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• Starry Saturday Planetarium Show

  • Start
    22 Sep 2018
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  • End
    27 Apr 2019
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  • Schedule
    13 sessions
  • Location
    SD Discovery Center

  

  Our digital planetarium is open to the public the second and forth Saturday of each month!  Show topics vary depending on the presenter (Greek or Lakota constellations, the moon, deep space objects, etc.).  It’s fun for the whole family. All ages welcome!

  Free with paid admission.  Members free. 

  
  

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• Teaching Phenomenally

  • Start
    29 Oct 2018
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  • End
    29 Apr 2019
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    via Google Meet
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  Add hands-on, phenomena driven teaching to your classroom!

  Join us the last Monday of Oct-April (not December) for a two hour professional development about using phenomena in your science teaching that will excite your students and lead them into exploration and discovery.

  Use experiences such as water and surface temperature to draw your students into not just learning about but actually doing science. Connect with South Dakota researchers and bring their research into your classroom. Learn how to find the phenomena in GEMS kits.

  Bonus! Get additional content from National Geographic and learn how to become a National Geographic Certified Educator.

  One credit is for attending all sessions plus completing a practicum of planning, teaching and reflecting on a phenomena based activity by the end of the class. 

  Session Topics:

  • Oct 29 - Introduction to Phenomena and Nat Geo Certified Educator
    
  • Nov 26 - Water Transparency - . What does water transparency tell us about erosion, geology, geography and human impacts?
  • Jan 28 - Air Pollution and Brain Disease -  How do particulates found in air pollution affect cells and living organisms?
  • Feb 25 - Surface Temperature. What is surface temperature? How does it relate to our climate?
  • Mar 25 - Engineered Bones. How does our body heal bone injuries and how can we help bones repair themselves?
  • Apr 29  - Soil. What is soil? How is it made? Why does it matter to us?
  • By May 20 - 

    Practicum. Prepare, teach, and reflect upon a phenomena based lesson.

    
     

  
  

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• CuriosiTeens

  • Start
    31 Jan 2019
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  • End
    25 Apr 2019
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    SDEA, 411 E Capitol Ave
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  Do you like exciting experiments? Meeting scientists? Learning new things? Then you will love CuriosiTeens!  Meet up with other teens who enjoy STEM* too. (*Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) 
  

  Ages: 10 and up 
  Time: Thursdays January 31, February 28, March 28, and April 25 from 3:15 – 5:00 PM (4 sessions)
  Location change! Instead of at Georgia Morse, all sessions will be held in the board room at SDEA (411 E Capitol Ave, adjacent to GMMS)
  Fee:  members: $30, non-members: $35

  The Date	The STEM	The Details
  January 31	Dive Deep Dissection	Explore the anatomy of a squid and look inside this fascinating invertebrate to explore its peculiar features
  February 28	Masters of Mimicry	Follow the Amazon Adventure of Henry Bates, naturalist and explorer and discover the many faces of animal mimicry.
  March 28	Modular Robotics - Sense, Think, Act	Explore Cubelets and build a robot that can sense, think, and act on its own. Solve design challenges and discovery what your robot can do!
  April 25	Modular Robotics Challenge: Animal Adaptations	Take animal adaptation to the next level: use Cubelets to design a creature with unique adaptations to a new environment.

  
  

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• Itty Bitty Einsteins

  • Start
    2 Feb 2019
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  • End
    4 May 2019
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    SD Discovery Center

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  Itty Bitty Einsteins

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  Ages: 3-5 years with parent or grandparent
  Time: 1st Saturdays from 10:30-11:30 AM, February 2, March 2, April 6, May 4
  Location: SD Discovery Center
  Fee: FREE, members only

  These free, members-only events introduce preschoolers and their parents to fun, hands-on Discovery Center science.
  - enjoy hands-on science with your kid(s)
  - meet other preschool parents
  - get to know the SD Discovery Center

  Coffee available starting at 10 AM

  
  

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• Great Explorations in Math and Science

  • Start
    4 Feb 2019
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  • End
    22 Apr 2019
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Jefferson Elementary School Library

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  Great Explorations in Math & Science

  Kids love & learn from hands-on science and math activities.  You will be amazed by the skills your students gain when you teach these Great Explorations in Math & Science units.  During this workshop you will get your hands-on the materials, activities and lessons associated with your standards.  Through active involvement you will practice materials & small group management, questioning techniques, linking reading and writing with math and science and 3-D lesson design.

  
  

  Grades: K-5

  Time: Mondays, February 4, 25, March 4, 18, April 1 and 22, 3:30 – 5:30 PM

  Location: Jefferson School Library

  Fee: Free!

  Sponsored by the South Dakota Space Grant Consortium

  
  

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• TECH - Coding: App Developer

  • Start
    12 Feb 2019
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  • End
    19 Mar 2019
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
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  Create your own mobile app for Android devices! Build quizzes or games, code a photo booth and drawing tools, control a robot with your phone, or invent an app that can change the world! Don’t just consume technology - create it! Using blocks-based programming tools from MIT App Inventor allow you to create of fully-functioning apps for smartphones and tablets without prior programming knowledge.

  Ages: Grades 6-8
  Time: Tuesdays, February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19 from 3:15 - 5:00 PM (6 sessions)
  Location: SD Discovery Center
  Fee: members: $10, non-members: $12; sponsored by SD EPSCoR
  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Girl Scout Badge Day - Space Science Investigator

  • When
    21 Feb 2019
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    SD Discovery Center
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  Girl Scout Badge Day - Space Science Investigator

  Venture through the Solar System and beyond in our planetarium, and see that space is even bigger than you may have imagined.

  Girl Scouts can earn the requirements for the Space Science Investigator badge.

  1. Model the Solar System
  2. Circle the Sun
  3. Discover the stars
  4. Use the tools to explore
  5. Share your sky

  Ages: Juniors 
  Date: February 21 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM

  Location: SD Discovery Center
  Fee: $12 per girl (badge not included)

  
  

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• Engineers Day

  • When
    23 Feb 2019
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    10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    SD Discovery Center

  Join the Central Chapter of the South Dakota Engineering Society to celebrate the contributions and careers of engineers with a free day at the SD Discovery Center. Local engineers will host special hands-on engineering activities for kids and families - including everyone's favorite - chocolate asphalt, satellite building and more.  Local robotics teams will demonstrate their skills throughout the day.

  All Ages Welcome!
  Time: Saturday, February 23, 10:00 – 4:00 PM
  Come and go. Plan to stay about 2 hours.
  Location: SD Discovery Center
  Fee: FREE, thanks to the Central Chapter of the South Dakota Engineering Society!
  Large groups, please call 224-8295 to reserve a visit time.

  
  

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• GLOBE at the University of Sioux Falls

  • Start
    8 Mar 2019
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    4:30 PM
  • End
    9 Mar 2019
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    6:00 PM
  • Location
    University of Sioux Falls
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  GLOBE is an international science and education project that engages students in monitoring earth’s systems through data collection, data reporting, and participation in research. Sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation, GLOBE gives students opportunities to do real world science with real world application. This hands-on workshop will walk you through the basic protocols in atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. Upon completion, participants will be certified GLOBE teachers. GLOBE educators have opportunities for to apply for mini-grants, receive special stipends, and connect internationally with educators.

  Registration and payment through the University of Sioux Falls is required. Register and pay.

  
  

  
  

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• Girl Scout Badge Day - Space Science Adventurer

  • When
    13 Mar 2019
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    SD Discovery Center
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  Girl Scout Badge Day - Space Science Adventurer

  Step into our planetarium to investigate the complexities of the sky as you learn to see things in a new way.

  Girl Scouts can earn the requirements for the Space Science Adventurer badge.

  1. Meet the neighbors in our Solar System
  2. See more than before
  3. Investigate the Moon
  4. Be a stargazer
  5. Celebrate and share

  Ages: Brownies
  Date: March 13 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM

  Location: SD Discovery Center
  Fee: $12 per girl (badge not included)

  

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• Science Communication Crash Course

  • When
    20 Mar 2019
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Avera Health and Science Center Room 282, SDSU, Brookings
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  Science Communication Crash Course
  

  Enhance your science communication skills to effectively engage diverse audiences in your area of expertise. The SD Discovery Center offers a dynamic hands-on workshop based on the concepts of Portal to the Public to improve scienstis-and-public engagement. The Portal to the Public framework connects scientists and research professionals with the general public to make STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) more accessible and get children interested in STEM career paths. 

  Date: Wednesday, March 20 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM
  Location: Avera Health and Science Center Room 282, SDSU, Brookings
  Fee: FREE, sponsored by SD EPSCoR and SDSU Graduate School

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• The World Beneath Your Feet

  • When
    27 Mar 2019
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    SD Discovery Center

  Don’t tread on me! Explore the world beneath our feet and join us for a day filled with fun investigations and activities! Become a detective and find out what soil is made of and why its health is so important. Discover what hides deep underground, catch soil on the run, and make seed bombs.

  All Ages Welcome!
  Time: Wednesday, March 27, 1:00 – 4:00 PM
  Come and go. Plan to stay about 2 hours.
  Location: SD Discovery Center
  Fee: Members $5, Non-Members $7
  Large groups, please call 224-8295 to reserve a visit time.

  
  

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• Girl Scout Badge Day - Entertainment Technology

  • When
    16 Apr 2019
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    SD Discovery Center
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  Explore the science behind entertainment technology: the sound waves in music, the light that makes movies and how we can add special effects. 

  Girl Scouts can earn the requirements for the Entertainment Technology badge.

  1. Animate your own artwork
  2. Dig into video game development
  3. Try the science of amusement park rides
  4. Create your own special effects
  5. Surf a sound wave    

  Ages: Juniors 
  Date: April 16 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM

  Location: SD Discovery Center
  Fee: $12 per girl (badge not included)

  
  

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• Sciencetelling in the Badlands

  • Start
    18 Jun 2019
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    8:00 AM
  • End
    21 Jun 2019
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    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Wall, Badlands National Park
  • Spaces left
    14

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  Sciencetelling is where science meets storytelling! Join us in this field based exploration of the Badlands. You will spend one day in class in Wall and three days/two nights camping in the primitive area of the Badlands doing field studies. Along the way you will become GLOBE certified, learn how to use iNaturalist, contribute to an ongoing citizen science project and start on earning National Geographic Educator Certification. We will also spend some time strategizing how to bring your adventures into the classroom. Suitable for teachers in Grades 4-12.

  Fee: $50. Includes meals while in the field. Travel and accommodations prior to field session not included. A limited amount of camping gear available for a low fee rental. Pierre School District teachers, email Anne for the discount registration code.

  Credit: 1 (fee extra)

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  Sponsored by SD Space Grant Consortium, SD 319 I&E Project, and the National Geographic Society.

  
  

  
  

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