OK - as requested, here is a blog to allow us to work out the details of our NSTA student group. There is some urgency to some of this because I just learned that if we want to apply to Lois's office for an funding, it has to be done by MONDAY.
So let's talk quickly about what we want to do and get a proposal together.
NSTA also wants us to have officers. It seems to me that a president as the go to person, a treasurer if we get funds, a communications officer and a publicity/publications officer might make sense. Obviously this could be a resume item for anyone seeking a specifically science-focused job. Why don't you e-mail me privately if you are interested in one of these roles? If we only have one applicant for each position, that person gets it. If we have more than one applicant we can have elections.
So here are some ideas I had, but I am really open to what you will find most useful:
1) More science activities, similar to class
2) Lego building/robotics - done much better than this summer!
3) Experience with Wisconsin Fast Plants that coud be presented in the regular class
4) Helping with science at Lea or Wilson - develop something together, then going to work with kids on the project
5) Working with PAS on their garden?
6) Visit museums - Penn museum new evolution exhibit, Academy of Natural Sciences, Franklin Institute, Wagner museum of science (I haven't been to this one), Wistar Museum, Zoo...
7) The fall area conference for NSTA is in North Carolina Oct 30-Nov 1.
http://www.nsta.org/conferences/2008cha/?lid=con
This might be a bit ambitious in the middle of a dense fall semester, but I wanted to put it out there
OK - so this is a blog! Please add your comments!
NancyLee
2 comments:
If we're visiting museums I'd be really interested in meeting with their education departments. They usually have some interesting programs that school groups can get in on.
Yes, that would be my intent - to try to make these deeper experiences than just visiting the museum.
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