HS Forms

Yes, I know, in NJ, forms are not really an issue, but I found some neat free printables from Donna Young for planners, to track attendance and for individual subjects.

But you may want some comic strip forms already set up for you.

However, if you want to keep track of attendance, consider: Donna Young's Attendance forms starting in July or August.

Sheep Hill Observatory

The Sheep Hill Observatory is in Boonton NJ at the end of Ross Drive. It features a 16-foot dome housing a 16-inch Newtonian equatorially mounted telescope. Public observing 3rd Friday of every month. Beginning at dusk, weather permitting.

Observatory off Ross Drive
Observatory phone 9793 335 5990
Public Nights 3rd Friday every month. Club Nights Saturday closest to the new moon.
Meetings 1st Sunday every month at Boonton Town Hall Community Room. New website under construction?

Last year's Astronomy Day in Boonton.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Solar observing at Wal-Mart parking lot during the day.
Astronomical Observing at the observatory in the evening weather permitting.

This is the best information I had at the time of posting.

Classes for Educators

Who offers seminars for educators? (Their primary audience is teachers with no childcare issues so seminars might start at 9 a.m. on a weekday, be patient with them!) At least:

• Morris County Parks (Register for 2008-09 workshops),
• Montclair Art Museum Educator Resources
  
• Morris Museum (Morristown),
• Mayo Community Theatre (Morristown),
• Liberty Science Center,
• New Jersey Astronomy Center at Raritan Community College,
• Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum (Brunswick, listing, For more info. call 732.932.7237, ext. 615. Brunswick)

all offer seminars for educators. Also check out Project WET Education for Teacher NJ Training Schedule. It includes a Project WET training date at the Morris Museum (Morristown, March 2008).

* Montclair Art Museum Educator Resources, including Teacher Programs & Workshops FREE For High School & College Educators, Call (973) 746-5555 ext. 213 to RSVP; or email tours@montclairartmuseum.org Earn 2 hours of Professional Development credit for each session. Join us for a special evening for teachers of grades Pre-K through college. Come view the exhibitions, enjoy light refreshments and learn how the Museum can be a valuable resource for your class.

* Morris Museum offers courses from $30 to $85 (for a 2-day training) as well as $10 "open house tours" They also have School Loan and Outreach Education, including items and collections that can be borrowed by educators.

* Mayo Community Theatre has $30 professional development seminars on topics, including theatre in the classroom, bringing history alive, and on Shakespeare - or get one free if you book "class trips" to their "on school time shows" (not those by Arts Power).

* Liberty Science Center offers periodic Teacher Impact Workshops (usually $8 each for 10 am - 2 pm) and monthly Teacher Connections (Saturdays, 9 am - noon; $139.00 for yearlong membership; $60.00 per session). Teacher Impact Workshops for 2007 included topics like: Nervous Systems and Behavior, Weather or Not, and The Science of Sound. Teacher Connections topics have included:

• Our Hudson Home, June 7, 2008: Learn about estuary wildlife, the relationships between nature and humanity, and how human choices and actions affect the ecological health of the Hudson River. ...

* New Jersey Astronomy Center at Raritan Community College Courses for teachers – NJACE offers workshops to help teachers increase their students’ understanding of difficult astronomical concepts. "At our workshops teachers DO the activities while presenters MODEL true inquiry based learning. We don’t lecture to teachers. Teachers will walk away with lots of resources, an increased understanding of astronomy, increased confidence to teach it, and a binder full of hands-on inquiry-based activities they can do tomorrow in their classroom. All workshops are limited to the first 20 registered participants!

For more information and registration forms for NJAC courses, click on the workshop name or contact Theresa Moody at 908-526-1200 x 8942 or email tmoody@raritanval.edu or visit their site to see all their workshop dates! They also offer summer institutes.