Free teacher development sessions and K-12 mini academies

The Oak Ridger
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Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) are offering various free teacher development sessions and K-12 mini academies in June and July.

Registration is required. To register for any of the sessions listed below, visit https://orau.org/k12/educator/programs/index.html.

Gavin Good and Phoenix Tyner work together to program their robot. They went on to win the robot skills competition that capped off the ORISE Advanced Robotics Academy. For their victory, they received a sensor kit to enhance the robot tinker kits received by all academy participants.
Gavin Good and Phoenix Tyner work together to program their robot. They went on to win the robot skills competition that capped off the ORISE Advanced Robotics Academy. For their victory, they received a sensor kit to enhance the robot tinker kits received by all academy participants.

  • Wishes Granted: Finding Grants for Your Classroom. Monday, June 26, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Virtual session designed for kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers who have ever wondered how to write a grant.

  • Vectors: Concepts and Technologies to Improve Comprehension by Appealing to Vectors’ Geometrical Nature. Tuesday, June 27, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Virtual session designed for sixth- through 12th-grade physics, math and physical science teachers.

  • Math and Movement. Wednesday, June 28, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is an in-person session on ORAU’s main campus, 100 ORAU Way in Oak Ridge, designed for kindergarten through second-grade teachers. Math & Movement stations use kinesthetic strategies to enhance learning specifically connected to the Common Core math standards.

  • Vectors: Concepts and Technologies to Improve Comprehension by Appealing to Vectors’ Geometrical Nature. Thursday, June 29, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hybrid session designed for sixth- through 12th-grade physics, math and physical science teachers. Teachers attending in person will meet in the classroom on ORAU’s main campus, 100 ORAU Way in Oak Ridge.

  • Math and Movement. Friday June 30, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. In-person session on ORAU’s main campus, 100 ORAU Way in Oak Ridge, designed for third- through fifth-grade teachers.

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) mini-academies are designed to enrich STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education.

Mini-academies offered:

  • Math and Movement for rising first- through third-graders will be held on Wednesday, June 28, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the classroom at ORAU, 100 ORAU Way in Oak Ridge. Register at https://orausurvey.orau.org/n/MathandMovementDay1.aspx.

  • Math and Movement for rising fourth- through sixth-graders will be held on Friday, June 30, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the classroom at ORAU, 100 ORAU Way in Oak Ridge. Register at https://orausurvey.orau.org/n/MathandMovementDay2.aspx.

  • Kindercoding Class. July 6, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ORAU Classroom, 100 ORAU Way in Oak Ridge. Daylong introduction to the basics of coding for rising first- through third-graders. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Register at https://orausurvey.orau.org/n/KinderCoding.aspx.

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