Saturday Science Workshops 2023-2024
Location: This year our workshops will include both in person and zoom session.
Confirm your registration at the links below. You will receive an invitation via email one week before the workshop.
All workshops will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. and end at 12:00 noon.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact SFSI (Susan McIntosh) at:
email: santafescience@newmexico.com
tel: 505-231-0493
September 30 – In Person
“Seed Walk”
Gr K-12
Take a walk with Bob Sivinski, former state botanist, and Mollie Parsons, environmental educator, to learn about the plants in our region and their seeds. This class will focus on plant identification and how botany can be inexpensively incorporated into your classroom. Expect to walk and be outside for three hours.
Instructors: Mollie Parsons– Educator, Cerise Consulting
Bob Sivinski – Botanist
November 11 – Zoom
“Science Literacy – Engaging Kids with Non-Fiction”
Gr K-6
Engaging students with Non-Fiction text – developing a researcher’s workshop approach to excite & engage
kids with independent investigation on non-fiction topics culminating with a variety of written & graphic formats
to show what has been learned.
Instructor: Diane Garber- Educator and ELA Consultant
January 27 – Zoom
“Schoolyard Birding”
Gr K-6
Enjoy learning about common birds with simple observation and identification activities. Explore inquiry
activities from habitat to feeders. Find new ways to use observational data and contribute to community
science in your classroom.
Instructor: Katie Weeks – Director of Education, Audubon Southwest
February 10 – In Person
“Bring Biology to Life in the Dead of Winter”
Gr K-8
Olivia Carril will explore cross-cutting lessons that engage learners in K-8 about the natural world
when it is too cold for bird-watching, too early to grow a garden, and the ground is too frozen for earthworms.
Instructor: Olivia Messinger-Carril – Educator / SFSI Consultant
March 02 – In Person
“Getting Little Feet Wet – Project Wet”
Gr Pk-2
This workshop provides action and science-focused water education using diverse water topics to
inspire educators to teach young children through objective, experiential activities that support a
water sustainable future.
Instructor: Julie Hasty – Director of Education, Santa Fe Watershed Association
April 13 – In Person
“Calder Art: Movement and Balance”
Gr K-12
Explore how art, science, and math are interconnected in this hands-on mobile and stabile workshop
focused on Calder and his kinetic art.
Instructors: Mollie Parsons– Educator, Cerise Consulting
Melissa Merritt – Artist and Art Teacher