The November Math + Science Teachers Forum will be held on November 3rd from 4:30-6:30 at the United Way Building. Register by October 31 at noon to Don McKinney: [email protected] FREE! Dinner included. The Forums are held at the United Way Building, 1709 Ben Franklin Parkway. All math and science teachers, grades K-12, in Philly are welcome. In addition we welcome pre-service math and science teachers and out-of-school-time staff interested in learning more about STEM and interacting with classroom teachers. NOTE: PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO REGISTER BY THE DEADLINE, AND IF YOU REGISTER PLEASE ACTUALLY ATTEND. WE ORDER DINNERS FOR EVERYONE WHO REGISTERS AND IF YOU DO NOT SHOW UP THAT MONEY IS WASTED. PARKING: You can park in the garage at the Sheraton Hotel for $8. NOTE: CREDIT CARD ONLY PAYMENT IS NOW ACCEPTED AND THERE IS A NEW PROCEDURE TO GET THE REDUCED RATE. THE HOTEL IS NO LONGER HONORING THE $5 FEE. —Enter the garage as usual and get your ticket. The receptionist at the United Way Building will give you a second ticket (called a “chaser”)for the reduced rate. When you return to the garage and exit you will insert your parking ticket, then the chaser and finally your credit card. The Sheraton is located between Race and Vine, with entry to the garage from either 16th St. or 17th St. We are working to confirm Act 48 credits for this year so bring your PPID number. Door Prizes this month – Reams of copy paper and resource books PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS (YOU WILL CHOSE ONE) (Math) Transformations and Functions: Making the Connection Make variables and functions more interactive, and more fun for your students. In this session you will receive classroom-ready activities that you can use as whole-class Sketchpad presentations or for hands-on student exploration. Well discuss how best to use the activities with students and how they are connected to Common Core. Well work through some of them using Sketchpad to make the mathematics come alive, while taking advantage of the connections between transformations and functions to relate these two areas of mathematics. This months activities turn geometric transformations into algebraic functions, imparting a sense of the deep connections between geometry and algebra and providing students with multiple representations to help them experience and understand function behavior. Bring your computer and get a free copy of Sketchpad. (Sketchpad licenses are available to Philadelphia public schools through the School District.) Scott Steketee will present. Math Three Act Math Tasks: Philadelphia Engineering/Math Challenge (EMC)Max Ray and Suzanne Alejandre from the Math Forum @ Drexel will introduce an online opportunity for your students to submit their Three Act Math Task entries. Theyll also provide an overview of problem-solving resources available on the EMC website. (Science) Engineering Encounters: Ideas and techniques to enhance teaching of engineering concepts. In this workshop we will ask the question “Can a student in elementary school do what engineers do?” The answer is yes! Teachers will learn about teaching properties of materials to design a water filter. For teachers of grades K-5. Anita Dupree will present. (Science) STEM for Physical Science - A STEM activity on building towers using newspaper. Its a teaching activity as well as an investigation. The science outcomes will be concepts of science, nature of science, processes of science and applications of science. Content standards will be teachers and students should develop the abilities of scientific inquiry and teachers and students should develop abilities of technological design. Giveaways included. Jay Bagley will present. OPPORTUNITY Philly Green Schools Action Network - Wednesday, November 12, 4:30-6:30pm The School District of Philadelphia 440 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130 REGISTRATION required by Wed, 11/5. Our hosts for this quarter, Francine Locke, Environmental Director and Megan Garner, Environmental & Sustainability Project Manager for the School District of Philadelphia, will provide us with an overview of the district’s emerging Sustainability Management Plan. We will participate in an interactive visioning exercise to offer educational, community, and subject matter perspective to the plan. Although this meeting provides an opportunity for the group to weigh in on the School District of Philadelphia’s Sustainability Management Plan, the Philly Green Schools Action Network is an informal collaborative open to all types of schools in Philadelphia with meeting locations rotating throughout the city. We are also excited to announce that our winter gathering will be hosted by the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation (CBEI) at the Navy Yard in early 2015.
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