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2004
RT NEWS - February 4, 2005
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In
this issue:
- RT
Program News
- APS
Request
-
Deadlines
-
Resources
-
Opportunities
++++RT
PROGRAM NEWS++++
- You
probably don't need reminding...but...Assignment #5 is due next
week
(Feb.10th). So far, there's been very little action on the WISE
site.
This is a good weekend to get it done (I mean, what else are you
going
to do while you wait for the next set of Superbowl commercials?)!
There
are several parts to Assignment #5, all of which are due next
week:
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Activity 18: Revise a "Cookbook" Lab (team work)
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Activity 19: Share Your Ideas - cookbook lab revision suggestions
(team
work) & poster session (comment on other team posters
individually)
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Activity 20: Integration of Inquiry, Equity and the Internet: Read
Up! -
reading/discussion (individual - three comments)
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Activity 21: Integration of Inquiry, Equity and the Internet:
Reflect!
- reflection note (individual)
- For
those that volunteered to enter your team's Notes and make the
Online
Poster for Assignment #5, don't forget to click "Show it" at the
top of
the Create Your Show n' Tell screen. Thanks!
++++APS
REQUEST++++
- From
our new Science Policy Analyst, Rebecca Osthus:
The
APS is currently updating its "Questions People Ask About Animals
in
Research" brochure (available on the web at
http://www.the-aps.org/pa/animals/index.htm
) and we would like to
get
some input. If there are topics that you are discussing in your
classes
that are not addressed in the current version, or if you have
any
ideas for information that you think should be included, please let
us
know by contacting Rebecca Osthus at rosthus@the-aps.org or
301-634-7254.
We welcome your ideas and comments. Thank you very much.
Please
drop Rebecca a line - your input is invaluable. It might be
helpful
for her to hear the types of questions your students had about
your
recent summer research experience.
++++DEADLINES++++
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February 10: WISE Assignment #5 due
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February 28: Submit IUPS travel plans to Brooke
(bbruthers@the-aps.org)
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March 1: Mini-Grant Reports due
(http://www.the-aps.org/education/2004rts/mini-grant.htm)
++++RESOURCES++++
- NSTA and the Partnership for 21st
Century Skills, a public-private
organization
focusing on skills necessary for student success in the
21st
Century, have worked collaboratively to release a Science
Information
and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy Map. The map
demonstrates
how educators can develop science lessons that combine 21st
century
learning skills, such as information and communication skills,
with
21st century tools, such as the Internet and multimedia production
tools.
To view and download a copy of the map, go to:
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/matrices/default.asp.
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Here's a good reminder:
"Only
1 in 6 users of internet search engines can tell the difference
between
unbiased search results and paid advertisements, a new survey
finds.
Though it polled only adults, the survey's results underscore the
need
for educators to teach their students how to understand and
evaluate
carefully the information they find online..." Read the rest of
this
article on eSchool News
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=5471
.
++++OPPORTUNITIES++++
- So
what are you doing this summer? The American Association of
Immunologists
(AAI) has Summer Research Fellowships for Middle and High
School
Teachers. This program provides summer research support for
teachers
to work in the laboratories of AAI members for a four-week
period
coupled with 1-2 weeks of curriculum development.
http://www.aai.org/committees/education/fellowship.htm
-
Genieve Systems L.L.C. is holding a "Ching Ching for the Bling Bling"
promotional
contest to award one winner $500 cash and a standard XCLASS
60-workstation
package. XCLASS is a multimedia classroom management
system
that allows teachers to monitor student computers, control
student
computers remotely, and more. Applicants must explain in a
paragraph
or two how XCLASS would benefit their school.
Contact: http://www.genieve.com/contest
Deadline:
May 30, 2005
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Through the 2005-06 Connections program, the SMARTer Kids Foundation
will
equip 8-10 sixth-grade classrooms with collaborative educational
technology.
Go to http://www.smarterkids.org/k12/connections/ for more
information
and the online application form. Deadline is March 1, 2005.
- New
Loan Forgiveness for Science Teachers Offered by U.S. Department
of
Education:
Teachers
who teach math, science, or special education, and who have
taught
for five years in a Title I school, may be eligible for new loan
forgiveness
limits. The legislation recently signed into law by
President
Bush, The Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act (P.L. 108-409),
authorizes
up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness to eligible highly
qualified
math, science and special education teachers. The increased
amount
of teacher loan forgiveness is available to new borrowers
(teachers
with no outstanding loan balances prior to October. 1, 1998,
who
borrow eligible loans prior to October. 1, 2005). For more
information
on the program, and to see if you qualify for the loan
forgiveness,
call the Department's Federal Student Aid Customer Service
hotline
at 1-800-433-7327. More information is also available at
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/updates/2005/0124.html
or
http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/GEN0414.html.
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Have a
great weekend,
Kathleen
"Go
Eagles!"
_____________________________
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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