The Bronx DIP II

If you’re tuning in, perhaps you were at one of my workshops or part of the Grant and decided to see if anything was new. Since I will no longer be working for the Grant full-time, I’ve decided to integrate this material into my regular blog – and I’ve put it here at edublogs.. http://lynnembailey.edublogs.org . I will be adding posts about my experienced in the Grant, and I may cross-post some of them, but you’ll find more links and resources at Academic Musings and Tech for Learning here at edublogs. I am also considering a total makeover of my website, www.lynnembailey.com to take advantage of the wordpress blogging application, as many people are doing. I like it ’cause you can edit it from anywhere and don’t need to buy and keep updating software.. thank you Web 2.0 and open source!

Building catapults was our culminating activity today. Participants were given some materials, like popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and glue, to build a device to launch a marshmallow.  The pictures are coming soon.  Thanks so much for coming – look forward to seeing you for session 4….

Lynne Marie Bailey

Just finishing up another Science Saturday in the Bronx with teachers in the STEM grant. Today we studied hurricanes, reviewed weather basics and constructed simple weather instruments – the results were FAB – anemometers, a thermometer, barometers and more. A number of teachers in the workshop are from St. Elizabeth’s – www.steliznyc.org – and they are a weatherbug school!  Resources and a copy of the powerpoint presentation can be found at http://technoed.wikispaces.com on the Session 2 look.

Once again, I had a great time and can’t wait to see you all again. Many thanks to Steve’s gracious hospitality and the photos.

Back in January I started working for NYIT as a trainer for the STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) grant in CSD 9 of the Bronx. Today marked my first full-day science workshop for teachers in the grant, and the topic was Earthquakes .