Message-Id: <v01540b00b1077269d014@[192.174.2.170]>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 16:30:47 +0100
To: pinhole
From: emuller@exploratorium.edu (Eric Muller)
Subject: Saturday Return Sessions
Hey fellow pinholers.
Below you will find this Spring's Schedule of classes (you can also find
the same document on-line in the alumni section of the Teacher Institute
web site)
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
Spring 1998
Saturday Alumni Workshop Schedule
Dear Teacher Institute Alumnus:
The Spring 1998 dates and topics for our workshops for summer institute
alumni are on the back of this letter. We are offering our regular
Saturdays plus additional after-school life sciences workshops.
We have a large number of alumni in our teacher network, and as you may
have noticed in past semesters, classes fill up quickly. Because we are
limited in the number of people we can accommodate in a particular
workshop, it is important that if you sign up, you attend. No shows cause
colleagues to lose opportunities.
You may choose TWO Saturday sessions. Please indicate your choices on the
form on the reverse of this page, keep a copy for yourself, cut off the
end and mail it back to us by February 13, 1998. If you wish, you may
e-mail your selection to karenm@exploratorium.edu Indicate a third choice
which will serve as an alternate date in case one of the classes is filled.
If you sign up for a workshop, please come on the date you select. We will
not contact you to say you were registered. If one of your choices is no
longer available, we will call you, and leave
a message with the change in registration, otherwise come to the
Exploratorium on the days you have selected. At the end of the semester
you will receive a stipend of $12.50 per hour.
Each workshop focuses on a particular topic. We will investigate different
aspects of the theme, sometimes from a physical or biological perspective.
If you have a classroom demo that you do that fits in with the topic and
you would like to share it with other teachers, call us to arrange
materials to present your activity.
We are serving a large family of alumni. Please choose your dates with
care so that we can accommodate everyone. If your plans change, please
call us by the Thursday preceding the session. Mark the dates you choose on
your calendar and also on the enclosed page which you should display in a
prominent place so you don't forget.
Check out our TI website www.exploratorium.edu/ti There's some new
activities and TI happenings on line. A reminder, if you have library
books out, please return them right away so we can have our materials
reinventoried and ready to go with the new updated borrowing system.
Currently there are 2000 books that are missing or borrowed from the
library.
PAUL, LINDA, KAREN M., KAREN K., MODESTO, ERIC, LORI, HEIDI, CORAL, ART,
DEAN and DON.
Other Announcements:
Are any TI Alumni going to NCTM Regional Conference in Denver? Contact Lori
Lambertson at (415) 353-0499. The Council of Math/Science Educators of San
Mateo County Spring Conference for math and/or science teachers K-12 is
Sat., Mar. 7 at Canada College. Paul Doherty will be the keynote speaker.
Contact Lori Lambertson at (415) 353-0499 or San Mateo County's Science
Coordinator Gary Nakagiri at (650) 802-5350.
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
Spring 1998 Workshops
Select two and keep this copy for your records!
sat, Feb 28 8:30am-12:30pm
Food Science Play with your food! Explore the biology and physics of food
and taste the best snacks from last summer's workshop. Ribbon-cutting
ceremony for our new classrooms!
sat, Mar 14 8:30am-12:30pm
Hot Science/Hot Stuff
What is temperature? Explore a range of activities from tactile
temperature illusions to heat capacity experiments, ideal gas models,
Kelvin, Celsius, and beyond.
sat, Mar 21 8:30am-12:30pm
Gadget Dissection
Back by popular demand! Please bring mechanical objects (e.g. wind-up
toys, wind-up alarm clocks) or electromechanical objects (e.g. electric
drills, hair dryers, toasters) to dissect. If it's electronic (e.g.
digital watch, calculators), leave it home for another day.
sat, Mar 28 8:30am-12:30pm
Magnetism and Electrostatics
Meet in Sunnyvale at RAFT. 408-524-9780
Magnetism and electrostatic activities from the Klutz Book's of Magnetic
Magic, Zap Book and the Explorabook. Teachers will both take home and be
allowed to buy materials the day of the workshop. Silicon Valley companies
donate materials to RAFT, which otherwise would go to the landfill, for
teaching and art. DIRECTIONS: (101 S toward San Jose, Matilda Ave. S.
exit, go 5 blocks. Turn right onto California Ave. At stop sign continue,
left at yellow gates "Sunnyvale Business Park" Map at entrance to locate
#638.)
sat, Apr 4 8:30am-12:30pm
Best of Patterns in Nature
Explore the science and math behind Nature's patterns. Features the best
activities from last spring's after-school series.
sat, Apr 25 8:30am-12:30pm
Snackbook 2
We'll do a sneak preview and make-and-take testing for some of the neat new
snacks which are being developed for Snackbook 2, tentatively scheduled for
publication in 1999.
sat, May 2 8:30am-12:30pm
Intro to Electrostatics
Build inexpensive electrostatics demos and explore electrostatic properties
for middle school science or physical science classes.
sat, May 9 8:30am-12:30pm
Astronomy
Join us for our 3rd "Astronomy Day" co-hosted with the Astronomical Society
of the Pacific. Hear a stimulating lecture on astronomy and do some
galactic classroom activities.
sat, May 9 8:30am-12:30pm
Web Science
Cruise the web, share cool sites, find out how to get into our alumni
section, visit the Snackbook on-line and put a snack on-line yourself.
Bring a snack activity written-up on a computer disk using a
word-processing file on a PC or Mac.
sat, May 16 8:30am-12:30pm
Zip Lock/Baggie Science
Science In a Bag. Not just another moldy bread experiment! A potpourri of
biological, physical, and chemical experiments that can be done in a
plastic bag.
*******************************************
Please circle the two sessions you
plan to attend and mail back this form by February 13, 1998 to:
Alumni Return Sessions
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123
Name:_____________________________
Alternative Choice:___________________
Phone Number: _______________________
Food Science sat, Feb. 28
Hot Science/Hot Stuff sat, Mar. 14
Gadget Dissection sat, Mar. 21
RAFT
Magnetism & Electrostatics sat, Mar. 28
Patterns in Nature sat, Apr. 4
Snackbook II sat, Apr. 25
Electrostatics sat, May 2
Astronomy sat, May 9
Web Science sat, May 9
Zip Lock/Baggie Science sat, May 16
Eric Muller
Teacher-In-Residence
Exploratorium
3601 Lyon St.
San Francisco, CA 94123
415-561-0313
email:emuller@exploratorium.edu