From Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us Fri Feb 1 10:51:31 2008 From: Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us (Daniel, Maryjo, PED) Date: Fri Feb 1 10:54:05 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Travel for Teachers Message-ID: <1AC4D11CDD3C9F4FA0A7B93D9A10FB38053038EC@CEXMB5.nmes.lcl> This is not an endorsement...sent out as information from: Jesse Weisz Director and Founder Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) www.geeo.org Email: jesse@geeo.org Toll free: 1-877-600-0105 Are you an educator looking to travel abroad during the summer? Would you like to earn graduate school credit and professional development credit while seeing the world? GEEO is a 501c3 non-profit organization that has been created to help and encourage educators to travel abroad in order to bring their experiences back into the classroom and create a more outward-looking next generation of Americans. In the summer of 2008, GEEO will be leading trips to Peru (June 26th-July 8th) and India (August 1st-20th). Just to be clear, OUR TRIPS ARE FOR EDUCATORS, NOT STUDENTS. Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, travel dates, and more can be found at our website www.geeo.org under Our Travel Programs. While our trips are not offered for free, GEEO helps teachers find funding to subsidize the cost of the trips, which are already deeply discounted so as to be affordable to teachers. Teachers are welcome to bring up to two adult companions, such as a spouse or friend, who will also receive the special teacher pricing. We are hoping you can help spread the word about GEEO's travel programs for teachers by sharing this email with your colleagues in education. If you are interested in traveling with GEEO in the summer of 2008, please contact us right away. Our trips are filling up quickly! In addition to our website, we can be reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9AM-10PM EST. Please go to our website, www.geeo.org , for even more information about our organization. Mary Jo Daniel, Ph.D. Science Specialist Math and Science Bureau New Mexico Public Education Department 300 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, NM 87501 Phone: (505) 476-1882 Fax: (505) 827-1784 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Of course I did see a bumper sticker in the Sandia High School teacher's parking lot this morning: "There are only two things wrong with men: everything they say & everything they do" I guess that's supposed to be funny... wonder how the boys are doing in her classes .... http://www.boysproject.net/ http://www.whygendermatters.com/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/25/AR200606 2501047_pf.html (subscription required... first sentence: Monday, June 26, 2006; A01 A study to be released today looking at long-term trends in test scores and academic success argues that widespread reports of U.S. boys being in crisis are greatly overstated and that young males in school are in many ways doing better than ever.) Thanks, Davis Lee WAN Administrator Albuquerque Public Schools GSEC, GCWN 505 830 6870 -----Original Message----- From: science-bounces@lists.aps.edu [mailto:science-bounces@lists.aps.edu] On Behalf Of Ellen Loehman Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 6:18 AM To: NMScience Subject: [NMScience] FW: MESA parent institute Dear All, It is my privilege to announce that MESA will be hosting a Parent Institute with guest speaker Dr. Leonard Sax! Here is the flyer for any interested teachers and parents. Please pass this on to anyone who is interested. Thank you very much! Julie Cervantes NM MESA, Inc. Central Inner Region Coordinator cell: (505) 328-3074 office: (505)366-2510 fax: (505)366-2529 jcervantes@nmmesa.org From jeffryes at aol.com Mon Feb 4 12:29:50 2008 From: jeffryes at aol.com (Larry Jeffryes) Date: Mon Feb 4 12:30:56 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Stats; 3D organic chem; & Chem PowerPoint In-Reply-To: <31816741.32381202152382663.JavaMail.rsspp@deepstorage1> References: <31816741.32381202152382663.JavaMail.rsspp@deepstorage1> Message-ID: <8CA357B71E7D12E-F08-10B8@MBLK-M36.sysops.aol.com> Just what you're looking for? 1. http://www.gla.ac.uk/sums/ Statistical Understanding Made Simple S.U.M.S is a free resource for people who teach statistics. It builds interactive, fun and highly effective tutorials designed to help students understand basic statistics. 2. http://138.253.125.24/~ng/external/ This site contains interactive 3D animations for some of the most important organic reactions covered during an undergraduate degree with supporting information on reactivity. 3. http://www.chalkbored.com/lessons/chemistry-12.htm These particular resources cover atomic structure, quantum mechanics, atomic size, bonding, and several dozen additional topics.?Many of the resources draw on examples from the "Fundamentals of Chemistry" textbook. -- Larry Jeffryes Los Alamos, NM ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Each year, ten national winners each receive $2,000 to support their service work or higher education. Half of each year's winners are chosen for their work to protect the environment. Nomination deadline is April 30. For more information and to nominate, visit http://www.barronprize.org/ From susan.davis at state.nm.us Tue Feb 5 14:18:09 2008 From: susan.davis at state.nm.us (Davis, Susan, DCA) Date: Tue Feb 5 15:04:54 2008 Subject: [NMScience] SMNHC Workshop February 16th! Message-ID: Project WILD/Aquatic WILD Workshop: Science and Literacy & Outdoor Classrooms WHERE: Sandia Mountain Natural History Center, Cedar Crest, NM WHEN: February 16, 2008, 9-4 pm WHAT: Learn how to use your school grounds and Project WILD activities to meet New Mexico Content Standards and Benchmarks in science, math and language arts. Project WILD is a supplementary wildlife education program for K-12 educators. ? Receive the new revised 2007 guides ? Enhance & expand your teaching skills - indoors or out ? Increase student test scores with hands-on integrated activities ? Meet New Mexico State Content Standards and Benchmarks ? Receive valuable teaching resources for your classroom - COST: Free! Enjoy a fun professional development day & the company of your peers! Questions? Contact Kevin W. Holladay, NM Dept. of Game & Fish, kevin.holladay@state.nm.us (505) 476-8095 1 Wildlife Way, Santa Fe, NM 87507. Registration required. Participation is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Limit 25 people. Contact August Wainwright at august.wainwright@state.nm.us / 841-2861 or Kevin Holladay Presented by: Kevin Holladay, New Mexico Department of Game & Fish, Dan Shaw, Bosque School & Susie Davis, Sandia Mountain Natural History Center. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080205/77372a49/attachment.html From selena.connealy at state.nm.us Tue Feb 5 15:25:44 2008 From: selena.connealy at state.nm.us (Connealy, Selena, DCA) Date: Tue Feb 5 15:26:42 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Feb talks at Natural History Message-ID: <1D97845BEF67704D8FF1A458E423C5A80507E27B@CEXMB3.nmes.lcl> Events at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science in February, details follow. --Teachers' Workshop: RACE Are We So Different? Saturday, February 9, 2008 9 a.m. - Noon --Lectures/Presentations: Darwin's Travel Companion: The Voyage of the Beetle Anne H. Weaver, Ph.D., author, and George Lawrence, illustrator Saturday, February 9, 2008 2 p.m. reading/book signing with family activities Chaco Astronomy: An Ancient American Cosmology Anna Sofaer Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7 p.m. Deep Earthquakes and the Secrets of Seismology Cliff Frohlich, Ph.D. Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7 p.m. Looking ahead: Jack Horner, Ph.D. Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7 p.m. ________________ Special One-Time Teachers' Workshop RACE Are We So Different Saturday, February 9, 2008 9:00 a.m. - Noon New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Don't pass up this opportunity to receive special teacher training on race and human variation from experts who developed and produced the new award-winning, public education program RACE Are We So Different? The workshop, designed for middle and high school teachers, introduces new teaching tools that meet national and state standards in science/biology and social studies/social sciences. RACE Are We So Different? includes an interactive web site (www.understandingRACE.org), a traveling museum exhibit, and educational materials. The program was developed by the American Anthropological Association with funding from the Ford Foundation and National Science Foundation. RACE Are We So Different? challenges common ideas about race and reveals that: * Race is a recent human invention * Race is about culture, not biology * Race and racism are embedded in our institutions and everyday life. Explore the biology of human variation and see how culture shapes race in the United States. Training will be provided by Dr. Mary Margaret (Peggy) Overbey, Principal Investigator and Director of the RACE Project at the AAA, and Dr. Janis Hutchinson, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Houston and a member of the RACE Project Advisory Board. This FREE workshop includes refreshments. Limited number of $60 stipends available. Space is limited! CONTACT August Wainwright 505-841-2861 august.wainwright@state.nm.us Where: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 1801 Mountain Rd. NW Albuquerque, NM 87104 ____________________ Teachers: We would like to invite you and your students to attend the Museum's public lecture series. Most are offered free or at a nominal cost. We encourage you to go over proper behavior at a public lecture with your students. Feel free to contact us about a particular talk to find out whether it will be appropriate for your students. Voices in Science Lecture Series Darwin's Travel Companion: The Voyage of the Beetle Saturday, February 9, 2008 2 p.m. Anne H. Weaver, Ph.D., author, and George Lawrence, illustrator The Voyage of the Beetle: A journey around the world with Charles Darwin and the Search for the Solution to the Mystery of Mysteries, as narrated by Rosie, an Articulate Beetle is a new young adult book published by UNM Press. Rosie, the rose chafer beetle, and Charles Darwin seek the answers for why there are so many different species living on Earth and why each is uniquely fitted for its environment. Celebrate Darwin Day and join us for this special family program. The author and illustrator will take us on a fun tour exploring rainforests, fossils, geology, and sea and land animals. Author Anne H. Weaver has a Ph.D. in anthropology from UNM and has taught at Santa Fe Community College for many years. Illustrator George Lawrence worked in New York City as an architectural designer, and now lives in Santa Fe illustrating and designing exhibits for parks and nature centers throughout the country. Free with Museum admission Family activities and a book signing will follow the presentation. Chaco Astronomy: An Ancient American Cosmology Anna Sofaer Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7 p.m. High on a butte in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon at summer solstice in 1977, Anna Sofaer encountered an astonishing phenomenon--a single shaft of light bisecting a spiral petroglyph, crafted long ago by the ancestors of today's Pueblo people. Her recognition of its significance led to thirty years of research and recovery regarding astronomical expressions in the complex architecture and art of an ancient people. These efforts changed forever our perception of the meaning and purpose of Chaco. Ms. Sofaer will present information from her new book documenting 30 years of research regarding the "Sun Dagger" site, lunar and solar alignments of the major Chaco buildings, and implications of the true function of the Great North Road. A remarkable digital reconstruction of the original three-slab site on Fajada Butte will also be shown. Anna Sofaer is Director of the non-profit Solstice Project, the organization she founded in 1978 that conducts research, preservation and education efforts on the astronomical expressions of the Chacoan Culture of the Southwest. She has worked with anthropologists, astronomers, geographers, and modern Pueblo people. She produced, directed, and co-wrote "The Mystery of Chaco Canyon" shown on PBS and National Geographic channels. Co-sponsored by the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and Bookworks. Cost: $2 public/$1 members, seniors, students IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecture Deep Earthquakes and the Secrets of Seismology Cliff Frohlich, Ph.D. Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7 p.m. About a quarter of all earthquakes originate at depths more than 60 km (40 miles) beneath the Earth's surface, and some at depths as great as 700 km (440 miles). These "deep" earthquakes have been an enigma because pressures and temperatures are too great at these depths for ordinary brittle fracture to occur. Dr. Frohlich's talk will address what is known and unknown about the mechanical origin of deep earthquakes and explain why they have been used in studies of the Earth's interior structure. His talk will involve raw and cooked eggs, baseballs, coffee pots, champagne bottles, diamonds, air hockey, and ultrasound! All who attend Frohlich's lecture, young and old, will learn a great deal about basic earthquake seismology, including much that all seismologists know but seldom tell. Cliff Frohlich, Ph.D. is currently Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics where he has been for 30 years. His two most persistent research interests concern deep earthquakes and the statistical analysis of earthquake catalogs. However, his focus regularly wanders: earlier in his career he participated in field projects in Alaska and Vanuatu involving the deployment of ocean bottom seismographs; currently he is investigating moonquakes and tsunamis. He has published two books and about 100 research papers, most concerning earthquake seismology, but several on the physics of sports. Cost: $2 public/$1 members, seniors, students This talk is sponsored by the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) and the Seismological Society of America (SSA) Looking ahead: Jack Horner, Ph.D. Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7 p.m. Noted paleontologist Dr. Jack Horner will be speaking at the Museum in May. He is Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies, Regents Professor at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, and is Adjunct Curator at the National Museum of Natural History. Dr. Horner discovered the first dinosaur eggs in the Western Hemisphere, the first evidence of dinosaur colonial nesting, the first evidence of parental care among dinosaurs, and the first dinosaur embryos. Dr. Horner's research covers a wide range of topics about dinosaurs, including their behavior, physiology, ecology, evolution, and growth rate. His recent work has been on soft tissue analysis from a very rare Tyrannosaurus find with actual dinosaur proteins preserved in the core of a leg bone. In 2007, he headed an expedition to the Gobi Desert collecting more than 80 skeletons of Psittacosaurus. He has named several dinosaurs and had two dinosaurs named for him. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship "genius grant," Dr. Horner has dyslexia and hopes to inspire young people with learning differences about what can be achieved with persistence and support. He was a technical advisor on all the Jurassic Park movies as well as being the real scientist on which the character Dr. Alan Grant was loosely based. Tickets: $12 adult/ $10 members & seniors/ $5 students plus on-line service charge. Tickets are available on line at: www.NaturalHistoryFoundation.org/horner.html Advance tickets are available online only. Online ticket sales will end 4 hours prior to the talk. Any unsold tickets can be purchased the night of the talk at the Museum beginning at 4:30 p.m. Tickets will not be sold over the phone or at the Museum prior to that evening. All tickets are non-refundable. All talks are at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 505-841-2800 Check our website at: www.NMnaturalhistory.org Questions? Call Tish Morris at 505-841-2882. You may reserve tickets (for all but Jack Horner) by contacting Chris Sanchez at 841-2872, chris.sanchez@state.nm.us Tish Morris Senior Education Specialist New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science 1801 Mountain Rd NW Albuquerque, NM 87104 505-841-2882 tish.morris@state.nm.us www.NMnaturalhistory.org Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System. From colleen.welch at state.nm.us Wed Feb 6 10:24:17 2008 From: colleen.welch at state.nm.us (Welch, Colleen E., DGF) Date: Wed Feb 6 10:28:57 2008 Subject: [NMScience] FW: Write On! Wetlands Challenge 2008 References: <03e601c868cc$be2c71e0$3a8555a0$@org> Message-ID: <2488267002735E4293095085A7B5D86401FEC84C@CEXMB4.nmes.lcl> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 559640 bytes Desc: image002.png Url : http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080206/3bd4fb49/attachment-0001.png From loehman at aps.edu Fri Feb 8 05:33:33 2008 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Fri Feb 8 05:34:41 2008 Subject: [NMScience] FW: Ed. Opportunity for Earth Science Students and Teachers In-Reply-To: <000001c86a18$8618f100$7bc3d9d1@dreamscape.com> Message-ID: Dear Earth Science (or equivalent) Teachers: I'd like to invite your students to participate in our Free Sixth Annual National Weather Forecasting and Earth Science Contest. Your students will get a chance to compete against other teams from schools across the USA. They will have a chance to win hundreds of dollars in cash and prizes . The captain of last year's championship team, received an internship with the National Weather Service. In this correspondence, I've attached our flyer announcing that the 2008 contest begins on March 10, 2008. In addition, you will find a sign up sheet for your students to enter the contest. The contest has become so popular in many of our participating schools, that a lottery is used to choose the 5 members of the team. Although the contest is limited to 5 students, the learning tools, principles, and concepts derived from the contest can be easily adapted to the classroom environment. For the last several years we have been assisting teachers in changing the way that the weather and climate module is taught in the classroom. Find out why an inquiry based methodology is extremely effective for the teaching of earth science. In addition to weather and climate, the contest also covers other earth science topics. No purchases or special equipment are required. Through the use of existing technology (readily available in all schools) , we can create a high performance learning environment that overcomes the limitations of textbooks. As a result, students are learning first hand that the atmosphere and weather are not 2-D and static but a 4-D dynamic experience. Please post the flyer and sign up sheet in the earth science classrooms at your school. We hope that you will give your students an opportunity to have a fun learning experience. Only one team per school is allowed. Every school building however, in the district with earth science (or equivalent) can have a participating team. Any assistance to help us spread the word would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Richard Morris Meteorologist & President Weducation, Inc. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: wxcontestflyer2008F0408.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 35328 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080208/ee78c21e/wxcontestflyer2008F0408-0001.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please encourage your teachers to take great care in reviewing each experiment. They should be able to answer four simple questions in advance. 1. What are the hazards? 2. What can go wrong? 3. What do I need to do to be prepared? 4. What are the prudent practices, protective equipment, and protective facilities needed to minimize the risk? LSI will be happy to work with you and your teachers to review experiments and provide commentary. Regards, ... Jim James A. Kaufman, Ph.D. President/CEO The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI) A Nonprofit International Organization for Safety in Science and Science Education 192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760-2252 508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 Cell: 508-574-6264 Res: 781-237-1335 jim@labsafety.org _www.labsafety.org_ (http://www.labsafety.org/) P We thank you for printing this e-mail only if it is necessary In a message dated 2/10/2008 10:52:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, loehman@msn.com writes: Download the pdf files from this website. They are for elementary - middle school range. High quality. http://www.planet-science.com/experiment/index.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ellen Loehman loehman@aps.edu _______________________________________________ Science mailing list Science@lists.aps.edu http://lists.aps.edu/mailman/listinfo/science **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080210/cd5d740b/attachment.html From Rick.Scott at state.nm.us Sun Feb 10 16:03:44 2008 From: Rick.Scott at state.nm.us (Scott, Rick, PED) Date: Sun Feb 10 16:08:54 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Teacher Development & Academic Enrichment Grants Message-ID: TEACHER DEVELOPMENT GRANTS The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation believes that continuous, insightful and innovative professional training and growth is crucial to the effectiveness of educators. It is the Foundation's goal to promote best practices through cooperative and sustained commitment to increased efficacy, improved teaching and active learning. As such, the Foundation values proposals aimed at concurrently boosting student understanding and proficiency and instilling a passion for lifelong learning. The Teacher Development Grants provide funding to individuals or small teams of teachers in the formation and implementation of groundbreaking k-12 classroom instruction. The grants provide opportunities for teachers to integrate fresh strategies that encourage critical inquiry and to observe their effects on students. Teachers have the opportunity to reflect and write about their projects, as well as to share their results with other teachers. The Foundation awards grants to individuals in amounts up to $10,000 per year for a maximum of three years, provided the eligibility requirements continue to be met. ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT GRANTS The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation offers Academic Enrichment Grants designed to develop in-class and extra-curricular programs that improve student learning. The Foundation considers proposals that foster understanding, deepen students' knowledge, and provide opportunities to expand awareness of the world around them. The Academic Enrichment Grants provide funding for programs that nurture the intellectual, artistic and creative abilities of children from low-income households. The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation awards grants to individuals in amounts up to $10,000 per year for a maximum of three years, provided the eligibility requirements continue to be met. For more information visit: http://www.mccartheydressman.org/ Rick Scott, Bureau Chief Math & Science Bureau New Mexico Public Education Dept 300 Don Gaspar (US Mail) 1100 St Francis, Suite 1200 (Physical) Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-476-1883 (office), 575-642-1895 (cell), 505-827-1784 (fax) http://www.ped.state.nm.us/MathScience Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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Perry) Date: Sun Feb 10 19:38:37 2008 Subject: [NMScience] 1/2 Day Nanoscience Workshop Message-ID: Combustion Synthesis: A Novel Process to Produce NanoScale Powders Presented by: Diedre Hirschfeld, Ph.D., New Mexico Tech 9:00AM-1:00PM March 1, 2008 New Mexico Tech Materials Engineering Department, Jones Hall New Mexico Science Teachers' Association and NM EPSCoR are teaming together to provide a stimulating and exciting workshop for science teachers in Combustion Synthesis. Combustion Synthesis is a process for producing ceramics, ceramiccomposites, and intermetallic compounds that is economical and simple as compared to conventional processing. Conventional processes for producing high purity ceramics and intermetallics require days or weeks to clean and process raw materials to usable forms followed by reactions to combine the materials to achieve the proper chemistry. The process of combustion synthesis involves an exothermic reaction of reactant materials that produces a pure product. One example of a sustained exothermic reaction are the sparklers that kids of all ages play with during July 4th celebrations. And the beautiful colors produced by fireworks are the result of exothermic reactions as different combinations of metals oxidize. In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to produce your own nanomaterials through combustion synthesis. Space is limited to 20 teachers, so register quickly to reserve your space. To register, email the following information to Vannetta Perry, vperry@nmt.edu: Last Name First Name Address City State Zip Code Work Phone Home Phone Email Address School Name Address City State School District -- Vannetta R. Perry, Ed.D. PO Box 158 San Antonio, NM 87832 (505) 835-0189 vperry@nmt.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Until you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know will never become wider, bigger or deeper." --Milton Erikson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From loehman at aps.edu Mon Feb 11 13:07:31 2008 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Mon Feb 11 13:08:41 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Free online seminar Message-ID: Develop Your Content Knowledge Via Web Seminars Now open for registration, new web seminars offered for FREE cover 90-minutes of in depth information on topics such as coral ecosystems, mapping the Moon, penguins and polar bears, Mars exploration, microscopes, space exploration, energy, the International Polar Year, science careers, and food science. These programs, designed for K-12 educators, are sponsored by the National Science Digital Library (NSDL), NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), NASA Johnson Space Center, Sally Ride Science, the National Science Foundation, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Register today online at the NSTA Learning Center and become the best science teacher you can be. http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/webseminars.aspx - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ellen Loehman loehman@aps.edu From maknoll at sandia.gov Tue Feb 12 12:04:36 2008 From: maknoll at sandia.gov (Malva) Date: Tue Feb 12 12:09:06 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Professional Development for neuroscience principles Message-ID: <002f01c86daa$1d3b1ba0$6501010a@sandia.gov> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Kaplans are holding a Math Circle Teacher Training Institute this summer at Notre Dame, in order to train people from across the country ? and abroad ? in their approach. *In addition to their lecture at St. John's College, the Kaplans will be leading two after-school math circles at Santa Fe Prep: a teachers circle on Tuesday, February 19, from 3:30 to 5:00, and a student (9-12 grade) circle on Wednesday, February 20, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. Please contact James Taylor (jtaylor@sfprep.org) if you are interested in participating in the teachers circle, or bringing a participant to the student circle. *What is the Math Circle?* The Math Circle is a program of courses founded in 1994 by Bob and Ellen Kaplan of Harvard University, designed for students who enjoy math and want the added challenge of exciting topics that are normally outside the school curriculum. Math Circle teachers are experienced, committed, and enthusiastic, and its classes encourage a free discussion of ideas. While the courses are mathematically rigorous, the atmosphere is friendly and relaxed. *History of The Math Circle* Disturbed by the poor quality and low level of math education in the country, Bob and Ellen Kaplan, along with their colleague Tom?s Guillermo, began The Math Circle at Harvard in September 1994. The first semester (ten sessions) saw 29 students; they now enroll over 200 students, ranging in ages from 5 to 17, and the courses they have taught in the intervening years are many and varied: *For 5-7 year olds, topics include*: Sequences and Series, the Euclidean Algorithm, Prime Numbers, Iteration, and Parity *For 7-9 or 9-11 year olds, topics include*: Cantorian Set Theory, Fractions and Decimals, Eulerian and Hamiltonian Circuits, Polygon Construction, Complex Numbers, Concurrency, and Weird Fractions *For 12-14 year olds, topics include*: Polyhedra, Periodic Decimals, Propositional Calculus, The Fibonacci Sequence, Polygon Decomposition, Krasnoselsskii's and Brouwer's Theorem, The Golden Mean, Information Theory, Linear Algebra, and Taxicab Geometry *And for 15-17 year olds, topics include*: Projective Geometry, Induction and the Pigeonhole Principle, Proofs and Refutations, Complex Analysis, Knot Theory, Hyperbolic Geometry, Relativity, Fractals and Combinatorial Geometry The Math Circle teachers are careful to choose topics which are unlikely to be in the school curriculum - they see our role as widening and deepening the river, rather than accelerating its flow between narrow banks. Some courses appear at several levels: one of the glories of math is its constant upward spiral of sophistication. What seems to be the Math Circle Secret is their striving for understanding generated by the students' own conjectures and counterexamples, rather than aiming to cover a certain body of material in a fixed amount of time. From Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us Wed Feb 13 08:39:13 2008 From: Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us (Daniel, Maryjo, PED) Date: Wed Feb 13 08:43:39 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Funding opportunity for high school chemistry teachers Message-ID: <1AC4D11CDD3C9F4FA0A7B93D9A10FB380541BD6C@CEXMB5.nmes.lcl> Chemistry Teachers, Read below information on a very simple grant application for up to $1500 to support your creative ideas. Mary Jo Daniel, Ph.D. Science Specialist Math and Science Bureau New Mexico Public Education Department 300 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, NM 87501 Phone: (505) 476-1882 Fax: (505) 827-1784 ________________________________ ________________________________ From: McLaren, Peter Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:58 AM Subject: FW: possible funding opportunity for high school chemistry teachers Importance: High Colleagues, This email would be of special interest to high school science teachers. The Hach Scientific Foundation is offering funding to chemistry teachers through its Outreach Program.. Grants up to $1500 will be awarded to support high school chemistry teachers who have creative ideas of transforming the learning in their classrooms. The application is a fairly straight forward, one page document that is due May 31, 2008. This opportunity was fostered through the relationship between the University of Rhode Island and The Hach Foundation but is available to all HS Chemistry teachers from around the country. Go to http://www.hachscientificfoundation.org/outreach.shtml to learn more about these high school chemistry grants as well as the pdf application. Peter THIS NOTICE IS DISTRIBUTED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. R.I Department of Education does not have any affiliation or responsibility to promote this information. Peter J. McLaren Science-Technology Specialist Office of Instruction Rhode Island Department of Education 255 Westminster Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903 401-222-8454 peter.mclaren@ride.ri.gov ______________________________________________________________________ This inbound email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. ______________________________________________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Strong writing and computer technology skills are a plus. Salary will be commensurate to incumbent's current salary. Full time and part-time schedules will be considered. To apply for the position, send a cover letter, resume, curriculum sample or list of professional development offerings and three letters of reference to learning@oceanleadership.org or mail to Deep Earth Academy, 1201 New York Avenue NW, 4th floor, Washington, DC, 20005 by Monday, March 3, 2008. For more information visit www.deepearthacademy.org _____ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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These 2-week curriculum units, one for middle and one for high school, encourage students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues. Through a generous grant from Hewlett-Packard Company, Facing the Future also invites you to apply for a Climate Change Camera Grant. You have the opportunity to collaborate with other educators and give your students the opportunity to document climate change in their communities and positive actions that they are taking to make a difference. You could receive a classroom set of HP Photosmart Digital Cameras to use in conjunction with Facing the Future's Climate Change: Connections and Solutions units. Beginning now through March 7th, Facing the Future will be accepting applications from U.S. educators to receive one of 30 classroom sets of 5 HP Photosmart R847Digital Cameras. Please visit our website to learn more and apply. Climate Change: Connections and Solutions are interdisciplinary curriculum units. Lessons are aligned with national science and social studies standards but may be used in other classes as well. The units include: * 9 hands-on activities * 5 student readings * Overview of daily activities * Homework assignments * Reproducible handouts * Assessments Educators and students throughout the U.S. reviewed and tested the lessons and experts from the University of Washington, the Hewlett-Packard Company, and the World Wildlife Fund reviewed the student readings. Thanks to generous funding from Hewlett-Packard Company, this curriculum valued at $24.95 is available for FREE. Click here to download your copy. "You have put together an excellent set of materials that are easy to use, active and interactive in their approach, and sequenced in a way that builds a competence in vocabulary and in concepts of climate change." - High School Teacher, Lincoln, NE - "I would have been able to do more but these students wanted to look at every website and discuss everything they were learning..What a thrill to see kids excited about learning." - Middle School Teacher, Cocoa, FL The first week of each 2-week unit lays the foundation for understanding some of the forces behind climate change. Students learn basic scientific phenomena related to climate change, beginning with the carbon cycle and the greenhouse effect and concluding with an analysis of different fuel types. The second week widens and deepens students' comprehension of climate change with an exploration of its connections to various social, economic, and environmental factors. By the end of the unit, students will understand and be able to communicate complex and interconnected issues related to climate change. Facing the Future staff is available to come to your school or district to provide a workshop on this resource or other global sustainability curriculum. Click here for more information. For questions or comments, contact Kim Rakow Bernier at kim@facingthefuture.org or (206) 264-1503. www.facingthefuture.org ************************************************************************ *********************** Facing the Future is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and motivating today's students to be responsible stewards of tomorrow's world. The organization develops and delivers standards-based hands-on lessons, student textbooks, curriculum units and professional development opportunities for educators that promote critical thinking on global issues, sustainability and positive solutions. 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The regional competition will be held in Albuquerque on April 5. Winning regional teams will advance to the National Science Bowl competition in Denver during June 19-22. Teams are made up of up to 4 students and a coach. Fuel Cell Challenge The deadline for registering a team is February 22. The competition will be April 19 in Albuquerque. Coach training was February 9, but is not required to enter the competition. Teams are made up of up to six students and a coach. The Laboratory is providing transportation to the events as well as stipends to the coaches of $100. For more information on this exciting opportunity, go to http://community.lanl.gov/08sciencecompetition.shtml or contact the Community Programs Office at 665-4400. _______________________ Thanks so much for all your help on this. Contact me if you have any additional questions. Linda -- Linda Anderman Community Programs Office Los Alamos National Laboratory PO Box 1663, MS A117 (505) 665-9196 (direct) (505) 665-4400 (main) (505) 665-4411 (fax) anderman@lanl.gov Supporting Economic Development, Education and Community Giving From Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us Fri Feb 15 08:56:03 2008 From: Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us (Daniel, Maryjo, PED) Date: Fri Feb 15 09:00:13 2008 Subject: [NMScience] FW: Teaching Ambassador Fellowships - Deadline April 7, 2008 Message-ID: <1AC4D11CDD3C9F4FA0A7B93D9A10FB380541C4F0@CEXMB5.nmes.lcl> It would great to a have science teacher from New Mexico in one of these positions to influence national policy! Mary Jo Daniel, Ph.D. Science Specialist Math and Science Bureau New Mexico Public Education Department 300 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, NM 87501 Phone: (505) 476-1882 Fax: (505) 827-1784 ________________________________ From: Friedman, Beverly A., PED Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 8:47 AM To: PED-ALL STAFF; PED-NM Charter Schools; PED-NM Elem-Principals; PED-NM High-Principals; PED-NM Mid-Principals; PED-NM REC; PED-NM Superintendents; PED-NM-EdPartners; PED-PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMISSION Subject: Teaching Ambassador Fellowships - Deadline April 7, 2008 Secretary Spellings has announced the creation of Teaching Ambassador Fellowship positions for currently practicing, K-12 public school teachers at the U.S. Department of Education for the 2008-2009 school year. These positions will offer highly motivated, innovative teachers the opportunity to contribute their knowledge and experience to the national dialogue on public education. The Fellowship includes two kinds of opportunities for teachers across the U.S. Up to 20 Classroom Fellows will remain at their schools under their regular teaching contracts and will be paid to participate in additional Department discussions and projects throughout the school year on a part-time basis. Up to five Washington Fellows will be chosen to become full-time, paid federal employees in Washington, D.C. for the school year, working on education programs and participating in policy discussions. Teaching Ambassador Fellows will be selected based upon their record of leadership, impact on student achievement, and potential for contribution to the field. Highly qualified K-12 public school teachers who have spent at least three years in the classroom are eligible to apply. Teachers must be currently practicing in and employed by a public school district to be eligible. To ensure collaboration at the school and district levels, teacher applicants must have the full support of their school principals. Applications are due by April 7, 2008. Teaching Ambassador Fellows will be named by early summer for the 2008-2009 school year. Please read the detailed information found at http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship to learn more. Be sure to click on all of the links to review the following: Program Overview (http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/programoverview.html) Eligibility (http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/eligibility.html) Applicant Info (http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/applicant.html) Application Instructions http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/applicationinstructions.htm l FAQs (http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/faq.html) Dr. Patricia Crisp Public Affairs Specialist Office of the Secretary's Regional Representative U. S. 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It will provide four monetary awards for: $25,000 to a U.S. scientist or researcher; $10,000 to a current secondary school life sciences educator; and two current secondary school students who are judged to exemplify excellence in life sciences in biology and chemistry will receive $5,000 each. Applications are accepted online only at: www.ccolumbusfoundationawards.org Visit this website for more information on competition rules and regulations. Deadline for receipt of nominations is Tuesday, March 11, 2008. Questions can be directed to Judi Shellenberger, Executive Director of the Foundation at: 315-258-0090 or email judithmscolumbus@cs.com Beverly Friedman Public Information Officer/Custodian of Record New Mexico Public Education Department 300 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, NM 87501 Phone: 505-827-6661 Cell: 505-795-0180 Fax: 505-827-6588 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It contains a digest of events, information and notices of importance you won't want to miss. ________________________________ Sloan-C Quick Links Membership Workshops Publications Survey Reports Effective Practices JobLine College Pass Vendor Corner Sloan-C Catalog Sloan-C View Archive Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Sloan-C Wiki Effective Practice of the Month - Learn from Others' Experiences This month's featured Effective Practice is Anytime Anywhere Chemistry Experience from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington & the University of Colorado. Undergraduate and associate degrees often require laboratory courses. Providing students with meaningful laboratory learning experiences is commonly perceived as the biggest barrier to offering lab-based distance science courses. Two science professors, Jimmy Reeves at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) and Doris Kimbrough at the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD) have developed home-based science laboratories which have enabled them to offer lab-based science courses in online and hybrid formats for the past three years. Click here to read more. Share your effective practices at the Sloan-C wiki or Effective Practices web site. ________________________________ 2008 Premium Membership & The College Pass- Join Today for Faculty Training Discounts Institutional Premium Membership and the College Pass give your institution discounts on attending our faculty training workshops. All workshops are fully online and asynchronous to work with your schedule. Institutional Premium Membership: $945 -20 coupons for $150 off workshop registration prices along with additional benefits College Pass: $3,495 -150 seats in the entire 2008 Sloan-C workshop schedule plus Premium Membership For more information about Sloan-C's membership options, click here . ________________________________ Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning- Register Today Join Sloan-C for our first Western states conference. The Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning is designed to bring together individuals interested in the technological aspects of online learning. Experts, intermediate users and novices are welcome to participate in Symposium activities that will include face-to-face and virtual components. Symposium tracks highlight and demonstrate research, application and best practices of important emerging technological tools related to social networking, assessment, open educational resources, new media and support services. Presentations will be provided in both the face-to-face event and the virtual event held in Second Life and the Moodle Learning Management System. When: May 7 - 9, 2008 Cost: $470 (10% discount for Premium or College Pass members) Receive a 10% discount on registrations for the face-to-face portion of the symposium if you register before March 31st. For more information or to register, click here . The Sloan-C Online Teaching Certificate Program The Sloan-C Online Teaching Certificate program proves unique in that faculty can take key lessons from the Sloan-C Getting Started and Quality Matters workshops, immediately apply these learnings in a laboratory environment, and receive feedback from both the faculty mentors and faculty peers. Key criteria: -Designed to build or enhance educators' professional knowledge, skills, and leadership in distance/online education and training. -Designed as flexible, learner-centered offerings, Sloan-C educational initiatives integrate core knowledge and theory with practical, experiential-based exercises, case studies, and discussions. -Educational initiatives are presented via the Internet, web conferencing, with supplemental print and multi-media formats so travel is not required. -Participants may enroll in workshops on a certificate or non-certificate basis. Learning outcomes: -Develop skills in distance education and online learning. -Expand current knowledge and apply new ideas in practice. -Provide grounding in the pedagogy of online teaching and learning. -Prepare participants to facilitate online, built upon Sloan-C's effective practices, from whatever current teaching or training materials used. -Gain hands-on experience as a distance learner. Possible career outcomes: -Prepare for a distance education position. -Enhance career opportunities within your own organization or externally. Please visit the Sloan-C Certificate webpage for more information or email R.T. Brown, rtbrown@sloan-c.org NOTE: Does your institution have a College Pass? Institutions with college passes only pay the certification fee and use their pre-paid seats towards the 5 required workshops. ________________________________ The Strategic Case for Online Learning: Access, Engagement and Success What: NATIONAL WEBCAST DISCUSSION When: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. eastern time Beginning in 2007 the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation made possible a national initiative focused on the strategic importance of online learning and distance education in higher education. This live national videoconference coming from Washington State University is an opportunity for individuals (at their computers) and in groups participating locally together to: -interact with university presidents and other national leaders involved in the NASULGC/SLOAN National Online Learning Commission; -experience real case examples from universities where online learning, distance education and rapid internet interaction made a difference (time to graduation, business and financial strength, disaster recovery, mentoring etc.); - see how some universities are incorporating this strategic asset in their master plans; -discuss and raise questions about what works, what doesn't and what leadership in this area requires for the future. The American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) is collaborating with Washington State University and Oregon State University in producing the event. the NASULGC Commission, Sloan-C,The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Colorado State University, the Southern Educational Regional Education Board (SREB)and others are participating in marketing,case study development and program planning. To register for this FREE event, please go to http://www.sloan-c.org/adec/. ________________________________ 2008 Sloan-C Workshop Deadline Reminders Using the Quality Matters Rubric to Improve Your Online Course TODAY, February 19th Recognizing quality is much like recognizing art - you know it when you see it, but everybody sees something different. And when it comes to online courses, your students, faculty, administrators, peers, and accrediting bodies may certainly not see what you do. In fact, they might not even know what to look for in assessing quality. Sloan-C announces an interactive online workshop focused on learning how to improve your online course(s). Learn how to use the rubric tool developed by the nationally recognized, FIPSE-funded Quality Matters (QM) project. The QM rubric provides a research-supported framework with annotations and examples for applying quality practices to specific course design standards. Affirm the strong areas in your course(s) and generate specific ideas for improvements. The QM rubric is the centerpiece of the QM process. Additionally, this course serves as a stepping stone for faculty interested in becoming certified course peer reviewers. Dynamic Collaboration, Discussion and Facilitation Practices February 26th In the online classroom, interaction prompts more interaction by stimulating more perspectives, points of view, ideas, questions, and disagreements. Through collaboration and discussion, both facilitators and students help each other in the learning process. This workshop examines how facilitators can increase and provide quality engagement in an online academic environment. ________________________________ The Fifth Annual Sloan-C Workshop on Blended Learning and Higher Education Is your institution looking to blended learning as a means for achieving its mission and goals? Are you facing problems such as time to degree, limited classroom space, instructional resources for which you feel that blended learning may be the solution? Are you, as a faculty member or instructional designer, looking to blending as a means for enhancing teaching and learning? These issues and opportunities are bringing educators from all over the world together with the common goal of blending with a purpose. 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Visit http://genednet.org/pages/k12_dnaday08.shtml for complete information. Teachers of first place winners receive $2,000 to purchase classroom equipment! This year there are separate contests for middle and high school students. The questions are as follows: MIDDLE SCHOOL (7th & 8th Graders): 1. Why is it important for us to discover the patterns of genotypic and phenotypic similarity and difference in living things and why should we understand the theories that describe the importance of genetic diversity for species and ecosystems? 2. Why is it important for us to learn about our family health history? What can our family health/medical history tell us? What doesn't it tell us? HIGH SCHOOL (9th through 12th Graders): 1. Discuss the practical implications that genetics research is playing in our lives today. Discuss where it might lead us in the next 10 years. 2. If you could be a human genetics researcher, what would you study and why? Winning students in both contests receive: First Place Winners: $350.00 Second Place Winners: $250.00 Third Place Winners: $150.00 Essay submission deadline is March 17, 2008 at 5:00 PM EST. Go to http://genednet.org/pages/k12_dnaday08.shtml for rules, scoring rubrics, and essay submission. Katie Van Horne Education Programs Associate American Society of Human Genetics 9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20814 phone: 301-634-7326 fax: 301-634-7079 kvhorne@ashg.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080220/e682d5b3/attachment.html From selena.connealy at state.nm.us Wed Feb 20 15:22:42 2008 From: selena.connealy at state.nm.us (Connealy, Selena, DCA) Date: Wed Feb 20 15:24:34 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Teen Cafe Scientifique Message-ID: <1D97845BEF67704D8FF1A458E423C5A80507E35C@CEXMB3.nmes.lcl> Teen Caf? Scientifique at NM Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque Cafe Scientifique is a new program for teens that brings together scientists and teenagers in an informal, nonacademic setting to discuss connections between science and society. This is an excellent opportunity for teens to talk directly with scientists about cutting-edge technologies and research. In our first two meetings, we have had conversations about the race for an HIV vaccine, and talked about the history and future of the sun. Upcoming programs will address global climate change, the future of computers, and nanotechnology. Caf? programs happen twice per month and are open to all teens. Each program features a short expert presentation, wide-ranging discussions, free food, and stipends for carpooling or public transportation. Please contact program coordinator Jen Richter at jrichter@unm.edu for more information. Caf? programs are also happening in Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and Espanola, all through the generous support of the National Science Foundation and Science Education Solutions. If you know teens who might be interested, please pass along! Selena Connealy Chief of Education N.M. Museum of Natural History and Science 1801 Mountain Rd NW Albuquerque, NM 87104 505-841-2836 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you applied last year but did not receive a grant, you can get feedback to improve and re-submit your proposal and increase the likelihood that your proposal will be funded. If you didn't apply last year, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE! If you cannot attend the workshop, but have questions, call 1-877-711-3030 or contact Maddie Ziegler, grant writer extraordinaire, at grantwriterz@msn.com. FYI, New Mexico teachers submitted more applications than anyone expected last year-which is one reason the program was offered again in New Mexico this year. Let's keep these resources flowing for our students...apply! Mary Jo Mary Jo Daniel, Ph.D. Science Specialist Math and Science Bureau New Mexico Public Education Department 300 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, NM 87501 Phone: (505) 476-1882 Fax: (505) 827-1784 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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Kim ----- Forwarded by Kimberly King-Wrenn/R2/FWS/DOI on 02/26/2008 12:45 PM ----- "Deb Thrall" To , 02/25/2008 02:42 PM cc Subject ANS Teacher's workshop (Embedded image |(Embedded image moved to file: pic27446.jpg) March 9-12, 2008 moved to file: | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA pic22648.jpg) | Educators, The American Nuclear Society cordially invites you to attend a Science Teacher's Workshop on Sunday March 9, 2008 from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm at the Hotel Albuquerque in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Below is the website location that provides a description, agenda, and registration form. http://cimar.mae.ufl.edu/rrsd/pages/teacher_workshop.html The cost of the workshop is $30.00. At the end of the workshop all attendees will get a free Geiger Counter (normally $70.00 on eBay) to take with them. This workshop is open for educators, but it is best suited for high school and junior high science teachers. If you are coming into town, you are welcome to stay at the Hotel Albuquerque at the conference room rate of $86.00 per night plus tax. To qualify for this rate, you will need to make your hotel reservations by Friday, February 29, 2008. You may contact the hotel at the following numbers or visit their web site: 505-843-6300 800-237-2133 800-505-7829 http://hhandr.com/albuquerque.php If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely yours, Douglas Osborn Sandia National Laboratories Tel: 505-284-6416 Email: dosborn@sandia.gov -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: pic22648.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3993 bytes Desc: Url : http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080226/df32d8c3/pic22648.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: pic27446.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 9067 bytes Desc: Url : http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080226/df32d8c3/pic27446.jpg From m_l_perez at yahoo.com Wed Feb 27 05:08:03 2008 From: m_l_perez at yahoo.com (M.Lou) Date: Wed Feb 27 05:47:08 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Science Digital Library Message-ID: <798800.94028.qm@web36808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Free e-books and e-journals of mathematics, physics, philosophy, finance, economics can be downloaded, printed, read from http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/eBooks-otherformats.htm ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From WAGNER_P at aps.edu Wed Feb 27 15:26:34 2008 From: WAGNER_P at aps.edu (Patricia Wagner) Date: Wed Feb 27 16:16:55 2008 Subject: [NMScience] NM Forestry Camp, June 1-6, Ages 13-17 Message-ID: <6CAE30B07826874CA2DDAADD84F97CA60B7C84D2@EX02.aps.edu.actd> NM Forestry Camp: http://nmforestrycamp.org/ Please Sharing Information with interested students 2008 CAMP DATES: JUNE 1-6 Forestry camp is a 5-day residential, outdoor workshop for 13 to 17 year olds. It's a great way for youth to learn about how New Mexicans use, care for, and appreciate the natural and cultural resources on their public lands. Resource professionals work with campers to learn about trees, streams, archaeology, insects, wildland fire, range management, wildlife, outdoor ethics, search and rescue, and soils and geology. Forestry camp is held at Rancho del Chaparral Scout Camp in the Jemez Mountains near Cuba, New Mexico. The 1,200-acre camp, located along the Rio de las Vacas at about 8,000 feet elevation, provides an ideal setting with beautiful ponderosa pine, aspen, oak, and mixed conifer trees. Field trips are taken on the surrounding Santa Fe National Forest and other locations. Meals are served in the dining hall, and campers, counselors and staff sleep in platform tents. For an in-depth look at forestry camp, see About Camp Life . Counselors are adult volunteers. Our camp counselors are from many walks of life; some are teachers, others are natural resource professionals. Counselor applications are available as a PDF form that can be completed on-line then printed. Mail completed forms to New Mexico Forestry Camp, c/o Marsha Hagerdon, Mt. Taylor Ranger District, 1800 Lobo Canyon Rd., Grants, NM 87020. Applications must be received by April 18 for the 2008 camp. For questions, contact Marsha Hagerdon at 505-287-8833, or Peggy Ohler at 505-289-3950. The camp is not fully accessible. If you have special accessibility needs, contact Peggy Ohler, 505-289-3950. ELIGIBILITY Any New Mexican resident age 13-17 with a strong interest in the outdoors is eligible. Approximately 40 forest campers will be selected based on information provided on the application form. APPLICATIONS - DUE APRIL 18 Please send your completed application form with $95 registration fee (payable to Forestry Camp) to: New Mexico Forestry Camp, c/o Cuba SWCD, P.O. Box 250, Cuba, NM 87013. After April 18, call 505-289-3950. SELECTION CRITERIA In the event more students apply to Forestry Camp than space allows, campers will be selected based on the following criteria: * Applicants will be selected to represent both rural and urban backgrounds. * An effort will be made to select participants from various cultural and economic backgrounds. * Applicant's demonstrated interest in the outdoors, determined by the answers to the questions. Patricia Wagner, Ph.D Science Coordinator Albuquerque Public Schools 3315 Louisiana Blvd. NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 wagner_p@aps.edu 505-880-8249 x 129 Science Website -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080227/20682acb/attachment.html From loehman at aps.edu Thu Feb 28 13:25:31 2008 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Thu Feb 28 13:27:37 2008 Subject: [NMScience] FW: Physics, chem, phys sci Modeling Workshops nationwide this summer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Feb. 28, 2008 ANNOUNCEMENT (please forward to other teachers): Modeling Workshops in high school physics, chemistry, and/or physical science will be held in summer 2008 in Birmingham AL, Arizona, Georgia (probably), Miami FL, Maine, New York, North Carolina (probably), Ohio, Philadelphia PA, Pittsburgh PA, and Dallas TX. Visit for details. Click on "Modeling Instruction Workshops Nationwide in Summer 2008". Modeling Workshops are peer-led. Modeling Instruction is the only high school science program recognized by the U.S. Dept.of Education as EXEMPLARY. At some sites, stipends and/or free tuition are available for in-state teachers. (Teachers from any state can apply for a stipend at Miami FL.) Teachers greatly value Modeling Instruction. Teachers all over the nation wrote: * In the one year that I have been modeling, I have seen wonderful results. * I love the modeling physics program and want to cheer for the difference I saw in the understanding of my students when I implemented the Mechanics materials for the first time last year! * We have had 3 physics teachers and 5 chemistry teachers enhance their professional development at your ASU modeling workshops. Modeling has made a world of difference in our science courses and we are working to continue this improvement. * Modeling has changed the fundamental way I teach. 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