Discover how to plan and execute a Project-Based Learning (PBL) unit, and learn how to use PBL to animate state standards and engage students in meaningful STEM units.

The CISE, the NE Ohio regional training center, will provide a workshop on the upcoming NGSS. Educators will learn about the three dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards, and explore how they could work with your existing curriculum. Investigate ways to incorporate NGSS into your classroom.

The Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE), housed at MC2STEM High School at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio, is presenting on some informal science education resources in the Northeast Ohio region and providing opportunities for educators to explore ways to get the most out of their experiences at the Great Lakes Science Center. To learn more, click here.

The Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE) will be experienced educators will be training other educators in the region on developing and implementing capstones and learning about transdisciplinary project-based curriculum based on the concept of communication.  

Back by popular demand, the Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE) will be offering a repeat training opportunity for educators who missed the last workshop. This professional development will be faciliated by expert educators who will delve more deeply into PBL by developing a complete unit with relevant classroom projects. For more information on this and other offerings via the CISE training center site in NE Ohio, click here.

Three-day series: Apr 14 – 16 • 4:30 – 7:30 pm OR two-day series: June 9 – 10 • 9 am – 3 pm Explore the underlying concepts of PBL. Create authentic questions for your students, make connections across content areas and provide opportunities to practice 21st-century skills through capstone projects. $175.

Tuesday, April 21 4:30 – 7:30 pm Use the engineering design process to teach problem-solving. Learn three engineering design challenges, and connect them to language arts, social studies, math and science. Supports Ohio Revised Science Standards for grades 3 – 6. $65.

Tuesday, April 28 4:30 – 7:30 pm Can you make batteries or use a business card to build a robot? Learn to create circuits, experiment with electricity and demonstrate energy transformation. Supports Ohio Revised Science Standards for grades 4 – 7. $65.