Yale University (Peabody Museum of Natural History)

The Peabody Event-Based Teachers Collaborative is a unique professional development model with two primary audiences: K-12 school teachers and their students; and other informal education organizations. It will provide 50 teachers with professional development and resources based on curricula required by public school districts, and will model a new approach to customizing those curricula using Event-Based Science, an inquiry-based method based on real-life events. All project activities and goals will be evaluated using quantitative methods. and the program results will add significantly to the understanding of the role museums play in schools.