Tuesday, February 21, 7pm – 9pm,

Innovation Night – MATH

Come join other educators eager to create and invent new ideas with RAFT materials. You will have access to all of the warehouse to brainstorm, test, and invent new ideas and displays that can be inspiration for other educators. There will be light snacks and beverages available to fuel your creativity!

TARGET AUDIENCE: Any educator looking to explore with materials and create new ideas to share with other educators.

COST: Members, FREE!; Non-members: $15 day pass in order to shop

 

Saturday, March 3, 10am – 12pm,

Artists as Mathematicians, Mathematicians as Artists

The link between Math and Art has been explored since ancient Greece. Come explore resources and activities that can be used with kids to develop an understanding that artists are mathematicians and mathematicians are artists. Maybe you will even uncover your inner artist or mathematician!

TARGET AUDIENCE: All educators

COST: Members: $5; Non-members: $20, includes a $15 day pass to shop!

 

Tuesday, March 6, 5pm – 7pm,

Teacher Playtime and Sharetime with Technology

Do you wish you had more time to play and practice with technology before you use it with your students in class? Now is a great time to spend testing out ideas and learning from other teachers what works and doesn’t work with technology in the classroom. Feel free to bring your own laptop (we have free wi-fi in the warehouse!) The classroom is equipped with a Promethean ActivBoard, ActivSlate, ActivView, and Response Clickers. There is also a SMARTboard, Airliner slate, and SMART Response.

TARGET AUDIENCE: All educators

COST: Members: Free!; Non-members: $15 day pass in order to shop

 

Wednesday, March 7, 9:30am – 12:30pm,

STEM training for OST providers

Join RAFT and CAQSAP as we offer a hands-on STEM focused workshop for educators who work with students Out of School Time.

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012, 9:30am – 12:30pm

CAQSAP, the Colorado affiliate of the NAA, is sponsoring this three-hour professional development opportunity for Out of School Time Providers looking to ramp up their summer learning offerings with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

At RAFT you will have the opportunity to explore some ready to launch kit activities that are ready to go as well as explore ways to bring STEM and 21st Century Thinking Skills to typical activities that you already enjoy doing with your learners!

TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators who serve students Out of School Time (OST)

On-line payment is not available for this workshop because of having three tiers of price:
COST: CAQSAP & RAFT Members: $10
CAQSAP & Non-RAFT Members: $25
Non-members: $40

 

Saturday, March 10, 9:30am – 11:30am,

Books with Heather

Back by popular demand, monthly bookmaking with local denver artist, Heather Doyle-Maier. This month’s theme: Books of Spring, even explore how to make the Sunflower book! Explore the ways to adapt bookmaking for various ages and dexterity levels. Heather will work with you to think of ways to incorporate bookmaking into your curricular units. She is also available to contract with teachers as an artist in residence to produce unique content specific books in the classroom with students.

TARGET AUDIENCE: All educators

COST: Members: $5; Non-members: $20, includes a $15 day pass to shop!

 

Tuesday, March 13, 6:30pm – 8:30pm,

Slow Food Denver

Join Gigia Kolouch from SlowFoodDenver.org as she shares easy, safe cooking techniques to use in the classroom with just the use of a sink and microwave. This cooking class will help prepare lessons for the harvest season! Check out more information at:

http://www.sfdseedtotable.org/?page_id=33

TARGET AUDIENCE: All educators

COST: Members: Free!; Non-members: $15 day pass in order to shop!

 

Friday, March 16, 7pm – 9pm,

Innovation Night – LITERACY

Come join other educators eager to create and invent new ideas with RAFT materials. You will have access to all of the warehouse to brainstorm, test, and invent new ideas and displays that can be inspiration for other educators. There will be light snacks and beverages available to fuel your creativity!

TARGET AUDIENCE: Any educator looking to explore with materials and create new ideas to share with other educators.

COST: Members, FREE!; Non-members, $15 daypass in order to shop.

 

Saturday, March 17, 10am – 12pm,

Growing Spring with RAFT

Spring is just around the corner. Come explore fun and repurposed ways to make terrariums in your classroom. Create opportunities for your students to see the wonder of things spring to life. Discover all the integrated lessons that are possible when using science and things that grow and the subject of your studies!

TARGET AUDIENCE: All educators

COST: Member: $5; Non-member: $20, includes a $15 day pass in order to shop!