Core Programs
Mobile Science Show, 
a program of The Jefferson Foundation
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Download information on the Summer
2012 Hands-On Teacher Training Workshops:
(Space is limited - sign up early!)
"Science & Art" K-6 Teachers
June 11-14, 2012
WarrenTech North
(Adobe PDF)
This class will demonstrate how a classroom teacher and an art teacher can integrate science and art with many fun creative activities including:paper making,
hot air balloons, solar energy, chromatography, and more.
“Hands-on Science Activities”
Middle School Teachers (Grade 6 -9)
June 18-21, 2012
WarrenTech North
(Adobe PDF)
This is a physical science workshop for MS teachers structured around hands-on, discovery-oriented activities. Topics covered will include: Scientific Method, Confronting Student Misconceptions, Properties of Matter, Kinetic Theory, Weather, Global Warming, Newton's Laws of Motion, Toys in Space, Energy, Electricity, Wind Power, Solar Power, and more.
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About the Mobile Science Show
Launching as a formal Jefferson Foundation program in August 2011, the Mobile Science Show (MSS) has a rich 20-year history of bringing hands-on science education to students around Colorado. 
Bear Creek High School chemistry teacher Sue Anne Berger created the MSS in partnership with the Colorado School of Mines in 1991 after receiving the national Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. Formerly a program of the Colorado School of Mines, MSS is designed to enrich science education in grades K-8 through science shows at schools, summer teacher workshops, and providing materials and lessons plans for teachers to take back to their classrooms. Meet the Mobile Science Show Crew (Adobe PDF)
The program serves an estimated 1,500 students with Student Science Shows annually. With approximately 30 teachers total participating in the Teacher Summer Workshops, and then developing skills among one to two additional teachers back at each school, approximately 2,800 additional students benefit each year from improved classroom science instruction.
The MSS has a three-pronged approach to science enrichment. First, the MSS program staff pile themselves and their equipment and materials into the bright blue Mobile Science Show van and visit interested schools to present Student Science Shows.
Student Science Shows
(Download sign-up information here!) (Adobe PDF)
Student Science Shows are age-appropriate, assembly-style science demonstrations. The shows are interactive, use scientific terminology, and emphasize the scientific method to help students understand and develop an interest in science. According to students who have 
participated, the shows are also very, very fun.
While the student shows may be the most memorable aspect for students, teachers at participating schools reap the benefits of the program, as well. Teachers are provided one-on-one mentorship from MSS instructors after the science show to help them integrate the hands-on lessons into their daily science curricula.
Teacher Summer Workshops
(Download sign-up information at top of page!)
The third prong of the MSS program takes place during the summer months. Elementary and middle school science teachers from the metro area attend Teacher Summer Workshops tailored to their students’ ages and learning levels at WarrenTech North, a Jeffco Public Schools secondary trade school. During the Teacher Workshops, elementary and middle school teachers learn effective ways to integrate science into everyday instruction and participate in hands-on physical science demonstrations. Participants go home with a resource manual filled with more than 200 pages of lesson plans and classroom resources and contact information for classroom science 
resource providers.
Perhaps most valuable to teachers, the MSS provides each teacher who participates in the Teacher Summer Workshop with KITS (Kids Introduced to Science) packages to take back for use in their schools. KITS complement the resource manual and include all the materials needed to replicate experiments in the classrooms.
2011 Teacher Summer Workshop at WarrenTech North in Arvada.
