Mathematics and Science Partnership
Math and Science Partnership CYCLE 2 -- Summer 2008: NEW COURSE!! Electricity, Magnetism, Light and Sound for the Middle Grades (see below)
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Electricity and Magnetism for the Middle Grades -- This course is designed to meet the needs of teachers in the middle grades with a focus on the Physical Sciences content of the grades 3-5 section of the Massachusetts Frameworks for Science and Technology/ Engineering. Topics include: electricity, magnetism, light and sound, and forms of energy. During class meetings, students will engage in lab work that provides both instruction in content and models learning activities that are appropriate for the elementary classroom. Course assignments are designed to support participants’development of curriculum material, incorporating the connections between content and pedagogy, which will be relevant and useful in their school setting. Graduate 3 credit option available through continuing education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Teachers can also receive 67.5 PDPs for this course. THIS COURSE DOES NOT HAVE A STIPEND. Eligibility requirement: teachers or teacher aides in Massachusetts schools; priority given to those in high needs school districts. Mort Sternheim and Chris Emery, UMass Amherst Integrating Trigonometry/Calculus into the Teaching of Middle School Mathematics—This course is designed to enable fifth through eighth grade teachers to deepen their knowledge of trigonometry and calculus. This course combines the teaching of mathematics pedagogy with the content of trigonometry and calculus. The course will be consistent with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. The history of mathematics (trigonometry/calculus) will be integrated into the course by placing selected topics in their historical context. We will integrate technology into the course through the use of graphing calculators such as the TI-83.We will review education oriented websites geared towards the middle school teachers., Graduate 3 credit option available through continuing education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Teachers can also receive 67.5 PDPs for this course and an additional 20 PDPs for the follow-up. Eligibility requirement: teachers in Massachusetts schools; priority given to teachers in high needs school districts. THIS COURSE IS NOT FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED in UMass EDUC 615AN OR EDUC 695GG Ileana Vasu, Holyoke Community College and Alexander Alvarez, Amherst Regional School District Chemistry: Basic Concepts for the Elementary and Middle School Classroom
This course is intended for elementary and middle school teachers in Massachusetts who wish to increase their understanding of chemical concepts encountered in the middle school curriculum. In addition, participants will be introduced to the methods employed by scientists and their limitations, they will be exposed to laboratory processes, and they will be given a contemporary view of the world. The course has been developed following the MTEL Mathematics/Science Middle School Licensure Test Objectives, the Massachusetts Science and Engineering Curriculum Framework, and the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Framework. Graduate 3 credit option available through continuing education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Teachers can also receive 67.5 PDPs for this course and an additional 20 PDPs for the follow-up. Eligibility requirement: teachers in Massachusetts schools; priority given to teachers in high needs school districts. Carl Satterfield (Professor – HCC), Chevy Seney (Frontier Regional High School) DATES: July 7 – July 18, 2008 Integrating Technology/Engineering into The Teaching of Middle School Mathematics -- This course is designed to enable fifth through eighth grade teachers to deepen their knowledge of mathematics and technology/engineering. Participants will develop hands-on classroom activities integrating mathematics and engineering/technology. These activities will incorporate the standards of the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics), ITEA (International Technology Education Association) and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for both middle school mathematics and technology/engineering. The course is designed to strengthen content knowledge through grade 8 of the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks as detailed in the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering High School Standards requirements. Graduate 3 credit option available through continuing education at the Westfield State College. Teachers can also receive 67.5 PDPs for this course and an additional 20 PDPs for the follow-up. Eligibility requirement: teachers in Massachusetts schools; priority given to teachers in high needs school districts. Mary Ann Connors (Professor – WSC), and Tom Kress (Northampton Public Schools) DATES: August 4 – August 14, 2008 Physical Science for Middle School Teachers -- This course is built on the foundation of empirical, inquiry-based exploration and deductive reasoning (algebra based) of fundamental physical laws and their subsequent applications to the physical sciences. It is designed for middle and elementary school teachers. The course is built around the strategy of first finding empirical relations (inquiry) in a given field of exploration, generalizing the relations to a physical law and then applying these general physical laws to other phenomena and circumstances in nature, thus showing the underlying structure and working of science. For example, the study of measurement (space and time) will lead to a study of motion culminating with the Newtonian synthesis. This knowledge is applied to the motion of planets and moons in the solar system. Similarly, ideas from the study of energy will lead to more general thermal physics and are ultimately applied to atmospheric phenomena leading to an understanding of Meteorology and Climate Change. Waves and interference will be a uniting concept from the macroscopic to the microscopic and after an application in optical science will be revisited in the modern concepts of atoms and nuclei. The simple atomic laws in combination with thermal insights will lead to an overview and some simple applications in Geology. The course is designed to strengthen content knowledge through grade 8 of the Massachusetts Science Curriculum Frameworks as detailed in the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering High School Standards requirements. Graduate 3 credit option available through continuing education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Teachers can also receive 67.5 PDPs for this course and an additional 20 PDPs for the follow-up. Eligibility requirement: teachers in Massachusetts schools; priority given to teachers in high needs school districts. Karl Martini (Professor – WNEC), K12 teacher (TBD) |
Math and Science Partnerships
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