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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.

 

This  program is designed for teachers who have less than six years of teaching experience. The goals of the program is 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

The program consists of Four Saturday Workshops totaling 30 hours of training. Each Saturday will be focused to specific areas of the Physics curriculum.

Saturday, October 13, 2007,

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Curriculum Sequence, Newton's Laws of Motion

Saturday, November 5th, 2005

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Motion in 2-Dimensions (Projectiles and Circular Motion)

Saturday, December 1, 2007

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Refraction of Light

Saturday, March 1, 2008

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Electricity

Saturday, April 5, 2008

The presenter for all four Workshops is Howard Myers, Veteran Physics Instructor, Ossining HS.

Date: Saturday,  October 13, 2007, December 1, 2007  March 1, 2008   and April 5, 2008
 

Time : 8:30 AM-4:00 PM 

Cost:  $595.00 ( includes Breakfast and Lunch)

Place: Science Wing, Ossining High School, 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 or email pwrc@ns.purchase.edu

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
 

Please make checks payable to PWISTA  and mail to: 

PWISTA , 67 Fassitt Drive, Mahopac, N.Y. 10541

Use online registration form below:

Participant Name

Email Address     

Home Address     

Home Phone #    

School District    

School Phone #   

Have completed PWISTA programs in the past Yes    No

Going to Contact Dr. Corfield for College Credit  Yes    No

 

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Tarrytown, NY 10591
Phone: 914-366-4600

 

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