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Fall 2003 GK12 Conference
The theme of our fall conference was "Networking." The goals for the day were: 1) to bring the GK12 teachers, fellows, and mentors together for a day of science and science education, and 2) to develop and enhance relationships between teachers, fellows, and mentors.
The photos below tell the story of the day!
Morning sessions: Presentations by NMSU faculty on aspects of Science Education and Interdisciplinary Science
Ralph Preszler, Department of Biology, "Teach Evolution"
Nancy J. McMillan, Department of Geological Sciences, "Discovery of Devonian Phosphate Otoliths: An Adventure in Interdisciplinary Science"
Steve Kanim, Department of Physics, "The Role of Research in Science Education: The Effectiveness of Inquiry-Based Learning at the University Level"
Antonio Lara, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, "Logarithms, Schmogarithms"
Poster sessions: Presentations of
research projects by fellows
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Don Benn and Mary Lessman discuss Don's research; Kathy Whiteman and Dr. Kanim enjoy Kathy's research in background. |
Dave Mauel
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From left to right: Dr. Lara and Dave Mauel discuss Dave's research; Debra Jones explains her poster to Lisa Virag and Joshua Wisner. |
Jake Strouse explains his research to Alexis Black and Elaine Tilghman. |
Laboratory Wars
The Goal: to provide teachers, fellows, and mentors an afternoon of networking using three ideas as tools: middle school science, inquiry, and interdisciplinary thinking.
The Rules: Rules? What rules? We got rules? Well, yes, actually, we did have a few rules:
1) Each person was assigned to one of four teams.
2) Each team chose, by random drawing, one NM middle school science performance standard in each of these categories: biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics.
3) Each team had 60 minutes to design two interdisciplinary experiments that would teach the four performance standards. Each experiment taught or demonstrated two of the performance standards, which could be combined in any way. Teams rummaged through scientific equipment on a plastic sheet in the center of the room to find equipment for their experimental apparatus.
4) Each team presented their experiments to the group. Prizes (well, certificates!) were awarded.
PEOPLE SCIENCE
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