MƒAdventures

MƒAdventures

MƒAdventures are offsite events organized by MƒA teachers that allow teachers to explore shared interests. They are a great way to meet MƒA community members outside the MƒA office.

MƒAdventures

Birdie, Eagle, Albatross, Condor!: MƒA Mini-Golf

Coordinated By: MƒA Master Teacher Lisa Cover

SATURDAY, MAY 20 OFFSITE  COMMUNITY

Are you interested in birding? Careful! This is not a meeting of The Audubon Society, but rather a gathering of wannabe pro golfers! Join us for a round of mini golf in Williamsburg at Putting Green, an 18-hole mini golf course designed to educate visitors about climate change issues while providing fun family entertainment. Let’s build community while spending time with our families and networking with other Master Teachers. Kids of all ages are welcome—see you on the links!

Brooklyn Math Teacher Meetup

Coordinated By: MƒA Master Teacher Renu Budhraja

THURSDAY, MAR 30 FRIDAY, MAY 19 OFFSITE  MATHEMATICS

+ PLEASE NOTE: YOU MAY SIGN UP FOR EACH MEETING SEPARATELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR AVAILABILITY. EACH M ƒADVENTURE IS FROM 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Are you interested in meeting other MƒA mathematics teachers in Brooklyn to connect and build community? If the answer is yes, join us at various Brooklyn locations, where we will share our teaching and MƒA experiences and get to know each other better over food. Teachers are responsible for their own dinner and drinks.

Day at the American Museum of Natural History

Coordinated By: MƒA Master Teachers Christine Kola and Gloria Nicodemi

Brooklyn Elementary Teacher Meet Up

Coordinated By: MƒA Master Teachers Sarah Leaman and Laurie Matthews

THURSDAY, MAY 11 OFFSITE  COMMUNITY

Are you interested in joining fellow elementary school teachers in Brooklyn for drinks and good cheer? Join us as we celebrate spring and teaching! This is a great chance to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. Bring along colleagues who may be on the fence about applying for an MƒA Fellowship—let us convince them!

SATURDAY, MAR 18 OFFSITE  SCIENCE

Are you interested in discovering what minerals are found in New York City, if iron meteorites are magnetic, or why some dinosaurs are considered archosaurs but not all archosaurs are dinosaurs? Spend the day with us at the American Museum of Natural History to learn the answers! We will visit on a Saturday and explore the Hall of Gems and Minerals, Hall of Meteorites, Hall of Planet Earth, and the Fourth Floor Fossil Halls. We will participate in a scavenger hunt and learning activities, experience what it’s like to walk through a giant cladogram, and discuss the museum’s many resources.

Horseshoe Crab Walk

Coordinated By: MƒA Master Teachers Melissa Dowd and Cynthia Jimenez

FRIDAY, JUN 2 OFFSITE  SCIENCE

Are you interested in observing living fossils in their natural habitat? Join us for a twilight Horseshoe Crab walk at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn! We will observe these fascinating marine invertebrates as they come to our shores to spawn under the full moon. Teachers should bring a flashlight and wear shoes they don’t mind getting wet.

Manhattan Elementary Teacher Meet Up

Coordinated By: MƒA Master Teachers Lauren Anderson and Meera Zucker

MONDAY, MAR 20

OFFSITE  COMMUNITY

Are you interested in joining fellow elementary school teachers in Manhattan for drinks and good cheer? Join us as we celebrate spring and teaching! This is a great chance to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. Bring along colleagues who may be on the fence about applying for an MƒA Fellowship—let us convince them!

MƒA Pride March p

Coordinated By: MƒA Master Teachers Pooja Bhaskar and Lisa Bueno and MƒA Program Officer Nakita VanBiene

SUNDAY, JUN 25

OFFSITE  COMMUNITY

Are you interested in joining a group of MƒA teachers to walk in the Queer Liberation March? Join us to march in solidarity, celebrate our diversity, and get a free t-shirt! ALL members of the MƒA community are welcome.