- Easy-to-use online courses designed around your busy schedule
- Access to cutting-edge research and world-renowned scientists
- Affordable graduate credit available
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For more information on Seminars on Science: Contact us by email. You can also call us at (800) 649-6715.
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Seminars on Science was launched with leadership support from The Atlantic Philanthropies and is funded, in part, by the Sherman Fairchild Foundation.
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What is Seminars on Science?
 The American Museum of Natural History developed Seminars on Science, its online teacher professional development program, in order to connect teachers across the United States and around the world to cutting-edge research and to provide them with powerful classroom resources. The program consists of eight online graduate courses in the life, Earth, and physical sciences.
Online courses rich with imagery, video, interactive simulations, and vibrant discussion connect learners to the Museum's scientists, laboratories, expeditions, and specimens. The following features distinguish Seminars on Science courses:
- Courses are co-taught by an experienced educator and a Museum scientist.
- Each course takes place over six weeks, with a seventh week available for the completion of assignments.
- For an additional fee, the courses may be taken for 3 or 4 graduate credits through a number of colleges and universities.
- Each participant receives a CD of course resources for personal and/or classroom use.
- Participants benefit from the rich discourse each week in online discussion boards that can be accessed any time and any place where web access is available.
Independent evaluation reveals that teachers report achieving a deeper understanding of science and of scientific inquiry through these courses, effectively utilize the classroom resources, and prefer Seminars on Science to other locally available professional development programs. All courses have been correlated to the National Science Education Standards.
Explore the exciting courses offered through Seminars on Science.
About the American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), founded in 1869 and located in New York City, is one of the world's great scientific, educational and cultural institutions. The Museum supports research divisions in Anthropology, Paleontology, Invertebrate and Vertebrate Zoology, and the Physical Sciences and houses more than 32 million specimens and cultural artifacts. Examples of current research areas include molecular genetics, biodiversity, global warming and stellar collisions. Through its Education Department, the Museum has done extensive work with schools, teachers, colleges and universities in New York City and across the country, serving hundreds of schools, thousands of teachers at the graduate level, and millions of students.
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