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Bruce MacFadden, Montbrook Fossil Site

Director Bruce MacFadden leads 360° Virtual Tour of Florida Fossil Hall

May 22, 2020

K-12 students experienced a virtual field trip through 45 million years of Florida history.

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Calling All Scientists — We Need You!

May 14, 2020

We are seeking scientists to serve as mentors during a virtual K-12 teacher summer professional development workshop from July 6-10, 2020.

frog varieties

Florida Museum Curator of Herpetology Guides K-12 Students on Virtual Field Trip to Mounts Botanical Garden

May 13, 2020

SEFS partners with Mounts Botanical Garden to merge art and science for a unique distance-learning opportunity.

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FGCU Paleoclimatologist Shares Her Journey and Findings with K-12 Students Via Livestream

Apr 6, 2020

SEFS has expanded virtual scientist visits to schools throughout Florida as a result of the pandemic and is collaborating with partners from across the state like FGCU to create educational, fun and efficient virtual learning opportunities for K-12 students.

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Scientist in Every Florida School Program Delivers Online Resources to K-12 teachers Amid COVID-19 Crisis

Mar 31, 2020

The program has developed a suite of digital, on-demand K-12 resources that teachers can easily deploy using their virtual teaching platform of choice.

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Ant-y Adventures with Alachua and Palm Beach County Students

Mar 25, 2020

Have you seen this ant? If so, the Lucky lab wants to know!

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Home Schooling? SEFS Joins Forces with the Community Scholars Initiative to Deliver Daily Doses of Educational Enrichment

Mar 18, 2020

Activities to offer guidance to parents who must now assist with their children’s education in ways we could not fathom just one month ago.

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Scientist Shares Her Love of Bats Via Virtual Visit with 5th Graders

Mar 17, 2020

Both teacher and scientist planned a unique lesson in which content would be delivered ‘from the field’ through video and audio recordings from Jayarajan’s fieldwork in the Bahamas.

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SEFS Scientists Deliver Current Biology Content to High School Teachers During Professional Development Day in Palm Beach County

Mar 16, 2020

The continued collaboration with the scientists as a result of the professional development day is a testament to the success of building strong teacher-scientist professional learning communities. 

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Applications Now Open for Scientist in Every Florida School “Nature of Science” Professional Development Workshop

Mar 3, 2020

During the workshop, teachers will assist scientists with ongoing research projects while developing lesson plans based on what they’ve learned.

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