 Workshops consist of
professional teacher training Science and Health Science Curriculum related to
our Veterinary Black Bag Program.
This curriculum
(suitable for grades 5-9) consists of online presentation materials for
classroom visits by practicing veterinarians and instructional follow-up
lessons by teachers. The goal is to use students’ natural interest in
animals to help motivate them to learn science. The purpose is not to
promote veterinary medicine directly, but rather use it as a hook to
capitalize on the inherent interest and curiosity that students already have
for animals. The specific goal of this National Institutes of Health
sponsored program is to promote public understanding of the use of animals
in biomedical research and of the clinical trial research process.
A variety of themes
is available, each of which relates to areas of activity that are commonly
found in a veterinary clinic but also relates to human and animal health.
Thus, veterinarians are able to use props, demos, and anecdotes related to
real-world health activities and integrate these into science instruction.
 Following veterinarian’s visits, standard-based
science instruction takes place in the form of follow-up lessons (usually
three) by teachers.
Lessons and classroom visits emphasize biomedical and physical science in an
attempt to promote understanding of the research (basic, animal, and human
clinical trials) and development process upon which modern medicine, both
veterinary and human, depends. Instructions for veterinarians and for
teachers, as well as all lesson plans, are available for download. All
instructional materials are available at no charge.
Workshops are free to teachers and schools.
In addition, PEER will reimburse teachers for meals and
transportation and will pay lodging expenses (lodging the night before and the 1st night of the workshop
(for 2 day workshops) and only for teachers living >70 miles from the workshop location) up to, but not to exceed, $225 total expenses for all meals, transportation, and lodging.
[Note: A limit of 20-30 teachers per workshop is dictated by the number of computers available at each workshop location.]
To attend a workshop ,
teachers must complete our
online registration.
Workshop location and dates are as follow :
| Science and Health Science Curriculum Workshops |
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College Station, TX |
June 1-2, 2009 |
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College Station, TX |
June 3-4, 2009 |
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San Antonio, TX |
June 9-10, 2009 |
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San Antonio, TX |
June 11-12, 2009 |
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Lubbock, TX |
July 7-8, 2009 |
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Workshop Rosters and Information |
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The tentative workshop schedule is as follows:
| Day 1 |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Introductions and Administrative details |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Introduction to the VBB Program |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Assignment 1 - Review the Vet Presentation |
| 9:50 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Assignment 2 - Review Assigned Lesson |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Assignment 3 - Do Activity |
| 11:15 a.m |
Feedback
on Activity |
| 11:30 a.m |
Lunch |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Introduction to Life Science Curriculum |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Assignment
4 -
Review
Veterinarian’s Presentation |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Assignment 5 - Review Assigned Lesson |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Assignment 6 -
Brainstorm
& Develop Activities For the Lessons |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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| Day 2 |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Introduction to Integrative Curriculum |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Assignment 6 (continued) -
Develop
Activities For the Lessons |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Assignment 7 - Presentations of Developed Activities |
| 11:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Assignment
7 - (continued) |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Introduction to Distance Learning Community |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Presentation on Science and Toxicology |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Workshop
Evaluation |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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| Please complete our
online registration to
attend a workshop. |
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