Discovery Place Education Studio Summer Course Guide 2015 | Page 8

Makerspace Math Manipulatives
Date: July 30 9:00 a.m. - noon
Registration Fee: $55
Rapid prototyping technologies such as 3D printing and laser cutting can allow for the
creation of complex models and manipulatives for the middle school math classroom.
Learn about the technology and how to use the objects produced in your classroom.
All participants will receive a kit of objects designed to support instruction.

What’s The Weather Like In Your Classroom?
Date: July 31 9:00 a.m. - noon
Registration Fee: $60
Initially developed as a science fair project by a 7th grade student, learn to identify
and utilize bio-indicators of weather. Create your own man-made instruments to
experiment with and take home the materials and plans to develop a weather
tracking and prediction station in your classroom.

DIY: SmartPhone Microscope
Date: July 31 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Registration Fee: $35
Make a portable microscope that utilizes a smartphone to view and record images.
Use this portable microscope outdoors to examine objects “in the field.”

Aquatic WILD
Date: August 3 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Registration Fee: $15 (Program is provided free of charge by NCWRC. Registration fee
covers lunch, refreshments and parking.)

Guest Instructor: CC King, NC Wildlife Resource Commission (NCWRC)
Learn methods and protocols for conducting scientific investigations that explore
aquatic wildlife and ecology, including how to formulate a research question,
engage in systematic data collection and draw conclusions. Use a variety of
tools and instruments from litmus tests to smartphone applications and explore
the application of technology, science concepts and math skills. North Carolina
Environmental Education Criteria I credits are available upon request.

Homeschool Teachers

Engineering is Elementary:
Now You’re Cooking - Designing Solar Ovens
Date: July 30 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Registration Fee: $35
In Botswana, where firewood for cooking fuel is in short supply, people are turning to
solar-powered cookers. The storybook Lerato Cooks Up a Plan introduces the idea
of the sun as a renewable energy source. Review the concepts of thermal insulators
and conductors, then test different materials to find the best insulators. Consider
the life cycle and environmental impacts of each insulator, then design and test a
solar oven. The EiE program is designed for teachers of students in grades 1-5.

Participate in a series of Workshops designed just for homeschool
educators. Explore curriculum, expand skills and experiment with
activities that can be used at home. Plus, collaborate and build
connections with other homeschool educators. Homeschool Teacher
Workshops are for the educator only. We cannot accommodate
children during the sessions.

Life Science
Date: August 24 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Registration Fee: $20
Learn about life science activities that can be utilized to support the biology
curriculum and life science goals at any grade level. Practice micropipetting, extract
DNA and discover science labs that explore unicellular organisms and structures.

Dissection
Date: August 25 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Registration Fee: $20
Want to incorporate a dissection into your homeschool courses to support learning
about adaptations, anatomy and biology? Participate in a squid dissection and
examine its unique structure including the beak, chromatophores, buccal bulb and
ink sac. Learn to safely guide your students through the dissection process and how
to obtain materials and equipment necessary to conduct the dissection.

Engineering
Date: August 26 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Registration Fee: $20
Participate in a series of han