MITS
Museum Institute for Teaching Science
Professional Development
Professional Development for PreK-8 Teachers
- Participate in the MITS Summer Institute and learn how to teach STEM subjects using the process of inquiry-based, hands-on, minds-on approach
- Engage in activities that reflect both process and content
- Learn from primary resource materials at museums, nature centers, aquariums, zoos, and conservancies, etc. by the site educators
- Become more familiar with the process of asking questions, and communicating ideas, discoveries, and results.
- Learn to incorporated inquiry-based, hands-on activities into your current lesson plans
- Collaborate with other teachers from your area
- Receive teaching materials from the site educators and a one-year free subscription to Science Is Elementary
The Institutes activities are linked to the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Framework and the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework (MST/E)
Professional Development for Museum Educators
- Professional development for informal educators/personnel to keep up-to-date on educational reform
- Enhance your programs and exhibits
- Network with other cultural institutions across the Northeast