From 2007-2008 Grant

Southern New Hampshire Science Teacher Collaborative Network

We invite you to participate in an exciting new collaborative for science teaching in southern New Hampshire. The collaborative is designed to support collaboration among teachers from five school districts: Nashua, Hudson, Milford, Hollis-Brookline and Bedford. The project is made possible by a Mathematics Science Partnership Initiative grant awarded by the New Hampshire Department of Education.

Project Goals:

• To establish a supportive and collegial professional development culture focused on teaching and learning in science that includes a Summer Science Institute and development of a Science Teacher Collaborative.
• To support teacher understanding of the role of children′s ideas in science, how children develop scientific understanding, and the critical role of ongoing assessment in learning and teaching in science.
• To support teacher knowledge of the pedagogy needed to develop student understanding of the physical science concepts identified by the Grade Level Learning Expectations of the New Hampshire Science Frameworks.
• To extend teacher knowledge and understanding of physical science concepts, especially those identified by the physical science strand of the revised NH Science Frameworks.