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- Hands-on activities and projects for your students;
- Information about group visits to the Museum;
- Descriptions of VisitPlus workshops for grades K-9;
- Professional development opportunities for teachers;
- Information on Museum programs that come to your school.
Montshire is home to a host of professional development opportunities for teachers. Programs offered to teachers and school districts range from 3-credit graduate level courses in science education, to two-week summer institutes, to 90-minute in-service workshops. Montshire's professional development specialists help teachers implement inquiry learning in their classrooms. All of Montshire's professional development activities are eligible for Eisenhower funding through your local school district, supervisory union, or SAU.
See our 2009/10 program guide [2.85 mB PDF format download] for a complete directory of programs for students and teachers at the Montshire.
Curriculum Coaching
Our education experts can provide customized help with developing or
improving one or more of your school's science units. Not sure how to
teach a unit on simple machines that is chock full of great inquiry
experiences? Think your lessons on habitats are only ho-hum? Work
one-on-one with a professional educator who will visit you in your
classroom, listen to your needs, help you design great student
experiences that are aligned with state standards, and co-teach lessons
using Montshire's resources, equipment, and collections. Coaching can
re-energize your teaching by helping you build content knowledge and
develop exciting ideas that can be used throughout the school year.
Call us to explore options.
Teacher Workshops
These short, content and lesson-based workshops last 90 minutes to two
hours and are typically used by schools during in-service days or staff
meeting times. They can be single programs or part of a series of
programs. Workshops include hands-on activities that help build
understanding of science content. Typical contracting agents include
schools, school districts, and science teacher associations. Multi-day
series' are also available. Cost is based on duration of project,
travel, and materials used.
Fee: $450/workshop
  | Tuesday, M A R C H 30
Workshop for Teachers: Cells |
Learn about the basic building blocks of life with Montshire and Dartmouth faculty. Learn staining techniques, use advanced microscopy equipment at Dartmouth, and focus on the main ideas of VT GEs and NH GLEs for science. 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., for grade 5-8 teachers.
Register online
| Thursday, M A Y 6
Workshop for Teachers: Observing Life Cycles: Amphibians and Insects |
Many animal life cycles can be observed in the classroom with a little know-how and patience. And the effort is rewarded 100-fold with the opportunities for observation, data recording, and sheer joy that you'll experience along with your students as they learn about the ecology of animals. In the morning, we'll look at amphibians as an example of a vertebrate life cycle that incorporates both aquatic and terrestrial habitats, and in the afternoon we'll examine the amazing metamorphosis of insects. Grade K-6 teachers. $125. [
register online]
