Hear from museum educators and content experts, try hands-on activities, explore museum objects, and gain new resources to develop your teaching practice in our professional development sessions.
We offer professional development in a variety of formats, from in person trainings, live webinars, and on demand recordings.
Jump to a Section: Join a Regularly Scheduled Webinar By Reservation On Demand
Join Museum experts live using Zoom to a professional development training in real time. At least two live webinars happen each school year. New programs will be announced each fall.
Hear from museum educators and content experts, try hands-on activities, explore museum objects, and gain new resources to develop your teaching practice in our professional development sessions.
We offer professional development in a variety of formats, from in person trainings, live webinars, and on demand recordings.
Jump to a Section: Join a Regularly Scheduled Webinar By Reservation On Demand
Join Museum experts live using Zoom to a professional development training in real time. At least two live webinars happen each school year. New programs will be announced each fall.
November 19, 2024 | 8 - 9:15pm
Archaeologists use aerial images to learn more about the past. Join us as we explore how changing your perspective can help you uncover new information.
March 18, 2025 | 8 - 9:15pm
Unleash your students’ creativity through the medium of stop motion animation and try your hand at your own space-inspired animation.
Bring professional development into your school with in-person or virtual sessions on a variety of topics. Professional development on demand can be customized for different teacher groups and grade levels. Browse the topics below and fill out our request form to connect with us and start planning.
Explore how using questions with no definitive answers can help students think deeply, engage in lively discussion, and provide evidence for their thinking. Think about the costs and benefits of space exploration through objects.
Discoveries and technological advances sometimes have a darker side, and it is important to engage students around complex stories and perspectives. Learn how to facilitate difficult conversations with thinking routines.
Failure doesn’t mean we give up. Build your students’ critical reasoning and problem solving skills with engineering design and empower students to get inspired through failure. Explore ways to incorporate design thinking to all subjects, grade levels and students.
Preschoolers may first notice their shadow while playing out in the sun. You can build on this interest to design playful explorations outside and inside the classroom that deepen children’s understanding of light and shadow.
The Museum has hundreds of objects that tell the story of aerospace history. But teaching with objects isn’t limited to museums. Learn how close looking and observation skills can be used on any objects.
Want to teach your students about the solar system and beyond but don’t have access to a planetarium? Learn about Stellarium, a free planetarium software that can help teach about seasons, moon phases, solar system bodies, constellation stories, and more.
Watch recorded professional development sessions anytime on YouTube.
