TEEAM Area Meeting

A reminder there will be a TEEAM Kick-Off area meeting at Gray New Gloucester High School at 5:00pm this Thursday the 25th. If you are planning on attending and have not replied to let me know, please do so, so that I will know how many to expect. 

I would like everyone who is planning on attending the meeting to bring a lesson, activity, or a project that they would like to share. It is my hope to start the year off by sharing these items, and providing the opportunity for everyone to learn something new that they can take back to their schools and try in their own classroom.

Draft Agenda:

Refreshments

Gray New Gloucester High School - Dave Kramlich

Tug of Maine (war) Challenge- John Kraljic 

Lesson/activity share- Andy Davidson + others

Directions to Gray-New Gloucester High Shop. The High School is located on Libby Hill Road, across from the Hannaford's Store on Route 26 in Gray. Turn onto Libby Hill road, take the first right and keep bearing right as if you are going towards the athletic fields. As you enter the parking lot, look to the left for the wood shop dust collector and/or gym entrance. The shops are on your right as you walk towards the gym entrance. 

Dave Kramlich

Vex Curriculum Lesson Content

For those of you using Vex, this may be of interest?

·         Vex Curriculum Lesson Content This section includes the lesson content for the Autodesk VEX Robotics Curriculum. The curriculum is divided up into 12 primary Units and 1 optional Unit. Students will start off learning about engineering and engineering problem solving. They will be given introductions to the VEX Robotics Design System and Autodesk Inventor. In Unit 5 students will be presented with an engineering challenge; they will need to build a robot to play a sport-like game. After this, the rest of the curriculum walks students through the design of their robot while presenting them with relevant STEM and Robotics principles. At the end of the course, students compete head-to-head with their robots.

Mike Fitzgerald, DTE

Education Associate, Technology Education

State Advisor, Technology Student Association

Delaware Department of Education

Collette Education Resource Center

35 Commerce Way, Suite #1

Dover, DE 19904

Leveraging Science Practices

Leveraging science practices with technology tools by scitechframework

In anticipation of (and excitement about) the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the development of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), many educators in Maine are already integrating some of the Practices into current instruction. Here's a chance to look more deeply at the 8 Science and Engineering Practices from theFramework for K-12 Science Education.

Join MLTI Integration Mentor, Phil Brookhouse, for one of these workshops.  Phil will provide skills and strategies for supporting the Practices in your science classroom. Phil and I designed these session to explore the practices and expand on teaching and learning ideas for the integration of the Practices. Register now for a workshop session in your local area, bring your MLTI laptop and learn about some great new tools and approaches.

Please visit http://maine.gov/mlti/events/ for a list of all events and to find links to online registration.

Some locations are being finalized and will be added as scheduled. If you have a space available for use, please contact Juanita Dickson.
We are trying to break up Aroostook County & Washington County into a southern & northern region to make drives shorter.  We hope you find this helpful!

Leveraging Technology with the Science Practices

• October 18, 2012: Woodland Jr Sr HS
• October 23, 2012: Lewiston High School
• October 30, 2012 : York Region
• October 31, 2012: Washington Region (Southern)
• November 5, 2012: Penquis Valley HS
• November 7, 2012: Presque Isle
• November 13, 2012: Gorham Schools
• November 20, 2012: Aroostook Region (Southern)
• November 27, 2012: Midcoast Region
• November 29, 2012: Kennebec Region
• December 4, 2012: Cumberland Region

October 2012

Service-Learning Mini-Grants Available for New England Projects!

KIDS Consortium is pleased to announce that applications for the Dara Jeanne Kaufman Fund are now being accepted.   The Fund provides mini-grants for service-learning projects in the New England states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont).  This Fund, inspired by Dara Kaufman’s life, is meant to encourage young people in New England to take action to make their schools and communities caring, supportive and environmentally sustainable places. The fund will support K-12 service-learning projects that focus on issues that were important to Dara.

Who May Apply: K-12 classrooms, after-school programs, or community-based programs that wish to use service-learning as a pathway to solve a problem and improve their community. We accept proposals from students, teachers, and community organizations.

Amount: Up to $350.00 may be requested.

To learn more: http://www.kidsconsortium.org/minigrants.php

FREE STEM and Service-Learning Guide from KIDS Consortium

Download your FREE electronic copy of Integrating Scientific Practices and Service-Learning: Engaging Students in STEM here:  http://www.kidsconsortium.org/stem_service_learningguide.php

The Guide was developed as a result of a collaboration with the Maine Mathematics ad Science Alliance and schools around New England.  Through the project, called the “Youth as Citizen Scientists” initiative, more than 1,000 middle-school students at 10 sites across New England and New York worked with their teachers and community partners to address environmental issues (such as waste reduction and energy efficiency) in their schools.  Read more about the initiative, including links to descriptions of the actual projects implemented by students at http://www.kidsconsortium.org/stem.php.

Manufacturing Day

See manufacturing in action across America 

October 5, 2012

Manufacturing Day has been designed to expand knowledge about and improve general public perception of manufacturing careers and manufacturing's value to the U.S. economy. Manufacturing Day is for students, parents, educators, media, customers, suppliers and the community at large. Visitors will learn about real career opportunities, training, and resources. In addition, manufacturers will learn about business improvement resources and services delivered through manufacturing extension partnerships.

Final Print Edition

Final Print Edition

This is the final printed edition of TEEAM/Spirit.  The executive board voted to convert the physical newsletter to an electronic one.  In the future you may:
-receive an email blast when a new newsletter is ready; or
-go to <TEEAM.net> and read the latest edition.
It's been fun, but it is also time for a change,
~John

Tug of Maine workshop

Tug of Maine

An Engineering Design Challenge

The Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maine (TEEAM), in conjunction with the Perloff Family Foundation is pleased to announce a free workshop for middle and high school teachers.  This workshop will be conducted at the Auburn Middle School on Saturday, September 29th at 9:00 AM.   The workshop is scheduled to run for 4 hours but participants may stay longer to build their own playing field.

Modeled after an MIT 2.70 design challenge, this design challenge is appropriate for both middle and high school students.

During the workshop attendees will learn about conducting the Tug of Maine design challenge in their classrooms and leave ready to start the activity with their students.  The workshop will:

-explain the challenge and give participants all the information they need to engage their students;

-demonstrate the building and wiring the control boxes;

-discuss various power sources;

-provide a full set of rules;

-demonstrate the building the playing field; and

-provide information on where to obtain additional help and support.

The first 10 schools to register will receive free materials for two student teams (motors, gears & pulleys, switches for controllers, playing field construction materials and advice).

While not a part of the Perloff Family Foundation grant, there will be an opportunity for schools to bring their best teams to a state-wide competition in March.

To register, please submit the completed form below to:  John Kraljic, Falmouth High School, 74 Woodville Road, Falmouth, ME 04105 or jkraljic@falmouthschools.org


Name:  _____________________________________________________
School:  ____________________________________________________
Email:  _____________________________________________________
School Phone:  ______________________________________________
Subject Taught:  _____________________________________________
Grade Level:  _________

FREE On-Line Recertification Courses

FREE On-Line Recertification Courses

Are you looking for a way to enhance your instructional skills, meet your professional development goals, or find new and exciting STEM resources to use in your learning/teaching environments? Then NASA's Electronic Professional Development Network (ePDN) is for you!  http://www.nasaepdn.gatech.edu/

• FREE online professional development certificate programs for K-12 teachers in Robotics, Statistics, Project-Based Inquiry Learning, andTechnology Integration
• Certificate courses that are hands-on, interactive and infused with NASA content. Each certificate program consists of four courses, totaling at least 52 hours of instruction.
• The flexibility to take individual courses within a certificate program, to mix and match courses among certificates, or to complete an entire certificate program. All courses can be submitted to your school systems for Continuing Education Units to use towards recertification requirements.
• Self-directed courses that you can participate in at your own pace. Focusing on one particular content area, courses includeAstrobiology, Microgravity, Outer Space Environment, with additional topics added every year.
• Connections with colleagues around the country, and even the world, who teach or coach similar subjects. All participants must be U.S. citizens.

Charter school offers hands-on approach in industrial arts

Charter school offers hands-on approach in industrial arts

Read more: Sparks Tribune - Charter school offers hands on approach in industrial arts

RENO — Charter schools have been popping up all across Washoe County offering supplemental and alternative education to local students. The Academy for Career Education (ACE) is a district-charter high school that allows students to choose a career path in the industrial arts field, such as building and construction trades, Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) and diesel mechanics.

from:

Gary Wynn, DTE

Greenfield-Central High School

810 N. Broadway

Greenfield, IN 46140

Sch 317-462-9211 ex:34853
ITEEA President 2010 - 2011 

http://www.scoop.it/

Looking for Resources and Ideas?

scoop.it is a blog with smaller blogs within.  Of interest to STEM Educators is:  http://www.scoop.it/t/stem-
education-in-k-12  Currently there are articles on getting kids interested in space, a church that is sponsoring robots in Haiti, moving beyond computer literacy, LEGO activities, an interview with Dean Kamen, STEM educational resources, and much more.  Check it out.

NEATT Conference

New England Association of Technology Teachers would like to take this opportunity to invite all Technology Education teachers across the six New England states to be part of our Association.  We would like our site to become a gathering place of information and contacts for Technology Teachers. Please be sure to click on the membership link and Join NEATT.  Every year the NEATT sponsors a fall conference. We are still in the planning stages of the our 75th Annual Technology Conference. Feel free to contribute and information on Technology Education scholarships or grants for current Technology Teachers or the future Tech Teachers. Hope you enjoy our website.

The 75th Annual New England Association of Technology Teachers Conference
will be held on Friday, November 2nd and Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 in Burlington, Vermont.

“2012 NEATT Conference Click HERE!”

 

Click Here for more Information about 2012 NEATT Conference.

Book Information

Teaching Engineering Made Easy! (Second Edition)

The engineering activity book, Teaching Engineering Made Easy: A Friendly Introduction to Engineering Activities for Middle School Teachers is available in a 2nd edition! Updated and improved, it features activities for Chemical, Civil and Mechanical Engineering as well as team building and problem solving too. Each type of engineering includes content on engineering careers so that you can inspire students to do their best by showing them not only how much money they can make right out of college but also what they can do with an engineering education (these pages are also reproducible as student handouts). By using this teaching guide, students can see that engineering is not something to be afraid of but a realistic way to solve the problems of everyday life.This easy and exciting time and work saving book was developed to help middle and high school teachers with no engineering background teach engineering. It gives classroom teachers an easy and dynamic way to meet curriculum standards and competencies. You’ll find the lessons and activities to actively engage students in learning about engineering and our technological world by applying creativity and innovation as they complete the projects. The activities do not require a formal science lab and can be done with materials that are inexpensive and easy to find.Each lesson includes background information, standards alignment, a list of materials needed to complete the activity, an easy-to-follow procedure for presenting the lesson, teacher notes, reproducible student sheets, and safety notes. Activities range from 20 minute problem solving exercises to several class period design or “challenge” activities.