TILT2000 Workshops

The following two hour hands-on workshops will be available:

FINAL publication update 02/15/00

Monday 9:30-11:30am

Science and Mathematics: Using the UNITES Program to
Integrate the Elementary Curriculum
Cathy Ney - cney@mail.vt.edu
Teacher, Christiansburg Elementary School, Christiansburg, VA
Martha Orth - morth@mail.mcps.org
Teacher, Christiansburg Elementary School, Christiansburg, VA
UNITES is a Christa McAuliffe award-winning integrated program that uses children's literature as a lead-in to mathematics, science, and other areas of instruction across the elementary curriculum. The program is designed to help students in regular classrooms experience their world through inquiry. Program activities adhere to the national standards for teaching mathematics and science to elementary children. They follow "The Best Practices in Education"--to make real-world applications, to promote active learning, and to make interdisciplinary connections. The UNITES program is designed to enhance critical thinking and actively challenge student imagination. These early experiences in science and math inquiry can help children learn from exploration and involvement in the problem-solving process.
LEVELS = Elementary (limited to 25 participants)
Offered Monday in Roanoke F from 9:30-11:30am and Tuesday

Using the Mobile Chemistry Lab for a Murder Investigation
Barbara Bunn - bcubed@vt.edu
Va. Tech. Department of Chemistry Outreach Coordinator
Julie Grady - jgrady@usit.net
Blacksburg High School Chemistry teacher
Teachers will hear a brief description of the goals of the new Virginia
Tech Mobile Chemistry Lab and how it can support their daily classroom
instruction. Using the Infrared Spectrometer on board the van, teachers
will analyze a powder left at a "crime scene" for its identity. The
session will close by teachers brainstorming how this lab and the MCL can
best meet their needs as high school teachers.
LEVELS = High School
Offered Monday in the MCL truck from 9:30-11:30am Truck is located outside the registration area in the parking lot. Meet at the registration area for this session.

Using Discrepant Events to Stimulate Inquiry Science
Frank Taylor - aeftaylor@aol.com
Biology Teacher, Radford High School, Radford, VA
Experience the power of discrepant events as you explore a variety of science topics. Participants will be engaged as learners in these discovery activities, will examine the inquiry process itself, and will develop applications specific to their own curriculum.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle & High School
Offered Monday in Crystal Ballroom A from 9:30-11:30am and Tuesday

Agriculture: Thinking Outside the Barn
Wendy Strong - wstro@vafb.com
Program Coordinator, Virginia Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom.
Food, Farming and Fun-an integrated and hands-on approach to teaching K-4
SOL. Teachers will receive classroom ideas and materials to help achieve the
SOL for science, math, social studies and language arts.
LEVLS = Elementary
Offered Monday in Crystal Ballroom B from 9:30-11:30am and Tuesday

WildlifeMapping - Student as Researcher
Chris Lichty - clichty@bellatlantic.net
Teacher, Christiansburg Elementary School, Christiansburg, VA
Amy Brehl - abrehl@mail.mcps.org
Teacher, Christiansburg Elementary School, Christiansburg, VA
WildlifeMapping is an unique opportunity for students to investigate species distribution in their environment while contributing valuable research to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF). This workshop is a proactive approach to identifying and protecting local habitats that are critical to species survival before their existence is threatened. It details how to engage "students as researchers" in cooperative learning teams, curriculum integration, and "hands-on" science, mathematics and computer/technology applications. It explains how to involve the community in training and research data collection with students.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle & High School
Offered Monday in Monroe Computer Lab from 9:30-11:30am

Enzymes: Catalysts for Change
Toby M Horn - tmhorn@vt.edu
Coordinator for Biotechnology Outreach, Fralin Center for Biotechnology,
Virginia Tech
Follow pathways to research, designing and analyzing experiments, and cybervisits to research facilities. Meet laboratory scientists at various points in their careers and see how their work connects with what your students are learning.
LEVEL = Middle & High School
Offered Monday in Crystal Ballroom E from 9:30-11:30am

Get the Picture: Image Processing Tools for the Classroom
Bob Kolvoord - kolvoora@jmu.edu
Associate Professor, Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison
University, Harrisonburg, VA
Image processing is a powerful way to engage your students in inquiry-based learning using technology. In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn the basics of image processing and explore some lessons that you can take back and use with your students.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle & High School
Offered Monday in Wilson Computer Lab from 9:30-11:30am

Take A Chance With Math and Science!
Ginger Moore - gingermoore@mail.scsb.org
Atkins Elementary School, Smyth County Public Schools, VA
Debbie Gollehon - debragollehon@mail.scsb.org
Atkins Elementary School, Smyth County Public Schools, VA
This hands-on workshop will send you back to school with lots of math and science activities all related to probability/statistics and science SOL's in grades K-5. Come join us as we take you through a MATH AND SCIENCE FAIR set up with fun SOL activities that focus on inquiry based learning. Everything you need to set up a math and science fair at your school!
LEVELS = Elementary
Offered Monday in Crystal D from 9:30-11:30am and Tuesday

Grant Writing - Getting more BANG for your Buck!
Carol Burger - cjburger@vt.edu
Coordinator, Science and Gender Equity Program, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
As Senior Program Officer for the Program for Women and Girls at the National Science Foundation (NSF), Dr. Burger oversaw the review of hundreds of proposals and distributed more than $15 million in grants during 1996. She will give examples of successful strategies for obtaining funds from both private and government sources.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle & High School
Offered Monday in Crystal Ballroom C from 9:30-11:30am

Environmental Science with the National Wildlife Federation
Shelbey Cooper - cooper@nwf.org
National Wildlife Federation
Come join the organization that brings you Ranger Rick for a hands-on environmental science activity workshop for grades 3-6 from the nationwide Animal Tracks program. Hands-on activities enable students to observe, interact with, and reflect on the elements of the natural world present in their own neighborhoods and then apply the knowledge they discover to their greater community, the rest of the country, and the world as a whole. Educators will start with methods of addressing the background information on key environmental science concepts in the classroom, then do activities from the NWF's classroom program materials, identifying ways of exploring the key concepts across the curriculum. The presentation will include Internet based resources from National Wildlife Week Online and the Current Events Hotline.
LEVELS = Elementary and Middle School
Offered Monday in Roanoke Ballroom G from 9:30-11:30am and Tuesday

BUCK Scientific Hands-on Experiments
Dr. Gerald J. (Jerry) DeMenna [aka: Doctor DeMento] - ChemChek@aol.com
Buck Scientific
Just a few "fun" and "interesting" (aka: non-boring!) experiments that you will be involved with in this session for advanced High School level and for collegiate teaching of Analytical Instrumentation. They focus on topics that the students deal with or are concerned with everyday, and thus inspire them to remember what they did during the experiment. - Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy: Determination of Minerals in Vitamin Tablets. - Infra-Red Spectrometry: Adhesive Tape, The Poop on Glue & You. - Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometry: Examination of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Are they "naturally" worth the extra money? - Gas Chromatography: Measurement of Alcohols from Fermentation Broths, Is it Compost or is it Beer? - Liquid Chromatography: Evaluation of Diet Colas composition by Reverse Phase, Can you have negative calories? - Fluorometry: A Screen for Nicotine - Examination of Different "type" of Tobacco and Measuring 2nd. Hand Smoke.
LEVELS = High School and College (Limited to 25 participants)
Offered Monday in Roanoke Ballroom H from 9:30-11:30am and Tuesday

Monday 1:00-3:15pm

Problem-Based Learning with Bison, Brucella and DNA
Cheryl Lindeman - clindema@cvgs.k12.va.us
Teacher, Central Virginia Governor's School, Lynchburg, VA
John Kowalski - jkowalsk@pen.k12.va.us
Teacher, Roanoke Valley Governor's School, Roanoke, VA
This interactive web learning module is a collection of activities you can use for environmental science units in middle school and high school. The session will introduce you to the module by participating in actual open-ended activities using Bison, Brucella and DNA. See how you can incorporate the web module during the end of the year's learning activities.
LEVELS = Middle & High School
Offered Monday in Buck Mountain Computer Lab from 1:00-3:15pm

Biological and Chemical Stream Monitoring
Julie Grady - jgrady@usit.net
Teacher, Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg, VA
Llyn Sharp - llyn@vt.edu
Va Tech Museum of Natural History, Blacksburg, VA
Suzan Mauney - smauney@vt.edu
Blacksburg Middle School, Blacksburg, VA
Teachers will learn how to involve their students in the national Save our Streams program, a program which uses macroscopic invertebrates to evaluate stream health. Hach tests kits will also be available so teachers can learn how to measure stream water pH, dissolved oxygen, hardness, nitrate, and phosphate levels.
LEVELS = grades 4-12
Offered Monday in Crystal Ballroom A from 1:00-3:15pm

Tuesday 8:30-10:30am

Using Discrepant Events to Stimulate Inquiry Science
Frank Taylor - aeftaylor@aol.com
Biology Teacher, Radford High School, Radford, VA
Experience the power of discrepant events as you explore a variety of science topics. Participants will be engaged as learners in these discovery activities, will examine the inquiry process itself, and will develop applications specific to their own curriculum.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle & High School
Offered Tuesday in Crystal Ballroom A from 8:30-10:30am and Monday

Nitrate Net Captures Students, Teachers and Scientists
Bob Keddell - bkeddell@aol.com
Sherry Barr - revotch@aol.com
Living Classrooms Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Now in its second full year, an expanidng network of schools and environmental centers are collecting data concerning the deposition of nitrates that could influence the Clean Air Act of the USA. Participate in this two hour workshop will learn about lessons from the project's curriculum guide coordinated to Virginia's SOLs, observe advanced scientific protocols, visit the project's growing website and see how your school can join this authentic research project. All participants will receive lesson overview guides for all 15 lessoons.
LEVEL = Middle School
Offered Tuesday in Crystal Ballroom C from 8:30-10:30am

Environmental Science with the National Wildlife Federation
Shelbey Cooper - cooper@nwf.org
National Wildlife Federation
Come join the organization that brings you Ranger Rick for a hands-on environmental science activity workshop for grades 3-6 from the nationwide Animal Tracks program. Hands-on activities enable students to observe, interact with, and reflect on the elements of the natural world present in their own neighborhoods and then apply the knowledge they discover to their greater community, the rest of the country, and the world as a whole. Educators will start with methods of addressing the background information on key environmental science concepts in the classroom, then do activities from the NWF's classroom program materials, identifying ways of exploring the key concepts across the curriculum. The presentation will include Internet based resources from National Wildlife Week Online and the Current Events Hotline.
LEVELS = Elementary and Middle School
Offered Tuesday in Crystal Ballroom E from 18:30-10:30am and Monday

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