From loehman at aps.edu Wed Jul 8 22:02:49 2009 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Wed Jul 8 22:04:27 2009 Subject: [NMScience] FW: Summer Wings Festival 2009 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Saturday August 8, the Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center will present Summer Wings, a celebration of hummingbirds, dragonflies, butterflies, and bees. The festival will take place at the Nature Center, 2901 Candelaria NW, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Entrance is free for all and parking in free for members of the Friends; parking for non-members if $3. Aided by visitors, New Mexico-certified hummingbird bander Bill Talbot will weigh, measure, band, and release hummingbirds captured at a bird blind near a giant westside cottonwood. Other festival events include a day-long roster of talks: Ralph Chilton on butterflies; David Kilpatrick on dragonflies and damselflies; Bill Talbot on hummingbirds; Rob Yaksich on Mariposaville, the pollinator garden; and Don Parker on insects. Wildlife Rescue will have a live bird display, Rob Yaksich will tour the pollinator garden, and David Kilpatrick will capture, identify, and release dragonflies at the Discovery Pond. Volunteers will lead a bird walk, offer trailside education, and invite children to explore the world of flight through arts and crafts. From loehman at aps.edu Tue Jul 21 05:53:30 2009 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Tue Jul 21 06:18:01 2009 Subject: [NMScience] FW: New Energy Futures workshop In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Please spread the word about a great teacher training opportunity on the New Energy Future curriculum. This workshop will occur on August 3rd and 4th, 2009 at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Due to grant funding, this workshop is being offered at a reduced rate of only $10 per participant! Thank you, Eileen Everett Climate Change Educator NM Museum of Natural History & Science http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/ New Energy Future Workshop Monday, August 3 from 8:30a.m.-3:30p.m. and Tuesday, August 4 from 8:30a.m.-11:30a.m. At NMMNHS ?How can we create a sustainable energy future?? This one and a half day workshop will prepare teachers to implement a thematic unit incorporating the study of Earth and its atmosphere, ecosystems and the effects of climate change, the history and economics of energy use by humans, and energy choices for the future. Designed to meet science, social studies and language arts standards and benchmarks for New Mexico late elementary and middle school students, this curriculum guide introduces students to how our energy needs are met now and could be in the future. Teachers will receive a copy of the curriculum for New Mexico science classrooms grades 5-8. Snacks and lunch on Monday, August 3rd are provided. Facilitator: Eva Thaddeus is an educational consultant who has taught grades 1, 2, 4, and 6 and been a bilingual resource teacher and dual language program coordinator. Currently, Eva is working with others in developing a new charter school, Cien Aguas, in Albuquerque. She has served on the NM Climate Change Advisory Group, convened by the Governor in 2007. Cost: $10 per person registration fee For more information, please contact Eileen Everett, Climate Change Educator, at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science at EileenM.Everett@state.nm.us or 505-841-2837. 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 MessageLabs Email Security System. From loehman at aps.edu Wed Jul 22 13:23:05 2009 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Wed Jul 22 13:26:14 2009 Subject: [NMScience] Reminder - Ecological Society of America meeting in Albuquerque Message-ID: There is still time to register for the ESA national meeting. August 2 - BioBlitz teachers' workshop at zoon August 3-7 Meeting Your price - no cost, just your time. Return the attached form to Melissa Armstrong. melissa@esa.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ellen Loehman loehman@aps.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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EARTH SCIENCE WEEK UPDATE American Geological Institute Vol. 7, No. 7: July 2009 IN THIS ISSUE? * Earth Science Week Toolkits Available Now * Literacy Initiative Boosts Earth Science Awareness * GSA Geoscientists Reach Out to Educators * GeoConnection Network: Join on Facebook * Explore Climate Topics at ASTC Conference * Earth Science Week Booming in Australia **************************** Earth Science Week Toolkits Available Now **************************** Earth Science Week 2009 Toolkits are available now! To ensure that you are among the first to receive these exciting educational resources, order yours today. The Earth Science Week 2009 Toolkit includes: * A 12-month school-year activity calendar, suitable for hanging * The new Earth Science Week poster, including a climate activity * USGS climate education resources, including volcano materials * NASA climate resources, including a ?Dynamic Earth? DVD * A report on ?Ecological Impacts of Climate Change? * A National Park Service poster on glaciers nationwide * A new brochure outlining principles for Earth science literacy * A CD on GIS technology and activities from ESRI * A genuine field notebook from Rite in the Rain * Climate literacy materials provided by NOAA * Information about the National Wildlife Refuge System * Activity sheets from the Association for Women Geoscientists * Brochures, bookmarks, fact sheets, postcards, and more For ordering, special shipping, bulk orders, and more information, visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/materials/index.html. **************************** Literacy Initiative Boosts Earth Science Awareness **************************** To know Earth science, what do you need to know? The Earth Science Literacy Initiative (ESLI), funded by the National Science Foundation, has gathered and codified the underlying understandings of Earth sciences into a short brochure that is included in this year?s Earth Science Week Toolkit. The brochure outlines the ?big ideas? and supporting concepts all Americans should know about Earth science. This literacy framework also will become part of the foundation - along with similar documents from the ocean, atmosphere, and climate communities - of a larger geoscience Earth systems literacy effort. A community effort representing current state-of-the-art research, the document has been written, evaluated, shaped, and revised by the top geoscientists. The framework is expected be influential in scientific, educational, and political settings. To learn more, see http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org. **************************** GSA Geoscientists Reach Out to Educators **************************** Teachers and students alike can learn a lot from the Geological Society of America (GSA), an AGI member society and Earth Science Week partner. GSA is an organization of geoscientists in industry, government, business, and academia who are committed to the ongoing professional growth of Earth scientists. One of GSA?s major education and outreach programs, the Teacher Advocate Program (TAP), provides ?Explore Geoscience? CD-Roms, lesson plans, educational materials, and resource links for Earth science teachers. For more information on TAP, visit http://www.geosociety.org/educate/tap.htm. Teachers also can take advantage of GSA?s Teacher GeoVenture trips, teacher workshops, and Distinguished Earth Science Teacher in Residence. GSA also offers a number of teacher awards and fellowships. See http://www.geosociety.org/educate/ to learn more. Students are encouraged to apply for GSA?s GeoCorps America program, which works with the National Park Service, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management to place young geoscientists in geoscience-related positions at national parks. Find out more at http://www.geosociety.org/geocorps/. **************************** GeoConnection Network: Join on Facebook **************************** You are invited to join the AGI Geoscience Workforce Program?s GeoConnection Network on Facebook. Soon, the network will link you with all related university departments and AGI contacts. Become a ?fan? of GeoConnection, and you can receive updates about geoscience events, new data from the workforce program, and other intriguing geo-tidbits in your Facebook news feed. You can become a fan of GeoConnection by at http://www.facebook.com/geoconnection/. **************************** Explore Climate Topics At ASTC Conference **************************** Whether you teach Earth science in a classroom or an informal education setting, you can explore this year?s Earth Science Week theme - ?Understanding Climate? - at the annual conference of a longtime program partner, the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC). Many science and technology centers across the globe are offering visitors unique hands-on experiences for learning more about climate - from a climate-change theater in Connecticut and a climate lab in Michigan to ?Communicating Climate Change? programs in California and an online climate change game in France. At the 2009 ASTC Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2009, you can find out how those centers are doing it, and how you might engage your students more deeply on this high-interest topic. To learn more, visit http://www.astc.org/conference/index.htm. **************************** Earth Science Week Booming in Australia **************************** Geoscientists, students, and others in Australia are gearing up for another great Earth Science Week in 2009. To begin, Geoscience Australia once again is hosting the Geologi short Film Competition. The competition, open to all school-age Australian students, focuses on the theme ?Earth Science in Everyday Life.? Entries close on Aug. 14. For more information, see http://www.ga.gov.au/education/events/geologi-short-film/index.jsp. International participation in Earth Science Week has grown year by year, as people in nearly 20 nations took part last year. **************************** The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 45 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 120,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society?s use of resources and interaction with the environment. For contact information, please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/contactus/index.html. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20090723/aaef04eb/attachment.html From loehman at aps.edu Tue Jul 28 11:06:37 2009 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Tue Jul 28 11:09:27 2009 Subject: [NMScience] FW: Earth Science Week Toolkit now available In-Reply-To: <4A6F2756.5000407@nmt.edu> Message-ID: > 2009 EARTH SCIENCE WEEK TOOLKITS NOW AVAILABLE > > For Immediate Release > Contact: Geoff Camphire gac@agiweb.org > > Alexandria, VA ? The essential Earth Science Week 2009 (October 11-17) Toolkit > enables students, educators, and the public to fully explore this year?s theme > ?Understanding Climate.? The latest edition of this resource is now available > through the American Geological Institute (AGI). > > The 2009 Earth Science Week Toolkit contains a 12-month school-activity > calendar and classroom poster provided by AGI, its Member Societies and other > organizations. Along with these traditional Earth Science Week publications, > this year?s Toolkit features a variety of educational climate resources from > the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA, and the National Oceanic and > Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A report on the ?Ecological Impacts of > Climate Change? and a new brochure outlining principles for Earth Science > literacy are also included. > > Multimedia features this year include NASA?s ?Dynamic EARTH? DVD-ROM and a > CD-ROM on GIS technology from ESRI. Additional informational materials within > the kits include a National Park Service poster highlighting the nation?s > glaciers and literature on the National Wildlife Refuge System. Like years > past, the 2009 Toolkit contains a genuine field notebook from Rite in the > Rain. > > These items and much more make the Earth Science Week Toolkit ideal for > engaging students and general public to explore the geosciences. The Toolkits > are available for the cost of shipping and handling ($6.95 in the United > States). Bulk pricing is available. To order, visit > http://www.earthsciweek.org/materials/. > > Earth Science Week is an annual event held the second week of October to > promote an understanding and appreciation of the earth sciences. It is > organized annually by AGI with support from a number of other geoscience > organizations, including the U.S. Geological Survey, NASA, National Park > Service, and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation. To > learn more about this event, please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/. > > The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 45 > geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 120,000 > geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI > provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared > interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience > education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the > geosciences play in society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, > and interaction with the environment. Learn more at http://www.agiweb.org/. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20090728/7f1fc18a/attachment.html From loehman at aps.edu Tue Jul 28 11:53:51 2009 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Tue Jul 28 11:56:46 2009 Subject: [NMScience] FW: Call for NASA Global Climate Change Education Online Peer Reviewers In-Reply-To: <007101ca0fa8$f116b500$d3441f00$@com> Message-ID: > Subject: Call for NASA Global Climate Change Education Online Peer Reviewers > > If you are interested in reviewing climate change education grant proposals > for NASA, or know anyone else who might be, please read the email below that > describes their process. Contact them directly if you would like to be > considered as a reviewer.... > > Karen Scott > Environmental Education Specialist > U.S. EPA > Office of the Administrator > Office of Children's Health Protection and Environmental Education > Environmental Education Division > Washington, DC 20460 > > phone: 202-564-2194 > fax: 202-564-2753 > > > > To: NASA Peer Review Candidates > From: Lin Chambers, NASA Global Climate Change Education Project > Scientist > Tamra Ross, NASA Research and Education Support > Services > Subject: Availability for NASA Global Climate Change Education > Online Peer Review > > NOTE: This email is for information gathering purposes. Willingness to > participate in the peer review process does not guarantee a proposal will be > assigned. The number of available qualified reviewers may exceed the number of > reviewers needed. Our apologies for any duplicate requests. > > NASA Research and Education Support Services (NRESS) is seeking persons > willing to serve as online and/or panel reviewers for the NASA Global Climate > Change Education (GCCE): Research Experiences, Teaching & Learning Cooperative > Agreement Notice (CAN) NNL09ZB1005C. Peer review is a critical component of > the decision-making process for awarding projects under this CAN. It assists > in identifying high-quality projects by engaging individuals with different > backgrounds, perspectives and areas of expertise in the review process. > The GCCE CAN is designed to improve the quality of global climate change and > Earth system science education from elementary grades to lifelong learners. > Each funded proposal is expected to take advantage of NASA?s unique > contributions in climate science to enhance students? academic experiences > and/or to improve educators? abilities to engage and stimulate their students. > > Detailed information regarding proposal requirements and evaluation criteria > are contained in the CAN. This document can be viewed through the NASA > Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) at > http://nspires.nasaprs.com . Select > ?Solicitations? and then ?Open Solicitations?. > > The online review period is scheduled for the August 17 ? September 2 time > frame. Prospective reviewers are asked to review three to five proposals up to > 15 pages in length (technical section). Non-civil servants will receive an > honorarium of $75 for each proposal fully reviewed and submitted through > NSPIRES by the close of the review period. > > The panel review period is scheduled for the week of September 21 and will be > held in Hampton, VA. Prospective panelists will be assigned as the primary > reviewer for three proposals and as the secondary reviewer for additional > proposals to be determined by the number of submissions. Technical and > logistic details (including travel and flat fee paid for your serving on full > panel days) will be provided by NASA Research and Education Support Services > (NRESS). > > Please view the solicitation to determine your interest in serving as a peer > reviewer and respond to the following. > > Name: > ________________________________________________________ > Institution: > ________________________________________________________ > Department: > ________________________________________________________ > Position / Title: > ________________________________________________________ > Email: > ________________________________________________________ > > Will you be serving as either a PI or other team member on a proposal to be > submitted in response to the FY 2009 Global Climate Change Education CAN? > Yes No > > Are you interested in serving as an online peer reviewer for this CAN? > Yes No > > Are you interested in serving on the review panel for this CAN? > Yes No > > Indicate your area/s of expertise with respect to the three funding categories > for this CAN: > Funding Category P (Goal 1): Improve Teacher Competency for Global Climate > Change Education > Yes No > > Funding Category D (Goal 2): Using NASA Earth system data and models to > Strengthen Teaching and Learning about Global Climate Change > K12: Yes No > Undergraduate: Yes No > > Funding Category R: Global Climate Change Science Research Experiences for > Undergraduate or Community College Students (Goal 3) and Pre- or In-Service > Teachers including those in nontraditional teacher licensure programs (Goal 1) > Teachers: Yes No > Undergraduate: Yes No > > Identify your primary area of expertise: > Educator c > Scientist c > Evaluator c > > Indicate the number of proposals you are willing to review online: > ________________ > > Please respond to these questions no later than AUGUST 3, 2009 by return > e-mail to GCCEREVIEWERS@nasaprs.com. Reviewer assignments will be made after > the announcement closes. To facilitate the review process, if you are not > already registered, please register with NSPIRES. NSPIRES registration is > required to participate in the review process. > > If you know of colleagues who may be interested in serving as reviewers, > please share this information and have them contact us. > > Thank you for your prompt attention and response to this request. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20090728/e207718e/attachment-0001.html From loehman at aps.edu Wed Jul 29 22:22:58 2009 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Wed Jul 29 22:26:01 2009 Subject: [NMScience] Released test item banks Message-ID: Listed below are some sources of test items from various standardized tests. NAEP - the nation's report card http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls/startsearch.asp 4th, 8th and 12th grade items from all disciplines TIMSS - Trends in International Math & Science Survey http://timss.bc.edu/ 4th & 8th grade math and science for 2003 and 2007 Individual states - what is available varies Florida - http://fcat.fldoe.org/fcatrelease.asp Massachusetts - http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/testitems.html New York Regents exam - http://www.nysedregents.org/ New York test samplers - http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/testsample.html Texas - http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=3839&menu_id3=793 Virginia - http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Assessment/releasedtests.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ellen Loehman loehman@aps.edu From loehman at aps.edu Fri Jul 31 19:59:58 2009 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Fri Jul 31 20:03:02 2009 Subject: [NMScience] Semiconductor science for high school chemistry Message-ID: Solid state materials resources http://www.matec.org/forums/_attachments/chemistry_guide.pdf - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ellen Loehman loehman@aps.edu