Teacher Twilight Series

Presented by WSU's Zoology professor John Mull, this workshop will teach you how to set-up an aquarium to use zebrafish to teach about life cycles, habitats, organ function, embryology and genetics through real-world applications. The activities can be tailored to specific science standards from second grade to high school using a 3D approach to learning science.

Dinner will be provided!

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Thursday, September 6th, 2018
4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 
WSU Tracy Hall Science Center 234
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Presented by WSU's Chemistry & Biochemistry professor Timothy Herzog, the workshop covers Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL), a pedagogy that focuses on the development of process skills like critical thinking and communication through guided inquiry activities and an emphasis on effective group structure and facilitation.

Dinner will also be provided!

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Thursday, October 4th, 2018
4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 
WSU Tracy Hall Science Room 234
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Enjoy this year's WSU Department of Mathematics Richards Lecture Series guest speaker, LSU's Geography and Anthropology associate professor, Jill C. Trepanier as she discusses geographers use of mathematics, such as probability theory, to best describe and understand the physical environment. A variety of statistical techniques, including geographically weighted regression, extreme value threshold modeling, and bivariate copula dependency are used to present the risk of varying hurricane characteristics in the United States and surrounding countries.

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Thursday, November 1st, 2018
7:00 p.m.  
WSU Union Building, Ballroom C

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Presented by WSU's Physics professors Adam Johnston and Stacy Palen, this workshop is themed around observational astronomy and the story of the universe, with hands-on astrophotography and other observational tools on the Tracy Hall Observation Deck. 
Dinner will be provided!

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Thursday, January 25th, 2018
4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. 
WSU Tracy Hall Science (room TBD) and Observation Deck
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Companies pay big money to people like you who can help them make better decisions with the collected data. Weber State Mathematics professor, Cora Neal teaches about the $1 million prize that Netflix offered, how to approach a big data problem, and where you can find other opportunities to make money analyzing data. Dinner will also be provided!

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Thursday, February 15th, 2018
4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. 
WSU Tracy Hall Science Room 102
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This workshop, presented by University of Utah's Department of Educational Psychology Assistant Professor focusing on Science Education, Dr. Lauren Barth-Cohen, is often referred to as “improv theater for science class.” Come away learning how to implement this in your science classrooms. 
Dinner will also be provided!

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Thursday, March 22nd, 2018
4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. 
WSU Tracy Hall Science Room 102
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