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SCIENCE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
Sign up to help students
at Lakeside, in Centralia,
on Vashon, in your lab
Looking for opportunities to get involved in science education? Here
is a variety from which to choose. Please contact me about these or similar
activities.
- Assessment of students' progress and skills is a controversial area
in education. Standardized tests are consistent, but what they actually
measure (test-taking ability vs. knowledge) is an issue of debate.
First held last year, Lakeside School's Biology Assessment Panel is an
innovative experiment to make biology students' final exams more representative
of the skills students should have learned. Instead of a written final,
students do a science project and oral presentation in front of an expert
panel. I was deeply impressed by the students' projects and presentations
last year.
The school would like more panelists to volunteer. A one-hour orientation
is Wednesday, April 23. The panel, on Friday, May 30, takes
three hours. To be a panelist, call teacher (and SEP founder) Barb Schulz
at 440-2700, or email her at barb_schulz@morris.lakeside.sea.wa.us.
- SEP teacher Henri Weeks, of Centralia, will hold a Biotechnology Convention
for schools in his area. About 60 advanced students will converge on Centralia
High School on Friday, April 25, for labs and presentations.
Weeks has rounded up one speaker from Genelex, a DNA forensic company in
Seattle, and wants another person to give a 45-minute presentation. To
enable the use of smaller groups, everything will happen twice, so you
would present twice. You also would be welcome to help with the labs.
Weeks' engaged students have done surprisingly sophisticated lab work.
This would be a rewarding experience, and students are likely to be interested
in your work. Interested? Talk to us or Weeks soon. Call him at home, (360)
736-2146, or e-mail him at DocDNA@localaccess.com.
- Tom DeVries, SEP teacher at Vashon High School, a pleasant ferry ride
away, would like speakers for his evening science seminar series. The spring
focus is biotechnology, and he would particularly like women scientists
to present. The audience is students and their parents. I've heard rumors
that dinner for the speaker is included.
Also, DeVries, a geology PhD whose students have done complex projects,
seeks scientists to judge a K-12 fair Saturday, May 3, with an emphasis
on middle school. E-mail him at tomdevrie@aol.com
or call 463-9171, Ext. 314.
- Presenters/workshop leaders are needed for a Pacific Science Center
Forensics Summer Camp, in which forensic techniques help solve a fictional
crime. The scenario sounds engaging, with students involved in getting
to an answer instead of doing a series of related but disconnected labs.
Students will be fourth- to eighth-graders, so the DNA portion would stay
at the level of, say, DNA extraction from an onion. The camps happen three
times during the summer. Talk to me or the organizer, Heather Gibbons,
by phone at 487-2351 or by e-mail at GibnzKollr@aol.com.
- We're being inundated by high school and undergraduate students who
would like to work in the lab. We'd really like scientists to volunteer
to host a student in their labs. The time commitment is variable and not
necessarily for the whole summer. Not only is this fun thing, but students
also can be quite productive in the lab.
Dr. Mark Hertle, SEP program coordinator, Ext. 4487
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