Session F-4: Developing Parametric Equations Using Mathematical Modeling,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session F-4: Developing Parametric Equations Using Mathematical Modeling, Mark Kammrath
Professional Learning Day
Designing project to develop student understanding of parametric equations and two modeling situations in which they are applied. No previous knowledge of parametrics is required by the students. The project requires two days of class time, with the remaining work done outside of class. This project is intended to be given three days into a unit on vectors.
Session F-3: “It Is Rocket Science”,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session F-3: “It Is Rocket Science”, Carmela Jones, Christine L. Moskalik
Professional Learning Day
All current NASA rocket launchers are no longer useable because all of the available rocket-fuel sources on Earth have been depleted. Participants will serve as NASA engineers tasked with developing non-fuel-based rocket launcher prototypes in an effort to maintain current and future NASA space programs and missions. Model how you will get your students to take off with Rocket Science.
Session B-4: Stem Integration: Statistics Is The Connection,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session B-4: Stem Integration: Statistics Is The Connection, Karen Togliatti, Lindsey Herlehy
Professional Learning Day
In this activity, participants will complete a STEM-integrated lesson incorporating problems in aerodynamics. Using the mathematical, science and engineering practice standards, they will design and model parachutes to determine a life-size chute to support their body weight. Participants will also consider design criteria for rate of descent, and graphically represent data and mathematical information as a scatter plot.
Session B-2: Is Stem Truly For All: Motivating Black And Latino Students To Engage In Stem,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session B-2: Is Stem Truly For All: Motivating Black And Latino Students To Engage In Stem, Adrienne Coleman
Professional Learning Day
This presentation takes an intricate look at the factors that motivate gifted and talented Black and Latino students to engage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). According to the literature, the U.S. workforce could employ as many as 140,000 additional Black and Latino college graduates in STEM fields annually if the gap in college completion by Blacks and Latinos closed to roughly match that of the White and Asian student graduation rates. Thus, the goal of this presentation is to inform administrators, educators, and programs of a 5-step motivation-based process that encourages Black and Latino students to engage in …
Session B-1: Model Building In Planetary Science And The Ngss,
2016
IMSA
Session B-1: Model Building In Planetary Science And The Ngss, Eric Hawker
Professional Learning Day
In this session I will guide teachers through the steps my students take in Planetary Science to develop a conceptual model of how planetary interiors work. Teachers will then create concept maps from their conceptual models, and then use their models and maps to understand planetary systems other than Earth.
Session B-4: Who Freed The Slaves? Emancipation And The Sources Of Social Change,
2016
New Trier Township High School
Session B-4: Who Freed The Slaves? Emancipation And The Sources Of Social Change, David Heineman
Professional Learning Day
Abraham Lincoln argued that all knew slavery was “somehow the cause of the war”. And every student knows that one of the most significant outcomes of the Civil War was the abolition of slavery. But how did this happen? Who actually freed the slaves? In this session, we’ll model a lesson that teachers can use, rooted in historical thinking and primary sources that helps students engage in authentic historical inquiry about a turning point in our nation’s past.
Session B-3: Operation Paperclip And The Rise Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction,
2016
Saint Ignatius College Prep
Session B-3: Operation Paperclip And The Rise Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Diane Haleas, Matthew Miller
Professional Learning Day
On November 26, 1944 Dutch-American particle physicist Samual Goudsmit and his fellow members of the secret Operation Alsos carefully scoured the private papers of Nazi scientists, uncovering startling information on the extent of Nazi biological weapons experiments. Operation Alsos would give rise to Operation Paperclip – the U.S. government’s effort to bring over 1,600 German and Nazi scientists, doctors, engineers, and technologists to the United States. Also recruited were Nazi war criminals whose scientific prowess seemed to override the U.S. government’s moral qualms. The period from November, 1944 – May, 1945 changed the world as the U.S. government began to …
Session B-2: Why World War I? Being Intelligent About The Causes,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session B-2: Why World War I? Being Intelligent About The Causes, Lee Eysturlid
Professional Learning Day
This presentation will guide attendees through the complicated and often misrepresented ideas that have formed around understanding why it is that World War I started the way that it did. The focus will be mostly on the military and technological elements. Participants will be ready to teach the topic when they leave, and it suits US and World History teachers (and middle school).
Session B-1: Messing With The “Rise Of The West”,
2016
University of Chicago Laboratory School
Session B-1: Messing With The “Rise Of The West”, John Horton
Professional Learning Day
This session will present strategies and lesson plans for World History teachers who want their students to learn how to interrogate the idea that modern European hegemony began in 1492. Was the Renaissance the Renaissance? Does modernity or early modernity have origins in Song China, Abbasid Baghdad, and Mongolian Asia? Does the era of western hegemony begin with the Opium Wars and the repression of the Sepoy Rebellion? We will examine these and other questions in a session that will question some of the basic assumptions about we teach world or global history courses.
Session A-4: It’S A Wrap,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session A-4: It’S A Wrap, Lindsey Herlehy, David Hernandez
Professional Learning Day
Investigate the concepts of surface area, measurement, ratio and proportion through a visual and kinesthetic mathematical investigation. Participants will be presented with the challenge of calculating how many sheets of toilet paper it would take to wrap one of their group members using a limited selection of tools. This session will provide teachers with a wonderful hands-on, minds-on activity that could easily be implemented into any classroom!
Session A-3: The Box Problem – An Introduction,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session A-3: The Box Problem – An Introduction, Ruth Dover
Professional Learning Day
Create some simple boxes with paper and scissors. Then we'll measure the height, area of the base, and the volume. Find formulas, find regressions, and graph the functions. It's a simple activity to engage students and combine many different aspects of mathematics.
Session A-1: Teaching Fields In Introductory Physics,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session A-1: Teaching Fields In Introductory Physics, Peter Dong
Professional Learning Day
The concept of a field is integral to all areas of contemporary physics - perhaps as fundamental a concept as energy. Fields are mentioned in several NGSS standards and essential to understand physics at an advanced level. However, fields are not difficult and can be taught in an introductory course with minimal math. Students who understand the basic concept early should have less difficulty understanding electric and magnetic fields in later classes. I will discuss our implementation of a fields unit in our introductory physics course and give examples of simple labs and exercises to help students understand this basic …
Session C-4: Design Your School’S New Innovation Space,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session C-4: Design Your School’S New Innovation Space, Britta W. Mckenna, Lawrence Bergie
Professional Learning Day
Schools are rethinking learning spaces, turning outdated computer labs and tired libraries into vibrant innovation spaces. Maker spaces, collaboration areas and technology hubs that connect applied learning to the real world are emerging. See plans for IMSA's new innovation hub, called IN2, (opening fall 2016) learn how it was designed, and tour IN1 (the prototype of IN2) in a former computer lab. Learners are guided through a design thinking process to reimagine a current space at your school. Participants should come with photos of their potential space/s and room dimensions ready to create a prototype of their new space.
Session C-3: Engineering With Reinforced Concrete,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session C-3: Engineering With Reinforced Concrete, Patrick Young
Professional Learning Day
Does your school need a shelter? Whether your students are concerned about tornadoes, sharknadoes, or a zombie apocalypse, reinforced concrete is the answer! Learn about the history and chemistry of concrete. Make your own. Design a test to evaluate the strength of your concrete, based on anticipated threat (the natural or unnatural disaster of your choice). Conduct that test using small, preformed slabs. Making and breaking concrete is easy and fun, but wear your play-clothes. You will get dirty.
Session C-2: “It Is Easy As Pi”,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session C-2: “It Is Easy As Pi”, Christine L. Moskalik, Carmela Jones
Professional Learning Day
Participants will work together using pi to try to open an ancient chest filled with treasure!! The chest is protected by a passcode that can only be determined through the activities within the lesson. Enjoy a progressive exposure to pi through this two-part lesson (total 110 minutes) offering a FUN storyline within the context of geometry and circles. With "pi-day" right around the corner, this hands-on, fun, inquiry-based lesson is sure to be a hit with your budding mathematicians.
Session C-1: Ecosystem Disruption: Using Lab And Real-World Examples To Bring Changes In Earth’S Ecosystems To Life,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session C-1: Ecosystem Disruption: Using Lab And Real-World Examples To Bring Changes In Earth’S Ecosystems To Life, Crystal Randall, Sarah O'Leary-Driscoll, Sowmya Anjur, Don Dosch
Professional Learning Day
The magnitude of the changes occurring in Earth’s ecosystems seems difficult to tackle in the classroom and lab. Here we explore ways to demonstrate the changes in the Earth’s water and carbon cycles in the lab and bring them to life in real-world ecosystems in the classroom.
Session C-5: Biotech Basics,
2016
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session C-5: Biotech Basics, Elizabeth Martinez, Emily Hood Ferrin
Professional Learning Day
The field of biotechnology is rapidly expanding. What is biotech? What are the applications? How is biotech studied? These topics will be explored as participants engage in hands-on lessons developed at an appropriate level for middle school students. Activities may be used to introduce students to the world of biotech.
Teaching And Learning Insights,
2016
Bryn Mawr College
Teaching And Learning Insights
Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education
No abstract provided.
From The Student Perspective: Reflections On Seven Core Principles Of Facilitating Faculty-Student Partnerships Within An Educational Initiative,
2016
Bryn Mawr College
From The Student Perspective: Reflections On Seven Core Principles Of Facilitating Faculty-Student Partnerships Within An Educational Initiative, Margaret Powers
Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education
No abstract provided.
Let’S Scrum: How Scrum Methodology Encourages Students To View Themselves As Collaborators,
2016
Elon University
Let’S Scrum: How Scrum Methodology Encourages Students To View Themselves As Collaborators, Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Michelle Eichel, Sarah Talbott, Kasey Thornton
Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education
No abstract provided.
