COURSES

"Teaching Science through the Inquiry Process (TSIP)"

A Graduate Course from MSSEF’s  Curious Minds Initiative (CMI)

TSIP is part of the new STEM CERTIFICATE in INQUIRY program from Framingham State University (3 courses)

About TSIP

TSIP provides practical strategies to infuse more inquiry into teaching practice and curricula. This is a hands-on course, and science teachers bring to the TSIP Institute 2-3 three of their existing labs or classroom activities to adapt and make greater use of inquiry-based techniques.

TSIP Benefits

• New ways to integrate inquiry into your curriculum: Revise 2-3 of your lesson plans or lab activities to include inquiry techniques
• Motivate your students with the "real-world" discovery process.
• Tuition Scholarships A limited number of partial and full tuition scholarships available (registration fee of $25pp is additional).
• Teams of teachers get priority acceptance: Be part of a supportive team to enable your success back in the school and classroom.

TSIP – A Practical Way to Learn About the Inquiry Model of Teaching!

Through investigations, discussions, presentations, activities, and analysis of lessons and samples of student work, teachers will learn ways to Connect inquiry classroom activities with Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Help students to experience the key steps in "real-world" scientific research and engineering invention, including how to:

• Develop an appropriate experimental question
• Conduct and design a valid experiment
• Record and analyze data
• Draw conclusion(s) and present results

Fees, Credits and More 

Please note that registration fees & graduate credit costs are non-refundable.

TSIP was developed by the Massachusetts State Science & Engineering Fair (MSSEF) in collaboration with the Education Development Center (EDC)