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Extractions: Museum Highlights Children's museums keep up with the times In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of children's museums in the U.S. The Chicago area, which is fortunate to have three children's museums, has experienced an expansion of its own; the DuPage Children's Museum has just opened a new facility in Naperville. We sent Oak Park dad Ed Avis and his son over there for a sneak preview. We also checked out what's new at other area children's museums, including those an hour or two away from Chicago. New home, expanded fun When the DuPage Children's Museum first opened in an Elmhurst Park District building in 1989, the exhibits had to be put up every morning and taken down every night. It later moved to a bigger and more permanent location in Wheaton, but before long was bursting at the seams. Last month, the museum finally moved into a space that does it justicea spacious, renovated building in Naperville. My TK-year-old son, Benjamin, and I visited the new facility in early May. It was still crowded with workers and building tools, but enough of the exhibits were in place to foretell how wonderful the museum would be. The main entrance to the three-level building, which was once a lumber company office and showroom, is framed by an enormous, welcoming red door. This two-story door will likely become a symbol of the museum, signaling to children that there's something really fun behind it.
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Extractions: Remote Field Observation: Classroom Experiences Without Leaving Campus In a campus classroom in Montana, a group of preservice teachers watch a live web cast of a technology-infused social studies lesson in a fifth-grade classroom 250 miles away. As the kids use HyperStudio to present their research projects on famous persons in history, the preservice teachers are impressed: this is their first time observing a real classroom with a teacher who is skilled at using educational technology. Not only are the students enthusiastic, their presentations are detailed and impressive-they've been using the software since the second grade, after all. In another classroom on a campus in rural Indiana, preservice teachers are using two-way videoconferencing to present mini-lessons to bilingual third-graders in East Chicago, 90 miles and a world away from the K-12 schools the preservice teachers normally work with in rural Indiana.
Pictures Of Projects Cardboard Boats Mousetrap Cars Mobiles to Mr. Yoder's Physics website Newton's Laws of Motion Atwood Machine acceleration due to net forces I currently teach the following Physics courses http://www.warsaw.k12.in.us/WCHS/Science/Yoder/Yoderindex.htm
Extractions: Bouyancy Einstein: Man of the Century Newton, Sir Isaac Galileo Galilei Welcome to Mr. Yoder's Physics website Newton's Laws of Motion Atwood Machine - acceleration due to net forces I currently teach the following Physics courses ... Physics I : a traditional high school physics class that concentrates on the study of kinematics and energy Physics II : an extension of Physics I where the physics concepts of electricity and magnetism are added to student's understanding. Honors Physics Advanced Physics : seniors in their final semester of study concentrate on understanding the topics of general relativity, quantum physics, nuclear physics and atomic physics on a college level in preparation for their college studies. AP Physics B : a college physics class generally taken by seniors who are planning to take physics in college and/or are looking into career possibilities of engineering, medicine, architecture, ect.
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Extractions: from the February 05, 2002 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0205/p11s02-lehl.html Before an engineering college opens, 30 student 'partners' test out its radical approach By Mark Clayton NEEDHAM, MASS. - Visiting the building site of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, the first US engineering school in four decades to be created from the ground up, is like witnessing a collective academic bungee jump. Leighton Ige, a high school valedictorian from Hawaii, could have gone to Harvard last fall. Instead, he came to a muddy construction site as one of 30 new "Olin partners." Along with faculty and a cadre of other math and science wunderkinder, these adventurous students are spending this year creating a new model for undergraduate engineering education. Through innovative design projects like the recent attempt to build the world's largest Rube Goldberg machine, faculty say they will develop a curriculum that both inspires students and causes lessons to stick like super glue, rather than being quickly forgotten. Inspiration does not seem to be a problem. Like most of the young partners here, Mr. Ige happily works around the clock for no class credit. His 16- to 20-hour days are typical for many students. In essence, they are voluntary curriculum guinea pigs for the school's first 22 faculty members.
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Extractions: Simple Machines Links Look, Learn, and Do Projects (http://www.looklearnanddo.com/documents/projects.html)- learn how to build some simple machines like a blimb, sailboat, windmill, and compass using household items. Rube Goldberg (http://www.rube-goldberg.com/gallery.htm)Through his wacky cartoons which depict the most elaborate and ridiculous devices to accomplish the most mundane tasks, RUBE GOLDBERG'S "INVENTIONS" have become synonymous with any maximum effort to achieve minimal results. His ingenious drawings follow their own impeccable logic, demonstrating that the unnecessary can also be the mother of invention - often with hilarious results. Rube's audience spans generations, from adults well versed in the promise and pitfalls of modern technology to younger fans who are intrigued by the creativity and possibility of invention. Simple Machines WebQuest (http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq8/jjquest.htm) Organized activity page with direction for students to follow and use online resources as well as local programs. In this WebQuest you will learn definitions and to identify examples of simple machines. You will then be able to investigate various compound and complex machines and locate examples of each simple machine defined. This information will enable you to create a new compound machine to solve a problem. Simple Machines (http://www.highp.ccsd.k12.co.us/html/simple_machines.htm) Click on one of the following topics to learn about Machines. Wheel and axle. Inclined Plane. Screw. Pulley. Lever. Wedge. Friction. Gears. Forces...
Pictures Of Projects Cardboard Boats Mousetrap Cars Mobiles Pictures of projects cardboard boats mousetrap cars Favorite Links Cedar Point RubeGoldberg NASA Roller I currently teach the following Physics courses http://www.warsaw.k12.in.us/WCHS/science/Yoder/Yoderindex.htm
Extractions: Bouyancy Einstein: Man of the Century Newton, Sir Isaac Galileo Galilei Welcome to Mr. Yoder's Physics website Newton's Laws of Motion Atwood Machine - acceleration due to net forces I currently teach the following Physics courses ... Physics I : a traditional high school physics class that concentrates on the study of kinematics and energy Physics II : an extension of Physics I where the physics concepts of electricity and magnetism are added to student's understanding. Honors Physics Advanced Physics : seniors in their final semester of study concentrate on understanding the topics of general relativity, quantum physics, nuclear physics and atomic physics on a college level in preparation for their college studies. AP Physics B : a college physics class generally taken by seniors who are planning to take physics in college and/or are looking into career possibilities of engineering, medicine, architecture, ect.
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Extractions: School science (and technology) often over-emphasize teaching and learning of products of science and technology (e.g., laws, theories, etc.), at the expense of learning about the nature of these fields and, crucially, without developing skills enabling learners to construct their own conceptions of nature and solutions to problems ( A B ). Therefore, teachers must develop and use creative ways to enable students to develop realistic understandings about science and expertise enabling them to conduct their own science and invention projects, often dealing with concerns of interest and meaning to them. Apprencticeship Resources Procedural Learning Correlational Studies ... also Science Fair Guides Organizers of science fairs and exhibitions provide a variety of resources for students planning and conducting science and invention projects and, as well, presenting and discussing their findings and conclusions to others. These resources may be helpful. However, please be aware many of these sites still promote the outmoded idea that there is a 'scientific method.' Projects Guide Science Fair Idea Exchange ScienzFair Project Ideas Science Fair's Domain ... SciFair.org
WELCOME TO RIVER RIDGE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION Classes that I teach at River Ridge Introduction to Technology A CommunicationTechnology II - Covers projects using Adobe PhotoShop, Pagemaker 6.5, and http://www.angelfire.com/wi/martin1/
Extractions: WELCOME TO RIVER RIDGE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION Classes that I teach at River Ridge Introduction to Technology - A course which allows students to explore and interact with Technology. Material Processes - Introductory Woodworking course that allows students to become familiar with tools and techniques. Cabinetmaking - Advanced Woodworking course that allows students to develop fine woodworking skills. Manufacturing - Students develop their own corporation and learn about the components of corporate life. Architectural Design - Students study the basics of Architecture while learning VectorWorks 8.5 in residential and industrial applications. Communication Technology I - Covers the basic elements of communication that includes photography and Appleworks. Communication Technology II - Covers projects using Adobe PhotoShop, Pagemaker 6.5, and advanced Web Page Creation. Communication Technology III - Students are responsible for the entire broadcasting process of Timberwolf athletics. Construction Technology - Covers the entire residential construction process from determining building site to finish trim. Architectural Design II - Advanced design course where students design and alter new products and processes.
Gifted & High Ability Theory of Dr. Edward DeBono, an overview, to teach students to interest centers, subjectfocusedindividual studies, independent projects, apprenticeships and http://www.learnerslink.com/gifted and high ability.htm
Extractions: Turn Up the Challenge for Gifted and High Ability Students! Challenging our gifted and high ability students is an exciting opportunity to connect the strengths of our students with a variety of motivating acceleration and enrichment options. With mind-stretching, questioning, ability-appropriate curricula these students will reach their potential. Best practices, experiences in the classroom and the feedback of gifted students and their parents will provide the foundation for this workshop. Pennsylvania Requirements for Gifted Education (Chapter 16)
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Extractions: Visual Arts Statement World Wide Web Site Color Additional articles of interest posted below Visual Arts 1133 Statement The Department of Art and Design is pleased to reintroduce Visual Arts 1133 (a general studies art appreciation course) to the Troy State community. While this course will continue to be a required course for all students at TSU, the approach to teaching and learning will be radically different. After years of teaching a visual medium with verbal forms of education we have finally discovered how to employ games and visuals to promote higher-order learning. This will no longer be a course where students sit for fifty minutes and memorize data to be regurgitated at some later date. We have wiped the slate clean and have constructed a new model that is user friendly, approachable, interactive and playful. This new model is designed to encourage team teaching and interdisciplinary collaboration. The role of the professor has been shifted to that of a facilitator, creator and inventor. Interaction among faculty has become essential to the development of this course. Through this interaction, professors will learn to create and collaborate with each other. They will engage in regular critique sessions of teaching methodology and practice. We aim to tear down the cultural "mystique" of art and artists and to eliminate the fear that comes from producing art. We live a society that coined the phrase "can't draw a straight line" straight lines will not be permitted in this course and words like "good or bad" will be superfluous to our (standardized) vocabulary.
Extractions: INFORMATION ARTS A B C D ... Z A - Arts B - Arts C - Arts D - Arts E - Arts F - Arts G - Arts H - Arts I - Arts J - Arts K - Arts L - Arts M - Arts MailQuest: A Search for the Mixed-Up Letters Mathart: Connecting Math and Art Moving the Soul: A WebQuest About Dance Mozart and Salieri: Professional Jealousy or Murder?
Extractions: Courses Currently Teaching Introduction to Technology class This is a class we developed for the entering freshmen. It is an exploratory class that allows for many hands on experiences that develop the students problem solving abilities and gives them an opportunity to work both individually and in small groups. The course is divided into four different areas that we feel reflect the world of technology. The areas are ; Transportation, Construction, Communication and Manufacturing. I teach the construction technology quadrant of this introduction course. The students will be with me for two, four week sessions. The first session they discover some of the ways building materials are manufactured and what are some ways of strengthening them. They also learn about the forces that act on structures (e.g. gravity, compression, torsion, tension, shearing). They will also be have an opportunity to learn some basic CAD functions. The second four week session the students will be introduced to both traditional and non-traditional structures and building techniques. They will pursue different activities including creating a framing plan on CAD, building a scale model of a residential structure, watching videos of non-traditional building processes and researching and creating a PowerPoint presentation on some non-traditional structures. Introduction to Engineering class - This class is designed for students who are planning to enter the engineering profession. It is a
