SUMMER STEM INSTITUTE for K-12 Educators July 14. 15 and 16, 2015
Choose Two Sessions Tuesday/Wednesday and one session on Thursday 9:00 am – 12:00 and 12:30 -3:30 pm
(Lunch Provided Tuesday and Wednesday) Registration Website: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/reg/swvac/
Tuesday, July 14
9:00-12:00
Wednesday, July 15
9:00-12:00
Thursday, July 16
9:00-12:00
Virginia Riner – Focus on Fractions Grades 6-8
Understanding fractions has always represented a
considerable challenge for middle school students.
Students that engage in reasoning activities that
develop the “big ideas” of fractions improve their
ability to think mathematically about fractions. During
this session, attendees will participate in activities that
build on students’ understanding of the whole number
system. Discussion and activities focus on
anticipating student misconceptions that interfere with
learning and using multiple concrete/pictorial
representations to foster fraction sense, develop
problem solving skills, and make sense of
conventional algorithms for computation and
proportionality. Participants receive copies of both
workshop and follow-up activities.
Kristy Collins- Middle School Science Art Bots
Learn principles of design and also create a
masterpiece using art and engineering. This
workshop is good for teachers trying to
incorporate both engineering design and art
in their classrooms. Teachers will leave with a
kit and also have hands-on experiences with
the materials.
Kim Winebarger – Elementary Math
Effectively Planning for Math
This session will include effectively planning
math lessons that incorporate problem solving
in the elementary classroom. Participants will
leave with suggested math lesson along with an
abundance of rigorous problems appropriate for
elementary classrooms.
Betti Kreye –Algebra 1 and Algebra 2
The Importance of Using the Concrete
Pictorial
Symbolic Model in
Creating Effective Mathematics Lessons
In this session teachers will explore this model
for creating experiences through which all
students can develop their understandings
about mathematical concepts. We will also
see how classroom discourse needs to
support concept development at each phase
of this model. Teachers should bring their
textbooks with them.
Ruthanne Cole- Be a Comet Buster!
Participants will make a composite (soil, dry ice,
and chemical) model of a comet and perform
experiments involving simulated cosmic
impacts and cratering. Analysis of data will
include depth and height of the crater as well
as the projectory of the incoming meteor/comet
that produced the impact crater
Jane Carter-Exploring Science This session
will use various hands on activities that relate
to chemistry and physical science topics.
Teachers will engage in the activities, discuss
how they can be used in their classrooms and
adapted if necessary. In addition, we will
explore some new learning tools that are
available and free to teachers. Expect to
leave with ideas that you can take directly
back to your classroom and implement with
very little work on your part.
Amy Azano—Place Matters: Using Place-based,
Critical Literacy Instruction to Motivate Learners
During this session teachers will learn the
tenets of place-based instruction. The workshop
will focus on practical strategies for using place
to motivate learners, access local knowledge,
promote critical literacy skills, and use place as
a scaffold to the curriculum. Place-based
instruction can also strengthen ties between
student learning and the local community.
Participants will brainstorm ideas for
implementing place in their lesson planning.
Trevor Stewart—Interactive Secondary
Vocabulary Instruction: Bringing
Vocabulary Instruction into Dialogue with
Students’ Lives
During this interactive workshop, we will
examine concepts such as Technical and
General Vocabulary, Short and Long-Term
Memory, and Receptive and Expressive
Vocabulary and focus on instructional
strategies that can help high school students
learn make meaningful connections between
the words they are studying (in all content
areas) and their lives. This workshop will focus
on practical strategies that will make it possible
for students to do more than simply decode and
briefly memorize the new words they come into
contact with during content-area instruction.
Heather Askea I iCan Learn: iPads in the
Elementary Classroom
The rise of mobile learning
opportunities presents all teachers with
unprecedented learning capabilities. In
this session we will explore ways to use
iPads with your youngest students in
PK-3 classroom. Beginning with some
basic free apps we can use to introduce
and review basic skills. We will then
explore ways to create interactive
lesson activities, animations, and even
interactive bulletin boards! We will then
dive into some key instructional apps to
keep your little ones engaged. We close
out the session looking at some
additional technologies that will make
the iPad an essential part of your
curriculum.
Anita Deck--Stimulate Student Learning
by Infusing Engineering Using the 6Es.
Join me in discovering hands-on,
engineering design, and cross curricular
authentic project to STEMulate student
learning using the 6E format. Inspire
thinking, collaboration, creativity, and
problem solving with this STEM-focused
design challenge.
Holly Robbins-Writing in the Content Areas
Have you tried integrating writing in the
content areas only to find lackluster
results? In this session you will learn how to
use the five non-fiction text structures to
integrate meaningful writing in your science,
math, and social studies instruction. Using the
SOLs for your content/grade level, you will
leave this session with ideas for several
writing assignments that will help students
focus on the most essential information in your
SOLs while using valuable writing skills.
Heather Askea-- iCan Learn: iPads in the
Secondary Classroom:
The rise of mobile learning opportunities
presents all teachers with unprecedented
learning capabilities. In this session we will
explore ways to use iPads with your students
in the secondary classroom. Beginning with
some basic free apps we can use to introduce
and review basic skills. We will then explore
ways to create interactive lesson activities
and help students with self-directed learning
opportunities. We close out the session
looking at some additional technologies that
will make the iPad an essential part of your
curriculum.
Afternoon Classes Tuesday and Wednesday
Heather Askea-- iCan Learn: iPads in
Middle School Classroom:
The rise of mobile learning opportunities
presents all teachers with unprecedented
learning capabilities. In this session we will
explore ways to use iPads with your students
in the middle school classroom. Beginning
with some basic free apps we can use to
introduce and review basic skills. We will then
explore ways to create interactive lesson
activities, animations, and even interactive
bulletin boards! We close out the session
looking at some additional technologies that
will make the iPad an essential part of your
curriculum.
Continue on reverse side
Tuesday and Wednesday Afternoon Sessions
TUESDAY 12:30-3:30
WEDNESDAY 12:30-3:30
Becky Stiltner – “Show me the Math: Using
Models and Representations in Elementary
Math”
Representations are necessary to students’
understanding of mathematical concepts and
relationships. Through representations,
students show the math they’re learning
while providing formative assessment for
teachers. In this Interactive session,
participants will explore the use of
manipulative tools, diagrams, graphical
displays, and symbolic representations that
foster students’ abilities to organize and
communicate mathematical ideas in problem
solving.
. Brooke Blanks-High Impact Vocabulary and
Comprehension Strategies to Differentiate
Secondary Science Instruction for Students
with Diverse Learning Needs
Effective vocabulary instruction is engaging
and intentional. In this interactive session,
participants will explore creating languagerich learning environments where
interesting, unusual, useful, emotional,
controversial, and difficult words are noticed
and celebrated. Our goal is that students
become more attuned to language and
accustomed to using sophisticated and
academic language, particularly in science
and math classrooms.
Jani Purtee--A Hand Full of Hands On
Simple and low budget Hands on Activities
and Engineering challenges suitable for
Middle and High School students. Work
through several STEM related activities and
take home lesson plans complete with
materials list, objectives and detailed teacher
instruction. Topics include energy sources,
biomedical investigation, electricity, and
much more.
Betti Kreye—Math Grades 6-8 The
Importance of Using the Concrete
Pictorial
Symbolic Model in
Creating Effective Mathematics Lessons
In this session teachers will explore this
model for creating experiences through
which all students can develop their
understandings about mathematical
concepts. We will also see how
classroom discourse needs to support
concept development at each phase of
this model. Teachers should bring their
textbooks with them.
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SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
No afternoon
sessions on
Thursday
Ruthanne Cole--Spaghetti in Space
Participants will compare various freeze
dried astronaut foods with fresh foods
to determine the percentages of water
content. They will plan, prepare and
taste a “space spaghetti” astronaut meal,
complete with ice cream for dessert.
Participants will also develop an
apparatus for eating in space, and test
containers for preserving dried foods
for a long space flight
Sonia Vanhook--What’s Great About
Windows 8?" Everything you care about
most is on the new Start screen. Tiles on
the Start screen are connected to people,
apps, folders, photos, or websites, and
are alive with the latest info, so you're
up to date at a glance. Windows 8 is
perfect for PCs with only a mouse and
keyboard, those with touchscreens, and
those with both. Whatever kind of PC
you have, you'll discover fast and fluid
ways to switch between apps, move
things around, and go smoothly from
one place to another.”
~www.microsoft.com
ENGINEERING
Register
MATHEMATICS
READING
MULTICULTURAL TRAINING
At: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/reg/swvac/
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
• Penny McCallum 276-619-4311 [email protected]
• Brenda Justus 276-619-4310 [email protected]
Two sessions Tuesday and Wednesday with Lunch Provided
One session on Thursday with Lunch NOT Provided
Cost $50.00 for 1, 2 or 3 days—this includes up to 5 sessions, lunch two days and breaks 3 days,
Materials, and kits to take home from some of the sessions.
We must have a minimum of 12 enrolled in a session for that session to make.
session(s) has to be cancelled. Engineering is not required to have 12.
You will be notified immediately if any