Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 06:28:47 -0800
From: Bryan Hartley <bhartley@pacbell.net>
To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
Subject: Re: Saturday Return Sessions
Pinhole Listserv wrote:
>
> 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
I would like to sign up for Hot Science/Hot Stuff on Mar 14th, Magnetism
and Electrostatics on Mar 28th, with Best Patterns in Nature as my
alternative choice. Bryan Hartley 408-272-0455