Updated November 21st, 2009
- Top Stars: Website Accepting Entries
The Top Stars project invites U.S. formal (K-12, college) and informal educators to submit their best examples of using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope for STEM education. The website is now accepting entries from individuals or teams of up to four educators. Once you register, you may begin creating your entry (you can save, return to edit, and submit once read). Entries will be accepted through January 2, 2010 (May 29 was the deadline for entries to be considered in the first round of selections). For more information or to get started, visit http://topstars.strategies.org.
***Are you seeking fresh ideas to help your students assess the impacts of technology on the environment? The Department of Technology at Ball State University (BSU) invites 7-12th grade technology education teachers to participate in EnviroTech, a professional development project.
***ITEA'S TECHNOLOGY INTEREST GROUPS
All individuals are invited to join ITEA's Technology Interest Groups (TIG). TIGs are designed to facilitate dialogue between professionals with an interest in specific technological issues or initiatives. These forums were created for the purpose of sharing information, advancing education, and creating progress in the study of technology, innovation, design, and engineering education. Non ITEA members may join any one TIG at no cost. ITEA members may join as many TIGs as desired. SIGN UP NOW! https://www.iteaconnect.org/Forms/tigsform.htm
LAUNCHING SEPTEMBER 2008 Each TIG has one or more moderators who will assist in guiding the discussion through a forum designed to advance learning. Participants are asked to share their knowledge as they help educators remain on the forefront of the specific focus of each TIG. Participants are also asked to provide support to the group by always responding in a positive way, refrain from selling or marketing products, and having the interests of teaching and learning at heart. We hope that you will share your interests, expertise, and passion for learning as a TIG learning community member. Information about face-to-face opportunities with other TIG members will become available as the ITEA conference approaches each year. TIG activities will be scheduled in the conference program and accompanying trade show featuring further opportunities and discussions of interest. We hope you will enjoy the TIG learning experience.
Women in Technology – This forum is dedicated to those interested in the topics of recruiting and retaining women and girls in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). As a member of this community you can post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content, and access many other special features. There are certain factors that influence women's participation in STEM areas, such as informal training in spatial visualization and tool identification outside of the classroom, as well as specific recruitment and retention strategies that instructors can implement in the classroom. In this Women in Technology TIG, you can discuss issues regarding curriculum, research, educational games and toolkits, sample projects, and anything else related to women and girls in technology. Moderator – Hilary Bothma, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science
Design - This forum is dedicated to those interested in the topic of design. As a member of this community you can post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content, and access many other special features. Design is defined in the Standards for Technological Literacy as the interactive decision making process that produces plans by which resources are converted into products or systems that meet the human needs and wants to solve problems (ITEA, 2002). In this Design TIG, you can discuss issues regarding curriculum, research, sample projects, and anything else related to design. Moderator - Scott Warner, Millersville University.
Engineering Education - This forum is dedicated to those interested in the topic of engineering education. As a member of this community you can post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content , and access many other special features. As defined in Standards for Technological Literacy, engineering involves the knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences (biological and physical) gained by study, experience, and practice that are applied with judgment and creativity to develop ways to utilize the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind (ITEA, 2002). In this Engineering Education TIG, you can discuss issues regarding curriculum, research, sample projects, and anything else related to engineering education. Moderator - Brian Lien, Princeton High School, Cincinnati, OH
Energy-Efficient Vehicles -This forum is dedicated to those interested in the topics associated with the designing, fabricating, and competitions related to energy-efficient vehicles. As a member of this community you can post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content, and access many other special features. Energy-efficient vehicles can include Electrathon, high-mileage vehicles, Supermileage, and any other competitions dealing with these types of vehicles. This TIG allows you to easily and efficiently discuss issues regarding fabricating techniques, competitions, safety, materials, etc. Moderator - TBD
Robotics and Automation - This forum is dedicated to those interested in the topics of automation and robotics education. As a member of this community you can post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content, and access many other special features. In this TIG, you can discuss with other ITEA members issues regarding curriculum, competitions such as FIRST and VEX, sample projects, fabrication, current products, and anything else related to automation and robotics education. Moderators - Steve Florence, West Lafayette High School, West Lafayette, IN and Craig Harvey, Stonybrook Middle School, Indianapolis, IN
- Who We Are: The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group www.lab-robotics.org was founded in the early 1990’s with a mission to promote the professional growth and to educate members in both basic and leading edge technologies associated with laboratory automaton and robotics.
Since then we have grown too over 9,000 scientists and engineers from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, agriculture, cosmetic, food, and specialty industries who use automation in their laboratories. With chapters all over the world we hold multiple meetings where members present their research and share best practices and experiences in the design and implementation of laboratory automation.
Our Mission
The New England Chapter of the LRIG has advanced their education program to facilitate instruction for both self-development and the benefit of the laboratory automation to High School Science Teachers.
NE LRIG Teacher Fellowship
Introduction
Up to $2000 will be awarded during the fall of 2008 to those science teachers in Massachusetts Public High Schools who best meet the criteria below. The objective of this grant is to provide funds to expand project based activities during their laboratory periods. We believe hands on activities will increase enthusiasm among students and demonstrate the fun side of learning science.
Requirements
Each candidate is required to submit a proposal which includes:
- A lesson plan highlighting the goals and objectives which focuses on what the students will do to acquire further knowledge and skills in the particular area or concept. Special consideration will be given to those teachers who incorporate automation concepts in their plan.
- A description of the main lab activity
- A list of needed materials
- An assessment criterion which will provide evidence that the students have arrived at the intended destination
Applications to be submitted by September 30, 2008 to:
Marsha Paul, 20 Josiah Drive, Upton, MA 01568 or email at marshapaul@charter.net
As states revise their science standards for all students, many have explicitly included technology and engineering so that all students can learn about the designed world, develop practical problem-solving skills, and expand their career horizons. Engineering the Future (EtF): Science, Technology, and the Design Process is a new laboratory course for the first year of high school science, created to help a broad spectrum of students meet these standards. EtF is a full-year lab course organized around four projects, each of which is divided into several tasks. In the first project, students design solutions to problems that they find interesting. In the second, they design energy-efficient buildings to counter the problems associated with urban sprawl. In the third unit, they learn about thermal-fluid engines as they design and build toy putt-putt boats and write patent applications for their innovations. The fourth project challenges the students to design electric circuits. Units two, three, and four illustrate how the same fundamental concepts of energy flow apply to thermal, fluid, and electrical systems. Kits are available for projects 3 and 4, and the entire course can be implemented on a modest budget. After four years of development, including two years of field-testing by more than 160 teachers, EtF has been published by Key Curriculum Press. Interested teachers can request a free review copy at the following website: http://www.keypress.com/etf
***Space Place Teacher's Corner
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/educators.
- eMSS is a content focused online mentoring program that can enhance or supplement your current induction program for beginning math and science teachers. Some districts use eMSS as their only mentoring program for beginning science or math teachers. We have an exciting opportunity in which we are accepting open enrollment in eMSS so more districts or educational organizations may provide this service to their beginning math or science teachers.
More information about the programs is available at: http://www.newteachercenterorg/emss . http://emss.nsta.org
- The Aviation Science Technology Associate's Degree program combines academic studies and flight training to prepare graduates for a wide variety of positions within the air transportation industry, including general, airline and military aviation. Graduates of the flight program are eligible to take the Private Pilot, Commercial Pilot, Instrument Pilot, and Flight Instructor certificates. The curriculum provides the flight training necessary to operate in the high-density environment of modern airspace. All flight training courses are taken at an FAA-certified/licensed facility. The program emphasizes critical thinking and analytical skills, as well as oral and written communication skills. Effective resource management, human factors, and safety awareness are constantly emphasized throughout the curriculum. Complementing the intensive flight training is classroom instruction and use of flight simulators.
New England Institute of Technology
- CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES FOR LEARNING ABOUT INFRARED LIGHT
Most students are familiar with the rainbow of colors that make up visible light. They're often less comfortable dealing with light from the other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum - gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet light, visible light, infrared light, microwaves, and radio waves. Students may not realize the important role played by non-visible light in their everyday lives. For example, TV remote controls, car-locking systems, and some grocery store check-out scanners use infrared light to signal between devices or read bar-codes. Computers use infrared light to read CD-ROMs. Night-vision goggles register infrared light (also known as heat radiation), as do search-and-rescue monitors that look for the heat given off by someone lost in the wilderness at night. The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has developed a series of lesson plans and other educational materials to assist middle and high school teachers exploring infrared light with students. The hands-on and demonstration activities are designed to complement instruction on the electromagnetic spectrum for middle and high school students, and is designed to be completed in one or two classroom periods. A poster is also available on request about the electromagnetic spectrum. The front of the poster is a visual-wavelength image of the Whirlpool Galaxy (Messier 51) from the Hubble Space Telescope compared with a row of images of the same galaxy at a range of wavelengths from X-ray to radio. The back of the poster is covered by text containing background information and some classroom activities to teach the properties of electromagnetic waves. NASA and the DLR, German Aerospace Center, are working together to create SOFIA -- a Boeing 747SP aircraft modified by L-3 Communications Integrated Systems to accommodate a 2.5 meter reflecting telescope. SOFIA is an airborne observatory that will study the universe in the infrared spectrum. Besides this contribution to science progress, SOFIA is expected to be a major factor in the development of observational techniques and instruments, and in the education of young scientists and teachers in the discipline of infrared astronomy. Find out more about SOFIA's educational resources at http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Edu/materials/edu_materials.html .
- High School MCAS Science and Technology/Engineering FAQ and Resources Page
Please share the following link with your colleagues and administrators. It includes answers to frequently asked questions about the high school STE MCAS tests, formula sheets for Introductory Physics, Chemistry, and Technology/Engineering, and other related resources. www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/science
- The Museum of Science Boston has a web page specifically for teachers, click here to learn more about there resources http://mos.org/educators. If you do not see this information on our what's new page we will have a permanent on our MassTEC Technology/Engineering classroom resource page, click here to see the link.
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Museum of Science Boston Teacher Partner Program
Monthly issues of ENews for Educators More
http://mos.org/educators/classroom_resources/teacher_partner_program
Click here for the permanent link to the Museum of Science Boston Teacher Partner Program on the MassTEC Technology/Engineering classroom resource page
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Educator Resource Center at the Lyman Library
Teachers are welcome to the Educator Resource Center (ERC) for individual or small-group professional development work. Overlooking the Charles River, the ERC is a bright, open space located in the Lyman Library at the Museum of Science, Level 3. The vast resources of the Lyman Library and the Technology and Engineering Curriculum Review are readily available, along with our knowledgeable staff librarians, wireless access, and copying facilities. Teachers and curriculum planners are welcome to borrow materials from the library, and the majority of the materials in the collection do circulate. Included in the collection are science books, videos, DVDs and over 200 standards-based science, technology, math, and engineering curriculum resources -- the most comprehensive collection available in the region. The center is open seven days a week and can be reserved for groups of teachers for research, curriculum, and development projects.
To go to the Lyman Library web site click here http://mos.org/events_activities/lyman_library/educator_resource_center
To view the permanent link on the MassTEC Technology/Engineering classroom resource page click here.
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From the Science, Mathematics, And Research For Transformation Defense Scholarship for Service Program (SMART)
The Department of Defense (DoD) is proud to offer scholarships to undergraduate, master's and doctoral students who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for training in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) fields. The DoD also offers them career opportunities to continue their research as civilian employees of a DoD laboratory after graduation.
The Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Scholarship for Service Program offers our nation's research leaders of tomorrow not only an education but rewarding career opportunities. Click here for a link to there web page https://www.asee.org/smart/
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The NASA Undergraduate Student Research Project
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is seeking undergraduate students from diverse communities across the United States interested in unique hands-on experiences with NASA scientists and engineers. USRP internships are available year-round at all NASA facilities. Selected students receive a stipend and round-trip travel allowance. Students may apply for 15 week spring session, 10-week summer session, or 15-week fall session. USRP seeks applications from undergraduates who are U.S. citizens enrolled full-time in accredited U.S. colleges or universities. Applicants must be classified as sophomores, juniors, or seniors by the start of their internship. Eligible applicants must be U.S. citizens with academic majors or course concentration in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or physical and life sciences. NASA-USRP provides students with hands-on, real-life, career-related internships that challenge, inspire, and provide practical application that complements students' academic education. Click here for more information
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