Posted on September 30th, 2010 by ASEE
The Mother Daughter TEA (Technology Engineering Aptitude) events are 1-day professional development workshops to train participants in holding their own Mother/Daughter TEAs. Facilitated by Celeste Baine of Engineering Education Service Center. 2010-11 Dates and Locations: October 2, 2010 in Everett, WA; March 4, 2011 in Joplin, MO; April 2, 2011 in Boston, MA. Costs begin at $999; check Website for details.
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Tags: Professional Development, Programs for Girls, Technology, Technology Education
Posted on September 27th, 2010 by ASEE
Teachers can find several quick science lesson plans, keyed to National Standards, on the website of the National Science Center, a collaboration of The National Science Center Inc., a non-profit organization, and the United States Army.
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Tags: Science Lesson Plans
Posted on September 27th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Hawthorne Math and Science Academy in Los Angeles is challenging the notion that inner city schools are too beset with urban problems to succeed. And, it’s doing so with help from major corporations. “It’s all about future workforce development!” says a Northrup Grumman coordinator.
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Tags: Competitions for Students, Corporations, Outreach for Schools
Posted on September 27th, 2010 by ASEE
In this lesson, students in grades 3-9 learn how lenses gather and focus light and mirrors bounce light. They conduct experiments with water and mirrors to gain a greater understanding of the basic workings of telescopes.
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Tags: Lesson Plan, Physics, Telescope
Posted on September 27th, 2010 by ASEE
The 19th Annual Future City Competition, held from September 2010 through February, 2011, invites 6th, 7th and 8th grade students from around the nation to team with engineer-volunteer mentors to create — first on computer and then in large, three-dimensional models — their visions of the city of tomorrow.
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Tags: After School, Amazing Engineering, Competitions for Students, Grades 9-12
Posted on September 27th, 2010 by ASEE
Tech Challenge 2011, sponsored by The Tech Museum, in San Jose, CA, this is an annual team design challenge for youth in grades 5 through 12 that introduces and reinforces the scientific process with a hands-on project geared to solve a real-world problem. This year’s challenge has students devise ways to rid the oceans of trash. Information Clinics begin Sept. 25, 2010, through Feb. 2011.
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Tags: Environmental science, Marine engineering, Marine Science, Trash
Posted on September 27th, 2010 by ASEE
The RealWorld-InWorld NASA Engineering Design Challenge invites high-school-aged students work as engineers and scientists to solve real-world problems related to the James Webb Space Telescope. Student teams will try to answer one of these two questions relating to the Webb telescope: How can you design a shield to protect the Webb telescope? How can you deliver the Webb telescope to space using existing rocket technology?
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Tags: Grades 9-12, Science Contest, Telescope
Posted on September 27th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Many American children engage in no physical activity outside of school, and slashed state budgets mean even fewer phys-ed classes in some districts. But new studies indicate that aerobic exercise can strengthen minds, as well as bodies.
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Tags: Education Policy, Health, Public Policy, Research, Research on Learning, Sports
Posted on September 27th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
The Obama Administration has pushed for greater use of merit pay to reward teachers when students make gains in standardized tests. Yet, a new study has found that merit payments of up to $15,000 didn’t improve academic performance.
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Tags: Education Policy, Math teachers, Public Policy, Research on Learning, Teacher Training, Teachers
