Feast
Fun Exchanges and Activities for Science Teachers
Have you been looking for new, exciting, teacher-tested ideas for your science classroom? Or perhaps you’ve wanted to have a discussion about science resources, safety in the lab, or how other teachers manage a certain science demonstration or other activity? Or maybe you simply want to network with other science teachers and build a lasting friendship with other science educators. If this is what you’re looking for, we welcome you to FEAST. FEAST is truly a grass roots effort that began with a small group of about 8 secondary science teachers in the fall of 2005.
Today our FEAST list has grown in size to over 200 teachers. We meet once a month during the school year and topics are selected by the FEAST teachers. Most of our sessions invite teachers to share lessons and demonstrations around a particular topic such as "Energy" or "Toys in Science" or "Climate Science," etc. However, we also have visiting speakers who might present a half day workshop. All of these experiences are conducted on Saturday mornings. There is no cost to join or participate as long as you are an educator. However, we do want to emphasize that the reason the FEAST sessions have become so successful is because of the sharing that goes on. By sharing one of your favorite lessons around a particular topic, other educators can gain access to yet another idea. You’ll find our sessions to be very casual yet welcoming to all who wish to share. We hope you will join us at one of our future sessions.
FEAST (Fun Exchanges and Activities for Science Teachers) would like to welcome all teachers to attend our next session:
Getting Hands-on with RAFT - Resource Area For Teachers
At our next FEAST session, we have invited RAFT to present a sequence of their science kit ideas. The focus of this session will be on topics that have connections to all of the science disciplines – biology, chemistry, earth science and physics. The RAFT presenter, Eric Welker, who is an experienced high school science teacher, has selected a combination of activities which will embrace some of the most popular RAFT activities and some newly developed ideas. Everyone must register in order to receive the materials needed to do these activities. Space is limited to 30 teachers. It’ll be a great opportunity for you to explore how to use these kits and find out about other RAFT resources. This session is free for classroom teachers. BE SURE TO RSVP.
Here are the specifics:
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Title of Session: RAFT - Resource Area for Teachers – Science Kits Date: Saturday, February 4, 2012 Time: 9:30am to noon Place: Chabot Space & Science Center Room: Biology Lab (downstairs next to the Destination Universe Exhibit) Presenter for this Session: Eric Welker – RAFT Resource Specialist FEAST Facilitators:
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Please RSVP using the form below so we can get an idea how many of you will be attending. If you have any questions you may contact Stan Fukunaga at: sfukunaga@chabotspace.org.
We will need the following information: your name, school/city, grade level and/or subject taught, and e-mail address.