Teacher Institutes
Teacher Institutes
The Center for Global Environmental Education offers FREE professional development teacher institutes which are based on a philosophy of inquiry and field-based learning. We focus on science education through intense, real-life experiences. We celebrate education and help teachers in the classrooms feel engaged in the their environment.
Summer 2023
The Center will offer the following FREE teacher professional development institutes in 2023:
St. Louis River and Estuary Institute | June 19-21 | Duluth, MN
Mississippi River Delta Institute | July 10-12 | New Orleans, LA
Mississippi River Institute | July 24-26 | Minneapolis and St Paul, MN
WaterWorks! A Drinking Water Institute | August 7-9 | Columbia Heights, MN
Floodplain Forest Inquiry
Macroinvertebrate Investigation
Engineering Investigations
Watch our Rivers Institute YouTube videos to get a sense of how our educators engage in hands-on explorations of major river systems.
Past Institutes
Virtual Mississippi River Institute | Tuesday evenings | January 10, 17, 24, 31 and February 7 | Online
Trinity River Institute | Texas
Science and Engineering Practices in Action | Anoka-Hennepin Area Teachers
BioTIC | Biotechnology and Microbiology for Teachers In the Classroom
TIMES | Teaching Inquiry-based Minnesota Earth Science
Contact
Sara Robertson, Program Administrator
srobertson01@hamline.edu