Houston Section TISP History

Houston SectionTISP History

• July 2007 – Dallas Workshop• Houston Contingent – 5 members• Early attempts • Organizing/publicity• Roadblocks• Teachers’ Attitudes - Feedback

Houston Section Houston Section


• Sessions in December 2007• Jan/Feb/May 2008• First Attempt – TEA approach• Searching for “State Standards”

adoption



• Fort Bend ISD – Aug 2008• Every year since 2008• Alief ISD 2009



• Houston ISD 2010• Pearland ISD 2012



• Total sessions held 20• Total teachers served 390+• Average students affected every

year 80• Estimated students served yearly

300,000+



• Other Activities: E2E (Engineers to Energy) Greater Houston Partnership Science Fair Judging University programs Nation Lab Day



• Partner w/HCDE Alignment Matrices

• First Publication August 2010• First Update September 2010• Second Update September 2011• Future Plans to update


Content Alignment

• In Texas, science teachers will only use classroom activities if they are aligned to Texas education standards.

• Experience with content alignment for:– LyondellBasell– Texas Chemical Council– University of California at Berkeley (GEMS)– Hewlett Packard– Boeing– Council for Environmental Education


Content Alignment

• Because high-sakes testing plays a prominent role in all public schools, teachers must demonstrate that activities are aligned to content standards.

• Alignment refers to the degree of match between selected classroom activities and the science content identified through state academic standards.


Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

• In Texas, the state standards are called the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

• Activities on www.tryengineering.org are currently aligned to the National Science Education Standards (NSES), and the Standards for Technology Literacy.


http://www.tryengineering.org/

IEEE Alignment Matrices


Grade 8 IPC Chemistry Physics

Strand: Force, Motion and Energy11.A Understand energy and its forms including kinetic, potential, chemical and thermal energies.

6.B Investigate examples of kinetic and potential energy and their transformations.

6.A Demonstrate and calculate how unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of an object's motion.

4.A Describe and calculate an object’s motion in terms of position, displacement, speed and acceleration.

4.A Generate and interpret graphs and charts describing different types of motion including the use of real-time technology such as motion detectors or photogates.

6.B Differentiate between speed, velocity and acceleration.

4.B Measure and graph distance and speed as a function of time using moving toys.

4. B Describe and analyze motion in one dimension using equations with the concepts of distance, displacement, speed, average velocity, instantaneous velocity, and acceleration.

Blast Off !Students build and launch a model rocket and consider the forces on a rocket, Newton's Laws, and other principles and challenges of an actual space vehicle launch. They design their structure on paper, learn about aerospace engineering, launch their rocket, and share observations with their class.

Next Generation Science Standards

• As part of a move to implement Common Core Standards, the NSES are currently being modified.

• They will be called the Next Generation Standards for K–12 Science.

• 45 states have already adopted Common Core standards in Language Arts and Math.


Common Core Standards Adoption


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