Workshops for Educators working with students grades K-12.
Workshop topics include:
Science Content:
Astronomy / Earth Science
Simple Machines
Forces, Energy, and Movement
Color and Light
Social Studies Content:
Rochester's Underground Railroad
The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Process:
Science Demonstrations
Inquiry-Based Teaching
Object-Based Teaching ("Reading" Primary Documents and Artifacts)
Supporting Literacy with Science
Below are some specific workshops to choose from, or contact us and we will create a customized workshop that meets your needs.
Making the Most of the RMSC
Recommended for Teachers in Grades PreK-12
FREE
Find out about our offerings, techniques for focusing students on content and engaging them in inquiry while at the museum, how to extend the learning with pre- and post- activities, and tips for applying for funding your field trip or outreach.
Getting the Minds-On with the Hands-On
Recommended for Teachers in Grades K-5
We've all seen it: great hands-on activities that students whip through without thinking. We'll practice techniques to slow them down and get their minds where their hands are. You'll take home techniques and materials to apply to your own activities.
$30 per person
Rochester's Underground Railroad with Primary Documents
Recommended for Teachers in Grades K-5
Learn how to use local, primary documents and on-line materials to motivate your students to ask questions, follow clues to the past, and unearth stories that connect to their lives. Find out how untruths can originate and be carried on as myth and legends. Optional: receive a kit of resources from RMSC's rich archives, selected to match and enrich the NYS Elementary Social Studies curriculum and standards.
$30 per person
$50 with resource kit
For planetarium workshops contact Steve Fentress, Planetarium Director, at steve_fentress@rmsc.org
For all other workshops, contact Deborah Massey, Head of School & Teacher Programs, at deborah_massey@rmsc.org, or by phone at (585) 271-4552 x521