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BSCS Science Institutes
2009 - 2010 Institutes Announced
Reduced price structure for 2009
Register now!
Frequently Asked Questions
Are you looking for a high-quality professional development program that goes beyond traditional summer institutes?
Are you seeking an experience that reinvigorates your passion for science and teaching?
If so, the BSCS Science Institutes (BSCS SI) are for you! The institutes, hosted in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado, focus on science content and pedagogy for teachers of science. The result: Improved teaching and learning of science in participants' schools.
Each BSCS Science Institute provides a professional development component, consisting of
- multi-day onsite, inquiry-based experiences designed to enhance your teaching of science, and
- an online program with an asynchronous structure that provides continuing education and support during the school year without requiring out-of-classroom time.
These combined experiences provide rich learning environments that create a professional learning community among you and your fellow BSCS SI participants to further your professional development and support for inquiry-based science.
The 2009-2010 Lineup
(Course offerings dependent upon minimum registration requirements)
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY SERIES
Scientific Inquiry in the Secondary Classroom
5-day onsite experience in Colorado Springs (13-17 July 2009)
1-year online, asynchronous, Professional Development course and
moderated professional learning community (1 June 2009 – 30 May 2010)
Scientific Inquiry in the Elementary Classroom
5-day onsite experience in Colorado Springs (13-17 July 2009)
1-year online, asynchronous, Professional Development course and
moderated professional learning community (1 June 2009 – 30 May 2010)
Frequently Asked Questions
Need to know more? Contact Sam Spiegel at sspiegel@bscs.org or Aleigh Raffelson at araffelson@bscs.org
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Each Institute is based on research and practices that
- provide effective professional development
- enhance the teaching and learning of science subject matter through inquiry-based learning
- deepen teachers' content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK)
- model teaching strategies that promote conceptual understanding and meaningful learning
- provide strategies for examining student work and reflecting on teaching practices
- enhance teachers' science content knowledge that can influence student achievement
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Science Institutes fee structure
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Individual |
Team of 3 (price per participant) |
Team of 5 (price per participant) |
| Scientific Inquiry in the Secondary Classroom |
$1,500 |
$1,250 |
$1,100 |
| Scientific Inquiry in the Elementary Classroom |
$1,500 |
$1,250 |
$1,100 |
Each participant who registers for both Institutes will receive an additional $100.00 discount on his/her total tuition.
For more information, contact Aleigh Raffelson at araffelson@bscs.org.
Research base for the BSCS Science Institutes
- Loucks-Horsley, S., P. W. Hewson, et al. (2003). Designing professional development for teachers of science and mathematics. Thousand Oaks, CA, Corwin Press.
- Darling-Hammond, L., McLaughlin, Milbrey. W. (1995). "Policies That Support Professional Development in an Era of Reform." Phi Delta Kappan 76(8): p597-604.
- Borko, H. (2004). "Professional Development and Teacher Learning: Mapping the Terrain." Educational Researcher 33(8): p3-15.
- Dede, C. (2006). Online Professional Development for Teachers: Emerging Models and Methods. Cambridge, MA, Harvard Education Press.
- NRC (1996). National science education standards. Washington, DC, National Academy Press.
- Bransford, J. D., A. L. Brown, et al. (1999). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, DC, National Academy Press.
- Bybee, R. W. (2006, February). Maintaining the integrity of science: Responsibilities of science education and BSCS. Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Symposium: Science Under Attack, St. Louis, MO, AAAS.
- Shulman, L. S. (1987). "Knowledge and Teaching: Foundations of the New Reform." Harvard Educational Review 57(1): p1-22.
- Veal, W. R. M., & James G. (1999). "Pedagogical Content Knowledge Taxonomies." Electronic Journal of Science Education 3(4).
- BSCS (2006). BSCS biology: A human approach. Dubuque, IA, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
- McNeill, K. L. L., David J.; et. al. (2006). "Supporting Students' Construction of Scientific Explanations by Fading Scaffolds in Instructional Materials." Journal of the Learning Sciences 15(2): p153-191.
- Glass <<GETTING REMAINDER OF CITATION>>
- Darling-Hammond, L., B. Berry, et al. (2001). "Does teacher certification matter: Evaluating the evidence." Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 23(1): 57-77
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