The Tools that Built Tennessee - TN State Museum Teacher Professional Development
Join us as we partner with the Northeast TN STEM Innovation Hub at East Tennessee State University for a fascinating in-person event! Discover the remarkable tools that shaped the history of Tennessee. This teacher professional development session is designed to provide educators with valuable insights and resources to enhance their teaching. We will be analyzing tools used from the prehistoric period up through statehood to learn how people lived and thrived in Tennessee. (And yes, you will get to touch actual artifacts.)
Teachers will become the students as we work our way through activities that you can use in your classroom to discover what these objects from that past tell us about the culture and history that formed our state.
Highlights include:
- Actual 3D objects that you can analyze and explore
- STEAM and ELA connections as we explore the function and design of various tools
- Ready to use materials and activities to take back to your classroom
- Learn about the other FREE classroom resources of the Tennessee State Museum
- Grow your content knowledge of early Tennessee history
- 6 hours of in-service credit
- Free lunch
Social Studies Standards:
SSP.01, SSP.02, SSP.04, SSP.05
3.19, 3.22, 3.29, 3.31
5.27, 5.28
Science and Engineering Practices:
- Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering) to determine what is known, what has yet to be satisfactorily explained, and what problems need to be solved.
- Planning and carrying out controlled investigations to collect data that is used to test existing theories and explanations, revise and develop new theories and explanations, or assess the effectiveness, efficiency, and durability of designs under various conditions.
- Constructing explanations and designing solutions to explain phenomena or solve problems.
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information from scientific texts in order to derive meaning, evaluate validity, and integrate information.
