•	VSSI BLOG

Begun in 1995, the Virginia Museum of Natural History coordinates the annual Virginia Science Standards Institute in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Education, the Science Museum of Virginia, and a number of local and state agencies. This week-long summer learning experience is for fourth and fifth grade teachers and is designed to closely support the Science SOL and provide detailed training, print, and hands-on resources on the SOL content and skills. Graduate credit and professional development points toward recertification are available. The institute is often underwritten by the Virginia Department of Education.

VSSI 2010

Four Institutes are being conducted. Graduate credit will be offered through the School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University. For more information go to the May 21 VDOE Superintendent's Memo. The schedule is:

July 11-16, Westmoreland State Park

• Images from the week

July 18-23, Twin Lakes State Park

• Images from the week

July 25-30, Twin Lakes State Park

• Images from the week

August 8-13, Hungry Mother State Park

• Images from the week

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• 2005