Monster Quest Earth Science Continuum Monster Quest delves into the world of Earth Science. The television show morphs into a teaching project. This is a project that allows you to put to work your knowledge of Earth Science to track down and capture the dangerous Monster. You will have to become an Earth Science expert to complete this mission. Ho...See MoreMonster Quest Earth Science Continuum Monster Quest delves into the world of Earth Science. The television show morphs into a teaching project. This is a project that allows you to put to work your knowledge of Earth Science to track down and capture the dangerous Monster. You will have to become an Earth Science expert to complete this mission. How does this work you ask? Each participating class will have to create a monster based of truth, fact, myth, legend and knowledge of the Earth Science of the schools particular region. For example if your school is near a swamp you might use animals that live near or around a swamp, if your school is in a desert you would do likewise. Once you create your monster you develop a story that explains the characteristics of the monster complete with newspaper stories of sighting account from eye witnesses. You would develop a picture of what your monster looks like. Then you would send bits of information about your monster on a schedule to the other schools who would then develop a profile on each monster so they might one day track it down and prove it exist. This would be done by email or packages between the teachers on a regularly scheduled interval. By the end of the semester each school will have located the best place to look for the monster. They will have developed a profile based on what they know and what it might be. They will also draw a picture and send it to the monster¡¦s school so they can compare their rendition of their monster with their own to see how close they got. Teacher Check List o Picture of Monster o Characteristics of Monster o Newspaper stories on sightings o Local¡¦s guesses on what it might be and why it is there
Earth Science areas that could be covered
„« Scientific Inquiry „« Scientific method „« Geologic History(Dinosaurs) „« Climate Changes „« Weather „« Climate „« Space( Aliens) „« Water cycle „« Rock cycle „« Parts of the earth(From the center of the earth) „« Tectonics „« Pangaea( One Continent) „« Atoms( chemical makeup) „« DNA „« Biomes „« Environments „« Plus many more( Teachers imagination) „« Contact me at Gary W. Horton [email removed]
Please respond if you would be interested in doing a year exchange with us. You could learn to snowboard for free and experience a real winter first hand! We have plenty of beaches nearby too... New England has it all!
On 2/01/11, Amanda Grindstaff wrote: > I am a teacher at a Public K-8 school in a very good suburb > district next to Boston, Massachusett. I am a Physical > Education teacher and my husband an Adapted Physical > Education teacher. We are very involved in a program that > teaching our students how to snowboard during the winter > months and are looking to do a teacher exchange with 2 > teachers in Hawaii so that we can learn to surf and bring > that back to our students as well, maybe even start a > summer surfing program. My husband is also certified in > Special Education Math if that helps. > > Please respond if you would be interested in doing a year > exchange with us. You could learn to snowboard for free and > experience a real winter first hand! We have plenty of > beaches nearby too... New England has it all! > > ~ Amanda + John
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. (Feb, 2011) – Niagara University is now accepting applications from K-12 teachers nationwide for a summer program entitled Crossroads of Empire: Cultural Contact and Imperial Rivalry at Old Fort Niagara. The week-long residential sessions, which take place July 11-15 and July 18-22, 2011 at Old Fort Niagara and Niagara University, have been made possible by funding obtained from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Directed by Thomas A. Chambers, Ph.D., chair of Niagara University’s history department, the workshops are focused on the vital history that emanated from Old Fort Niagara, one of most significant and well-preserved 18th century historic sites in North America. Fort Niagara served as an important crossroads between the empires of Great Britain, France, the Haudenosaunee (the native people who inhabited what is now much of New York state and surrounding areas), and, later, the United States as they battled each other for control of the North American continent. The Fort threatened American territory during the Revolution, was occupied by both sides during the War of 1812, and then a peace treaty secured the Fort and region for the United States.
This workshop will immerse NEH Summer Scholars in the world of 18th century life, from both the Native American and European perspective. Participants will interact with historic interpreters, clamber about ramparts dating to the 1700s, handle beaver pelts and trade goods like fishhooks and beads, and perhaps even fire a musket. One unique feature will be an overnight stay at the French Castle, the three-story stone fortress and trading post perched above the crashing waves of Lake Ontario that dates back to 1726. By week’s end NEH Summer Scholars will understand the perspective of the Iroquois people who first inhabited this region, as well as the struggles of ordinary European soldiers who bled and died to control Fort Niagara.
Teachers of grades K-12 at schools in the United States or its territorial possessions, or Americans teaching in foreign schools where at least 50 percent of the students are American nationals, are eligible for this program.
Teachers selected to participate as NEH Summer Scholars will receive a stipend of $1,200 at the end of the residential workshop session. Stipends are intended to help cover travel expenses to and from the project location, books, and ordinary living expenses.
The deadline for applications is March 1, 2011.
For eligibility and application information, please call 716.286.8091, e-mail [email removed].
Niagara University is located 11 miles south of Old Fort Niagara.
Niagara University Founded by the Vincentian Community in 1856, Niagara University is a private liberal arts university with a strong, values-based Catholic tradition. Its four academic divisions include the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, and Hospitality and Tourism Management. The university also maintains an Academic Exploration Program that provides a learning community for students who are undecided about their major, as well as numerous opportunities through Continuing Education. -30-
I'm currently in the United States with the intention of contact with teachers who could be interested in making an educational project for the next academic course 2011-2012, so that science students from Malaga and USA could make a collaborative work and establish a rewarding relationship, using the new technologies.
I´ve already done a science project to enable our students to meet students from another country, while working together and improve their science skills.
If you are interested, I could sent you the project and we could change it, since it´s a flexible project.
I´d like to have the opportunity, also, to visit some schools in Usa to learn about the U.S. educational system, the methodologies used, the available resources ... Would appreciate someone gives me the opportunity to make a visit to your school.
My email address is: [email removed]
Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions about it.
On 2/01/11, Amanda Grindstaff wrote: > I am a teacher at a Public K-8 school in a very good suburb > district next to Boston, Massachusett. I am a Physical > Education teacher and my husband an Adapted Physical > Education teacher. W...See More