The South Carolina Academy of Science
OFFICERS:
P R E S I D E N T - R obi n B r i g mo n
Sa va n n a h R i ve r N a t i o n a l La b
B u i l d i n g 9 9 9 W / Ai ke n , SC 2 9 8 0 8
8 0 3 - 8 1 9 - 8 4 0 5 / r 0 3 . br i gmo n @ s r s . go v
I M M . PA S T P R E SI D E N T - J udi t h S a l l e y
SC St a t e U n i ve r s i t y
D e p t . o f Sc i e n c e
3 0 0 C o l l e ge St r e e t NE / O ra n ge b u r g, SC 2 9 1 1 7
8 0 3 - 5 3 6 - 8 5 0 9 / d j d s a l l e y@ s c s u. e d u
P A S T P R E S I D E N T - J us t i n Wy a t t
C o l l e ge o f C h a rl e s t o n
D e p t . o f Ch e mi s t r y & B i o c h e mi s t r y
2 0 2 C a l h o u n St . / C h ar l e s t o n, SC 2 94 0 1
8 4 3 - 9 5 3 - 6 5 8 7 / wy a t t j @ co f c . e d u
P R E S I D E N T E L E C T – P e a r l F e r na n de s
U SC Su mt e r
D i v i s i on o f S c i e n c e , M a t h e m a t i c s , a n d E n g i n e e r i n g
2 0 0 M i l l e r R o a d / Su mt e r , SC 2 9 1 5 0
8 0 3 - 9 3 8 - 3 7 2 5 / p e f e r n a n@ u s c s u mt e r . e d u
VICE PRESIDENT –
S E C R E T A R Y – S t e fa ni e B a ke r
W o f f o r d C ol l e ge
D e p a r t me n t o f Bi o l o gy
4 2 9 No r t h C hu r c h S t r e et / S p a r t a nbu r g , S C 2 9 3 0 3
8 6 4 - 5 9 7 - 4 6 7 1 / b a ke r s h @ w o f f o r d. e du
T R E A S U R E R – E dna S t e e l e
C o n ve r s e C o l l e ge
D e p a r t me n t o f Bi o l o gy
580 East Main Street / Spartanburg, SC 29302
864-596-9120 / [email protected]
E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R, S C J A S /
N E WS L E T T E R E D I T O R – T ho ma s R e e v e s
M i d l a n d s Te c h n i c a l C o l l e ge
Sc i e n c e D e p a r t me n t - P O Bo x 2 4 08
C o l u mb i a , SC 2 9 2 0 2 8 0 3 - 8 2 2 - 35 5 4
r e e ve s t @ mi d l a n d s t e c h . c o m
P R O G R A M D I R E C T O R , S C J A S – T am m y T a y l o r
M i d l a n d s Te c h n i c a l C o l l e ge
Sc i e n c e D e p a r t me n t
P O B o x 2 4 0 8 / C o lu mb i a , SC 2 9 2 0 2
8 0 3 - 8 2 2 - 3 5 5 4 / t a y l o r t @ mi d l a n d s t ech . e d u
A A A S & N A A S R E P. - D on J or da n
U SC C o l u mb i a / D i r e c t o r - M E SA S
C A S / Sc i e n c e E d u c a ti o n C en t e r
Su mw a l t R m. 3 2 3 / C o l u mb i a , SC 2 92 0 8
8 0 3 - 7 7 7 - 7 0 0 7 / d j o r d a n @. s c. e d u
B U L L E T I N / J O U R. E D. - D a vi d F e r r i s
U SC U p s t a t e
D i v. o f N at u r a l Sc i . & E n gi n e e r i n g
8 0 0 U n i ve r s i t y W a y / Sp a r t a n b u r g SC 2 9 2 0 2
8 6 4 - 5 8 7 - 2 4 7 5 / d kf e r r i s @ u s c u p s t a te . e d u
COUNCILORS:
M i n- K e n L i a o , F u r ma n U n i v er s i t y 2 0 1 3
J a ni e S i g mo n , Y o r k C o T ec h n i c a l C o l l e g e 2 0 1 3
J o h n K a up , F u r ma n U n i v er s i t y 2 0 1 4
W i l l i a m E . R o ud e b us h , G r ee n v i l l e H o s p . S y s . 2 0 1 4
J u l i a n S mi t h I I I , W i n t h r o p U n i v er s i t y 2 0 1 4
H o m a y o u n V a l a f a r , U S C C o l u mb i a 2 0 1 4
V i v i a n C o u n t s , B en e d i c t C o l l e g e, 2 0 1 5
L a u r i e F l a d d , T r i d en t T ec h n i c a l C o l l e g e, 2 0 1 5
S a n d r a G r a y , C l e ms o n U n i v er s i t y , 2 0 1 5
M i c he l e H a r m o n, U S C - A i k en , 2 0 1 5
B i l l P i r k l e , U S C - A i k e n , e m er i t u s
J i m P r i v e t t , U S C - S u mt er , em er i t u s
D a v i d S t r o u p , F r a n c i s M a r i o n , e m er t i u s
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
L i n da S i nc l a i r , B o a r d o f E d, C h ai r
T o m F a l v e y , SC St a t e M u s e u m
D a v d S l i mme r , L a n d er U n i v er s i t y , S C J A S G r a n t s
B i l l P i r kl e , U n d e r gr a d Re s e a r c h C om mi t t e e
a n d G o ve r n o r ’ s Aw a r d s C o mmi t t e e
T o m R o o p, T e a c h e r o f t h e Y e a r C o mmi t t e e
D a v e M c N a ma r a , S C R A , S p on s or s h i p C o m m i t t e e
D a v e S t r ou p, Sp o n s o r s h i p C o mmi t t e e
L uc i a P i r i s i - C r e e k, P u b l i c i t y C o mm i t t e e
T o m R e e v e s , N e c r o l o gy C o mmi t t e e
M i c he l e H a r mo n, E l e c t r o n i c J o u r n a l
M E S A S D I R E C T O R : - D on J or da n
U SC C o l u mb i a / D i r e c t o r - M E SA S
C A S / Sc i e n c e E d u c a ti o n C en t e r
Su mw a l t R m. 3 2 3 / C o l u mb i a , SC 2 92 0 8
8 0 3 - 7 7 7 - 7 0 0 7 : d j o r d a n@ s c. e d u
SC Metric Week October 7 – 13, 2012, Governor’s Proclamation
October 1, 2012
Please See Attached
Dear District Leader and/or Math & Science Coordinator:
Celebrating Metric Week in South Carolina 2012 (October 7 – 13 this year) is very important for
grades K-12. An announcement at each school in your district, and encouragement of metric
system activities during and after Metric Week, would be an excellent idea. (Some easy-to-use
ideas on celebrating Metric Week are available online at: www.cas.sc.edu/cse/jordan or
www.metric.org.)
As you know, companies (which will eventually employ many of our students) are gradually
producing products to metric system standards. This means that the jobs of tomorrow will
require employees to be able to use metric units.
In addition, I believe that one of the reasons for poor scores made by U.S. students in
international tests lies in the disadvantage that they do not have the knowledge to easily work
with metric system units - a knowledge that the competing students from the rest of the nations
of the world possess. A research study in the 1970s showed that from 6 to 8 months of
elementary arithmetic could be eliminated from educational curriculums by the simple adoption
of the metric system.
We now have over two hundred teachers and administrators certified as Metric Specialists in our
Certification Program for South Carolina. These individuals serve as metric resource persons and
may help you develop activities as we celebrate Metric Week. Also, a teacher or administrator
who plans to become a Certified Metric Specialist may reach me by phone at (803) 777-7007 or
email [email protected] (Center for Science Education, College of Arts & Sciences, Sumwalt,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208).
The certification is recommended and approved by the South Carolina Academy of Science
(SCAS) and coordinated with the State Department of Education and the Office of Metric
Programs at the National Institute of Standards & Technology, USC Department of Commerce.
Special thank you goes to Governor Nikki R. Haley for her support of this worthwhile endeavor.
Sincerely,
Don Jordan, USC
www.scacadscience.org or www.cas.sc.edu/cse/jordan under metric for information on CMS.
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Check out the USMA & National Institute of Standards (NIST) Metric Programs
at www.metric.org & www.nist.gov/kids It will be FUN! and others at:
www.cas.sc.edu/cse/jordan click on Metric
Teachers- these sites have something for all grades!