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2004
RT NEWS - July 8, 2004
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In
this issue:
- RT
Program News
-
Deadlines
-
Opportunities
-
Forum Reminders
- APS
Staff Intro
++++RT
PROGRAM NEWS++++
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We're pleased to announce the second Physiologist-in-Residence for the 2004 Forum.
Dr. Karma Rabon-Stith will be taking a break from her research at the
University of Maryland to join us for the week at Airlie. She is a Postdoctoral
Fellow working in the areas of Exercise Physiology, Genetics, Metabolism &
Aging.
-
Thanks for your great work on Assignment #3. If you haven't looked in on the
Discussion or Poster Session for a while, check it out! Feel free to add
comments. We definitely have lots share with each other about technology in the
classroom.
- At
the Forum, you will have 3 minutes (max.) to tell everyone about your research
experience. You can use ONE overhead transparency if you want (no PowerPoint
presentations, please).
Everyone
will have a copy of your 1-pager for reference (for the long words!), so you do
not have to cover every detail in your presentation. Focus on giving an
overview of the research project, why it matters, who you work with in the lab,
and your personal experiences.
Other
things you may want to talk about (though you won't have time for all of them!):
the techniques/procedures, the realities of research (is your experiment
working? are the results what you/your research host expected? how many times
did you/your team have to start over? has the research question changed because
of unexpected results?) and/or what you want to share with your
students/friends/colleagues about working in a research lab/being a scientist.
++++DEADLINES++++
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Monday, July 12th: Research 1-Pager is due via email (kkelly@the-aps.org)..
Please adhere to this deadline, as we are formatting and printing up a booklet
of the 1-pagers next week.
- July
26 (at the Forum): Beads Poster
++++OPPORTUNITIES++++
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Applications for the 2005-06 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship
Program are available on line at: www.scied.science.doe.gov. The program funds
highly accomplished K-12 math and science teachers to come to Washington DC for
academic year fellowships. Stipend, a travel allowance and a relocation
allowance provided. For more info: please visit www.triangle-coalition.org.
Deadline February 1, 2005.
++++RESOURCES++++
- Making Schools Work for Every Child:
This CD-ROM, for educators concerned about equity in K-12 mathematics and
science, provides articles and resources for developing techniques and
understanding the special needs of students. To request this or other free
mathematics, science, and educational resources, visit the "Free Publications"
page of the RBS Web site. http://www.rbs.org/mathsci/free_pubs/index.shtml
- For
those of you ready to start researching and applying for technology grants,
here are some links to get you started:
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eSchool News' grants-and-funding clearinghouse
http://www.eschoolnews.com/erc/funding/
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Teachers Network's grants section on technology
http://teachersnetwork.org/grants/grants_technology.htm
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Schoolgrants.org Links - Technology
http://www.schoolgrants.org/Links/technology.htm#Technology-Related%20Links
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NASA's Learning Technologies Project
http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/grants/index.html
- The
EDS Technology Grant Program
http://www.eds.com/community_affairs/com_tech_grants.shtml
++++FORUM
REMINDERS++++
- RE.
developing your own lab/lesson: We highly recommend adapting a lab you
currently use. You can take a lab/activity that you think could be better, and
transform it to incorporate inquiry, equity and the Internet.
- If
you are thinking about adapting a lab, BRING printouts with you to the Forum.
Remember, field-testing takes place Sept.-Oct., so consider adapting a lab you
do early in the school year.
-
Leave room in your suitcase for all the resources you will be bringing back.
Think about packing an extra travel bag!
- You
do NOT have to bring your RT Assignments notebook (the one with bright green
cover).
--Make
your Bead Poster travel-friendly! Maximum size is 2' x 3'. Bring it with you to
Registration on Monday at 1:00 pm.
++++APS
STAFF INTRO++++
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You've heard from your six Mentors, but we thought you might want to know a bit
more about the folks who send out all the emails, issue the deadlines and
concoct the Assignments, i.e. the APS Education staff! Marsha sent her welcome
out a few weeks ago. Look for upcoming installments from Kathleen and
Scarletta. Here's the word from Brooke:
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Hello
everyone!
Prior
to life at the APS, I was an elementary education major at West Virginia
University. (I eventually decided
not to teach.) Not long after
college, I went to work for a moving company, working my way to the
international department where I coordinated household and commercial (office)
moves, both imports and exports.
It was a wonderful experience working with people from all over the
world and learning how other countries do business. I was also fortunate enough to travel the world to attend
conferences and work on different projects with large international
organizations. After a couple
years, I decided I needed a change and came to work for Marsha.
So now
in addition to being the "travel and stipend guru" for the
Explorations and Frontiers programs, I also coordinate the exhibits at
conferences that the Education Office Staff attend, as well as the APS/NIDDK
(National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) Minority
Travel Fellowship. The APS
encourages minority students and faculty to apply for travel awards to attend
the fall APS meetings, Experimental Biology (EB) and the 35th Congress of the
International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS), which you all will attend
in April 2005. At the Forum, I'll
tell you a little more about that program and about the opportunity to have a
minority physiologist visit your classroom.
On a
personal note, I grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and enjoy exercising,
travel and spending time with family and friends. I've been married for almost 5 years to my husband, Chris
(who I met on a blind date when we were at WVU!).
So,
that's a little bit about me. But
I'm really looking forward to meeting you all at Airlie! And as I've said before, if you have
ANY questions or concerns about travel logistics for the Forum or about your
stipend payments, please don't hesitate to give me a call or send me an email
(bbruthers@the-aps.org). Please
also be sure to check your email the week of 7/19 for a pre-Forum travel
information message from me.
Kind regards,
Brooke
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Best,
Kathleen
_____________________________
Kathleen
H. Kelly
K-12
Programs Coordinator
American
Physiological Society
9650
Rockville Pike
Bethesda,
MD 20814-3991
T: 301
634 7231 F: 301 634 7098
E:
kkelly@the-aps.org
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