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AMSTI-UAH
K-12 Math, Science, and DLCS PL
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AMSTI Science & Engineering
K-12
Science Foundational Training (1 day)
KINDERGARTEN
Ready for Weather
This 1-day professional learning opportunity focuses on seasonal change and the importance of weather forecasting. Participants explain two weather-related phenomena and propose solutions to weather-related problems. Participants figure out how a pole became wet on one side while remaining dry on the other side. Participants use data to figure out and explain why a snowman melts at some times but not others. Participants consider and propose solutions to weather-related problems based on location. Participants work more independently to design a weather preparation plan for a fictional class preparing for an all-day hike. Participants also explore the warming effects of the sun by designing and building a covering to block the sun.
October 18, UAH, 8:30-3:30
FIRST GRADE
Sound, Light, and Sky Patterns
This 2-day professional learning opportunity focuses on developing an understanding of how to observe and manipulate sound and light. Participants explore how sound is created and how it travels from a source to a receiver using simple tools and musical instruments. Participants explore light sources and receivers as well as investigate what happens when materials of different properties are placed in a beam of light. Participants observe and record the patterns of the day and night sky by recording moon phases and creating sundials. Participants carry out an investigation to interpret observations of the sky at different times of the day throughout the year and find patterns in the appearance of the sun and moon. Participants also identify and recommend how to solve the problem of walking to school in the dark.
September 5-6, UAH, 8:30-3:30
SECOND GRADE
Soils and Shores
This 2-day professional learning opportunity focuses on the properties of rocks, the components of soil, the results of weathering and erosion, and the role that earth materials have as natural resources. Participants explore how wind and water change the shape of the land and compare ways to slow the process of erosion. Participants also investigate the power of ocean waves and design a model to protect the beach from erosion.
November 7-8, UAH, 8:30-3:30
THIRD GRADE
Patterns of Motion
This 2-day PLO focuses on making observations of situations in which forces are applied to objects and identifying cause-and-effect relationships. Participants use fair tests to investigate the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces applied to objects. They investigate magnetic and static electric forces to consider how they could be used to separate trash based on materials that can be recycled. Participants plan, design, create, test, and improve a model swing that uses their knowledge of magnet placement to change the pattern of motion of a swing.
September 26-27, UAH, 8:30-3:30
FOURTH GRADE
Animal Senses
This 2-day PLO focuses on investigating how animals use their internal and external structures to sense the world around them, process information, communicate information to others, and react accordingly.
October 31-November 1, UAH, 8:30-3:30
FIFTH GRADE
Living Systems
This 2-day PLO focuses on systems within an organism that move matter and provide energy to the individual organism and feeding relationships among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. Participants experiment with how plants get the materials they need for growth. They explore how human activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday life can have major effects on these systems. They plan, design, create, test, and improve generating possible design solutions to clean an oil spill in a model river.
November 7-8, UAH, 8:30-3:30
SIXTH GRADE
Weather and Climate Systems
This 3-day PLO focuses on phenomena related to atmospheric and oceanic weather events and processes. Students experiment with factors that determine storms and daily weather, explore the impact of oceans on the earth, and examine the influences that produce climate zones and climate changes.
August 20-22, UAH, 8:30-3:30
Crossover Weather and Climate Systems
This half-day crossover PLO is for teachers previously certified in Understanding Weather and Climate. New activities include building a barometer, modeling the water cycle on Earth, and investigating storm surge.
August 23, UAH, 8:30-11:30
Crossover Space Systems Exploration
This half-day crossover PLO is for teachers previously certified in Researching the Sun-Earth-Moon System and Exploring Planetary Systems. New activities include updates to modeling the Sun-Earth-Moon system and scaling the sizes and distances of planets in the solar system. A new engineering design challenge has been added for students to define criteria and constraints surrounding long-duration habitation in space.
August 23, UAH, 12:30-3:30
SEVENTH GRADE
Crossover Structure and Function
This 1-day crossover PLO is for teachers previously certified in Studying the Development and Reproduction of Organisms and Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence. New activities include a frog dissection and updated nervous system activities.
September 26, UAH, 8:30-3:30
Ecosystems and Their Interactions
This 4-day professional learning opportunity focuses on how organisms interact with the living and nonliving components of ecosystems. Students engage in activities such as building a pond ecosystem to explore concepts such as symbiotic relationships, how matter cycles through an ecosystem, factors that affect the growth of an organism, and population dynamics.
October 8-11, UAH, 8:30-3:30
EIGHTH GRADE
Crossover Energy, Forces, and Motion
This 1-day crossover PLO is for teachers previously certified in Experimenting with Forces and Motion. New activities include using tennis balls, dynamic carts, and an updated roller coaster track to study energy, forces, and motion.
September 4, UAH, 8:30-3:30
Electricity, Waves, and Information Transfer
This 4-day professional learning opportunity focuses on electric circuit components, optical fibers, neurological disorders, and the storage and use of information. Students design and test real-world technologies for investigating electricity, information transfer, and wave characteristics.
October 1-4, UAH, 8:30-3:30
High School Science
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