InterChange Newsletter

 
 



19 Saturday
The Van Andel Education Institute will be offering Science on Saturday, from 12:30 – 2 pm for students currently in 1st or 2nd grade, and an accompanying adult.  Cost is $20.00 total per student/adult team.  For more information or to register, visit www.vai.org/vaei or call (616) 234-5528.

24-25, Thursday – Friday
Guided Inquiry into Energy Technology workshop at the Allendale campus of Grand Valley State University.  To register, email the Grand Valley State University Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education at cesme@gvsu.edu with contact information, teaching experience, and reasons for interest. For more information, go to www.gvsu.edu/cesme/ and click on the course schedule tab.

 

18-22  Monday-Friday
The Van Andel Education Institute offers Transitioning to Student-Centered, Inquiry-Based Labs, from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., for high school and middle school science teachers. Cost is $350.  Graduate credit or SB-CEU’s are available through GVSU.  For more information or to register contact Billie Halfmann at (616) 234-5328

20 Wednesday
Michigan Joint Education Conference at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.  For more information and to register, visit www.mijec.org.

20-21 Thursday-Friday
“GeoGebra” Mathematics Teacher workshops on the free software, GeoGebra. GeoGebra 4.0 is multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that joins geometry, algebra, tables, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use package. Each workshop will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and lunch will be provided.  More information will be available on the GVSU Regional Math and Science Center website at www.gvsu.edu/rmsc.  For questions, contact Michelle Bunton at (616) 331-3172 or email at buntonmi@gvsu.edu.



9-12 Monday-Thursday
16-19 Monday-Thursday
sHaPe (Summer Health Activities and Professions Exploration) is a one-week day camp program introduction to the Health Professions for boys and girls currently in 7th and 8th grades at the GVSU Cook-DeVos Center for Health Services in downtown Grand Rapids.  The program will be held from 8:45am-4:00pm each day.  The Girls session will be held July 9-12, and the Boys session will be held July 16-19, 2012. For the brochure and application form, visit the RMSC website at www.gvsu.edu/rmsc.  For questions on the camp, call Kathy Agee at the RMSC at (616) 331-3031.

2013



9 Saturday
Save the Date: Math in Action will be held on Saturday, February 9, 2013 on the Allendale Campus in Mackinac Hall. Please save the date!