Can You Teach Creativity and Invention? Inquiry-Based Science at the Boston Arts Academy
Facilitator(s): Sung-Joon Pai, Cicy Po

Workshop   +   Classroom Practice: curriculum & instruction   +   High School
"Schooling on a Human Scale" can be interpreted as "personalizing learning." While students often view science as emotionless and highly structured, we believe science is most exciting when it is creative and inventive. Our main goal at the Boston Arts Academy (BAA) is to show students how scientific inquiry can help them better understand their own questions. The focus is not on a final answer, but in learning more about a question. As a participant in this workshop, you will step into the role of a student and create your own experiment, gather data, and analyze your results. See how this method is applied at the BAA and brainstorm ways to modify it for different learning styles and levels. This curriculum is taught at the BAA to all students from grades 9-12, but teachers of other disciplines and all grade levels are welcome.
Date/Time: Friday, 4:00pm - 6:00pm   Room: CC 205   Session #220
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Participants indicating interest in attending this session are:
Kathleen CushmanWhat Kids Can Do/Next Generation Press
Bonnie DicksonNathan Hale High School
Karl EnglertNathan Hale
Derek ForbesMount Baker Junior High School
Michelle GroveSouthridge High School
Lila JacobsCSUS
restrada kirbyonate high school
Maureen MatthewsNew Mission High School
Jeff Mc KinneyMadison
Gena MerlissFrancis W Parker Charter Essential School
Ashley MiddletonFoster High Schoool
JoAnnP MooreGigHarborHighSchool
Dietrich Nebert
Cicy PoDeering High School
Douglas RobbWildwood School
Jocelyn RogerSqualicum High School
Eddie RoseCommon Ground
Michael SoryCastle View High School, Castle Rock, CO
Lynn` TarantCharles J. Riley PS9
Jessica TorvikNathan Hale High School
Mark WavraEastmont High School