Session: Lessons from NSF's ITEST Program: Innovative Technology Experiences for Students & Teachers
Facilitator: Tony Streit, Co-PI, ITEST Learning Resource Center at EDC ITEST program session for a national cross-section of program providers, researchers, and policy-makers in the growing movement for science and technology in out-of-school time. Conference sessions included research-based best practices, curriculum development and evaluation, with a particular focus on equity and access issues for underrepresented populations.

Christina Gilmore from the Tech-Success ITEST project at the University of Oklahoma – Norman presented an overview of the ITEST program along with specific strategies from her ITEST project focused on young people with disabilities.

Savannah Morning News
Chuck Mobley

Amid its sea breezes, stately oaks and softly-treading deer, Ossabaw Island has seen an unusual amount of student activity this summer, a situation that will help bring this singular environment into classrooms across the state.

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XTech at the California Exploratorium featured on ABC affiliate station KGO Television, click on the website link to view the video.

StarNewsOnline
By Vicky Eckenrode, Staff Writer

Photo by Melissa Williamson: Jonathan Dover (middle), 12, shows Marisa Deschenes (left), 11, the model he built and programmed with Squeak software with help from middle school teacher Karen Parker on Wednesday at a computer summer camp in the Computer Info. Sys. building at UNCW. By using Squeak, students create a model and program it themselves.

Lucas Coleman has been assigned the train problem before.

If train A leaves Santa Fe at 7:30 traveling 60 miles per hour, and train B leaves Phoenix at ...

But it wasn't until this week that Coleman, a 14-year-old student at Topsail Middle School, took the classic word problem into his own hands. He designed the trains and programmed his own "rate x time = distance" scenario to determine whether the engines would crash. Click the website link to read more.

Journal of Extension: June 2008, Volume 46 Number 3, Article Number 3IAW7
Bradley S. Barker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Gwen Nugent, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ;Neal Grandgenett, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Abstract: The study reported here investigated the use of educational robotics, paired with GPS and GIS geospatial technologies, as a context for learning selected concepts in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics within a 4-H camp setting. The study involved 38 students between the ages of 11 to 15. A pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was used in the study, with a 29-question multiple-choice instrument targeting various academic topics. The results of the study suggest that the 4-H robotics and geospatial summer camp program is a promising approach for supporting STEM-related learning, as represented by a significant increase of means from pretest to posttest. Click on the website link to read more.

University of Minnesota
OVPR (Office of the Vice President for Research)
U of M researchers find novel ways to engage students

Stephan Carlson, Gillian Roehrig, and Tamara Moore: Extension, and Curriculum and Instruction - Photo by Richard Anderson

A significant measure of success for students is the extent to which they’re participating in critical fields like science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) — areas that are increasingly important to Minnesota’s global competitiveness.

ITEST Learning Resource Center - Natioanl Sceince Teachers Association Presentation

National Science Foundation
Press Release 08-037
New Jersey students publish their findings, present their work at the National Science Foundation
Opportunities for high school students to do research as part of a science class are -- sadly -- all too rare. Where such opportunities do exist, students often find themselves going through the motions of an experiment with a predetermined outcome. Click on the website to read more.

Addison High School Daily Announcements
Addison was well represented at the Tri County Science Fair this week. Maurina Aranda’s research on the chloride levels of Bean Creek and the St. Joseph River was the #1 project in the Environmental category. She also received the Stubnitz award for best environmental research. Out of 180 projects, Maurina’s project was awarded third place overall. Her outstanding work allowed her to bring home two medals, two judges’ ribbons, certificates and $205 in prize money. Maurina did her work as a member of Biology II and this work was supported by the National Science Foundation’s TITiC grant. Congratulations to Maurina Aranda for her accomplishments.