Looking to increase your content knowledge and engage in cross-curricular activities designed for your classroom? CSATS i-STEAM Workshops provide opportunities for teachers to learn science, engineering, and math through integrated activities from Penn State researchers and faculty with a focus on STEAM concepts.
Solar electric power is one of the fastest growing energy resources in the United States today. In this workshop you will engage in hands-on activities that will introduce you to the science behind solar energy while putting easy-to-use tools in your hands. Hands-on activities include evaluating performance of solar devices under a variable solar resource, applications of solar energy, basic electrical concepts, and properties of light. These investigations are powerful vehicles to expose students to “difficult-to-hold-onto” concepts like energy conversion and transfer, electricity generation, and our energy future. You will leave this workshop with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to introduce students to solar energy concepts as well as how to integrate solar power into building designs. You can use the activities from the workshop with your students to get them excited about clean energy systems. This workshop will also introduce educators to the KidWind Solar Energy Program and Solar competition.
Target Audience: Teachers of students in grades 4-12
Target Audience: 4th-12th Grade Educators
Length: One Day Workshop
Date(s): December 7, 2024
Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Location:
119 Chambers Building, Penn State, University Park, PA 16802
An engaging one-day workshop designed for K-12 educators to explore the world of intellectual property & innovation. This in-person event will take place at Penn State's Innovation Hub and will truly teach you to think, "What do you do with an idea?!" Participants will hear from itellectual property experts from Penn State and from the Office of Engagement, United States Patent Trademark Office Headqaurters. Innovation can happen in any classroom at any age, this workshop is open to all K-12 teachers. Participants will recieve the following:
- Free Parking Pass for Janaury 18th
- Breakfast and lunch inlcuded for that day
- ACT 48 noncredit for teachers
Target Audience: k-12 (ALL STEM Fields)
Length: 7 hrs
Date(s): January 18, 2025
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub, Room 603, Penn State University, 123 S. Burrowes St, State College 16801
Microbes are all around us and even within us! Dr. Andrew Patterson’s Integrative Analysis for Metabolic Phenotypes NIH T32 Fellows at Penn State are working to understand the host-metabolite-microbiota communication network. Participants of this in-person workshop will explore the microbes in the environment and microbes on the body. Participants will also learn how researchers measure microbial interaction through techniques like sequencing and metabolomics. With support from Dr. Patterson, his graduate students, and CSATS, teachers will leave the workshop with knowledge and activities to bring the microbiome into your classroom!
Target Audience: Secondary Biology Teachers
Length: One-Day Workshop
Date(s): January 25, 2025
Time: All Day
Location:
301 D Life Sciences Building, University Park, PA 16802
*Flyer and registration will be open soon! If interested, please contact Stephanie Klixbull, smk7256@psu.edu
Discover how to bring meaningful environmental education to life in your classroom with this one-day teacher workshop focused on the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Pennsylvania. Explore erosion, landscape formation, and watershed dynamics through hands-on learning, while gaining the tools to engage your students in outdoor field experiences right in your school’s backyard. This workshop prepares educators to implement a Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) and provides practical resources to inspire curiosity and stewardship among students about their local environment.
To apply, you must meet the following criteria:
Target Audience: Elementary Educators, (2nd and/or 5th grade educators)
Length: One-day
Date(s): April 5, 2025
Time: All Day
Location:
Room 119, Chambers Building, University Park, PA 16851
Registration is currently closed.
