The Math Education Resource Center is now open for use! The resource center is located in Trailer P, the furthest to the end of the line of Trailers behind Thorton and Hensil Hall.
Resource Center Hours For Spring 2010
Monday 9:00 – 6:00PM
Tuesday 9:00 – 4:00PM
Wednesday 9:00 – 5:00PM
Thursday 9:00 – 4:00PM
Friday 9:00 – 5:00PM
Please click here to find out more about the new resource center.
Texas Instruments is unveiling a special offer for preservice mathematics teachers planning to teach mathematics in grades 8-12. Preservice mathematics teachers who are graduating in Spring 2010 or plan to graduate by Summer 2011 can attend a TI-Nspire 3-day summer workshop during Summer 2010 for only $25 and receive a TI-Nspire handheld with Touchpad and TI-Nspire Teacher Software.
Preservice teachers must submit a professor verification form confirming their preservice status to qualify for this offer. Please click here to register online.
Preservice teachers who want to take advantage of this offer must meet the following criteria:
For more information, or with questions, please contact jtharimala@ti.com.
Applications are currently being accepted for middle school math and science teachers for the Summer Institute 2010. Our institutes focus on physics, middle-high school general science, life science and mathematics and support the content and pedagogy described in the National and California State Standards. Participants are required to study at the Exploratorium for five-and-one-half hours each day, Monday through Friday, for four weeks.
Each participant is awarded a stipend of $1000 after completion. In the past years, three units of credit from San Francisco State University or six units of graduate credit from University of the Pacific were awarded through the program. After completing this 4-week institute, you become an alumnus of the Teacher Institute and are eligible to attend other workshops.
The dates for Summer 2010 are from June 21st to July 16th.
Application Deadline: April 1st
Notification of acceptance will be made early May.
Please download an application at: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/classic.html.
If you would like an application emailed directly to you, please email Karen Drachler at kdrachler@exploratorium.edu.
NSTA is seeking high quality applications from teams of high school science, math, and technology teachers who desire to participate in a Reduced Gravity Education Flight Week program offered through a joint project between NASA Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Office of Education and Oklahoma State University’s Teaching From Space (TFS) Program.
Fourteen teams of 4–5 educators teaching grades 9-12 (from a single school or a school district) will be competitively selected to travel to Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX to participate in the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Week July 29–August 7, 2010, and fly their own experiments aboard NASA’s Reduced Gravity Aircraft. All participants must be US citizens.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
NASA reduced gravity flight experiences offer educators the opportunity to successfully propose, design, and fabricate a reduced gravity investigation of their choice with their students; fly the experiment; conduct research in a microgravity environment; and evaluate the investigation. Educators then share their findings with their students (who are not permitted to fly) and emulate the nature of inquiry to the larger education arena via a community experience of learning and future flight participants. The opportunity offers educators the opportunity to participate in first class immersive inquiry learning experiences and to engage, educate, and inspire their students in the STEM disciplines using NASA unique content and resources. In-flight and postflight video activities allow educators enhanced opportunities to share their experience with the students. NSTA will support the Flight Week and provide preflight and postflight professional development related to the experience.
The flight 10-day Flight Week will include training, readiness preparation, and experiment/equipment evaluation prior to actual flight days. NASA will cover the cost of securing the plane for flight week while the educators secure and pay travel and experiment equipment expenses to participate in flight week. Each selected team will be paired with a NASA mentor who will fly with the team and provide preflight technical guidance relating to the experiment design.
Selected participants will begin their involvement in the project beginning in April 2010 by participating in a series of training web seminars and initiating work on creating their experiment with NASA. Postflight participation activities occur through December 2010.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications for participation in the NASA Reduced Gravity Education Flight Week program are due by March 18, 2010.
For more information or an application, contact Marie Wiggins, Senior Director, Competitions and Teacher Awards at NSTA at (703) 312-9241 or .
FEAST (Fun Exchanges and Activities for Science Teachers) would like to welcome all teachers to attend our next session:
Technology In the Science Classroom
At our next FEAST session, it’s time to pull out your coolest technology activity and show off a bit. We invite you to demonstrate how you use technology in your classrooms and of course, share your valuable resources, tips and recommendations. Some examples of these technologies might include: robotic devices, solar cars, reliable balances, science probeware, virtual dissections, anemometers, and much much more. It might be time for you to write a small grant to help you finance a new technology for your classroom.
Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Time: 9am to noon
Place: Chabot Space & Science Center
Room: Chem/Physics (upstairs in the Spees Building)
FEAST Facilitators:
Tracy Ostrom – Teacher at Skyline High School, Oakland Unified
Tim Ostrom – Teacher at Bret Harte Middle School, Oakland Unified
Stan Fukunaga – Education Manager/Instructor at Chabot
Please RSVP so we can get an idea how many of you will be attending. You may respond to Stan Fukunaga at: sfukunaga@chabotspace.org
We will need the following information:
Your name,
School/city,
Grade level and/or subject taught,
E-mail address
Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School is currently seeking to hire a full-time Life Science teacher to begin August 2, 2010. The Life Science teacher will teach five Science classes, including Biology, Honors Biology, Anatomy, AP Environmental Science and Microbiology. Additionally, the teacher will have other supervisory duties assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
A Bachelor of Art in Biology or related life science and a current California Single Subject Teaching Credential in Science. High school teaching experience is required and a MA in a life science is preferred. Candidates must be willing to teach according to Roman Catholic Church doctrine. Salary is commensurate with experience and professional training according to school’s established salary schedule for teachers.
ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL
Saint Joseph Notre Dame is a dynamic, Catholic parish high school that offers a rigorous college preparatory education. We are a faith-filled, diverse, and welcoming community that embraces the teachings of Jesus Christ. We develop confident, open-minded, generous leaders who are ready to live joyful lives of faith, scholarship and service.
Located in Alameda, SJND is a community of 400 students and 55 staff members dedicated to the education of young people. SJND is also home to the Anthony Aiello Science Center, a state of the art science teaching facility that was opened in 2007. Filled with over $200K worth of new science equipment, it is one of the premier high school science facilities in the Bay Area. Find out more about our school at www.sjnd.org
HOW TO APPLY
Fax your resume to Catherine Cook, Assistant Principal, at 510.523.2181 or email it to . Include a cover letter expressing your interest along with your resume.
RoboGames is the world’s largest open robot competition, welcoming all competitors in over 70 different events from 25 different countries every year since 2004. More robots under one roof than iPhones at a tech convention - walking robots, sumo robots, art robots, robots that play hockey, robots that do Kung Fu, robots that navigate autonomously, all made by people from all over the world with a passion for what they are doing.
This year at RoboGames (taking place at the San Mateo County Expo Center), we invite all students - college groups, homeschoolers, scout troops, after school programs, science classes, computers clubs, etc, to experience the wonder of math, science and engineering put to a practical purpose – Robots! See teams from all over the world gearing up to compete, up close and personal! Teams will be available for questions, answer and autographs. There will also be interactive exhibits, information sessions on how schools can get involved next year, live preliminary competitions, and a chance to see backstage at RoboGames.
Register your group today by mailing or call 415.307.3482
One free chaperone per 10 students, please RSVP!
RoboGames takes place April 23-25th, 2010 at the San Mateo County Expo Center, from 12 noon to 7pm every day.
For more information about RoboGames, please see http://www.robogames.net
Applications are now available for middle and high school science teachers interested in attending the NASA-funded workshop: “Inspiring Climate Education Excellence”. This workshop will be held June 10-16, 2010 in Boulder, Colorado.
The purpose of the workshop is to provide professional development and instruction support for teachers who wish to improve their knowledge of climate science and of instructional practices particular to climate education. This workshop is presented by the Education and Outreach group of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Requirements for Participation
* Complete 2-3 hours of advance assignments
* Complete pre-workshop evaluation
* Able to participate in all-day workshop June 10-16, 8-5pm
* Currently teaching middle or high school students
* Complete follow-up work, including participation in teleconferences, classroom implementation, and participation in evaluation studies
Selection of Applicants
The workshop will be selective and limited to 24 teachers. First priority will be given to teachers who:
- Are current full-time science teachers
- Are interested in teaching climate science and energy topics
- Have applied prior professional development to their curriculum
- Collaborate actively with teachers in their home school/district
We seek teachers from rural, urban, and suburban settings, primarily from the Colorado region, but competitive applicants from outside this region will be selected as travel funds allow. Teachers who work in underserved communities and who are interested in but do not currently teach climate and energy topics are especially encouraged to apply.
Stipend Teachers will receive a stipend of $300 upon completion of the workshop and an additional $180 stipend upon completion of all follow-up requirements for the course. Graduate credit will be available at cost to the participant.
Setting
The workshop will be held on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. Lunch and a light breakfast will be provided each day to all participants.
Travel Support
Air, bus, or train travel reimbursement will be available for up to five teachers living outside the Front Range area of Colorado.
**For those driving more than 60 miles one way, room, board, and partial mileage reimbursement is available. Support for parking costs is available; carpooling is encouraged.
Workshop application deadline is March 15, 2010.
Please click here to download an application, or contact Susan Buhr at for additional information about the workshop.
Come to the CSME Annex and explore this new resource for students, faculty, and local teachers. *FREE Food & Drink Will Be Provided*
RSVPs are appreciated so we can determine how much food to provide. Please send an e-mail to jmchan@sfsu.edu or come by SCI 211 by March 22nd 2010.
The Mathematics Teaching Resource Center is sponsored by…
(CM)²:Creating Momentum through Communicating Mathematics
The Center for Science and Mathematics Education
The C.Y. Chow Fund
MSTI FELLOWS: Your attendance will count towards your early field requirement.
We seek middle and high school science teacher applicants for the NASA-funded “Inspiring Climate Education Excellence” workshop to be held June 10-16, 2010 in Boulder, Colorado. The purpose of the workshop is to provide professional development and instruction support for teachers who wish to improve their knowledge of climate science and of instructional practices particular to climate education. To submit an application, see http://cires.colorado.edu/education/k12/ICEE/index.html or contact Susan Buhr <>. This workshop is presented by the Education and Outreach group of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Workshop application deadline is March 15, 2010. Requirements for Participation * Complete 2-3 hours of advance assignments * Complete pre-workshop evaluation. * Able to participate in all-day workshop June 10-16, 8-5pm, at U. of Colorado at Boulder. * Currently teaching middle or high school students. * Complete follow-up work, including participation in teleconferences, classroom implementation, and participation in evaluation studies. Selection of Applicants The workshop will be selective and limited to 24 teachers. First priority will be given to teachers who: · – Are current full-time science teachers · – Are interested in teaching climate science and energy topics · – Have applied prior professional development to their curriculum · – Collaborate actively with teachers in their home school/district We seek teachers from rural, urban, and suburban settings, primarily from the Colorado region, but competitive applicants from outside this region will be selected as travel funds allow. Teachers who work in underserved communities and who are interested in but do not currently teach climate and energy topics are especially encouraged to apply. Stipend Teachers will receive a stipend of $300 upon completion of the workshop and an additional $180 stipend upon completion of all follow-up requirements for the course. Graduate credit will be available at cost to the participant. Please contact Susan Buhr at for more details. <> Setting The workshop will be held on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. Lunch and a light breakfast will be provided each day to all participants. Travel Support. Air, bus, or train travel reimbursement will be available for up to five teachers living outside the Front Range area of Colorado. For those driving more than 60 miles one way, room, board, and partial mileage reimbursement is available. Support for parking costs is available; carpooling is encouraged. Participants may be asked to share rooms.
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