Teacher Workshops
Registration for workshops usually opens in March or April. Want to stay informed about teacher workshop and opportunities for your students? Click below.
Agrivoltaics: Engineering Sustainable Solutions to Food and Energy Production
Who: Middle School Science and Agriculture Teachers
When: Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 9:00-4:00
Where: Asombro office, Las Cruces
Agrivoltaics combines agriculture and solar energy production, using the panels to shade crops and livestock in extreme heat. New research projects are investigating agrivoltaics as a tool to fight the effects of climate change in the Southwest and generate income for farmers and ranchers. Help your students think critically about real-world problems and solutions as you investigate the trade-offs of this potential solution to the impacts of climate change.
Attending teachers will practice lessons and receive a kit of classroom materials and a $100 stipend. Space is limited.
Apply by May 5th for best consideration.
Engineering Problem Solving through Wildlife Conservation
Who: 3rd-5th grade teachers
When: Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 9:00-4:00
Where: Asombro office, Las Cruces
Spark your students’ imagination and problem-solving skills with the challenges of protecting New Mexico wildlife. With four lessons that cover the NGSS Engineering Design standards, your students can think critically about how humans can address the needs of wild animals. They will design, build, and test shelters and develop research protocols and conservation plans.
Attending teachers will practice lessons and receive a kit of classroom materials and a $100 stipend. Space is limited.
Apply by May 5th for best consideration.
Climate Change in the Southwest
Who: Middle and High School teachers
When: Wednesday, Sept 10th, 4:15-6:15 PM MDT AND/OR Saturday, Sept 13th, 9:00-11:00 MDT
Where: Virtual Workshop via Zoom
Climate Change is a large and global issues that we struggle to wrap our minds around. Help break it down into small pieces and local issues, data, and examples from across the Southwest. We will practice several lessons from Asombro’s free climate change curriculum about climate change’s impacts on the people and ecosystems of the Southwest, from water, to wildfire, to agriculture.
These two workshops will cover different activities, teachers are welcome to attend one or both.
All participants will have access to more than 20 lesson plans, and Asombro offers some free classroom materials to attendees.
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