A cornerstone of TGR Foundation’s professional development offerings, STEM Studio convenes educators from the U.S. and across the globe to learn how to incorporate inquiry-based learning into their classrooms. This summer is no different! We will be bringing the same dynamic cross-collaboration and community support integral to STEM Studio to educators in a virtual format.

With a mix of digital interaction and collaboration, individual self-study and share outs, four engaging sessions of Virtual STEM Studio will be offered throughout the summer. Each session is three days long and will prepare educators to adopt inquiry as a teaching method in their classrooms, with a heightened focus on using inquiry in distance teaching. Virtual STEM Studio Video

Who: 3rd to 12th-grade educators When: June - July 2020 Options:

Week 1 - June 22-24
Week 2 - June 29-July 1
Week 3 - July 6-8
Week 4 - July 13-15

Time: 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. PDT / 12 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT

Each session is three days long and will prepare educators to adopt inquiry as a teaching method in their classrooms - a special consideration to using inquiry in remote teaching will also be included.

A sample schedule for Virtual STEM Studio is below:

Day 1: What is inquiry-based learning?

What is Inquiry? - Activity
Inquiry Cycle and Types of Inquiry - Book Study
Reflection and Office Hours

Day 2: Inquiry-Based Learning in Practice

Magnetic Migration - Collaborative Activity
Understanding the 5E Cycle of Inquiry
Reflection and Office Hours

Day 3: Developing an Inquiry Plan for Your Classroom

Development of an Inquiry Integration Plan
Feedback from Peers
Gratitude and Reflection

By the end of these three days, participants will have a plan for how they can bring what they learned about inquiry back to their school and have a schedule of monthly skill building / check-in opportunities with TGR Foundation which they can utilize to enact this plan throughout the 2020 -2021 school year.

Spaces are limited so register for your week of Virtual STEM Studio soon! Thank you for your interest in Virtual STEM Studio and to your own growth as an educator! Please send any questions to tgreducreate@tgrfoundation.org.

STEM Studios and all of TGR Foundation’s education programs are supported by corporate, foundation and individual donors in the community. As a nonprofit organization, TGRF relies on this public support to provide no and low-cost programs and services that are empowering youth to pursue their passions through education. To see a full list of our supporters, visit our website.

2020 Virtual STEM Studio - Register for one of the four sessions