Physics teachers needed

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From: Karen A. Mendelow (karenm@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 06 2002 - 11:33:36 PDT 

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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:33:36 -0700
From: "Karen A. Mendelow" <karenm@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Physics teachers needed

>Subject: Physics teachers needed
>From: Tim Erickson <tim@eeps.com>
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> Call for Teachers
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> A very small curriculum development company, eeps media, is looking for
>physics teachers to help us with a new NSF-funded project.
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> We are developing new materials that have more focus on data analysis,
>and we hope better integration with -- and support for -- the mathematics
>that students are already learning.
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> To make this work practically, students get some technological help: a
>program called Fathom, a data analysis package from Key Curriculum Press.
>
> We want to develop:
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> Laboratory activities.
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>We envision a set of lab activities that are the twelve or so most common
>labs that teachers use anyway, but with deeper data analysis.
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> Problem sets.
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>In these homework problems, the students' task is to analyze data we give
>them; they range widely in scope and complexity. They could be keyed
>easily to chapters in common texts.
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> What help do we need?
> We need teachers to field-test these labs and problems, and attend
>monthly meetings with other teachers to give feedback, advise project
>staff, and learn about what we have developed. We would visit your class
>to help you and to observe the sessions.
>
> What do teachers get?
> Your lab gets a site license for Fathom for the duration of the project,
>and help using the software. You get meetings with interesting colleagues,
>good food, and a stipend for all meetings and additional prep time.
>
> In 2002-03, participating teachers need to be close enough to Oakland to
>attend these meetings, and for us to visit your classrooms. In 2003-04, we
>will be looking for teachers from all over to further refine what we
>develop the first year.
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> Contact Info:
> If you are interested in more information -- or know who would be --
>please contact me, Tim Erickson (science@eeps.com, or 510.653.3377). I
>will be happy to show you what we've done so far. You can also see the
>project web site,
> http://www.eeps.com/science/
> which is, of course, only beginning.
>
> I will be unavailable from June 18 to July 17, but will respond to
>messages immediately on my return.
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>

Karen Mendelow Nelson
Program Manager and Science Educator
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
karenm@exploratorium.edu
415-561-0313

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