Splash Zone Teacher Institute

About the Program

The Aquarium's Splash Zone Teacher Institute is specifically designed for teachers of young children. The program provides opportunities for teachers to:

• Discover new ideas about teaching science.
• Share inquiry-based activities.
• Wonder, discover, share, learn and play.
• Implement new teaching strategies and standards-based activities.
• Integrate language arts, math, science and social studies.

Eligibility: Pre-K through 2nd grade classroom teachers

Requirements:

• Attend all sessions.
• Use the curriculum materials with your students.
• Conduct a schoolyard observation project with your students and share the project at the final follow-up session.
• Conduct an in-service for your colleagues or a family discovery event at your school site or district.

Fee: None

Stipend: Available following completion of program

Credit: Units available through CSU Monterey Bay for an additional fee

Application: Application form will be available January 2010.

Educator Programs
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Phone: (831) 648-4862
Fax: (831) 647-4526
educatorprograms@mbayaq.org