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Fermilab Office of Education and Public Engagement: Teacher Workshops
Registration for 2024 teacher workshops will be opening soon Watch this page!
Engage your classrooms with Fermilab Science!
$50 Registration fee for all workshops except QuarkNet Teacher Workshop (free)
Elementary School Teachers (K5)
Phriendly Physics: Science and Engineering (grades K2)
Learn how to integrate science and engineering into your K2 classroom by incorporating the scientific method and engineering design process! Teach your students how to think like a scientist and engineer by investigating Forces & Motion, Light & Color, Matter and Its Interactions, and Electricity & Magnetism. All of the activities from the workshop can be done in the classroom, many with inexpensive and/or household materials. Earn PDH and graduate credit hours through University of St. Francis.June 1213 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM US Central Time, in person
Phriendly Physics (grades 35)
Participants not only learn physical science concepts, but also start thinking like scientists through investigation of Forces & Motion, Light & Color, Matter and Its Interactions, and Electricity & Magnetism. Participants will also learn how to help students frame and explore their own questions. Earn PDH and graduate credit hours through University of St. Francis.
June 1416 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM US Central Time, in person
Mid-Level Teachers (grades 69)
Beauty and Charm at Fermilab (grades 69)
Beauty and Charm is an engaging, exciting, exploratory physical science program in which teachers learn how scientists work, and how we can observe things we can't see. Activities introduce your students to the world of particle physics, and to the concept of science as a process of constant, ongoing learning. Participants will also receive materials for classroom activities. Earn PDH and graduate credit hours through University of St. Francis.
June 2630 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM US Central Time, in-person
Energy and Ecosystems: Prairie, Water, and Woods (grades 69)
Three ecosystems in one workshop: prairie, water and woods! Investigate the dynamics of nature and ecosystem services to reveal interdependent relationships among organisms within ecosystems. Learn biological principles and how to collect ecological data to teach students to investigate, assess and compare these different habitats like scientists. This provides students with authentic experiences using scientific practices and crosscutting concepts from the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core Language Arts and Math. Earn PDH and graduate credit hours through University of St. Francis.
July 2428 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (4:30 if taking for graduate credit) US Central Time, in-person
High School Teachers (grades 912)
Summer Secondary Environmental Science Institute (grades 912)
This four-day course, offered at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), will deepen understanding of soil composition and formation, ecology and restoration, aquatic ecology, and climate change through field and laboratory activities. These NGSS aligned activities will enhance your classroom experience and connect to the authentic ecological science of Fermilab with support from expert Fermilab ecologists. Appropriate for a high school level Environmental Science or AP Environmental Science class. Please dress appropriately as we will be outside for a portion of each day. Earn PDH and graduate credit hours through University of St. Francis.
July 1720 from 8:30 AM to 3:15 PM US Central Time (in-person)
QuarkNet Teacher Workshop 2023: Neutrino Data Workshop
The Fermilab QuarkNet Center 2023 Teacher Workshop will focus on using neutrino data in your high school physics classroom. This workshop will be excellent preparation to implement a MINERvA or NOvA masterclass with your students in the spring of 2024. Registration coming soon!
August 13 from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM US Central Time (in-person)
Energy & Ecosystems
Contact: Office of Education and Public Engagement Registrar, edreg@fnal.gov