Creating new ways to incorporate the energy conversation into our classrooms

 

Organized & Hosted by:

The University of Kentucky Appalachian Center

Facilitators:

Dr. Leanne Avery, SUNY Oneonta & Dr. Jenrose Fitzgerald, Univeristy of Kentucky

In this 3-day workshop, we will explore together methods for incorporating the science, engineering, and energy concepts students already know from everyday life into the science classroom, using new techniques and Appalachian examples. We will develop curricular materials together that meet the new state standards. Each day of this participatory workshop will build on conversations and activities from the day before, so it will be important to attend the full 3-day event.

The purpose of the workshop is to work collaboratively with science teachers to develop curricular materials that are place-based and aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Drawing on our collective expertise and experience we will explore how to document and build on students’ local knowledge to engage students in science, as well as how to apply students’ problem-solving skills to issues of importance to their communities.

A participatory curriculum development workshop for middle and high school science teachers from the 54 ARC-designated Appalachian KY counties. (http://www.arc.gov/counties)

There will be a panel of those who have written Appalachian Health and Well-Being, Helen Matthews Lewis:  Living Social Justice in Appalachia, The Hills Remember, and A Positive View for LGBTQ to talk about those books and take questions from the audience.

Dinner reception and booksigning event for Helen and Judi; the authors published in Appalachian Health and Well-Being; Ted Olson, editor of The Hills Remember: The Complete Short Stories of James Still; and Ellen Riggle and Sharon Rostosky, eds. of A Positive View for LGBTQ: Embracing Identity and Cultivating Well-Being. At 7PM, in Memorial Hall, there will be a panel of those who have written Appalachian Health and Well-Being, The Hills Remember, and A Positive View for LGBTQ to talk about those books and take questions from the audience.

 Helen Lewis and Judi Jennings will give an Appalachian Forum based on their new book, Helen Matthews Lewis: Living Social Justice in Appalachia.

Staged reading in Memorial Hall with talk-back for Q&A with playwright (Silas House), director (Adanma Barton), cast, crew and the band Sugar Tree at the Memorial Hall Amphitheater (rain room Gatton BE 148 for talk back session).

The UK English Department Events committee presents:

English Department Colloquium “Spoken Stories” by Gurney Norman

 Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Kentucky Author of Kinfolks and other works

Introduced by Erik Reece, Author of Lost Mountain and American Gospel

Friday April 6, 3:00p.m. in Room 211 Student Center

Refreshments served

GWS Research Matters Series presents:

Melissa Stein

"Bodies of Knowledge:  Historical Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Biological Determinism"