June 27-29, 2006

Summer Institute

 

Sponsored by the Food systems consoritum

A close look at the cocoa flower

24 teachers participated in  a three day institute to improve the knowledge base and instructional strategies of middle school science teachers and consumer/life skills teachers, ultimately translating into higher student achievement in the area of science especially as it relates to the sustenance of our life – Food.  As part of this institute teachers gained experience using the learning framework: Understanding by Design (Wiggins and McTighe (2005). 

Working together to manage resources

Dr. Richard Merritt  describes the food system

Facilitator Terry Reagan wears a model of a compressed polymer on his head

Teachers present

their unit plans