March 26 - The Galleries will close at 4PM. Last IMAX film is at 4PM.
Teacher Professional Development
The Fleet Inquiry Institute for Teachers
Welcome to the Fleet Inquiry Institute, the professional development arm of the Reuben H. Fleet’s Education Department. The Fleet Inquiry Institute works with community partners to create and implement K-12 grade teacher professional development based on the process of science and learning science through inquiry. Since its inception in 2002 the Fleet Inquiry Institute has worked with over 600 teachers and 120 pre-service teachers in long term, on site, and in-classroom professional development programs. To find out how you can partner with these programs or for more information about current programs please contact the Fleet Inquiry Institute Project Director, Cristina Trecha at (619) 238-1233 ext. 864 or by email: ctrecha@rhfleet.org.
Lesson Plans
The following climate change lessons were compiled by high school teachers who attended the two-day Engaging in Earth’s Energy workshop at the Fleet. The Fleet would like to thank NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Polar Literacy Networks for making this workshop possible.
- Air Pollution The Issue of Global Warming [417kb PDF]
- Classifying Clouds [21kb PDF]
- Climate Change Activity [15kb PDF]
- Cloud in a Bottle or Bottling up the Gas Laws [20kb PDF]
- Cloud Types and Formation of Clouds [22kb PDF]
- Conservation for the Ages [98kb PDF]
- Constructing a Model of ppbv of Surface ozone [252kb PDF]
- Differences Between Climate and Weather Activity [30kb PDF]
- Energy Efficiency Ambassadors [100kb PDF]
- Energy Efficient Homes [351kb PDF]
- Exploring A Teaching Career Through An Energy Lesson [101kb PDF]
- Global Warming [15kb PDF]
- Greenhouse Gas Lab [21kb PDF]
- Greenhouse Warming What Is It [380kb PDF]
- Hot Gas Hot Air part 1 [17kb PDF]
- Hot Gas Hot Air part 2 [17kb PDF]
- Operation Ozone! [25kb PDF]
- Remote Sensing Using NASA Website [17kb PDF]
- Rocks, rocks, and more rocks [38kb PDF]
- San Diegos Climate and Weather [15kb PDF]
- Save Our Salt Samples! [14kb PDF]
- Seasonal Changeon Land and Water [738kb PDF]
- The Carbon Cycle [14kb PDF]
- The Effect of Salinity on Layering in the Ocean [12kb PDF]
- The Issue of Renewable Energy [639kb PDF]
- The Water Cycle [11kb PDF]
- To Conserve or Not to Conserve [604kb PDF]
- Watt Does it Cost to Use it [214kb PDF]
Summer Camp Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for Summer Camp. The Fleet runs weekly, half-day summer camps in 2013 from June 24 to August 23. The majority of our camps are geared for kids in Grades 1–2 and Grades 3–4, but we also offer camps for Pre-K and Grades 5–8 on selected weeks. The camps are designed to be fun, educational and hands-on and to incorporate the Fleet’s exhibit galleries. Camps are described below and are listed by grade level.
Camps will go on sale for Members on March 4. Camps will be available for sale to Nonmembers on March 11.
Nierman Challenger Learning Center
The Nierman Challenger Learning Center at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is a part of a growing network of centers worldwide that are being established by the Challenger Center for Space Science Education in memory of the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger.
