Newsletter NSTA National Conference in IndianapolisMarch 29–April 1, 2012 At the Crossroads for...
Transcript of Newsletter NSTA National Conference in IndianapolisMarch 29–April 1, 2012 At the Crossroads for...
November 2011 Volume 1, Issue 9
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Special Interest Articles
• NSTANationalConfer-enceinIndianapolis
• ImportantMATHCOUNTSDates
• NextGenerationScienceStandards
Individual Highlights
• HowtoUseGoogleEarthintheClassroom
• StrategiesforReadingintheContentArea
• SearchPRISMforClass-roomSupportTools
• TheFuturesChannel• MathSnacks• MathPlayground• EnvironmentalLiteracy
andInquiry(ELI)• TheEpidemicChallenge• SiemensHands-onSci-
ence• SmartBoardGoodies• WelcometoTwentyFour
SevenScience• ScholasticStudyJams
NSTA National Conference in IndianapolisMarch 29–April 1, 2012AttheCrossroadsforScienceEducationJoinusatthecrossroadsforscienceeducationduringtheNSTA2012IndianapolisNationalConferenceonScienceEducation.TheconferenceheadquartershotelsaretheIndianapolisMarriottDowntown,JWMarriottIndianapolis,andWestinIndianapolis.ConferenceregistrationandexhibitswillbeattheIndianaCon-ventionCenter.MostsessionsandeventshavebeenscheduledattheConventionCenteraswellastheIndianapolisMarriott,JWMarriott,andWestinIndianapolis.Twitterhashtags:#nsta12(2012conferences),#nsta(all-pur-pose).
Important MATHCOUNTS Dates
Next Generation Science Standards
SeptemberMATHCOUNTSSchoolHandbookdistributedelectronicallytoallschools.
November and DecemberSchoolcompetitionsmailedtoregisteredschools.
December 16, 2011Registrationdeadline.FormsmustbepostmarkedbytheDecember16deadline.(LateregistrationsMAYbeacceptedatthediscretionofMATHCOUNTSandthelocalcoordinator.However,alatefeewillapply.Pleaseregisterontimetoensurepartici-pationbyyourstudents.)
February 1-29, 2012 March 1-31, 2012ChapterCompetitions StateCompetitions
May 11, 2012The2012RaytheonMATHCOUNTSNationalCompetitiontobeheldinOrlando,FL!
www.mathcounts.org/in
NextGenerationScienceStandardsforToday’sStudentsandTomorrow’sWorkforce:Throughacollaborative,state-ledprocess,newK–12sciencestandardsarebeingdevelopedthatwillberichincontentandpractice,arrangedinacoherentmanneracrossdisciplinesandgradestoprovideallstudentsaninternationallybenchmarkedscienceeducation.TheNGSSwillbebasedontheFrameworkforK–12ScienceEduca-tiondevelopedbytheNationalResearchCouncil.www.nextgenscience.org
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How to Use Google Earth in the Classroom
Strategies for Reading in the Content Area
Googlehasrevolutionizedhowweinter-actwithdigitaldata—accesstoobscureinformationontheInternet,sharingdocuments,gettingfrompointAtoB,andevenseeingourplanetEarthinamilliondifferentways.
GoogleEarthisanincrediblyusefultoolforlearningaboutourplanet—andmostimportantly,itsfree.ByloadingfilesthatchangethewaythattheGoogleEarthisdisplayed,itispossibletoseeyourlocalweather,zoomintoanunderwatermoun-
tain,sailfromBostontoLondon,orevennavigatethesolarsystem.
BasicthroughadvancedtutorialsforusingGoogleEarthcanbefoundonthewww.earth.google.comwebsite.However,thereareonlyafewbasicskillsthatareneeded.
This site includes links to great activities to help you start using Google Earth in the classroom!
www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail.php?MediaID=294&MediaTypeID=3
www.readwritethink.org/search/?strategy-guide-series=30515
Brainstorming and Re-viewing Using the Carou-sel Strategy ThisstrategyguideintroducesCarouselBrainstorming,alsoknownasRotatingReview,andof-ferssuggestionstoimple-mentthistechniqueinyourclassroomforbrain-stormingaboutnewtopicsorreviewinglearnedinformation.
Introducing New Content with Seed DiscussionsInthisstrategyguide,you’lllearnhowtoelicitideasandconversationaboutnewconceptsorcontentbyeffectivelyholdingaSeedDiscussioninyourclassroom.
Power NotesThestrategyexaminedinthisStrategyGuideteach-
esstudentsanoutliningtechniquetohelpthemdifferentiatebetweenmainideasanddetailsintheirreadingandwriting.
Preparing Students for Success with Reading in the Content AreasInthisstrategyguide,you’lllearnhowtodeter-minethelevelandtypeofsupportyouneedtoprovidestudentsbasedoncarefulpreparationasacontentareaexpert.
Question the Author (QtA)Inthisguide,you’llbeintroducedtoastrategythatrequiresstudentstochallengetheirunder-standingandsolidifytheirknowledgewhilereadingatext.
Reading with Purpose in the Content AreasInthisstrategyguide,you’lllearnhowtoorga-nizestudentsandinstruc-tiontoestablishasenseofpurposeforreadingauthentictextsinthecon-tentareas.
Supporting Student Com-prehension in Content Area ReadingInthisstrategyguide,you’lllearnafewsimple,yetpowerful,techniquestoencouragestudentstousepeertalkandwritingtoenhancetheirunder-standingofcontentareatexts.
Great support for meeting the Common Core Literacy Standards in the Content Areas!
Search PRISM for Classroom Support Tools
www.rose-prism.org
ThePRISMdatabaseincludestheoptiontosearchforProfessionalDevelopmentMa-terials.Hereyouwillfindlinksthatwillhelpyoulocateeverythingfromgraphpapertemplatestohow-tovideosforimplementingproject-basedlearningintheclassroom.
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The Futures Channel
Math Snacks
Math Playground
TheFuturesChannelwasfoundedin1999withthegoalofusingnewmediatechnologiestocreateachannelbetweenthescientists,engineers,explorersandvisionarieswhoareshapingthefuture,andtoday’slearnerswhowillonedaysucceedthem.
TheFuturesChannelpartnerswithschoolsaroundthecountryaswellasawiderangeofpublishers,sciencecenters,professionaldevelopmentserviceprovid-ers,publictelevisionstations,websitesandmoretoprovidehighqualityreal
worlddigitalcontenttoenhancetheireducationofferingsandobjectives.
Eachweekwefeatureaselectionofnewmoviesandeducatorfavoritesonourwebsite.Moviesthatarefeaturedareavailablefortwoweeks.
Therearesomemoviesthatareavailableanytimeduetotheirpopularityonline.Youcanfindthesebyclickingonthe“realworldmovie”categories.Availablemov-iesarelistedatthetopofthepage.
MathPlaygroundisanaction-packedsiteforelementaryandmiddleschoolstudents.Playamathgame,solvealogicpuzzle,andhavesomefun!
Hi,I’mColleenKing.IcreatedMathPlaygroundin2002forstudentsinmyclasswhoneededafunwaytopracticemathfacts.Sincethen,Math
Playgroundhasgrowntoincludeawidevarietyofmathtopics,fromproblemsolvingandmathematicalarttorealworldmath.I’mcurrentlydesigningasetofalgebraicthinkinggamesandhopetohavethemonlinesoon.
TheprimarygoalsofMathPlaygroundaretohelpstu-dentsfeelmoreconfidentabouttheirmathskillsand
tohelpthemformmorepositiveattitudestowardthesubjectofmath.Itrytoaccomplishthesegoalsbyprovidingengaginggamesandactivitiesthatstudentsfindmeaningfulandfun.
Play with Numbers and Give Your Brain a Work-out!
MathSnacksareshortanimationsandmini-gamesdesignedtopres-entmathematicsinaverydifferentway.Infact,wehopethesesnacksdon’tlookliketraditionalmathatall.MathSnacksgivestudents,especiallythosewhodon’tparticularlylikemath,anotherwaytolookatmathconcepts.
UsingMathSnackson
mobiledevices,liketheiPad,helpskidstakethelearningonthego.iPadsandiPodsarealsogreatclassroomtools,whenyoucan’ttaketheentireclasstoacomputerlab.
Mathematicians,mathed-ucators,artists,andgamedevelopersworkcollab-orativelytocreategamesandanimationsthatteachmathinadifferentway.
EachMathSnackhasalearnerguidethatkidscanusetotransferaconceptu-alunderstandingtomathproblemsolving.Teacherguidesandprintedtran-scriptsofeachanimationarealsoavailable.
Search NMSU Board of Regents on the PRISM database for mapping to CCSS Standards.
www.thefutureschannel.com
www.mathsnacks.org
www.mathplayground.com
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Environmental Literacy and Inquiry (ELI)
The Epidemic Challenge
Siemens Hands-on Science
TheEnvironmentalLiteracyandInquiryGroupresearchersinvestigatehowtoimproveenvironmentallearningandinstructioninscienceclassesforstudentsinmiddleschoolsettings,withafocusontherolethatgeospatialtechnologies(GT)suchasGoogleEarthandGeographicalInformationSystems(GIS)canplay.Weconductresearchinthesemainareas:• Designingandtestingenvironmental
literacycurriculathatintegratesGTtopromotelearning.
• Developingandanalyzingtherolethateducativecurriculummaterialscanbeusedtohelpteachersenhance
theirsciencepedagogicalcontentknowledgetousethenewcurriculamosteffectively.
• AssessingtheimpactofthenewGT-embeddedcurriculaonstudentlearning.
CurriculumUnits:1. Energy2. ClimateChange3. LandUseChange
Check the PRISM database for links to 7th and 8th grade as well as Earth Sci-ence Standards.
WhatistheEpidemicChal-lenge?
PutyourclasstothetestwiththeEpidemicChal-lenge!Throughaseriesofvideos,classroomactivitiesandteacher-leddiscussions,yourstudentswillwatchsciencecometolife.Yourstudentswillbetransformedintoreal-life
medicaldetectives(akaepidemiologists)astheytrytosolvethemysteriouscaseof“TheAmusementParkOutbreak.”
Middleschoolorhighschoolstudentswillraceagainsttimeinaseriesofinvestigationalactivities.Theirmission?Theymustdeterminethesourceof
theidentityandlocationofthepathogenbeforeanymorepeoplegetsick.
These PBLs have been mapped to Middle School and High School Standards on the PRISM database.
Good activity to develop content literacy!
CheckouttheSiemensHands-onsectionoftheDiscoveryEducationwebsite!
EachactivityincludesPDFprintableresourcesforthestudentandteacher.Avideoengagesthestudentsandeachoftheactivitieshasareal-lifeconnection.Youwillalsofindnicephotoimagesofwhattoexpect,adetailedsupplylistandevenaratingtoletyouknowhowdifficulttheactivitywillbetosetupandcomplete.Studentquestionsaregreatforsupportingliteracyinthesciencecontentarea.
Requiresalogin.Itiscertainlyworththeeffort!
SelectfromEarthScience,LifeScienceandPhysicalSciencecategories.
TheactivitieshavebeenmappedtoIndianaStandardsonthePRISMdatabase;includ-ingcontent,literacyandISTEstandards.Search Materials on PRISM for Siemens Science to locate 55 standard based lessons!
www.ei.lehigh.edu/eli/index.html
www.ciesc.k12.in.us/EpidemicChallenge/
siemensscienceday.discoveryeducation.com/activities/hands-on-science-activi-
ties.cfm
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Smart Board Goodies
Welcome to Twenty Four Seven Science!
Scholastic Study Jams
MynameisAmberCoggin,andIamanElementaryTechnologyTeacherandCertifiedSMARTBoardTrainerinMobile,Alabama.IcreatedthisblogasaplacetoshareSMARTBoardresourceswithteach-ersatmyschool,thedistrict,oranyoneelsewhostopsby.
HerearedescriptionsofafewoftheSmartBoardGoodiesfoundbyAmber.
Estimate and Measure with Chef Pierre from Compass Learning Odyssey.ThisisagreatactivityforK-1.Estimatehowmanycinnamonrollseachpanwillhold,
thenmeasuretoseeifyouarecorrect!
Wordsearches - CapstoneKids.com offersaslewofthem!Topicsincludevolcanoes,electricity,folktales,andmuchmore.ThesepuzzlesworkgreatontheSMARTBoard.Justdragyourfingeroverthelet-terstohighlighttheword.Havefun!
Spell a Picture.Chooseabackground,startingspellingaword,andwatchthepicturesappear!Youcanalsoprintthefinishedpicturethatincludesthewordsthatwerespelled.
Howfastdoesthewindblow?Whatmakesthingssticky?Wheredoinsectsliveandplantsgrow?Whatisthebestwaytocleanuptheenvironment?Howdohumansmeasureupintheanimalkingdom?
Somanyquestions—andsomanywaystofindanswers!Intheseinter-
actives,useyourhands,feet,eyes,ears,brain,imaginationandcooltoolstoexperiment,design,testanddiscoveramazingthingsabouttheworldaroundyou.It’sscienceandit’sfun!
Thissiteisstillunderdevelopmentbutdon’tletthatstopyoufromcheck-
ingitout!.Eachinterac-tivestudentactivityhasalargeselectionofGoingFurtherresources.Howfastdoesthewindblow?has76relatedactivities.
Search Lawrence Hall of Science Berkeley on the PRISM database for map-ping to Indiana Standards.
Mialovedtobuildwebsites.WiththehelpofherfriendSam,azanyartist,shehadputtogethersomestunningsites.SowhenZoecametoherwithaspecialrequest,shewasn’tsurprised.Zoewasabornentrepreneur,especiallywhenitcametopromotinghermusic.Onlineonenight,ZoestumbledupononeofMiaandSam’ssites,ageome-tryhelp-center.Usingthesite,Zoe’shomeworkwasabreeze.ShedecidedtoapproachMiaandSam.Whynotbuildabigger,bettersitethatallkidscoulduseforhomeworkhelp?Zoecouldevenlaydownsometrackstomakehomeworkrock!
Miainstantlysaidyes.Therewasonlyonethingmissing:aface-mantospreadtheword.Zoeknewjusttheguy.Captainofthesoccerteamandstudentbodypresident,herfriendRJknewjustabouteveryone.Acompetitorandteamplayer,RJsawthesiteasaslamdunk!Thefourtalentscametogether,andtheirsitewasborn.Anewsitewherekidscouldhelpkids,teachingandlearningfromoneanother-alllaiddowntoakillerbeat.Includes mini lessons, practice activities and key vocabulary!
smartboardgoodies.com/goodiesindex/
www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/
studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/index.htm
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Professional Opportunities
What PRISM Can Do For You!
Research Goes to SchoolTheResearchGoestoSchoolProgramisafive-yearprogramfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundation.Eachyear-longcycleincludestheparticipationofin-serviceteacherswithNoyceScholarsandWoodrowWilsonFellows(StemGoesRuralstudents)atatwo-weeksummercourse,EDCI627,toprovideeducationaboutadvancedresearchintheglobalchallengeoftheconversionofbiomasstobiofuels.ApplicationsarebeingacceptedfromSeptember1,2011–February29,2012.www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/learningcenter/I-cubed/
Teachers Teaching with Technology™ (T³™) Texas Instruments Online PDLearnatyourownpaceandsetyourownlearningschedule.Startacourse,takeabreak,andthenpickupwhereyouleftoff.Onlinecoursesareidealforconvenient,individuallearningandareavailableinabroadrangeoftopics.Onlinelearningalsomeansthatyoucantakeacoursewhereveryouhappentobe.Allyouneedisapersonalcomputerwithanonlineconnectiontoaccessthecourseofyourchoice.http://education.ti.com/calculators/pd/US/Online-Learning/Online-Courses
PhysicsQuest 2011: Spectra Heats Up!SignuptoreceiveaFREEPhysicsQuestkit.StudentswilldoexperimentsrelatingtoheatandtemperatureastheytryandhelpSpectrasolvethemysteryofTeslaJuniorHigh’smysteriousweather.Kitscontainallthematerialsneededtodo4funandexcitingphysicsexperimentsaswellasamanualandcomicbook.Asthestudentscompletetheactivitiestheywillbelearningthephysicstheyneedtosavetheworld,oratleastTeslaJuniorHigh.Therearealimitednumberofkitssosignupnow!http://ultron.aps.org/forms/aps1.cgi?ID=201002
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PRISM isa freewebsite thatprovidescollectionsofonline resourcesforIndianaeducatorsinthefieldsofscience,technology,engineering,and mathematics (STEM). The primary collection of digital teachingmaterialsisindexedaccordingtotheIndianaAcademicStandardsfor6th,7th,and8thgradeandsecondaryeducationcourses.