From: Carrie Maslow (carriemaslow@pacbell.net)
Date: Sun May 22 2005 - 11:19:05 PDT
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 11:19:05 -0700 Subject: Re: Pinhole Digest #1755 - 05/22/05 From: Carrie Maslow <carriemaslow@pacbell.net> Message-Id: <FB02ABB0-CAED-11D9-8033-000A278DCBD8@pacbell.net>
summer job opportunity
by Carrie Maslow cmaslow@lwhs.org
Aim High, a nonprofit summer program which serves underprivileged
middle school age children is looking for a math teacher for the
upcoming summer. The program is nontraditional- emphasizing
project-based learning in its academic program in the morning. In the
afternoon, it is more like camp than school and, Fridays are "cultural
days" to honor a particular culture with authentic food, activities,
performances. The dates are June 20 to July 29. Please look at the
website www. aimhigh.org for more information and contact
cmaslow@lwhs.org if you are interested.
> Pinhole Digest #1755 - Sunday, May 22, 2005
>
> biology focus group opportunity
> by "Geoff Ruth" <gruth@leadershiphigh.org>
> Re: pinhole Half-lives
> by <NFetter@aol.com>
>
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> Subject: biology focus group opportunity
> From: "Geoff Ruth" <gruth@leadershiphigh.org>
> Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 12:14:55 -0700
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> Earn $50/hr if you qualify for this focus group:
>
>> Dear past participants in SRI's Biology Teacher Study:
>> Thank you for helping to make our study successful! We are now in
>> the phase of the study in which we need beginning biology teachers.
>> If you know any biology teachers who fit the following criteria,
>> please help us by emailing the announcement below to them with your
>> recommendation that they contact us. (Please do not tell them any of
>> the details of the study! If they participate, you will receive a
>> $25 bonus gift certificate.)
>> Criteria:
>> 1. Must be completing their second or third year teaching high
>> school biology.
>> 2. Must be new to teaching; may not have taught another subject
>> before teaching biology
>> 3. Must have single-subject credential in biology
>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Subject: Make $100.00! Participate in our Biology Teacher Study!
>>
>> Are you a credentialed high school biology teacher completing your
>> second or third year of teaching?
>> Do you have 2 hours of free time after the semester ends?
>> Participate in our 2-hour study and you will receive a $100 gift card.
>> (If you travel over 10 miles, we have an additional $50 card for you.)
>> We ask you to:
>> * Pick a convenient time to come to SRI International (in Menlo
>> Park) perhaps after the summer begins
>> * Spend 2 hours talking through how you would approach analyzing
>> student learning given a fictional teaching scenario.
>> * No preparation or follow-up is necessary.
>>
>> Please send your email address and phone number to Reina Fujii at
>> (reina.fujii@sri.com) if you're interested in participating in this
>> study.
>> Reina Fujii
>> SRI International
>> Center for Technology in Learning
>> reina.fujii@sri.com
>> 333 Ravenswood Avenue
>> Menlo Park, CA 94025
>> 650-859-6908
>> ----------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Mark Schlager
>> Associate Director of Learning Communities
>> Center for Technology in Learning
>> SRI International
>> 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025
>> mark.schlager@sri.com
>> (p) 650-859-2881 (fax) 650-859-3673
>> ctl.sri.com www.tappedin.org www.cltnet.org
>>
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> opportunity</title></head><body>
> <div>Earn $50/hr if you qualify for this focus group:</div>
> <div><br></div>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Dear past participants in SRI's Biology
> Teacher Study:</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Thank you for helping to make our study
> successful! We are now in the phase of the study in which we need
> beginning biology teachers. If you know any biology teachers who fit
> the following criteria, please help us by emailing the announcement
> below to them with your recommendation that they contact us. (Please
> do not tell them any of the details of the study! If they participate,
> you will receive a $25 bonus gift certificate.)</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Criteria:</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite> 1. Must be completing their second
> or third year teaching high school biology.</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite> 2. Must be new to teaching; may not
> have taught another subject before teaching biology</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite> 3. Must have single-subject
> credential in biology</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite"
> cite>-------------------------------------------</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Subject: Make $100.00! Participate in
> our Biology Teacher Study!</b></blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Are you a credentialed high school
> biology teacher completing your second or third year of
> teaching?</b></blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Do you have 2 hours of free time after
> the semester ends?</b></blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Participate in our 2-hour study and you
> will receive a $100 gift card.</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>(If you travel over 10 miles, we have an
> additional $50 card for you.)</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>We ask you to:</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite> * Pick a convenient time to come to
> SRI International (in Menlo Park) perhaps after the summer
> begins</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite> * Spend 2 hours talking through how
> you would approach analyzing student learning given a fictional
> teaching scenario.</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite> * No preparation or follow-up is
> necessary.</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Please send your email address and phone
> number to Reina Fujii at (<font
> color="#0000EE">reina.fujii@sri.com</font>) if you're interested in
> participating in this study.</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Reina Fujii</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>SRI International</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Center for Technology in
> Learning</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font
> color="#0000EE">reina.fujii@sri.com</font></blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>333 Ravenswood Avenue</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Menlo Park, CA 94025</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>650-859-6908</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite"
> cite>----------------------------------------------</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Mark Schlager</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Associate Director of Learning
> Communities</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Center for Technology in
> Learning</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>SRI International</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA
> 94025</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>mark.schlager@sri.com</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>(p) 650-859-2881 (fax)
> 650-859-3673</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>ctl.sri.com www.tappedin.org
> www.cltnet.org</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
> </body>
> </html>
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> Subject: Re: pinhole Half-lives
> From: <NFetter@aol.com>
> Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 19:27:36 EDT
>
> Hi Joe,
> Alas there does not seem to be much correlation between atomic number
> and
> half life. If I recall, the half life of tritium, a hydrogen isotope,
> is about 12
> years. The heavy element, radon, has a half life of a few minutes, and
> its
> neighbor, uranium, has a half life of about 4.5 billion years. An
> isotope of
> iodine has a half life of a few days. So there it is.
> Neil Fetter
>
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