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Amazing Chinese New Year Factoids!: http://www.educationworld.com/blog/chinese-new-year-comingfebruary-16th
"On the Chinese calendar, called Yan Tan, the new year is 4716....It is the beginning of a 15 day celebration!"
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The Great Backyard Bird Count: http://gbbc.birdcount.org/
"Bird watchers of all ages count birds to create a real-time snapshot of where birds are." Teacher-in-Residence (TIR) Program: http://nmai.si.edu/nk360/educators.cshtml#tir
This is eight-week paid program by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). "...the TIR work to support the development of inquiries using the IDM (Inquiry Design Model), which revolves around compelling questions, the use of primary and secondary sources, and student tasks. In addition, the TIR will create professional development strategies and materials for training teachers in their school and district as well as a personal project aligned with their professional goals." A Closer Look: Art and Science Intersections Educator Workshop: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScobJBx_ueT91F4UOg6QhqdIRLMi6xgCr4J2j7-dj86wZmUeA/viewform
This free workshop is held at the Freer/Sackler: The Smithsonian's Museums of Asian Art in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 28 from 9:30am-3:30pm in the Sackler Conference Room. Participants will "Spend the day at the Freer/Sackler learning how science can contribute to our understanding of art....Participate in hands-on science activities presented by educators from the Smithsonian Science Education Center and leave with resources you can use in your classroom. " A Closer Look: Arts of Japan Educator Workshop: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2MIwjuScSPuGLnc8eofnSLnNcVlrt2IxWKq7OznaupdfoaQ/viewform
This free workshop is held on Saturday, March 10 from 9:30am-1:30 pm in the Freer Conference Room at Freer/Sackler: The Smithsonian's Museums of Asian Art. The Claudine K. Brown Internship in Education: https://library.si.edu/about/internships-and-fellowships/travel-awards/neville-pribram-educators-awards is from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). "Sites Exhibit Department seeks an intern who has an interest in how exhibitions educate visitors and their communities, and who is interested in discovering how educational resources support visitor learning in exhibitions. The intern will assemble or develop educational materials for one or more of SITES' traveling exhibitions that are currently in development."
Neville-Pribram Mid-Career Educators Awards: https://library.si.edu/about/internships-and-fellowships/travel-awards/neville-pribram-educators-awards
"The purpose of this award is to provide an educator with travel funding that will enable him/her to use Smithsonian Libraries collections to develop educational materials (materials may include lesson plans, study modules, educational games, educational websites, etc.)" Calling All Teachers: Create an Identity-Themed Lesson: http://npg.si.edu/calling-all-teachers-create-identity-themed-lesson
"The National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access invite K-12 teachers to create lessons exploring identity." |
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