
bring to sessions, and work you should do outside the group sessions.
Using
the Materials
The guide and Web site provide background, activities,
discussion questions, homework assignments, and resources to
supplement the video programs and provide a robust professional
development experience. They
also provide information for facilitators to plan and structure
group sessions.
Workshop sessions generally are held weekly for
at least two hours. If you are watching a real-time broadcast
of the video program on the Annenberg Channel, plan to begin
30 minutes prior to the broadcast.
The workshop guide describes pre- and post-viewing activities
and discussion to fill out the remainder of the session. The
guide also provides homework
to expand on what you have learned and prepare you for the next
session. Note: If you are taking the workshop for graduate credit,
there is additional
required coursework.
If you are leading a group session, read
our Facilitator Guide and the workshop guide for more information
on planning and facilitating
this workshop, and don’t forget to register your site.
Use Channel-Talk,
the workshop’s email discussion list, to continue
exploration of ideas outside the workshop session.
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