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We offer free Professional Development sessions for Philadelphia-area high school biology teachers and middle school life science teachers. Our next scheduled PD is described below.
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Hello Biology and Life Science Teachers,
You are invited to our free online evolution PD for high school biology teachers and middle school life science teachers on Saturday, February 28, 9-12 AM (EST). Our PD will include:
· What is natural selection? (https://serendipstudio.org/exchange/bioactivities/NaturalSelectionIntro)
· How Eyes Evolved – Analyzing the Evidence (https://serendipstudio.org/exchange/bioactivities/NaturalSelectionIntro)
· Natural Selection and Adaptation over Ecological Timescales, a talk by Dr. Paul Schmidt, Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
If you plan to participate, please register by filling out the form at https://forms.gle/jco9BBLQqWz4YLHt5 by Thursday, February 26.
We will provide Act 48 credits for all participating Pennsylvania teachers. Out-of-state teachers can get a message verifying their participation.
Please save the date (April 25) for our ecology PD.
We hope you will share this information with other teachers who may be interested. Please encourage interested teachers to sign up for our PD listserv so they will receive subsequent announcements. To sign up for the listserv, go to https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/biology-pd; please give a reason for signing up (so we will know you are a real person and not an automated program).
We hope to see you at our PD,
Ingrid and Lori