Virginia Museum of Natural History

VSSI 2006


	•	2006 PICTURES: Snapshots from VSSI 2006.

2006 Agenda (Including SOLs)

	Sunday, July 16, 2006
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm	Registration and Cabin Check-in
	Monday, July 17
7:30 am to 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am to 9:00 am	Welcoming Remarks Dr. Denny Casey, Director of Education and Public Programs, VMNH
9:00 am to 10:15 am	Learning Cycle: Engagement Denny
10:15 am to 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am to 12:15 am	Exploration in Science Process Skills (4.1, 5.1) Denny
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm to 3:15 pm	Force, Motion and Energy; Moving Objects, Sound and Energy (4.2, 5.2) David Hagan, Staff Scientist, Physical Science, Science Museum of Virginia
3:15 pm to 3:30 pm	Break
3:30 pm to 5:15 pm	Electricity, light, Solar Energy, and Natural Processes (4.3, 5.3) David
6:00 pm	Dinner
8:30 pm	Can't Get Enough Science - Stargazing with David (4.7)
	Tuesday, July 18
7:30 am to 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am to 10:15 am	Matter (5.4) David and Sue Kirk, Director of Teacher Programs, Science Museum of Virginia
10:15 am to 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am to 12:15 pm	Matter - Properties of Air; Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems (4.6) David and Sue
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm to 3:15 pm	Ecosystems and Habitats (4.5, 4.8, 5.6 c) Sue
3:15 pm to 3:30 pm	(continued)
6:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm	Can't Get Enough Science - Night Crawlers (4.5, 5.5 d) Dr. Richard Hoffman, Curator of Recent Invertebrates, VMNH
	Wednesday, July 19
7:30 am to 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am to 9:45 am	Living Systems; Plant Walk (4.4, 4.5, 4.8 b, 5.5 a, b, c) Holly Walker, Programs Manager, DCR
9:45 am to 10:00 am	Break
10:00 am to 11:00 am	(continued)
11:00 am to 12:15 pm	Earth Patterns, Cycles, Change in Rock Cycle, Plate Tectonics, and Resources (4.8 c, 5.7) Dr. Jim Beard, Curator of Earth Sciences, VMNH
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm	(continued)
3:00 pm to 3:30 pm	Break
3:30 pm to 6 pm	Project Learning Tree: Energy and Society (4.5, 5.8, 5.5 a, b, c) Ellen Reynolds, Executive Director, Beagle Ridge Environmental Education Center
6:15 pm	Dinner
7:15 pm	Can't Get Enough Science - Karst Caravan Carol Zokaites, Karst Education Coordinator, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Virginia Karst Program
	Thursday, July 20
7:30 am to 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am to 10:15 am	Project Underground (4.5, 4.8, 5.7) Carol
10:15 am to 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am to 12:15 pm	Earth Patterns, Cycles, and Change (5.7 b) Dr. Lauck Ward, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology, VMNH
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm to 4:00 pm	Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems (4.5 c, d, 5.1, 5.6, 5.7 b) Dr. Judith Winston, Curator of Marine Biology, VMNH
4:00 pm to 4:15 pm	Break
4:15 pm to 5:15 pm	Meaningful Watershed Experiences (4.5, 4.8 a) Llyn Sharp, Assistant Director Science Outreach Program, Virginia Tech Geosciences
6:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm	Can't Get Enough Science - Sunset Canoeing on Hungry Mother Lake Llyn and Denny
	Friday, July 21
7:30 am to 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am to 10:15 am	Meaningful Watershed Experiences Continued (4.5, 4.8 a) Llyn
10:15 am to 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am to 12:15 pm	(continued)
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm	Wrap-up and Evaluation

Presenting Agencies:

Beagle Ridge Environmental Eduction Center
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Science Museum of Virginia
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Virginia Tech

For a list of 2006 VSSI participants, please click here.


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