Texas A&M Regional Collaborative for Science Teaching

04/06/2024

To my geology/Earth science friends. This light blue topaz is the largest topaz ever found in North America. It was found in 1904 in Mason County, TX, and weighs almost 3 pounds (6480 carats). It was sold to the Smithsonian for $75 and was displayed there until 1996, when it was loaned to the Mason County Museum. You can see it there, on the square in Mason!

03/27/2024

Howdy, teacher friends! We would appreciate your help. We just received funding for G-Camp 2024 and are way behind the power curve in getting applicants.

Please apply and talk to your colleagues about G-Camp and encourage them to apply. Applications will open tomorrow and close on April 19th. We will post the application link on the G-Camp website and Facebook tomorrow.

G-Camp 2024 will run from Saturday, June 29th until Saturday, July 12th. The complete itinerary will be posted on the website tomorrow.

Don't miss this opportunity!

04/05/2022

FYI:
It has been two years since we have been able to do a face-to-face GCamp in the field. We are excited as we will be doing face-to-face GCamp this summer.

Although we had selected our 30 teachers two years ago, things change and peoples’ plans and availability change. So, I am excited to say we have a few vacancies that have become available for GCamp 2022.

GCamp 2022 will run from June 30th to July 14th.

The description and application can be found at

https://geogeo.tamu.edu/academics/camps-outreach/gcamp.html

If you would like to attend or know of a teacher who would benefit from this opportunity, apply now.

G-Camp is a field camp for 5th - 12th grade science teachers that provides first-hand experience with the principles of geology in the field, helps you develop new curriculum and virtual fieldtrips for your classroom, and makes learning fun and exciting out-of-doors.

08/27/2019

Margaret Hahn Leifeste

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04/25/2018

Cindy Galow Lafferty, Joyce Benton Sechelski

Even today, a lot of people carry around notebooks filled with daily reminders, significant dates, thoughts, and other important information. But there's an artist who uses notebooks to make amazing art. Jose Naranja creates breath-taking and well-thought-out notebooks from scratch.

09/01/2017

Wonderful teacher workshops! Register now!

08/31/2017

Upcoming workshops for September!

Saturday, Sept. 9 – Journaling and Foldables: Participants will create sample journals and foldables for use in any classroom (with an emphasis on chemistry examples but adaptable for any topic.) Leaders: LaVonda Popp, Carolyn Schroeder

Saturday, Sept. 23 – English Language Proficiency Standards: Ever wonder how to help your students who are not proficient in English? What can you do to make science come alive for them? How can you scaffold your subject matter to make it ELL friendly? Come to this workshop to find the answers to these questions and more! Leader: Laura Stafford

Saturday, Sept. 30 – 5th and 8th Grade and Biology Fold-A-Lopes : Participants will make a Fold-a-lope addressing every Reporting Category for the relevant STAAR exam. When you leave the workshop, you will have a complete model and students will have everything they need to study for the exam at their fingertips. You can start in the fall and create the booklet throughout the year or wait until spring and make it as a review. When you register, indicate which grade/subject you will be participating in. Leaders: 5th – Josalyn Conwell, 8th – Laura Stafford, Biology – Karen Killion.

08/09/2017

08/03/2017