2005-06 Yearbook

2006-07 Calendar of Events & Workshops

January 12 - 13, 2005 Artist in Residence at John Ford Middle School in Saint Matthews,SC  

January 20- 21 -"Agnes Pflumm to the Rescue" - a teacher workshop at the Tampa, Florida Aquarium, Topic: Agnes Pflumm to the Rescue!


January 26th - Project Artistic* workshop for Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School, Charleston, SC


January 29th - Project Artistic workshop at the South Carolina Aquarium for C.E. Williams Magnet School for the Sciences and Arts, Charleston,  SC


February 2nd - Project Artistic workshop for Oakland Elementary School, Charleston, SC  
February 9th - Project Artistic workshop for Memminger Elementary School,   Charleston, SC

* Project Artistic is a grant funding the integration of the arts throughout the curriculum. Its chief facilitators were Susan Antonelli & Barry Goldsmith of   Charleston, SC.

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Back to School 2005

September 30, 2005
Linking Literature, Inquiry, and the Arts: A Workshop for Pre-service Teachers at Charleston Southern University



October 15, 2005
Keynote address at Furman University for the Western Region of the Middle / Elementary School Academy of Science for South Carolina (MESAS)



November 4, 2005
Keynote address for the 2005 annual conference for the South Carolina Independent Schools Association (SCISA) Conference Website Info



November 10-11, 2005
Learning Science with Agnes Pflumm – CAROLINA Style! A workshop integrating the Agnes Pflumm science education novels with awesome CAROLINA Biological science equipment and kits

2006 - Science: A Reason to Read

• January 11
  First Ever Pond Scum Party and Booksigning - Mason Preparatory School, Charleston, SC(celebrating the debut of Pond Scum and Agnes Pflumm, the third book in the Agnes Pflumm trilogy!)
  
  
• March 2
  Charleston, S.C - South Carolina Association of School Librarians spring conference workshop - Agnes Pflumm to the Rescue: Improving Literacy Through Science.
  
  
• March 3-4
  Greenville, S.C. -Furman University Science Education Institute: Linking Science, Literature and the Arts - (for teachers of grades 4-8).
  • Goals, Agenda, Rationale Info

 

• March 21
  Columbia, S.C. - Science Social at Hand Middle School - contact Ms.Karis Mazyck
  
  
• March 22
  Greenwood, S.C - Brewer Middle School: A Day with Agnes Pflumm - contact Ms.Peggy Harrison
  
  

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2006-07 Calendar of Events & Workshops

Fall 2006 Schedule

• August    Read the Carolina Tips article, "Linking Science, Literature, and the Arts" at http://www.carolina.com/elementary/activities/science_literacy_arts.asp
  
  
• September  Read the Carolina Tips article, "Agnes Pflumm to the Rescue!  No Fear Science Projects" at http://www.carolina.com/elementary/activities/science_literacy_arts.asp
  
  
• September 28th, October 19th, November 30th The Agnes Pflumm Science Education Novels: A Strategy for Integrating Science and Language Arts in a Curriculum which Correlates with the SC Standards: a series of staff development workshops for teachers from York County 3 of Rock Hill, SC
  
  
• October 24th  Science Fair Kick Off and Professional Development at Roper Mountain Science Center, Greenville, SC.
  
  
• October 25th “How to Be a Science Fair Superhero”: a workshop with Showboard, Inc. for grade 3-5 teachers in school district 1 of Richland County, SC.
  
  
• November 2  Science: A Reason to Read  (to include a CoOL New Program on Ocean Literacy!), FeaturedTalk, South Carolina Science Council Conference (SC2), Myrtle Beach, SC  
  
  
• November 2nd “How Agnes Pflumm Makes Inquiry and Reading Matter” :a workshop for teachers at the SC Science Council Meeting in Myrtle Beach, SC
  
  November 9 Sailed aboard the Denis Sullivan, a vintage three masted schooner and floating marine classroom from Milwalkee, WI, with science educators from around the state of SC.  See my blog for the story!
  
  

Winter 2007 Schedule

• January 3, 2007 “Learning Science With Agnes Pflumm”: an inservice workshop for grade 4-5 teachers in School District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties, SC.
  
  January 13th “Water Worlds!”: featured guest speaker / performer for the grand opening of Roper Mountain Science Center’s new ecology and marine science teaching labs (Greenville, SC)
  
  January 25th “Making a Splash at Calhoun County High School! Environmental Science the Agnes Pflumm Way”: featuring ninth grade students at Calhoun County HS in St. Matthews, SC.
  
  January 29th “The REAL Agnes Pflumm!” :storytelling, singing and Q and A with the students at the SC School for the Blind in Spartanburg, SC.
  
  January 29th Science Fair Pep Rally at the all NEW McCormick Elementary School in McCormick, SC.
  

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