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Teachers Institute Micro Hydro Follow Up

Teachers Institute Micro Hydro Follow Up. Lonny Grafman Beth Eschenbach, Ph.D. Environmental Resources Engineering Humboldt State University. Check In Pre – Assessment Why are we here? Update on DYF at HVHS Update from others Break. Micro hydro basics Micro hydro fieldwork Lunch

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Teachers Institute Micro Hydro Follow Up

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  1. Teachers InstituteMicro Hydro Follow Up Lonny GrafmanBeth Eschenbach, Ph.D. Environmental Resources Engineering Humboldt State University

  2. Check In Pre – Assessment Why are we here? Update on DYF at HVHS Update from others Break Micro hydro basics Micro hydro fieldwork Lunch Micro hydro Advanced Discussion, Synthesis & Reflection Post-Assessment Outline for the Day

  3. Folks across the country are interested in increasing the number of students that go into STEM • Next six slides are from Susan Hackwood, Board member of California Council on Science and Technology

  4. “I would like to request that California Council on Science and Technology use its resources - experts in all fields of science and technology who are committed to a strong and vibrant California economy - and report back to me on how the State can better understand and use the assets at its disposal to build the infrastructure needed to lead the economy of the future.” -Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger 4 CEO-led Task Forces CA’s version of the NA’s four main recommendations from Susan Hackwood, Board member of California Council on Science and Technology

  5. Mapping California’s science and technology education system: drilling down to details CREST (1999) Critical Path Analysis (2002) Teacher CPA (2007) from Susan Hackwood, Board member of California Council on Science and Technology

  6. The Shrinking Pie • Only 4% of 9th graders graduate in S&E • Up to 60% lost in college • 32% CCC transfers from Susan Hackwood, Board member of California Council on Science and Technology

  7. California’s racial diversification 2006-2020 projection 2006 2020 Source: Department of Finance. from Susan Hackwood, Board member of California Council on Science and Technology

  8. Failure to achieve in education will have economic consequences from Susan Hackwood, Board member of California Council on Science and Technology Projected Change in Personal Income per Capita by State, 2000-2020 Source: National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (2005)

  9. Teachers as Scientists & Engineers • As recommended in TCPA, organized meeting in May 2007 to discuss a “teacher-scientist” model of professional learning & development • CSU Cal Poly, US DOE Office of Science, and NASA Ames plan an expansion of Teacher-Scientist Initiative • Model involves implementation of Science Teacher and Researcher (STAR) summer research internship program in federal labs • 300 > 3,000 (total 40,000) from Susan Hackwood, Board member of California Council on Science and Technology

  10. DYF at HVHS Rube Goldberg Results Team • INJUNeers • Sizzle Your Pits • The Destroyers • The Bear Traps

  11. Time Travel Award Best Teeter Totter 65 lb Test Award

  12. Best Pit Crew Best Crush Most Dangerous

  13. Most Reliable • Most Suspenseful • Highest Commodity

  14. Magic Bullet Ball Award • Best Sound • Best Theme

  15. 12 Students Completed 3 Design Documents in the Fall and Started Building in the Spring

  16. Garden contains relevant cultural elements.

  17. Garden contains relevant cultural elements

  18. Assessment Results • Students feel more confident about college • However, at this point, no one is interested in pursuing engineering…. “too much paperwork • Final assessment after end of project is planned this month.

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