Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
The Canadian Olympic School Program has provided teachers with free classroom resources since 1988. Its website provides learning resources that help to engage students in the the Olympic Games. The resources include stories of Olympic athletes, project pacts for teachers, learning kits, videos, interactive materials for students, games and more.
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Posted on February 8th, 2010 by axb
This one day workshop, March 27, 2010, for 8th grade girls provides an opportunity to explore interests in science and technology. Students interact with professional women from industry as well as with professors and students from SDSU. Cost: $10.
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Posted on February 8th, 2010 by ASEE
The Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, GA., offers Science Night Out, Friday evening programs with hands-on science activities for kids, staffed by Fernbank Science Center scientists and volunteers. The target audience is fun-loving, science-aware children from 3rd grade through 6th grade. Cost: $15.
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Tags: Aerospace, Engineering Week, Grades 3-6, Programs for Students, Science Center
Posted on February 4th, 2010 by ASEE
The UMass Nanotechnology Summer Institute will explore the basic science and engineering concepts of this exciting new field, and will illustrate how they may be integrated into the usual math, science and technology courses in middle schools and high schools. The content and pedagogy will be aligned with the Massachusetts Science and Technology/ Engineering Framework. Application deadline: April 1, 2011
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Tags: Math teachers, Nanotechnology, Professional Development, Science, Summer Programs (Teachers), Technology teachers
Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
In this lesson plan, students learn how to find shapes in their world. With the help of the children’s book A Triangle for Adaora by Ifeoma Onyefulu, which shares the experience of a young Nigerian girl as she looks for a triangle around her, students learn the basic shapes, then go looking for them in magazines. They then present their findings to the class as shape researchers. This lesson also incorporates cultural learning.
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Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Engineers, scientists, and mathematicians of color have helped shape American invention from the nation’s earliest days. The most famous is probably George Washington Carver, who found hundreds of ways to use peanuts and soybeans in chemistry and manufacturing. Here are some less well-known figures who also made important contributions.
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Posted on February 1st, 2010 by ASEE
The Black Inventor Online Museum ™ offers brief profiles of African-American leaders in the field of invention and innovation, ranging from 18th century innovators like Benjamin Banneker, who helped design the layout of Washington, D.C., to rock scientist Lonnie Johnson, inventor of the popular 1990’s “Super Soaker” water gun.
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Posted on February 1st, 2010 by ASEE
Join the Second Annual African American History Program Free Family Day at the Koshland Science Museum in Washington, DC., Sat., February 6, to explore the issues surround the 2010 census and American cultural perceptions of race.
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Tags: African-American scientists, Family events, Mathematics, Programs for Families, Weekend programs
Posted on February 1st, 2010 by ASEE
The America I Am – The African-American Imprint exhibition is currently on view at the California Science Center Exposition Park in Los Angeles, CA, from October 30, 2009 to April 10, 2010. Celebrating nearly 500 years of African American contributions, the exhibition presents a historical continuum of pivotal moments in courage, conviction, and creativity that solidifies the undeniable imprint of African Americans across the nation and around the world.
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