{"id":49865,"date":"2022-01-04T11:06:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=49865"},"modified":"2022-03-24T15:09:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T19:09:22","slug":"early-childhood-dinosaur-science-discovery","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/early-childhood-dinosaur-science-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Educator Trek: Early Childhood Dinosaur Science Discovery – Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bring the excitement of dinosaurs to your classroom! Join us virtually on Zoom as we embark on a prehistoric adventure. Learn how to capture young children\u2019s excitement about the latest dinosaur discoveries to spark a love of science learning. This year\u2019s workshop will focus on Triceratops<\/em> and Tyrannosaurus rex<\/em>, which are not only some of the most popular dinosaurs but the centerpieces of the Museum\u2019s newest dinosaur acquisition \u2013 the Dueling Dinosaurs.<\/p>\n

Upon completion of the workshop, eligible teachers will receive by mail $100 worth of science, math, and literacy materials, a dinosaur tote bag, and an activity-filled flash drive (information on eligibility below). Teachers will use the materials to complete 0.5 hours of homework to earn the full 2 hours of credit. Teachers will have one month to complete homework, homework due on May 3, 2022<\/p>\n

Credit:<\/strong> Eligible registrants will receive 2 hours (1.5 synchronous and 0.5 asynchronous, once materials arrive) for Early Childhood Renewal Credit CEUs or for Criteria III hours for North Carolina’s Environmental Education Certification Program<\/a><\/p>\n

Non-eligible registrants will receive 1.5 hours of credits. The 0.5 hours of homework is optional and may be completed if you choose to provide your own materials.<\/p>\n

Eligibility:<\/strong> To be eligible to receive the $100 worth of materials, registrants must primarily be educators of preschool children ages 3 to 5 years old. Additionally, over 51% of your students must be from low to moderate income (LMI) families. The LMI household income limit varies by county:<\/p>\n

Wake and Johnston: $67,445<\/em>
\nFranklin, Nash, Edgecombe, and Wayne: $42,540<\/em>
\nOrange, Durham, and Chatham: $62,960<\/em>
\nColumbus and Robeson: $41,840<\/em>
\nCumberland and Pender: $42,240<\/em>
\nBladen: $25,900
\nPitt: $49,120<\/em><\/p>\n

If you teach in another NC county, please contact jan.weems@naturalsciences.org for details.<\/em><\/p>\n

Registration information: <\/strong>\u00a0This program is full.<\/p>\n

\"PNC<\/p>\n

Sponsored in part by a PNC Grow Up Great<\/em> Grant:
\nDinosaurs: A Gateway to Early Childhood Dinosaur Discovery<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bring the excitement of dinosaurs to your classroom! Join us virtually on Zoom as we embark on a prehistoric adventure. Learn how to capture young children\u2019s excitement about the latest dinosaur discoveries to spark a love of science learning. This year\u2019s workshop will focus on Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex, which are not only some of… Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[68,6,173,20],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/49865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/49865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49865"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=49865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}