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Rachel Ward and peer leader will lead a two-week Chemistry Modeling Workshop at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama.
This workshop is one hosted by STEMteachersBHM.

Rachel Ward has a Ph.D. in Chemistry and has taught at the college and high school level since 2002 and has been using Modeling Instruction in her classroom since 2013.  Since the summer of 2013, she has attended four summer workshops in Modeling Instruction in NYC, including Leadership Training in 2015. Rachel has served as an intern and a co-leader of Modeling Chemistry 1 in NYC in successive summers.  She is currently teaching Chemistry and AP Chemistry at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School in Florida. 

Karen Ladd is a recently retired science teacher from Arkansas. She spent 41 years in the classroom using Modeling Instruction in both Physics and Chemistry for the past 15 years. She has co-led Modeling Physics workshops and attended the Leadership Training in NYC in 2016. She currently works as an AP Science consultant in Arkansas.

Workshop description:
The Modeling Method is introduced as a systematic approach to the design of curriculum and instruction. The name Modeling Instruction expresses an emphasis on making and using conceptual models of physical phenomena as central to learning and doing science. 
 
Chemistry Workshop Goals
The Modeling approach to chemistry is based on the particulate nature of matter.  The AMTA  webpage on chemistry asks three fundamental questions about matter:
   1. How do we view matter?
   2. How does it behave?
   3.What is the role of energy in the changes we observe?
First we will introduce the Modeling approach to high school science instruction.  This methodology makes student thinking visible through white board presentations, Socratic questioning and peer review.  The second goal is to practice and enhance the current chemistry modeling curriculum.  Emphasis will be placed on the first nine units: the simple particle through relating how much to how many particles (i.e. stoichiometry).

• Date:       July 15-26, 2019
• Location: Birmingham-Southern College 900 Arkadelphia Rd, Birmingham, AL 35254
• Leaders:  Rachel Ward and TBD
• Costs:      $750
• Housing:  Dorm rooms are available at $50 single occupancy and $26/night double occupancy at the nearby University of Alabama at Birmingham. 

Enrollment is limited. Registration deadline is May 18, 2019.

If you need a purchase order or invoice, please contact Wendy
by email: wendy@modelinginstruction.org  or 
by phone: 480-854-4764