Project VISTA: Building University/K-12 Learning Communities by Developing Materials Science Experiments

2011 ◽  
Vol 1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin G. Bakker ◽  
Jim Gleason ◽  
Sherry Nichols ◽  
Aaron Kuntz ◽  
Cheryl Sundberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
High Stakes Testing ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Science Center ◽  
Science Faculty ◽  
Stem Faculty ◽  
K 12

ABSTRACTOne consequence of “high stakes testing” in Tuscaloosa area schools has been exclusion of materials science faculty from any meaningful participation in middle and high school classrooms. Beyond the loss of resources from the classroom that Materials Science faculty and their students represent, this also has negative consequences for faculty wanting to build ties to schools to address NSF’s “broader impact” criteria. A group of STEM and Education faculty at The University of Alabama have been testing a team based approach designed to overcome the systemic constraints that prevent effective STEM/K-12 collaboration. Teams consisting of a high school teacher, a STEM faculty member, and a STEM graduate student have spent three weeks during summer 2010 to identify/develop and implement an inquiry based science experiments. The experiments are being tested on science campers at McWane Science Center prior to being assessed in the teachers’ classrooms during the fall semester. The experiments were chosen by each team and represent significant advances over those currently available in the schools. By setting a problem that no team member is able to solve alone an environment was produced where success requires meaningful collaboration. Preliminary qualitative evaluation indicates deeper understanding of the school environment by the STEM faculty and greater respect for the skills teachers bring to this endeavor. Successes in this pilot program have generated credibility with the local school district, opening the door to scaling up the project, and developing further positive ties. Incorporation of lead teachers from Alabama Science in Motion also allows the experiments developed to be widely disseminated throughout Alabama, as well as providing a mechanism to identify existing experiments to enhance.

Development of nanotechnology experimental modules using ferrofluids for high school classrooms

2013 ◽  
Vol 1583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitin Chopra ◽  
Wenwu Shi ◽  
Nikita R. Peramsetty ◽  
Victoria L. Evans
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Water Mixture ◽  
School Students ◽  
High School Classrooms

ABSTRACTNanotechnology and nanoscience have a strong potential to impact society and the commercial sector. It is critical to introduce this area to high school classrooms as a teaching tool. Here, we report the development of ferrofluid-based experimental modules in a team effort including a high school student and a high school teacher. The basic experimental modules were developed as follows: A) Electric motor-based patterning of magnetic nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes on a silicon wafer. Electromagnetically activated or ‘spiked’-ferrofluid was utilized here. B) Basic concepts of wettability, hydrophobicity, and oleophilicity were demonstrated by combining hydrophobic CNTs, water, and ferrofluids. C) Finally, the utility of ferrofluid-based environmental remediation was demonstrated for oil removal from oil-water mixture and organic dye separation from water-dye mixture. It is envisioned that the integration of the developed experimental modules into high school curriculum will motivate high school students to pursue degrees in science, engineering, and nanotechnology. Thus, this will assist in the development of future workforce in the area of nanotechnology and materials science.

Reclaiming Our Freedom to Teach: Education Reform in the Obama Era

2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Behrent
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
High Stakes Testing ◽  
School Students ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
High School Classroom ◽  
The Impact

High school teacher Megan Behrent reflects on the impact of Obama's election on the students in her high school classroom. Obliged to temper her students' joyful exuberance on the morning of November 5, 2008, Behrent found that the election fervor highlighted for her the ways that schooling under NCLB has constrained both educators and students, taking away teachers' freedom to teach and students' freedom to learn. In this essay, she examines the many ways in which the high-stakes testing industry punishes public school students and teachers, continually disenfranchising those who struggle to learn without adequate resources. While Obama's election may bring hope to learners of all ages, Behrent advises skepticism toward the changes education secretary Arne Duncan might bring, and she calls on teachers, families, and unions to collaborate in demanding the freedom to nurture true learning.

Industrial/Academic Internships at IBM-Almaden Under NSF Programs

2001 ◽  
Vol 684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles G. Wade ◽  
Dolores Miller ◽  
Joseph Pesek ◽  
Maureen Scharberg ◽  
Brenda Waller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Educational Outreach ◽  
State University ◽  
San Jose ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
San Jose State University ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTIndustrial experience can be a significant factor in materials science education, and internships at our laboratory under two NSF programs directly impact undergraduates and high school teachers. In these programs, the participants become a member of individual, existing research groups under a mentor on a technical project relevant to IBM. The research is publishable but closely related to a technical area important to IBM. During the summer the participants become members of the research group, attending departmental meetings and informal discussions. In addition, they attend a special seminar series on industrial research frontiers, receive career-training discussions, and participate in a variety of other programs sponsored for summer interns by IBM. Every participant presents a poster at an internal technical meeting at IBM or a technical meeting at Stanford (or both) at the end of the summer. One of the programs, an NSF MRSEC “Center for Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Interfaces” (CPIMA), involves a partnership with Stanford University and the University of California at Davis. The CPIMA program has an active group of postdoctoral scientists, graduate students, undergraduate (summer) students and (summer) high school teachers. In addition to IBM, summer students in CPIMA may work with other industrial firms who are industrial affiliates of CPIMA. In addition, CPIMA has a public science and K-12 component in materials science in educational outreach with the The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose. The other program, an NSF GOALI grant on “Surface and Analytical Chemistry of Materials” with San Jose State University, involves undergraduate and graduate (masters) San Jose State University students during the academic year who work on collaborative research projects between IBM scientists and San Jose State University professors. In addition, this project also has a large summer program with undergraduates from across the US and with high school teachers. The impact of the programs on the students, teachers, and institutions will be reviewed, with a special emphasis on the impact on the industrial partner.

Relationship of High School Teacher Stress to Job Satisfaction

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. Lambert ◽  
Christopher J. McCarthy ◽  
Elizabeth W. Crowe ◽  
Colleen J. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Teacher Stress ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
Relationship Of

Study of Kynematics and Dynamics in the Traffic of Rembangan Tourism in the Jember Regency as Learning Resources for Physics Learning in the Senior High School

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfido Fauzy Zakaria ◽  
Bambang Supriadi ◽  
Trapsilo Prihandono
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Circular Motion ◽  
Rectilinear Motion ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Physics Learning ◽  
Newton's Law ◽  
Newton’S Law

One branch of physics is mechanics. Based on interviews to Senior High School teacher in Jember, mechanics is difficult to learn. The eksternals factor this chapter is dificult to learn is learning Resources. The learning Resources are often less contextuall with around the phenomenon of students. The contextuall learning Resources in the Jember Regency is study of kynematics and dynamics in the traffic of Rembangan Tourism. From this experiment, we get data can be used as a learning resources chapter uniform rectilinear motion, decelerated uniform rectilinear motion, accelerated uniform rectilinear motion, Newton’s Law, and circular motion.

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