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Presented by

Howard Myers, Retired Veteran Physics Instructor, Ossining HS.

Howard Myers has been selected teacher-of-the-year at Ossining HS three times during

his teaching career and was one of five finalists in the IBM Education Fellows Award

Program. Howard was awarded a United States Fulbright Teacher Exchange and taught a

year in England. He is a PTE (Pasco Technology Educator) for the PASCO Scientific

Equipment company.

The goals of the program are to provide the following:

bulletCurriculum Structure and Sequencing
bulletContext Knowledge for the Specific Discipline
bulletMethods of Teaching Specific topics within the Curriculum
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Enhance your classroom presentations in many areas of the Physics program.

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Encourage teachers to use methods in their classrooms that involve new demonstration ideas

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Expand the scope of your laboratory activities

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Provide a forum for discussion and sharing of their materials and ideas

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Provide an opportunity for teachers training for multiple disciplines

    During this four day Institute participants will be actively involved in preparing lessons for the following school year. All topics from the new state syllabus will be covered.  Each day will be divided into 5 distinct sessions.

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 Demonstrations – The instructor will share his favorite demonstrations that are guaranteed to generate interest and enthusiasm in all students.  At the end of the week, all experienced teachers will be asked to share one demonstration that they use and have found to be most successful.

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The  Web – Interesting web sites will be explored and shared among the participants.  The teachers will learn how to use the Internet to find and use Physics applets in the classroom. All teachers will compile a list of tested simulations and interactive labs, which can be used free on the Internet.

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Labs   Each afternoon will be devoted to lab activities.  Participants will perform labs using Jell-O and two by fours on the low tech end of the spectrum and a full range of PASCO equipment at the nearly state of the art end.  The Ossining HS physics classroom has 12 computers each with a computer interface and a set of sensors. The labs are designed to have students use real life experiences and science inquiry skills to solve open-ended questions. Teachers will write up one lab activity and share it with the class by the end of the week.

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Teaching Strategies and Tips – This part of the daily ritual will include but not be limited to videos, homework, projects, worksheets, tests, PowerPoint presentations, objectives, dry erase boards, ordering equipment and supplies, magic, and cartoons.

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 Make-and-Take -  During the afternoon,  participants will make a piece of equipment for a demonstration that was performed during the morning.

Whether this is your first year teaching, or you are an experienced science teacher planning on getting certified in a second area, or you are an experienced physics teacher looking for a few new tricks to liven up your lessons, this is the workshop for you.  

Physics Summer Description2.pdf

 

Both experienced and  novice Physics teachers  can benefit from this program.

A maximum of twenty five teachers will be enrolled in the workshop to provide each of the participants with abundant time and opportunities to interact with the staff.  

Date: June 25th-28th, 2007

Time : 8:30 AM-4:00 PM 

Cost:  $595.00 ( includes Breakfast and Lunch)

Place: Science Wing, Ossining High School,  29 South Highland Avenue, Ossining , New York

Sponsored by: PWISTA

Credit : A 30-hour certificate toward in-service credit will be issued for use according  to your school district’s policy.

Manhattanville College - Three Graduate Science Education Credits available upon  completion of Project  at an additional cost of $ 870.00.

SUNY Purchase -Two Undergraduate Physics Credits available upon completion of project at an additional cost of $430.00 .

For college credit information contact:

Dr. Peter Corfield,  914-251-6675

Peter W. R. Corfield, Ph. D.
Director, CSME & Visiting Professor of Chemistry Purchase College, SUNY
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577
Tel: 914-251-6675
Fax: 914-251-6635
 

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