Stories tagged: science
A biotech pilot program to get students excited about STEM
Submitted by thenotebook on Tue, 03/05/2013 - 13:21 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
by Charlotte Pope
Robin Bethune, a junior at Roxborough High School, is intrigued by forensics, and she is eager about a class she's taking as part of an afterschool program being piloted in the District.
“Last class, we did a lab where we had to figure out who was at a crime scene by looking at DNA fingerprinting,” Bethune said. “I am excited to see the results.”
Bethune is one of 25 District students who are participating in a new biotechnology program launched by Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN) in partnership with the District's 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund. The program, called Quest, uses lectures and lab-based research to help students gain skills in science, technology, engineering, and math -- also known as the STEM fields.
District hosts open houses for Regional Talent Centers
Submitted by thenotebook on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 12:51 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
By Kofi Biney
When you first walk into Universal Audenried Charter High School, you are greeted by banners displaying various positive messages, such as “My future begins here,” “I help others succeed,” and “I will overcome.”
Audenried isn't just promoting this can-do attitude through its banners, but as the location of the South Philadelphia Regional Talent Center.
Carver students launch mobile app at annual technology symposium
Submitted by thenotebook on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 15:48 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
By Kofi Biney and Charlotte Pope
It’s not every day that students get to create technology for a respected political figure. But at the sixth annual Carole I. Smith Technology Symposium held Thursday, three District students launched R3chdev, a mobile application they designed for Pennsylvania State Sen. LeAnna M. Washington of the Fourth District.
Elementary students participate in science competition
Posted in Summer 2012 Edition | Permalink
Francis Scott Key School 3rd graders (from left) Jennifer Manno, Davyna Chhea, and Avianna Kang display a prototype of their Cavity Prevention Detector, a toothbrush that detects and prevents cavities using tiny light sensors on the bristles and relaying information to a computer chip inside the brush. The three 9-year-olds made up one of four teams from their school and 4,800 teams around the nation and Canada who designed innovative technologies as part of the 2012 Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Science Competition. The girls received regional honors for their device.
Students to learn STEM with 3-D printer
Submitted by Samuel Reed III on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 14:16 Posted in Class notes | Permalink
Beeber Middle School and Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia Charter School will host the Cube Odyssey on May 7. The Cube Odyssey, sponsored by 3D Systems, is a two-month road trip that includes four drivers, four printers, and one car to showcase the potential of 3-D printing.
With the explosion of 3-D movies, one might think 3-D printing involves a 2-D image that looks 3-D with special glasses. Instead, a 3-D printer heats up and prints out plastic in a form that you can hold in your hand. The process works like a traditional inkjet printer – the print head just moves in three dimensions instead of two.
STEM teacher fellow program year II
Submitted by Timothy Boyle on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 16:45 Posted in Boyle's law | Permalink
The School District of Philadelphia has received funding from the Math and Science Partnership to continue year two of its STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fellowship program. This year there will be be two cohorts, one for elementary science teachers and one for high school mathematics teachers.
The deadline to apply for the fellowship is this Friday Friday, May 20.
What happens when you light a bulb?
Submitted by Timothy Boyle on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 14:50 Posted in Boyle's law | Permalink
Today my students will solve a problem.
On the board will be the focus question from FOSS's Magnetism and Electricity lesson 2.1: "How do you get electricity from a source to a receiver?"
Some of my students won't know what is meant by source and receiver, and I don't want them to; we'll label what we experienced later. At each of the tables in the classroom will be D-cell batteries, pairs of wires, and light bulbs. I'll turn out the lights and 40 minutes later each child will figure out how to get their light bulb aglow.
Tweeting from the science trailer
by Timothy Boyle Posted in Summer 2010 Edition | Permalink
A few weeks back I succumbed to the lure of Twitter and created an account for my 3rd grade students.
Over the course of last week’s lessons I had students write a brief “What did we do today?” in their science notebooks. My students are very excited about the prospects of having those entries put on Twitter.
The operating theory behind using Twitter was to use it as a tool to give the families of my students some idea of what their children do in science class.
Philadelphia STEM teacher fellow program
Submitted by Timothy Boyle on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 12:58 Posted in Boyle's law | Permalink
The District will find out soon if it can offer a new professional development opportunity to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers.
The District is in the process of applying for a state grant to build a three-year STEM fellow program. This program would take on three cohorts a year and provide teachers with graduate level instruction in STEM topics. Applications from teachers are being accepted now, and the District expects to hear if the grant is approved within a few weeks.
An experiment in social media
Submitted by Timothy Boyle on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 12:59 Posted in Boyle's law | Permalink
A few weeks back I succumbed to the lure of Twitter and created an account for my 3rd grade students.
Over the course of last week's lessons I had students write a brief "What did we do today?" in their science notebooks. I figured the summary was probably useful on its own and would get kids ready for tweeting the goings-on of our class.
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