The Annual MassTEC Conference will be held:
Friday, October 14, 2011 at Fitchburg State University.
Come Join!
The theme of the conference is sTEmWe Make the Connection.
One item we receive feedback on after every conference is the need for teacher led workshops. Many teachers are looking for ideas and activities to take back to their classrooms. So this year we are looking for additional teachers who will be willing to offer workshops on what they do in the classroom.
If you do offer a workshop you will be eligible for Professional Development Points (PDPs) [and a free lunch!]
Follow this link to a workshop application. Please fill it out and send it in.
http://www.masstec.org/conference.html
and...
We really want Science and Math teachers, elementary teachers as well as Administrators and School Counselors to come and share their understanding of STEM and see how Technology/Engineering Education can improve your students' understanding of key concepts and real life applications.
[Technology/Engineering Education and] Technology Education has progressed from Industrial Arts, which was focused on tool and machine skills and craftsmanship, to that of teaching all students engineering habits of mind.
This includes teaching students the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to understand and apply engineering concepts, including the engineering design process, systems, and the impact of technology on society.
~ William F. Bertrand Contact Bill at; wbertrand@state.pa.us |
www.education.state.pa.us
Monday, September 12, 2011
Physics, Chemistry & Math Teacher Opportunities!
The Department of Physics and the School of Education at Boston University are continuing their offering of graduate courses for physics teachers. Chemistry and mathematics teachers are welcome as well.
The courses are part of the sequence Improving the Teaching of Physics (Project ITOP) offered in Boston and Worcester.
The courses can be used for Professional Licensure.
The following courses will begin shortly.
September 16 -- October 28: NS 540 Section A1 Concepts in Physics I: Force and Motion (2 credits.)
Meets at Boston University on Fridays from 4:30 to 7:30.
September 15 -- October 27: NS 540 Section B1 Concepts in Physics I: Force and Motion (2 credits).
Meets at Clark University on Thursdays from 4:30 to 7:30.
September 14 -- October 26: NS 545 Section A1 Concepts in Physics VI: Electromagnetism and Physical Optics (2 credits).
Meets at Boston University on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 7:30.
For additional information, visit the website
http://physics.bu.edu/teachers
or contact:
Andrew Duffy (617-353-9089), aduffy@bu.edu or
Peter Garik (617-353-4735),garik@bu.edu
The courses are part of the sequence Improving the Teaching of Physics (Project ITOP) offered in Boston and Worcester.
The courses can be used for Professional Licensure.
The following courses will begin shortly.
September 16 -- October 28: NS 540 Section A1 Concepts in Physics I: Force and Motion (2 credits.)
Meets at Boston University on Fridays from 4:30 to 7:30.
September 15 -- October 27: NS 540 Section B1 Concepts in Physics I: Force and Motion (2 credits).
Meets at Clark University on Thursdays from 4:30 to 7:30.
September 14 -- October 26: NS 545 Section A1 Concepts in Physics VI: Electromagnetism and Physical Optics (2 credits).
Meets at Boston University on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 7:30.
For additional information, visit the website
http://physics.bu.edu/teachers
or contact:
Andrew Duffy (617-353-9089), aduffy@bu.edu or
Peter Garik (617-353-4735),garik@bu.edu
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Get your Middle/High School students interested in these MIT/BC programs!
Help your students join in the excitment of learning!
note: these programs are either low cost or FREE!
Programs at MIT and BC to tell your students about:
Delve
Looking for a way to get college credit in high school? Interested in showing colleges just what you are made of? Want to explore a topic in-depth?
Registration is open for Delve, ESP's AP preparatory course, and we would love to have you join us for an exciting 29 weeks of learning!
Sign up today at http://esp.mit.edu/learn/Delve/index.html.
What can students expect from Delve?
Delve will offer classes for the Calculus, Physics, Studio Art, Government and Politics: United States and more AP exams during the school year, from mid-September until May. Every Sunday, students will spend 10:00AM to 3:00PM at MIT dedicated to one of these classes (with an hour long lunch break in between). Our classes can be taken as stand-alone classes, not just in conjunction with AP courses at high schools. You will have the opportunity to take the AP in May with your school or with our partner, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email Delve at delve@mit.edu.
Splash
Do you want to take a class about...
- Design and Analysis of Roller Coasters
- Paradoxes of Democracy
- Fun with Fractals
- Aircraft Jet Engines
- How to Make a Pixar Movie
- The French Revolution
- Stage Fighting
...or any of 400 other awesome topics? Then you should come to Splash!
Splash offers a series of short classes and workshops like the ones listed above, and you can take up to 20 hours of classes.
Splash takes place on November 19th and 20th at MIT, and costs $30 for the entire program.
Student lottery registration will open in late October; after the lottery is run, a first-come, first-served round of registration will open to fill any remaining empty spots.
You can find out more at http://esp.mit.edu/learn/Splash/index.html, or email Splash at splash@mit.edu.
And...
There is more than one way for your students to be involved in Splash!
BC Splash
This November, Boston College will also be opening its doors for its own Splash program. With a concentration on liberal arts, course topics will range from music to math, political science to computer science.
BC Splash is a no-fee program designed to instill a sense of excitement in students about academia and have fun doing it! For more information, visit our website, https://bcsplash.learningu.org/. Registration will begin in early October.note: these programs are either low cost or FREE!
Help your students join in the excitment of learning!
note: these programs are either low cost or FREE!
Programs at MIT and BC to tell your students about:
Delve
Looking for a way to get college credit in high school? Interested in showing colleges just what you are made of? Want to explore a topic in-depth?
Registration is open for Delve, ESP's AP preparatory course, and we would love to have you join us for an exciting 29 weeks of learning!
Sign up today at http://esp.mit.edu/learn/Delve/index.html.
What can students expect from Delve?
Delve will offer classes for the Calculus, Physics, Studio Art, Government and Politics: United States and more AP exams during the school year, from mid-September until May. Every Sunday, students will spend 10:00AM to 3:00PM at MIT dedicated to one of these classes (with an hour long lunch break in between). Our classes can be taken as stand-alone classes, not just in conjunction with AP courses at high schools. You will have the opportunity to take the AP in May with your school or with our partner, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email Delve at delve@mit.edu.
Splash
Do you want to take a class about...
- Design and Analysis of Roller Coasters
- Paradoxes of Democracy
- Fun with Fractals
- Aircraft Jet Engines
- How to Make a Pixar Movie
- The French Revolution
- Stage Fighting
...or any of 400 other awesome topics? Then you should come to Splash!
Splash offers a series of short classes and workshops like the ones listed above, and you can take up to 20 hours of classes.
Splash takes place on November 19th and 20th at MIT, and costs $30 for the entire program.
Student lottery registration will open in late October; after the lottery is run, a first-come, first-served round of registration will open to fill any remaining empty spots.
You can find out more at http://esp.mit.edu/learn/Splash/index.html, or email Splash at splash@mit.edu.
And...
There is more than one way for your students to be involved in Splash!
BC Splash
This November, Boston College will also be opening its doors for its own Splash program. With a concentration on liberal arts, course topics will range from music to math, political science to computer science.
BC Splash is a no-fee program designed to instill a sense of excitement in students about academia and have fun doing it! For more information, visit our website, https://bcsplash.learningu.org/. Registration will begin in early October.note: these programs are either low cost or FREE!
Help your students join in the excitment of learning!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Engineering Poster Contest Kickoff
Engineering Poster Contest Kickoff!
“Grand Challenges for Engineering” is the theme for the Engineering Education Service Center’s 7th Annual poster contest. This year’s winning entry can be found in a display of inspiration, excitement, wonder and curiosity. Posters should be fun, motivational and inspire students to pursue a degree in engineering, technology, math and/or science.
Throughout human history, engineering has driven the advance of civilization. In the last century, engineering recorded its grandest accomplishments. The widespread development and distribution of electricity and clean water, automobiles and airplanes, radio and television, spacecraft and lasers, antibiotics and medical imaging, and computers and the Internet are just some of the highlights from a century in which engineering revolutionized and improved virtually every aspect of human life.
For all of these advances, though, the century ahead poses formidable challenges. As the population grows and its needs and desires expand, the problem of sustaining civilization’s continuing advancement, while still improving the quality of life, is more immediate. Old and new threats to personal and public health demand more effective and more readily available treatments. Vulnerabilities to pandemic diseases, terrorist violence, and natural disasters require serious searches for new methods of protection and prevention. And products and processes that enhance the joy of living remain a top priority of engineering innovation.
Applying the rules of reason, the findings of science, the aesthetics of art, and the spark of creative imagination, engineers will continue the tradition of forging a better future.
There are 12 Grand Challenges for Engineers - Find out more about them by visiting: http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/cms/8996.aspx
Contest deadline: 11:59pm November 4, 2011
Winners will be notified by November 14, 2011
To enter, visit: http://www.engineeringedu.com/contest.htm
Download a flyer: http://www.engineeringedu.com/EESCPosterContestFall11.pdf
View the 2005-2010 winning posters here: http://www.engineeringedu.com/store/posters.html
“Grand Challenges for Engineering” is the theme for the Engineering Education Service Center’s 7th Annual poster contest. This year’s winning entry can be found in a display of inspiration, excitement, wonder and curiosity. Posters should be fun, motivational and inspire students to pursue a degree in engineering, technology, math and/or science.
Throughout human history, engineering has driven the advance of civilization. In the last century, engineering recorded its grandest accomplishments. The widespread development and distribution of electricity and clean water, automobiles and airplanes, radio and television, spacecraft and lasers, antibiotics and medical imaging, and computers and the Internet are just some of the highlights from a century in which engineering revolutionized and improved virtually every aspect of human life.
For all of these advances, though, the century ahead poses formidable challenges. As the population grows and its needs and desires expand, the problem of sustaining civilization’s continuing advancement, while still improving the quality of life, is more immediate. Old and new threats to personal and public health demand more effective and more readily available treatments. Vulnerabilities to pandemic diseases, terrorist violence, and natural disasters require serious searches for new methods of protection and prevention. And products and processes that enhance the joy of living remain a top priority of engineering innovation.
Applying the rules of reason, the findings of science, the aesthetics of art, and the spark of creative imagination, engineers will continue the tradition of forging a better future.
There are 12 Grand Challenges for Engineers - Find out more about them by visiting: http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/cms/8996.aspx
Contest deadline: 11:59pm November 4, 2011
Winners will be notified by November 14, 2011
To enter, visit: http://www.engineeringedu.com/contest.htm
Download a flyer: http://www.engineeringedu.com/EESCPosterContestFall11.pdf
View the 2005-2010 winning posters here: http://www.engineeringedu.com/store/posters.html
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Research in the Arctic or Antarctic! PolarTREC Now Accepting Applications!
PolarTREC Teachers 2012-2013
Approximately 12 openings available!
Whether you are interested in a teacher research experience, building new professional networks, or enriching your classroom content—PolarTREC has something for every educator!
APPLICATION PERIOD
The application period for teachers to apply to participate in PolarTREC:
Begins: Monday, 1 August 2011
Ends: Friday, 30 September 2011 (until 5pm Alaska Daylight Time).
Interested teachers are encouraged to participate in a PolarTREC informational webinar (web seminar), scheduled for:
Thursday, 11 August 2011, at 3:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time (1:00 p.m. HST, 4:00 p.m. PDT; 5:00 p.m. MDT; 6:00 p.m. CDT; 7:00 p.m. EDT).
For further information and to register to participate, please go to:
http://www.polartrec.com/about/teacher-webinar
Brief Description of PolarTREC:
PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from teachers for the sixth year of teacher research experiences.
Teachers are invited to submit an application to participate in field research learning experiences during the 2012 (usually Arctic) or 2012-2013 (usually Antarctic) field seasons.
PolarTREC teachers will spend two to eight weeks in the Arctic or Antarctic, working closely with researchers in the field as an integral part of the science team.
All major expenses associated with teacher participation in PolarTREC field experiences are covered by the program and program partners, including transportation to and from the field site, food, lodging, and substitute teacher costs.
Further information about PolarTREC, including program goals, requirements, and frequently asked questions, is available at:
http://www.polartrec.com/teachers
Apply at the PolarTREC website:
http://www.polartrec.com/teachers/application/2012
Or contact PolarTREC:
Email: info@polartrec.com
Phone: 907-474-1600
Approximately 12 openings available!
Whether you are interested in a teacher research experience, building new professional networks, or enriching your classroom content—PolarTREC has something for every educator!
APPLICATION PERIOD
The application period for teachers to apply to participate in PolarTREC:
Begins: Monday, 1 August 2011
Ends: Friday, 30 September 2011 (until 5pm Alaska Daylight Time).
Interested teachers are encouraged to participate in a PolarTREC informational webinar (web seminar), scheduled for:
Thursday, 11 August 2011, at 3:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time (1:00 p.m. HST, 4:00 p.m. PDT; 5:00 p.m. MDT; 6:00 p.m. CDT; 7:00 p.m. EDT).
For further information and to register to participate, please go to:
http://www.polartrec.com/about/teacher-webinar
Brief Description of PolarTREC:
PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from teachers for the sixth year of teacher research experiences.
Teachers are invited to submit an application to participate in field research learning experiences during the 2012 (usually Arctic) or 2012-2013 (usually Antarctic) field seasons.
PolarTREC teachers will spend two to eight weeks in the Arctic or Antarctic, working closely with researchers in the field as an integral part of the science team.
All major expenses associated with teacher participation in PolarTREC field experiences are covered by the program and program partners, including transportation to and from the field site, food, lodging, and substitute teacher costs.
Further information about PolarTREC, including program goals, requirements, and frequently asked questions, is available at:
http://www.polartrec.com/teachers
Apply at the PolarTREC website:
http://www.polartrec.com/teachers/application/2012
Or contact PolarTREC:
Email: info@polartrec.com
Phone: 907-474-1600
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Finance a Field Trip through Target
Many teachers would like to extend their students' learning by taking them on a field trip to a museum, zoo, farm, nature center, or other informal science education venue. But tight budgets may make this almost impossible. Fortunately, Target has established a Field Trip Grant program to help teachers continue to take their students on field trips.
Each Target store will award three Field Trip Grants to K–12 schools nationwide, enabling one in 25 schools throughout the United States to send a classroom on a field trip. Teachers can use a grant to fund a school field trip that connects their curriculum to out-of-school experiences. Each grant is valued up to $700. The application period opened this week; visit the website to learn more and apply.
Don’t let tight budgets get you down! Visit the NSTA Calendar to find out about other grants for teachers.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Toilets that generate electricity - New Gates Project
Gates project info:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/foundationnotes/Pages/frank-rijsberman-reinvent-the-toilet.aspx
Toliets that generate electricity! Talk about awesome EDP.
Here is an example of a project that was awarded funding:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/07/green-mahince-researchers-desi.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/foundationnotes/Pages/frank-rijsberman-reinvent-the-toilet.aspx
Toliets that generate electricity! Talk about awesome EDP.
Here is an example of a project that was awarded funding:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/07/green-mahince-researchers-desi.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
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