Celebrating evolution: A teacher workshop

Sunday, February 8, 2009
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and bring evolution to your classrooms!

The activities of this workshop will be tailored to meet your needs and will include a sharing of new resources, hands-on activities including the Academy Evolution Kit, tours of the Human Evolution Research Center (HERC), and plenty of time for discussion. Activities and discussion will focus on: evolution and the nature of science, natural selection, reproductive fitness, phylogenetics and cladistics, human evolution, student misconceptions, and more!

Presenters include Helena Carmena, California Academy of Sciences; Rebecca Jabbour, HERC; Louise Mead, National Center for Science Education; Jessica Neely, KQED QUEST; and Judy Scotchmoor, UCMP.

9:00 - 9:30	Registration 2063 Valley Life Sciences Building
9:30 - 9:45	Welcome and logistics for the day
9:45 - 10:45	Hands-on session #1
11:00 - 12:00	Hands-on session #2
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch (provided) and tours
1:00 - 1:30	Meet Darwin, a special presentation by KQED QUEST
1:30 - 2:15	Hands-on session #3
2:15 - 3:00	Looking at resources, misconceptions, and discussion

A Certificate of Professional Development will be provided as well as lots of great "freebies!"