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E-Blast December 13, 2007
In this E-Blast
- Leadership
- Building a Presence - Happy Holidays
- MDE Science
- K-12 Science
- High School Science
- Middle and High School Science
- Elementary and Middle School Science
- December Contest - 11 Prizes to Win!
- Tools and Resources
- Upcoming Events and Opportunities
Here are your science education resources and announcements for December 13, 2007 provided by Building a Presence for Science. These science education highlights are emailed to Key Leaders, Points of Contact and State Partners. Please forward them on to other science educators in your school. If you have questions or comments, please forward them to:
David Bydlowski
Michigan Coordinator - Building a Presence
bydlowd@resa.net
http://nsta.org/bap
http://www.msta-mich.org/bap
or
Sue Campbell
MSTA Representative
sue@ucia2.com
http://www.msta-mich.org
1. Leadership
"To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!'"
Lao-tsu
Thank you to Herm Boatin, Science Consultant and Adjunct Professor of Biology at University of Michigan-Dearborn, for contributing this leadership quote.
Building a Presence - Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays from Building a Presence-Michigan. This will be the only e-blast in December. The next e-blast will be January 10, 2008, then we will go back to an e-blast on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. Today's e-blast contest has nearly double the number of prizes, as an extra bonus for the holiday season. Thanks for all that you do to make Building a Presence the best educational communication system in Michigan.
MDE Science
K-7 Science Grade Level Content Expectations Approved
The Michigan State Board of Education approved the new science K-7 GLCE as presented in November. The final document includes descriptions for the standards. This approved document, dated 12-07, is now available at: http://mi.gov/documents/mde/Complete_Science_GLCE_12-12-07_218314_7.pdf
K-7 Science Rollout
The official K-7 Science Rollout will be offered by the Michigan State University Office for K-12 Outreach. The event will take place on January 28, 2008 at the Kellogg Center at Michigan State University. The time will be 8:30 - 2:30. .5 SB-CEU's will be offered. You must register to attend. Please make your reservations at: http://www.educ.msu.edu/k12out
MDE Regional Rollouts, Including Science
The Michigan Department of Education will be holding regional rollouts on the following topics: K-7 Science; MMC Science Companion Documents; Online Experience; Social Studies (K-12); Visual, Performing, and Applied Arts; and World Languages.
During the morning breakout session, 9:45 - 11:45, there will be a session on the K-7 Science Expectations. During the afternoon breakout session, 1:00 - 3:00, there will be a session on the High School Companion Documents for Science, Math and ELA. Sessions may vary, depending on the host site. To register, please register online with the host ISD. For additional information, please contact Joni Lindeman at:
517.373.4213
LindemanJ@michigan.gov
Here are the dates and sites:
December 18, 2007 / December 19, 2007 -- 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Marquette-Alger RESA - http://www.maresa.org
January 9, 2008 -- 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Wexford-Missaukee ISD - http://www.wmisd.org
January 18, 2008 -- 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Kent ISD - http://www.kentisd.org/hub
January 30, 2008 -- 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Saginaw ISD - http://www.sisd.cc
February 4, 2008 / February 5, 2008 -- 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
St. Clair County RESA - http://www.sccresa.org
February 22, 2008 -- 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Kalamazoo RESA - http://www.kresa.org
March 4, 2008 -- 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Wayne RESA - http://www.resa.net
The rollout will be held at the Doubletree Hotel Dearborn.
March 28, 2008 -- 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Ingham ISD - http://www.inghamisd.org
K-12 Science
Sustainable Energy Workshop for Science Teachers
Would you like to include sustainable energy materials in your curriculum but aren't sure how to make it work with the State's new science expectations? To learn how, you are invited to a hands-on Sustainable Energy Workshop where you will be shown you how to satisfy several Michigan Science Curriculum Standards and Expectations using Sustainable Energy content. You will have the opportunity to interface with experts in the sustainable energy field and participate in sustainable energy labs and activities. For participating, you will receive an operational model Hydrogen car for classroom demonstration purposes and sustainable energy lab materials. The workshop will run from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM January 26th, February 1st and 2nd, 2008 including the tour of sustainable energy facilities. You can also earn 2.4 Professional Development CEU's. The fee for this workshop is $75 and this fee covers the cost of the materials and lunch. Registration and payment (by check only) is due by January 11th 2008. For additional information or questions send an email
Fuelcellinfo@kettering.edu
or call Dave Namenye at 810-394-3757. To register, call Virginia Hill, 810-762-9873, at Kettering University.
Teacher Challenge-NASA-International Polar Year
From March 2007 to March 2008, the scientific community is recognizing the International Polar Year. Scientists from around the world are examining the Arctic and Antarctic regions of Earth. NASA's Exploring Space Challenges invites K-12 teachers to design a challenge in conjunction with this event. Judges will select the best Challenges in grade-level categories K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. One overall winning Challenge will be used by NASA ESC for the next school year. Registration is open until Dec. 30, 2007. For more information, visit:
http://esc.nasa.gov/html_files/TeacherChallenge.html
Environmental Poetry and Art Contest
Students are encouraged to enter the 2008 Annual Environmental Poetry & Art Contest, a K-12 contest that focuses specifically on watersheds. The contest is designed to help youth explore the natural and cultural history of the place they live, and to express, through poetry and art, what they discover. For entry information, please visit:
http://riverofwords.composing.org/
2008 Young Eco-Hero Awards
Now is the opportunity to recognize the individual accomplishments of young people (ages 8-16) whose personal actions have significantly improved the environment. Action For Nature will award cash prizes of up to $500 to young Eco-Heroes from around the world for their outstanding accomplishments in environmental advocacy, environmental health, research or protection of the natural world. Their individual initiatives will inspire others to preserve and protect our fragile environment. If you are interested, please select the link below: http://www.actionfornature.org/eco-hero/ecoheroawards.html
High School Science
Michigan High School Math and Science Symposium
The Michigan High School Math and Science Symposium is an opportunity for all students to showcase their high school research projects in a professional setting. It is a capstone activity to celebrate the conclusion of an individual or team effort. It is a chance to establish credentials, which may lead to a scholarship, apprenticeship or university acceptance not otherwise within reach. Perhaps most of all, the MHSMSS offers a chance to meet peers and share your knowledge with others in a collegial setting.
The 9th Annual MHSMSS will be hosted at the GVSU Eberhard Center in Grand Rapids on April 25, 2008. The Symposium is open to all Michigan high school students. The MHSMSS was awarded an Education Excellence Award from the Michigan Association of School Boards in 2006. The Symposium is sponsored by the Regional Math & Science Center at Grand Valley State University. For more information, please visit: http://www.gvsu.edu/rmsc/index.cfm?id=8A9198AF-A3E3-6DED-E79756D505F95C17
Call for Proposals:
http://www.gvsu.edu/cms3/assets/05B1F0C7-9199-C8C5-D10B6AC1B36D82D5/2008call4Proposal.pdf
For more information, please contact the State Coordinator:
Paul Bigford
paulbigford@hotmail.com
231-898-2633
AP Biology, AP Phyics and Hands-On Learning
You are encouraged to visit:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/index.htm
to view some wonderful resources for AP Biology, AP Physics and Hands-On Learning.
Middle and High School Science
Summer Fellowship Opportunity in Physiology
In our last e-blast there was an article dealing with the summer fellowship opportunity for middle and high school science. One of our Points of Contact has wonderful words to share about this experience. Here is her testimonial: The first thing I must share is that this fellowship is the most rewarding thing I have ever done for my professional life. As a 2007 Frontiers in Physiology Professional Development Fellow, I participated in three program components: Experiencing Scientific Research, Exploring Effective Pedagogy, and Developing New Materials.
Throughout the year of the fellowship, I participated in: eight weeks of biomedical research in the laboratory of a physiologist during the summer; online activities throughout the year; and a summer Science Teaching Forum to explore effective online and in-class pedagogies.
I worked in the biomedical research lab of Dr. Benedict R. Lucchesi, at the University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pharmacology, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The research studies in Dr. Lucchesi's laboratory at the University of Michigan Medical School focus on three subject areas including: blood clotting (thrombus) in a major artery to the heart or brain respectively, sudden cardiac death due to an electrical disorganization of the heart rhythm (ventricular fibrillation) and ischemia/reperfusion injury.
The fellowship not only offered me an opportunity to learn about scientific research, but it also helped me to expand my repertoire of pedagogy. Over the fellowship year I explored websites with outstanding teaching resources, discussed readings about effective teaching and learning, and reflected on my own teaching. The teacher discussion and reflection areas are provided through the University of California - Berkeley's Project WISE (Web-based Inquiry Science Environment) web site.
One of the highlights of the fellowship was the summer Science Teaching Forum held center near Washington, DC, when Research Teachers took a break from our research experience to gather at a conference for an intensive week of exploration, sharing, and brainstorming. Each of us also developed an inquiry-based classroom activity or lab. Selected activities are published by APS in print form, on the APS website, and on a CD-ROM.
The culminating event of the research experience will be attending the 2008 Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego, CA (April 2008). At the meeting, we will learn about research findings presented by more than 10,000 scientists, and attend a full-day workshop and be honored at a special APS luncheon.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact Monica at:
mvan-y@mhacademy.com
The American Physiology Society (APS) offers a wonderful professional development/research experience for middle and high school life science and biology teachers. The application deadline is January 10, 2008. For more information, please visit: http://www.the-aps.org/education/frontiers/app.html
Elementary and Middle School Science
New Fisheries Content Enhances Online Curriculum
A new curriculum content highlighting Great Lakes fisheries is now available online via Michigan Sea Grant's website, Fisheries Learning on the Web (FLOW). Four new and revised classroom lessons and hands-on activities help educators and students observe and identify Great Lakes fish, understand the fundamentals of fish habitat and life cycles, and learn how scientists monitor the movement of fish populations.
The new FLOW lessons were developed in collaboration with fisheries experts at the University of Michigan and reviewed by seven Michigan science teachers. All lessons meet state and national science education standards and benchmarks and are designed for educators and students in grades 4 through 8. To download the curriculum, please visit:
http://www.projectflow.us
Sally Ride Science
To help teachers educate the next generation on the science and solutions for global climate change, Sally Ride Science announces the launch of the Climate Change Classroom Set
http://www.sallyridescience.com/schools
on climate change. Developed for upper elementary and middle school students, the Climate Change Classroom Set brings the impacts of climate change to their world.
December Contest - 11 Prizes to Win!
This month we have eleven wonderful gifts to give away. All winners will receive a 2 GB USB Flashdrive. These flashdrives can hold more data then 3 CD's!!!!!!!!!
To win one of these prizes, send an email to:
David Bydlowski
bydlowd@resa.net
State Coordinator for Building a Presence
You MUST INCLUDE your name AND mailing address AND your school name/district.
You may only enter once and only one entry per email address. Respondents 1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, and 101 will receive a prize. We will post all of the winners in our next E-Blast. Good luck to you and thank you for being part of the Building a Presence Network.
Tools and Resources
Archived Michigan BaP e-Blasts:
http://msta-mich.org/bap
Early Childhood Science Blog:
http://science.nsta.org/earlyyearsblog
Free NSTA Newsletters (Elem - HS):
http://www.nsta.org/newsletters
Free ACT Prep:
http://www.mivhs.org/content.cfm?id=667
Grants:
http://sciguides.nsta.org/internet/grants.aspx
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html
http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/grants/index.html
http://www.legoeducation.com/about/item.aspx?art=314
High School Companion Documents:
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-28753_38684_28760-171474--,00.html
High School Science Expectations:
http://mi.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-42814---,00.html
K-6 Inquiry PD Resources:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI
K-12 Online Science Assessment Tool:
http://www.macombschools.org/scienceassessment
Internet Resources Correlated to the MCF and the MMC:
http://www.svsu.edu/mathsci-center/uploads/science
Michigan Merit High School Graduation Requirements FAQ for Science:
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/faq15_178607_7.pdf
Science Music 24/7 on the Internet:
http://live365.com/stations/trappedinlab
Upcoming Events and Opportunities
- December 18, 2007 / December 19, 2007: MDE Regional Rollout at the Marquette-Alger RESA. To register please visit: http://www.maresa.org
- December 21, 2007: Deadline to register teams for the Great Lakes Bowl. For more information, please visit: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pr/nosb/cur/
- December 30, 2007: Deadline to enter the NASA Exploring Space Challenges. For more information, please visit: http://esc.nasa.gov/html_files/TeacherChallenge.html
- December 30, 2007: Deadline to apply for the Tool Factory Podcasting Grants. For full details, please visit: http://www.toolfactory.com/olympus_contest/olympus_podcasting.htm
- December 31, 2007: Deadline to apply for the Teacher at Sea Program. For details, please visit: http://teacheratsea.noaa.gov/
- January 1, 2008: Deadline for middle-high school students to submit papers to CitizenScience paper competition. For more information, please visit: http://sustainus.org/content/view/16/128
- January 4, 2008: Deadline for students to enter NASA's 21st Century Explorer Podcast Competition. For more information, please visit: http://www.explorationpodcast.com/
- January 9, 2008: MDE Regional Rollout to be held at the Wexford-Missaukee ISD. To register, please visit: http://www.wmisd.org
- January 10, 2008: Deadline to apply for the American Physiology Society's research fellowship. For more information, please visit: http://www.the-aps.org/education/frontiers/app.html
- January 11, 2008: Deadline to register for the Sustainable Energy Workshop for Science Teachers to be held at Kettering College. To register, call Virginia Hill, 810-762-9873.
- January 13, 2008: Deadline to apply for the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship. For more information, please visit: http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/Einstein/about.htm
- January 18, 2008: MDE Regional Rollout to be held at the Kent ISD. To register, please visit: http://www.kentisd.org/hub
- January 28, 2008: Michigan's New Content Expectations for K-7 Science Conference at the Kellogg Center at Michigan State University. To register, please visit: http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/outreach/k12out/
- January 29, 2008: Deadline to apply for the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards. For more information, please visit: http://www.exploravision.org/
- January 30, 2008: MDE Regional Rollout to be held at the Saginaw ISD. To register, please visit: http://www.sisd.cc
- January 31, 2008: Deadline to apply to become a NASA Explorer School. For more information, please visit: http://explorerschools.nasa.gov/portal/site/nes/menuitem.d601ef1f9fdc2c2d7010ea1051008a0c/
- February 4, 2008: Deadline for teachers to apply for the ARMADA Project Research opportunity. For more information, please visit: http://www.armadaproject.org
- February 4, 2008 / February 5, 2008: MDE Regional Rollout to be held at the St. Clair County RESA. To register, please visit: http://www.sccresa.org
- February 8, 2008: Deadline to apply for the Walter P. Chrysler Closing the Technology Gap in Education Awards. For more information, please visit: http://www.chryslerteacherawards.com/
- February 8, 2008: Deadline to apply for the American Meteorological Society's Scholarships and Fellowships. For more information, please visit: http://www.ametsoc.org/amsstudentinfo/scholfeldocs/index.html
- February 12-16, 2008: Fundamentals of Inquiry Workshop for Professional Developers at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA. For more information, please visit: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/workshops/attend
- February 15, 2008: Entry deadline for the Annual Environmental Poetry and Art contest. For entry information, please visit: http://riverofwords.composing.org/
- February 22, 2008: MDE Regional Rollout to be held at the Kalamazoo RESA. To register, please visit: http://www.kresa.org
- February 28, 2008: Deadline for the Eco-Hero Award program for students aged 8-16. For more information, please visit: http://www.actionfornature.org/eco-hero/ecoheroawards.html
- March 4, 2008: MDE Regional Rollout to be held at the Doubletree Hotel Dearborn. To register, please visit: http://www.resa.net
- March 6-8, 2008: MSTA Annual Conference in Lansing, MI. For more information, please visit: http://msta-mich.org
- March 7, 2008: Deadline to apply for the Michigan Forestry Educator of the Year Award. For more information, please contact Ada Takacs at: takacsa@michigan.gov
- March 14, 2008: National Pi Day. For more information, please visit: http://www.piacrossamerica.org/
- March 14, 2008: Deadline to become an EARTH HERO (ages 12-17). For more information, please visit: http://www.earth-heroes.org
- March 17, 2008: Deadline to enter the National DNA Day Contest for Middle and High School Students. For more information, please visit: http://www.genednet.org/pages/k12_dnaday08.shtml
- March 27-30, 2008: NSTA National Convention in Boston, MA. For more information, please visit: http://nsta.org/conferences
- March 28, 2008: MDE Regional Rollout to be held at the Ingham ISD. To register, please visit: http://www.inghamisd.org
- April 4, 2008: Deadline to apply for the 2008 Thacher Scholars Award for secondary school students. For more information, please visit: http://www.strategies.org/ThacherScholars
- April 13-19, 2008: National Environmental Education Week. For more information, please visit: http://dev.eeweek.org/
- April 22, 2008: Earth Day. For more information, please visit: http://www.earthday.net/earthday2008.aspx
- April 25, 2008: National DNA Day. For more information, please visit: http://www.genome.gov/dnaday
- April 25, 2008: Michigan High School Math and Science Symposium to be held at the GVSU Eberhard Center in Grand Rapids, MI. For more information, please visit: http://www.gvsu.edu/rmsc/index.cfm?id=8A9198AF-A3E3-6DED-E79756D505F95C17
- June 25, 2008: Curriculum Integration Conference to be held at Holt High School. Registration information will be available soon.
- July 1, 2008: Deadline to apply to become an astronaut. For more information, please visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/recruit.html
- July 14-18, 2008: CSI Lawrence Tech Forensics Workshop. For more information, please visit: http://www.ltu.edu/arts_sciences/master_science_ed/forensic.asp
- February 12, 2009: Charles Darwin Bicentennial Day. For more information, please visit: http://darwinday.org/englishL/assistevent/index.html
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