Meaningful Manipulatives for Middle School Science Mastery 6-8th (6 CPE) at the Dinah Zike Academy

Meaningful Manipulatives for Middle School Science Mastery - Presenters: Dr. Rhonda Meyer Vivian and Laurel Frank

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   What’s the difference between memorizing vocabulary for a test and remembering science content years later?

Learn how Dinah Zike’s Foldables® don’t just talk about science, they provide ways to analyze and physically manipulate science concepts to make them meaningful and memorable for middle school students.   Integrate Dinah’s materials into your instruction and get them into students' hands and notebooks. Use the provided templates and learn how to create more on your own. Plan out how to best use these quality resources with your students so that all levels of learners are thinking, discussing, and making science part of their lives both in and out of school.  Foldables will include physical, life, and earth science content from grades 6-8.

$325 for 6 hours of content-rich time and materials to prepare you for a year of science with the new TEKS at your grade level (9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.)

GUIDED GROUP STEAM GARDEN TOUR WITH DINAH ZIKE INCLUDED! (optional)

Welcome to the updated and refreshed DINAH ZIKE ACADEMY! We're so excited to offer the 2024 Science TEKS grade specific sessions! Please join us for our first returning academy all day sessions in 2024!

During this six-hour course, you’ll receive. . .

• 1 Year-round, adaptable, TEKS-based bulletin/display board
• 3 Middle-school-appropriate, TEKS-based manipulatives
• 6 Vocabulary-strengthening activities
• 9 Note-taking and study aids, including a STAAR science review EGO (Envelope Graphic Organizer)
• 12 Notebook Foldables, including data collection (graphs, charts, tables), observations (inferencing, student responses), and other opportunities to write a little, a lot every day

Very limited spaces available, register now!

WHAT DOES A DAY AT THE ACADEMY LOOK LIKE?

A Typical Day at DZA (Summer 2024 Science Sessions)  The doors of the Academy typically open between 8:30 and 8:45 a.m. Enter the newly refreshed academy as you are greeted by the DZA crew. Marvel at the new exhibits all around and down the halls. Be sure to sign in so you get your TEA credit (sign-in clipboards are in the library next to the classroom or in the Commons area).  Walk into the classroom and select a spot; notice that your supplies are ready and waiting for you! Get a quick familiarization tour of the Academy so you know where to find everything you need and get to know some of your learning colleagues for the day—DZA is a great place to forge new friendships and collaborative partnerships!  Your presenter(s) will be chomping at the bit to start on the day’s instruction promptly at 9 a.m.; don’t worry, though, they’ve included brain breaks for you if you need to check in at home! We’ll start right off with grade-level and content-specific Foldables and manipulatives to get your minds and hands engaged. The morning will fly by and before you know it, it will be time for a guided tour of the DZA STEAM Gardens with Dinah Zike as your tour guide followed by lunch on your own—a good time to chat with new friends and explore the charming village of Comfort.  Now that you are fed and refreshed, it’s back to the Academy for the afternoon (we start our afternoon sessions at 1:00 p.m. and we sign in both morning and afternoon). If you have questions from the morning, this is the time to share them as you learn more about capturing student learning and incorporating what you’ve done in the morning into your classroom life. Many folds and applications later, it will be time to wrap things up—we aim to let you go at 3:30, refreshed and brimming with ideas and the materials you need to bring what you did today to your classroom.  So many ideas buzz in your brain as you head home. You’ve got your science time covered this year!