These FREE, 60-minute webinars provide short, convenient, and interactive sessions with experts to help you build your science content and teaching skills.  Click on the links below to view our archive recordings of past webinars.  For more information on our webinars, contact Robert Payo at robert.payo@dmns.org

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  Concept-based Curriculum & Instruction

  Presenter: Lynn Erickson

  Date: April 17, 2013

  Learn about specific strategies to support deeper conceptual understanding for your students through inquiry.

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  Mighty Mammoths and Massive Mastodons

  Presenters: Ian Miller and Samantha Richards

  Date: February 28, 2013

  Discover the Ice Age world of mammoths and mastodons and  receive an update on how the Snowmastodon Project is uncovering stories about this fascinating period in Earth history.

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  Teaching with Nonfiction Text

  Presenter: Jessica Fries-Gaither 

  Date: February 13, 2013

  Explore ways to use nonfiction text to support science inquiry and literacy for elementary teachers.

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  Memory in the Classroom

  Presenter: Kim Bevill

  Date: January 31, 2013

  Discover what the latest research reveals about how our brains remember, and learn simple yet effective strategies for maximizing your students' retention and improving your own memory.

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  Inquiry: Assessing What Works

  Presenter: Lisa Rhoads

  Date: December 11, 2012

  Explore ways to use assessment to successfully drive inquiry-based instruction.

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  The "I" in Pompeii and the "US" in Vesuvius

  Presenters: Dr. Steve Nash and Samantha Richards

  Date: November 29, 2012

  Step back in time and learn about the last days of Pompeii and the lasting influence Roman culture has played in modern society.

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  The Object in Question: Getting Students to Be Critical Observers

  Presenter: Sharon Reiter

  Date: November 1, 2012

  Learn how to use objects to deepen students’ thinking and questioning and take them to the next level via inquiry approaches in science and  all subject areas.

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  Opening Up the Box: Using Science Kits for Inquiry Learning

  Presenter: Wendy Ward Hoffer

  Date: October 9th, 2012

  Learn how to integrate inquiry into your kit-based science programs by planning learning sequences and designing workshop model lessons that engage student thinking. 

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  Finding the Balance Between Metabolism and Appetite

  Presenter: Mary Englick

  Date: April 19th, 2012

  Explore current ideas and research surrounding key factors affecting our waistlines and our health.

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