From dthrall at swcp.com Mon Jun 2 15:41:46 2008 From: dthrall at swcp.com (Deb Thrall) Date: Mon Jun 2 15:44:25 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Math Hero Awards Message-ID: <007c01c8c4f9$75ec2450$640fa8c0@DebsLaptop> Nomination Process Open for Math Hero Awards Honoring Educators Deadline: July 15, 2008 Nominations are invited for the Raytheon Company's ( http://www.raytheon.com/ ) 2008 Math Hero Awards through the MathMovesU ( http://www.mathmovesu.com/ ) Web site. The annual awards reward and celebrate teachers and tutors for promoting math achievement to students in a fun and challenging learning environment. The MathMovesU program awards $1 million annually to students,teachers, and schools in the form of scholarships, grants, and awards. Based on a nomination process, math teachers and volunteers who work with students are eligible to receive a $2,500 Math Hero award, while their schools or an approved math-related nonprofit organization of their choice receive a $2,500 matching grant. Math Heroes demonstrate an enthusiastic and creative approach to math, often using new and innovative ideas in working with their students. Parents, students, or other teachers are invited to nominate their Math Hero. Additional information on the awards and an application form are available on the MathMovesU Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013333/mathmovesu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080602/9b9c83ad/attachment.html From vperry at nmt.edu Mon Jun 2 16:50:56 2008 From: vperry at nmt.edu (Vannetta R. Perry) Date: Tue Jun 3 07:10:56 2008 Subject: [NMScience] GPS Technology into our schools Message-ID: Please read below and contact Cliff Wilkie directly before June 20, 2008 if you are interested in participating in this. This needs to be for greater ABQ area teachers, i.e. ABQ, Belen, LL, SF, Morairty, Grants, etc. Thanks. Vannetta ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:15:31 -0600 From: "Wilkie, Cliff C." To: Vannetta R. Perry , Subject: RE: introduction for science related collaboration Vanetta, I'm trying to get in touch with Science or perhaps math teachers about a project involving GPS technology and the schools. In particular I'm looking for teachers in both the (Belen-Los Lunas) area and the (Edgewood-Moriarty) area. Anna Rutins, our neighbor, suggested you might be able to help. I'm the Geodetic Surveyor for the City of Albuquerque and in charge of maintaining a countywide network of seven GPS base stations. This network of base stations was established to provide real-time high accuracy for positioning of infrastructure development. In our efforts to expand the spatial extent of the network we have been developing collaborative projects with area schools. They let us use a school building as a site for one of our base stations and we allow them free access to the system and help them develop ways to integrate the use of the system into their curriculum. We currently have established base stations at Rio Rancho High School and CNM. For more details about the system see our website at: http://artgn1.cabq.gov. We'd like to place base stations in the Edgewood, Moriarty area and the Belen, Los Lunas area. So I'd like to get in touch with science or math teachers in both areas who might be interested in discussing this. This seems to fit in best with High Schools but Middle Schools might work as well. So if you know of anyone in these areas and could put me in touch with them, I would appreciate it. Thanks for your response. Regards, Cliff Wilkie Geodetic Surveyor City of Albuquerque Phone: 505-768-3609 -----Original Message----- From: Vannetta R. Perry [mailto:vperry@nmt.edu] Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:51 PM To: Anna Rutins Cc: 'Vannetta R. Perry, Ed.D.'; Wilkie, Cliff C. Subject: Re: introduction for science related collaboration I have access to a huge dcatabase of science teachers that I can send an announcement out to, if you want, just to get some interest going. Vannetta On Sat, 31 May 2008, Anna Rutins wrote: > > > Hello Vannetta - > > > > My wonderful neighbor, Cliff (cc'ed above), is actively pursuing engaged mid > and/or high school teachers in various > areas of the state for a collaboration with the city of Albuquerque, using > GPS technology. Knowing that I work with educators, he asked if I could > recommend anyone interested in an initial conversation. > > > > Not sure of the details, but my hope was that you might have some time > between your workshops, etc., to connect with him. perhaps tapping into your > network of talented NM science teachers. > > > > THANK YOU! > > > > Anna > > > > > > |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| | Vannetta R. Perry, Ed.D. | | International Education | | Center of Excellence | | PO Box 158 | | San Antonio, NM 87832 | | vperry@nmt.edu | | (505) 835-0189 | | www.internationaledcenter.org| """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" "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 Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us Tue Jun 3 11:10:26 2008 From: Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us (Daniel, Maryjo, PED) Date: Tue Jun 3 11:16:31 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Reminder--EEANM Brown Bag Lunch Message-ID: <1AC4D11CDD3C9F4FA0A7B93D9A10FB3805EAEC74@CEXMB5.nmes.lcl> The Randall Davey Audubon Center is proud to host the Environmental Education Association of New Mexico's (EEANM) JUNE Brown Bag Luncheon...This event is FREE! Grab your lunch and come meet other teachers and EE professionals that live and work around northern New Mexico! WHEN: Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm * Hike potential after the luncheon for those interested! WHERE: Randall Davey Audubon - Education Classroom - 1800 Upper Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 Driving Directions: From St. Francis Drive (US84/285), take Alameda east (towards the mountains). You will pass through several stoplights and 4-way stops, but keep going. Eventually you will come to a light at Paseo de Peralta. Go straight, the road turns more residential at this point, and the Santa Fe River is on your right. You will meet 4-way stops at Delgado St. and Palace Avenue, and then the road will curve sharply to the right, and go over the river. At the next 4-way stop, which is the intersection with Upper Canyon Road, turn left. Follow this road until it ends; it dead-ends in our parking lot. The last mile is a curvy dirt road. You may feel like you are lost, but most likely you are not. Out of respect for Randall Davey Audubon Center's neighbors please drive slowly on Upper Canyon Road. Thank you in advance! For a map please see http://nm.audubon.org/ For more information on Randall Davey Audubon Center go to http://nm.audubon.org or EEANM go to www.eeanm.org Please RSVP: Dana Vackar Strang 983-4609 ext. 26, dstrang@audubon.org 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... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080603/6ccf1f5d/attachment-0001.html From dthrall at swcp.com Wed Jun 4 14:23:41 2008 From: dthrall at swcp.com (Deb Thrall) Date: Wed Jun 4 14:25:22 2008 Subject: [NMScience] RE: Hands on Science Opportunity @ the Open Space Visitor Center In-Reply-To: <76996BA3F2EBB146A79E2EBB13938912A96C1A@BE-EXCHSVR.coa.cabq.lcl> Message-ID: <000001c8c680$e2f83510$640fa8c0@DebsLaptop> The Open Space Visitor Center is planning a demonstration garden that represents several early farming methods and the foods that were collected and cultivated in New Mexico. This is intended to be an educational garden where groups can actively take part in its development and observe its successes and failures. Farming methods that will be represented are terraced arroyo, waffle garden, cobble mulch garden, and orchards. You are invited to take part in its cultivation! We would like to target both Science and History teachers and students with this unique project. We are looking for school groups who can take part in the development of this garden throughout the summer on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis. If this is something you would like to engage your students in please call Joshua Willis, Education Coordinator, at the Open Space Visitor Center. We will strive to align the activities you participate in here with standards you are currently teaching in your classroom. Our lessons will be hands on, outdoors and highly enjoyable. Transportation can be negotiated through public transit (City Bus) or a bus scholarship program offered by the Open Space Alliance. If your school has access to private vehicles, or if your students drive, this would be a golden opportunity to begin a sustained relation with the Open Space Visitor Center and the educational opportunities found here. The Open Space Visitor Center is located at 6500 Coors Blvd. NW between Montana Rd. and Paseo del Norte at the end of Bosque Meadows Rd. The Center is open Tuesday through Sunday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and closed Mondays. Call 897-8831 for more information or visit www.cabq.gov/openspace/visitorcenter . Joshua Willis Open Space Parks and Recreation City of Albuquerque Visitor Center: 505-897-8831 Office: 505-897-8856 Fax: 505-987-0572 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The series is part of the National Academies' Communications Initiative. http://www7.nationalacademies.org/energy/energybooklet.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ellen Loehman loehman@aps.edu From Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us Fri Jun 13 13:19:15 2008 From: Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us (Daniel, Maryjo, PED) Date: Fri Jun 13 13:24:16 2008 Subject: [NMScience] FW: Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge Message-ID: <1AC4D11CDD3C9F4FA0A7B93D9A10FB3806018A55@CEXMB5.nmes.lcl> Last minute reminder... 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: Liz McCurtain [mailto:LMcCurtain@quinngillespie.com] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:15 AM Subject: Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge Last month, the National Governor's Association announced its partnership with the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. The YSC is the premier national science competition for students in grades 5 through 8, designed to encourage the exploration of science among America's youth and to promote the importance of science communication. In July, a semi-finalist will be chosen from each state and the District of Columbia. The deadline for students to submit their video entries to the competition is Sunday and I wanted to let you know that we currently do not have any entries from New Mexico. We would like to remind teachers, students and parents that the deadline of June 15 is approaching. I realize that schools are out, but thought your office may have an email list or network over which you could distribute a reminder about the competition. We have just announced the addition of a new, fantastic prize that will be awarded to one of the finalists which maybe help generate some excitement. I have included the details of that prize below and also attached a fact sheet about the competition. Space to Sea Adventure Hosted by the National Park Foundation On the National Parks Space to Sea Adventure, the winner will travel to the beautiful Florida coast for a behind-the-scenes trip to Kennedy Space Center and Canaveral National Seashore. The trip will "blast off" with a live viewing of a shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center. After seeing the shuttle roar to space, the winner will take to the sea to assist National Park Service biologists with sea turtle monitoring and oyster reef restoration at Canaveral National Seashore. Regards, Liz Liz McCurtain 1133 Connecticut Ave, NW | 5th Floor Washington, DC 20036 (202) 429-6872 (202) 457-1130 (fax) ______________________________________________________________________ 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... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080613/d8c5a17c/attachment.html From jkmill at sandia.gov Mon Jun 16 16:04:52 2008 From: jkmill at sandia.gov (Miller, Jeanette K) Date: Mon Jun 16 16:07:20 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Energy Author at Atomic Museum Message-ID: Please join us for an important talk from NMSU professor Dr. James Conca: The National Atomic Museum in Old Town will host Dr. James Conca, co-author of "The GeoPolitics of Energy: Achieving a Just and Sustainable Energy Distribution by 2040," at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, June 21. Conca's talk and book signing is part of the Museum's "Meet the Author" series. Dr. Conca is Director of the NMSU Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center. For the last 13 years, he and a team of scientists have been monitoring the environment in a 100-mile radius around the only operating deep geologic nuclear waste disposal site in the world, the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP). The book, he says, is for "everyone who is concerned about the future." A seat can be reserved by calling the Museum at 245-2137, extension 114. The cost to attend the lecture is $10 for Museum members; $15 for non-members. For those who wish to pay in advance for four of the lectures, the cost will be $30 for members and $45 for non-members. The National Atomic Museum, America's only official museum resource for nuclear science and history, opened in 1969 and was chartered by Congress in 1991. Located in Old Town at 1905 Mountain Rd. NW, the museum's exhibits include nuclear medicine, aircraft, pioneers of science, weapons history and arms control. The museum will open a new building in March 2009 in southeast Albuquerque, when it becomes the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080616/765ca591/attachment.html From loehman at aps.edu Thu Jun 19 09:51:34 2008 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Thu Jun 19 09:53:21 2008 Subject: [NMScience] The Mystery of Mass Extinctions Is No Longer Murky Message-ID: >From NSF: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111722&govDel=USNSF_51 If you are curious about Earth's periodic mass extinction events such as the sudden demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, you might consider crashing asteroids and sky-darkening super volcanoes as culprits. But a new study, published June 15, 2008, in the journal Nature, suggests that it is the ocean, and in particular the epic ebbs and flows of sea level and sediment over the course of geologic time, that is the primary cause of the world's periodic mass extinctions over the past 500 million years. "The expansions and contractions of those environments have pretty profound effects on life on Earth," says Shanan Peters, a University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor of geology and geophysics and the author of the new Nature report. In short, according to Peters, changes in ocean environments related to sea level exert a driving influence on rates of extinction, which animals and plants survive or vanish, and generally determine the composition of life in the oceans. Since the advent of life on Earth 3.5 billion years ago, scientists think there may have been as many as 23 mass extinction events, many involving simple forms of life such as single-celled microorganisms. Over the past 540 million years, there have been five well-documented mass extinctions, primarily of marine plants and animals, with as many as 75-95 percent of species lost. For the most part, scientists have been unable to pin down the causes of such dramatic events. In the case of the demise of the dinosaurs, scientists have a smoking gun, an impact crater that suggests dinosaurs were wiped out as the result of a large asteroid crashing into the planet. But the causes of other mass extinction events have been murky, at best. "No matter what the ultimate driving extinction mechanisms might be at any one time, Professor Peters brings the repeated and resultant extinction on oceanic shelves front and forward where it belongs," says National Science Foundation (NSF) Program Manager Rich Lane. "This breakthrough speaks loudly to the future impending modern shelf extinction due to climate change on Earth." ... More in actual report - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ellen Loehman loehman@aps.edu From vperry at nmt.edu Sun Jun 29 21:48:26 2008 From: vperry at nmt.edu (Vannetta R. Perry) Date: Mon Jun 30 07:07:08 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Call to Activity: Getting Kids Moving in the Great Outdoors Message-ID: (See attached file: GettingKidsOutdoors.doc) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: GettingKidsOutdoors.doc Type: application/msword Size: 800256 bytes Desc: Url : http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080629/6a6f315c/GettingKidsOutdoors-0001.doc