Making Renewable Natural Gas is a week-long professional development workshop for secondary life science, agriculture, engineering, and chemistry teachers in collaboration with science education faculty from the Center for Science and the Schools (CSATS) and research scientists from the Penn State and Iowa State's Grass2Gas Project. Teachers will learn how scientists and engineers design systems and solve problems related to generating methane from anaerobic digestion. Teachers will work with the G2G team to work on hands-on activities using the practices of scientists and engineers to learn disciplinary core ideas in the Next Generation Science Standards and Pennsylvania STEELS Standards. The workshop will include field trips and time to reflect on how to use new lessons as a way to replace existing parts of your curriculum.
• A $1.000 stipend for participating
• Classroom supplies
• Lodging and meals included. Travel reimbursement up to $900
• Act 48 credit is available upon request.
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Target Audience: Teacher Educators Length: 2 days Date: April 25, 2024 - April 26, 2024 Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm Location: |
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Exploring The Depths: Navigating STEM with Underwater Acoustics |
Target Audience: Secondary Science, 6th-12th Grade Length: Date: April 13, 2024 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Target Audience: Secondary Physical Science/Physics Teachers Length: Self-paced learning starts March 23, 2024. One-day in-person workshop, March 30, 2024, 9:00 AM-3:30 PM Date: March 30, 2024 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Beyond the Shadow: Secondary Educator Workshop to Illuminate Science Learning |
Target Audience: Secondary (9-12th) Educators, Earth & Space and Physics Length: 1 day workshop Date: February 10, 2024 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Beyond the Shadow: K-6 Elementary Educator Workshop to Illuminate Science Learning |
Target Audience: K-6 Educators Length: 1 day workshop Date: February 3, 2024 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
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Target Audience: Secondary physics, engineering, and technology teachers Length: One-day Workshop Date: February 3, 2024 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
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Target Audience: Secondary physical science, physics, and chemistry teachers Length: One-day Workshop Date: January 20, 2024 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
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Target Audience: Teachers of Students Grades 4-12 Length: One-Day Workshop Date: November 4, 2023 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Exploring the Universe: An Introduction to Multi- Messenger Astronomy for Educators |
Target Audience: Teachers of students grades 6-12 Length: One-day Workshop Date: October 26, 2023 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Target Audience: Teachers of students in grades 4th-12th Length: One-day Date: October 7, 2023 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Teachers of Students Grades 4-12 Length: One-Day Workshop Date: September 30, 2023 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Secondary biology, earth science, environmental science, computer science, and mathematics teachers. Length: One-day workshop Date: June 17, 2023 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Teachers of students grades 4-12 Length: One-Day Workshop Date: February 4, 2023 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Teachers of Students Grades 4-12 Length: One-Day Workshop Date: December 10, 2022 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Biology Teachers of High School Students Length: Date: May 19, 2022 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Students Grades 4-12 Length: Date: April 7, 2020 Time: 8:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Teachers of students grades 6-12 Length: One-Day Workshop Date: February 6, 2020 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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KidWind Challenge Workshop: Using Wind to Harness the Power of Young Minds |
Target Audience: Teachers of students grades 4-12 Length: One-Day Workshop Date: December 7, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 2:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Target Audience: Teachers of students grades 6-12 Length: One-Day Workshop Date: December 5, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Secondary Life Science Teachers (7-12) Length: 2 Days Date: November 14, 2019 - November 16, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Now You Sea It, Now You Don't: Investigating Our Disappearing Sea Ice |
Target Audience: Teachers of students grades 6-12 Length: One-Day Workshop Date: November 5, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Target Audience: Teachers of students in grades 6-12 Length: One-Day Workshop Date: October 26, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Teachers of students grades 4-12 Length: One-Day Workshop Date: October 26, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 2:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Length: Date: Time: 12:00am - 11:59pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Length: Date: Time: 12:00am - 11:59pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Length: Date: Time: 12:00am - 12:00am Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Middle and High School Teachers (6-12) Length: 4 Days Date: (all day) Time: 12:00am - 11:59pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Middle and High School Teachers (6-12) Length: 1 Day Date: May 22, 2019 Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Target Audience: Middle and High School Females Length: 1 Day Date: May 7, 2019 Time: 10:30am - 1:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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i-STEAM Workshop: Now You Sea It, Now You Don’t: Investigating Our Disappearing Sea Ice |
Target Audience: Middle and High School Teachers (6-12) Length: 1 Day Date: April 27, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
i-STEAM Workshop: Engage with the Building Blocks of Code A Hands-on Approach to Coding |
Target Audience: Elementary Teachers (K-3) Length: 1 Day Date: April 6, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Target Audience: Length: Date: Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
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Target Audience: Middle and High School Life Science Teachers (7-12) Length: 1 Day Date: March 30, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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i-STEAM Workshop: Teaching Radiation Application and Cycles in our Environment |
Target Audience: Middle School Teachers (5-9) Length: 1 Day Date: March 28, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Target Audience: Middle and High School Teachers (6-12) Length: 1 Day Date: January 26, 2019 Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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i-STEAM Workshop: Primate Perspectives: A Crash Course on Our Closest Living Relatives |
Target Audience: Elementary Teachers Length: 1 Day Date: December 1, 2018 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
i-STEAM Workshop: Call for KidWind: Using Wind to Harness the Power of Young Minds |
Target Audience: Elementary and Secondary Teachers (4-12) Length: 1 Day Date: November 8, 2018 Time: 9:00am - 2:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
i-STEAM Workshop: Earth's Environments - Past, Present and Future |
Target Audience: Elementary Teachers (3-5) Length: 1 Day Date: November 3, 2018 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
i-STEAM: Call for KidWind: Using Wind to Harness the Power of Young Minds |
Target Audience: Elementary and Secondary Teachers (4-12) Length: 1 Day Date: October 25, 2018 Time: 9:00am - 2:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
i-STEAM Workshop: Habitat Diversity - Diaries of Worm, Spider and Fly |
Target Audience: Elementary Teachers (K-2) Length: 1 Day Date: October 6, 2018 Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
i-STEAM So Many Changes: Everyday Chemical and Physical Changes |
Target Audience: Elementary Teachers (2-5) Length: 1 Day Date: September 22, 2018 Time: 9:00am - 2:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
i-STEAM Workshop: So Many Changes: Everyday Physical and Chemical Changes |
Target Audience: 2nd-5th Grade Teachers Length: 1 Day Date: May 30, 2018 Time: 9:00am - 2:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
i-STEAM Workshop: It's a Matter of Truss: Designing Structures |
Target Audience: 6th - 12th Grade Teachers Length: 1 Day Date: May 24, 2018 Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Target Audience: K-4th Grade Teachers Length: 1 Day Date: May 23, 2018 Time: 9:30am - 2:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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i-STEAM Workshop: Messages from the Skies, A Physics Investigation |
Target Audience: 6th-12th Grade Teachers Length: 1 Day Date: May 10, 2018 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Target Audience: 6th-12th Grade Teachers Length: 1 Day Date: April 11, 2018 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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Exploring the Stream and Wetland Ecosystem – Using Ecological Indicators |
Target Audience: Teachers grades 6-10 Length: 1 Day Date: (all day) Time: 12:00am - 11:59pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
A Chilling Experience: Investigating Life in the Arctic and Antarctic |
Target Audience: Teachers of students K-5 Length: 1 Day Date: January 11, 2018 Time: 9:00am - 2:30pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Target Audience: Teachers of grades 4-12 Length: 1 Day Date: December 4, 2017 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
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i-STEAM Workshop: The Highs and Lows of Landscapes: Demystifying Topographic Maps |
Target Audience: Teachers of grades 5-10 Length: 1 Day Date: (all day) Time: 12:00am - 11:59pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Target Audience: Middle and High School Teachers Length: 1 Day Date: June 27, 2017 Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: |
Workshop Complete. |
Associate Director
Associate Professor of Science Education
mmj125@psu.edu
Request - Grass to Gas: Making Renewable Natural Gas
Email: mmj125@psu.edu | Phone: 814-863-6607