"Guaranteed to rekindle your excitement for teaching science!" The National Hands-on Science Institute offers week-long teacher training workshops designed to meet the needs of elementary school teachers who want to make science more exciting, stimulating, and meaningful in their classrooms. All of the Institute workshops continue the very successful model of inservicing teachers in the morning and then immediately practicing the demonstrations and activities with enthusiastic children who attend the science camps in the afternoon. Best of all, teacher participants take home approximately $500 worth of books and materials to facilitate hands-on learning in their classrooms.

Winter Science Workshop

NHOSI is presented by Steve Spangler Science and has been hosted by Regis University over the years and by Front Range Community College in 2003. Learn about the history of the Institute, the inception of this unique teaching model, and the people who make it so successful.

 


Hands-on Science I for Elementary Teachers centers around the following themes: All About Air, Electricity and Magnetism, Mystery Science, Soda Bottle Science (physical science activities with soda bottles), and Fun with Polymers. Teachers take home dozens of highly visual demonstrations and accompanying hands-on activities that challenge inquisitive minds and stimulate further inquiry. Most importantly, teachers develop strategies for turning ordinary "hands-on" activities into inquiry-based learning experiences that meet the objectives of the emerging state and national science standards.

  • Participate in more than 200 ready-to-use science activities and eye-catching demonstrations.
  • Use active learning strategies that make students want to learn more... and more!
  • Take home $500 worth of teaching materials ready to be used in your classroom... immediately!
  • Plan material that is inquiry-based, standard-related, and kid-tested.