This is big news! Our statewide team that has been putting on the Modeling Instruction workshops for high school teachers has gained more funding which allows us to offer a Modeling Instruction Workshop for Middle School teachers. Please see the attached flyer for the application process and please distribute to middle school teachers.
Some key features:
Facilitators: Colleen Megowan and George Nelson (Colleen is the Executive Director of the American Modeling Teachers Association)
Dates: June 29 – July 17, 2015 – yes, that's 15 awesome days – 8 AM – 4 PM (July 3rd will be a half day)
Location: Novi High School
Stipends: up to $1500
Travel Expenses: mileage and lodging for out of area teachers
AMTA Membership: one year provided
Application process: Interested teachers will complete an application and those selected will be sent a link to register.
Mike
Science Education Consultant
Oakland Schools
I. Project 2061 Launches New WeatherSchool@AAAS Website
Designed for middle- and high-school students and teachers, the new WeatherSchool@AAAS site uses real-world data collected from around the globe to teach fundamentals about weather and climate. In a series of interactive modules that include graphing tools, data sets, guided activities, and quizzes, students learn how moving air masses can cause day-to-day temperature variation, how geographic factors such as elevation above sea level can influence temperature at any given location, and how the movement of the earth in relation to the sun can affect temperature over the course of a year. The new site is consistent with recommendations in the Next Generation Science Standards and encourages teachers to integrate the core ideas that students are learning with the practices of science, such as generating data, creating graphs and tables, and looking at relationships and patterns. Read more. Explore the site.
Subject: Regional Science Fair News and Reminder
Now is a great time for kids to start thinking about projects for the Flint Regional Science Fair and any local school or district fairs. The 2015 Flint Regional Science Fair, which serves our students, will be March 20-22, 2015 on the campus of Kettering University in Flint. Posters and tri-fold brochures were sent in November.
Please encourage students in grades 4 through 12 to visit www.flintsciencefair.org. Registration procedures have changed this year. Students whose projects will require special handling or permissions due to hazardous materials, safety or ethical issues will find the Rules Wizard especially helpful.
The web site has many useful helps and links to other useful sites for science fair projects and other fun science related stuff, as well as Registering. Help topics include: Planning a Good Science Fair Project, Writing a Scientific Report, the Scientific Method, Getting Started, Project Idea Tool, etc.
The web site also has a lot of useful information for teachers and parents including a PowerPoint presentation, a Handbook for Teachers, the FRSF Handbook and on-line registration.
Teachers are encouraged to sign up as judges for the fair—it is a great way to get started, especially if you have not had experience with science fairs. There is a Judges section on the web site.
School field trips to view fair projects can be scheduled for Monday March 23.
Special note -- Our regional fair, the Flint Regional Science Fair, is a member of Society for Science & the Public's (SSP) fair network. As such, high school participants in the FRSF can become eligible to compete in the INTEL International Science & Engineering Fair www.societyforscience.org/isef , and up to 10% of students in grades 5-8 can be nominated to participate in the Broadcom MASTERS Middle School Program https://student.societyforscience.org/broadcom-masters . Each year two senior division winners receive an expense paid trip to compete in ISEF (2015 is in Pittsburgh) and two students in grades 9 or 10 are sponsored to attend as Observers.
The Science Fair Handbook is available on line. Questions should be directed to director@flintsciencefair.org
Tom Cerny
VP Flint Area Science Fair
810 252-6943 --C
tomcerny1@aol.com
www.flintsciencefair.org
Jim just added a link to get a stipend to attend!!!!
A $250 stipend sponsored by donations make by various companies, individuals, and MSTA, to attend the MSTA Annual Conference on February 27-28, 2015 in Grand Rapids, MI, is available!
The stipend will cover one year of MSTA membership, two day conference registration (Friday & Saturday), and sub reimbursement.
APPLICATOINS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 9:00 A.M., Monday, January 26, 2015.
To apply, go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PSKPKCR
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