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 HISD (Weslayan B)- Integrated Instructional Planning - June 3-7-Dan Holmquist During the first two days of this workshop, a Vernier representative will be on hand to facilitate in-depth data collection, including individualized remote collecting, and hands-on explorations Training will focus on the use of TI-83+ and CBL 2's purchased by HU-LINC, with graphical analysis software purchased by HISD. The last three days, participants will build on these explorations to create integrated model lessons that correlate with Project CLEAR. |
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 TSU - Superconductivity Studies - June 3 - 14- 8:00 am- Dr. Victor Obot
& Dr. John Sapp [TSU
Map]This interdisciplinary workshop emphasizes mathematical modeling of physical and chemical processes. It will focus on those topics that support underlying concepts within superconductivity research. Concepts will include temperature, atomic structure, measures from atomic to astronomical, combinations of elements to form compounds, electricity and magnetism. Other manifestations of magnetism such as earth's magnetic field and the Van Allen belt, including magnetic storms, will also be discussed. A wealth of fun and interesting examples illustrating the unity of mathematics, physics and chemistry will be shared. |
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 - July 8-19 - Dr. Scott Slough and Ms.
Mitsue NakamuraThis workshop is designed to build upon experiences using hand-held technologies to collect, display, and interpret real-world data. Specific attention will be paid to using appropriate and available technology, including hand-held equipment, one-computer classrooms, and fully equipped computer laboratories. Particular emphasis on using the CBL2 for remote (outside of the classroom) data collection will involve ecological concepts where appropriate. This workshop will be minds-on, hands-on, and feet-in. Graduate credit hours may be obtained from UH-Downtown in CHEM 6301, if participants . This will require additional days and work, negotiated by the participant and instructor. Five students must enroll for the class to make, so if you are interested contact Dr. Scott Slough at slough@uhd.edu or 713-221-8954. |
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 HMNS and Rice University - Night of the Titanic -July 22-26 - Dr. Carolyn Sumners and
Dr. Pat Reiff This five-day course we will use earth science, physics, chemistry, and mathematics to decide what happened to the RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage 90 years ago. Teachers investigate the unique conditions on Earth and in space that --coupled with human errors--contributed to the sinking of the ship. This class includes visits to the planetarium show, Night of the Titanic; the Titanic Artifact Exhibit; and the Titanica IMAX. Teachers working in teams develop a complete problem-solving curriculum surrounding this tragic event. For their research, teachers will take home a CD-ROM of Earth Update. A program whose image bases could have saved the Titanic. |
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 HMNS and Rice University-Cultures of Creativity - A Century of Nobles-
July 29-Aug. 2-Dr. Carolyn Sumners and Dr. Pat Reiff In this five-day course, we investigate the great minds that have won the Nobel Prize. We will focus on two topics: (1) Texas laureates and their achievements and (2) how to conduct classroom experiments that provide an introduction to the scientific discoveries that have led to Nobel Prizes. This course also explores the nature of the creative process and the special environments the foster creative thinking. The course will include a tour of the Nanometer Chemistry Center at Rice University, where laureates Richard Smalley and Robert Curl work, and the Genome Center at Baylor, where the human genome is being sequenced, 50 years after the Nobel Prize winning discovery of DNA. By Friday, the teachers working in teams will develop specific classroom units focusing on the life and work for a particular laureate. The course will provide rich resources to use in creating this curriculum. |
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Texas Southern University |
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