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The author team visits Central Bucks School District!

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

More from Science Companion on the road in Pennsylvania.

Researchers from the University of Chicago’s Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education (CEMSE) and a cohort of Science Companion authors visited Central Bucks School District in Bucks County, Pennsylvania last week. CEMSE is collecting and analyzing data to study the effects of Science Companion on student achievement and on student and teacher attitudes toward science. Student outcome data, student questionnaires, teacher questionnaires, and fidelity of implementation instruments will yield data that CEMSE will analyze to determine Science Companion’s impacts and effectiveness.

Jen Arrow’s Life Cycle Wall:

Lisa Cirulli’s classroom:

Nature’s Recyclers lesson outside:

It was a busy week, but great fun for the authors who got to see Science Companion in action!

Tags: Bucks County, CEMSE, Science Companion, science curriculum
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Science Companion Author Event in Bucks County, PA

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Science Companion is on the road!

Science Companion and our fabulous Pennsylvania sales Reps Molly and Sam Felicia hosted an author event in Bucks County last week. We had a bunch of authors on hand as well as folks from CEMSE. Great food, great conversation — a great evening, all around! It’s really a treat for our authors to get to meet and learn from teachers in the classroom.

From left to right are Molly Felicia, Meg Griffin (PA trainer), Carol Frymire (CEPC HR), Lance Campbell (author), Colleen Bell (author), and Sam Felicia.

Tags: Bucks County, CEMSE, Science Companion
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Train the Trainers Session…

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Central Bucks School District Field Trip

Thanks to all of you who attended the Train the Trainers Session!

At Science Companion, we believe that teachers are the best teachers, and we recognize that school districts often struggle to come up with funding to bring in expensive outside trainers. So, we use, whenever possible, a “Train the Trainers” model, where one of our Professional Development Experts comes and works with lead teachers in the school district so they can learn how best to support their colleagues.

Here are some photos of the group that met yesterday: