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Teacher Professional Development
sponsored by the University of Louisiana at Monroe (DREAM) and LaSIP

Out Standing in the Field Phase II (2012-2013)

OSF with shirtsWeather as a Way to teach the Next Generation of Science Standards

ULM Science faculty will provide hands-on experiences at local research sites that align to the Next Generation of Science Standards and Science as Literacy (CCSS) in the areas of life and physical sciences.
  • Collect and analyze weather data at Black Bayou Lake National
  • Wildlife Refuge and Restoration Park
  • Build a weather station for your school site
  • Create and use pre-set observation stations to collect data on biotic
  • and abiotic variables
  • Involve your students in a data collection project that compares
  • microclimates in the region

Project runs July 2012 to May 2013:

  • Summer 7-day workshop, July 22-28 (50 hours)
  • Academy Year 2012-2013:
    • 3 Saturday seminars (8 hours each)
    • Online: 6-hour book study
      • (University Credit available)
osf at the bayou

Total 80 hours
Program limited to 30 science teachers
Teacher stipend for 80 hours at $25.00 an hour totaling $2,000


Register Online of OSF Phase II is now closed.

Out Standing in the Field Phase I (2010-2011)

OSF IThe project immersed middle school teachers, and when possible their students, into real world scientific data-gathering activities at three local research sites (Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Restoration Park, and Poverty Point State Historic Site), and then brought these data back into the classroom through inquiry-based activities that supplement the comprehensive curriculum and adhere to grade level expectations.

In response to local needs and LEAP and iLEAP data, the program seeks to create links between abstract data representations and those hands-on activities in the field that generate these kinds of data. In other words, to give real world meaning to the numbers, charts, and graphs that populate the middle school science curricula and standardized tests.

While the proposed project will focus on teacher professional development with an optional student component, the goal of the program is to provide at least one research site visit for diverse groups of students in participating classrooms.

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