Week+of+July+9


 * July 9 - with Joe Garofalo**
 * Monday = Energy (Heat)
 * Draft letter of team plan to share with Tony
 * Find 1 or 2 middle school teachers
 * touch base with Beth Evans at Sutherland - Brie is in touch
 * Heather Keppel at Walton - Joe will contact
 * Tony Wayne (Albemarle HS) Physics teacher - uses technology (Joe will contact
 * Engineering Design Expertise
 * review Jennie Chiu's rubric
 * Christine Schnittka's dissertation (compares use of kits)
 * Assessment resources


 * July 10**
 * Move to MAE
 * UPDATE = Wind (Energy Transfer)
 * TIMSS assessment items
 * aerodynamics is focus now
 * gear ratios
 * energy transfer
 * July 11 - with Tony Borash**
 * Lan Neugent phone call July 17th - Pam Moran, Becky Fisher, Vince, Dr. Bull - planning grant, $5,000
 * 1 page proposal for collaboration with Powhatan
 * How will we teach science through engineering design?
 * NSF change in focus - upper level content (8th grade physical science) can then be used in gifted 4-5 (Bonnie & Paula), then regular ed. 4-5
 * Waves
 * Circuits
 * Wind Turbines
 * Energy/Heat Transfer
 * Teacher consultants - Beth Evans, Doug Mullinex, Heather Kepple, Lauren Truslow?, Jeff Myers?, Tony Wayne (consultant)
 * Beth is unavailable July 17, 18, 23, 24, 30 - otherwise free
 * 10 Pasco probes are available for checkout from the science department (some may be broken)
 * Goal = Connect to Next Generation Science Standards - add rigor to state assessments and instruction
 * July 12**
 * Thurs. = Electricity
 * discover what current teachers do
 * Why is it important to understand circuits?
 * July 13**
 * Friday = Sound/Waves
 * Java Arduino oscilloscope in progress - sound and light