Convergence Education Foundation (CEF) Sessions

Workshops
Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Growing Green Schools
Diana Schulz - Jeannine Ehrlich, Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Laker School
Scott Whipple - Huron Math/Science/Tech Center
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Monet
The Laker School District, in the thumb area of Michigan, has the great fortune to provide students and community members with a wealth of education about alternative energies.

Sessions
Friday: 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

R3 - R Generation. R Solutions. R Fuels
Jeffrey Shull
Rob Blume - Macomb Academy of Arts & Science
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: High School
Location: Monet
Students at the Macomb Academy of Arts and Sciences are creating their own fuels using waste cooking products to power a 1/8 scale RC car. Your students can too!

Sessions
Friday: 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

The Best of Both Worlds - Letter Grades and Mastery Learning
Rob Blume - Macomb Academy of Arts & Science
Jeff Shull - Armada Area Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Assessment
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Monet
Students make mistakes when they learn new materials. Our grading system allows students to make and correct mistakes on their own time without penalty using methods that best suit them.

Sessions
Friday: 3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

You Built It and They Will Come
Guy Reece
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Monet
How the focus of "Engineering" brings kids to extra-curricula activities. A show and tell of a ROV Project that draws from all levels of students; it is project based and student lead.

Sessions
Friday: 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

New Session Listing
Movement is Everywhere
Lisa Wujczyk - Miller Elementary School
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology, Physics
Interest Level: Later Elementary
Location: Marquette B
Even young students can become successful engineers through this engaging, inquiry-based study of movement through development of their own playground, utilizing new found knowledge of shapes and simple machines.

Wind Earth and Sun Technology. Take The Classroom To Them!
Clark Brock
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Monet
The North Huron Schools secondary science program in cooperation with Epics and the Convergence Education Foundation, have developed a mobile science classroom to present alternative energy to the public.