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CCSD has adopted new content resources for science and social studies. All K-5 teachers are required to attend a half-day training during post-planning or over the summer and will be paid a $50 stipend (for summer sessions). During the session, half the time will be spent covering science resources and half the time will be spent covering social studies resources. Teachers can choose to attend either a morning session (7:30 AM – 11:30 AM) OR an afternoon session (12:30 PM – 4:30 PM) on one of the following dates:
May 24 or 25 (Post Planning) @ KSU Center (*no stipend) June 11 @ McClure MS June 12 @ McClure MS June 13 @ McClure MS June 14 @ McClure MS July 9 @ McClure MS July 10 @ McClure MS July 11 @ McClure MS July 12 @ McClure MS Register here: (Note: If you teach multiple grade levels, just choose one session to attend)
Summer just got scintillating! Several sessions of an advanced / facilitator workshop on “3-D Science in the Schoolyard” will be offered in locations across Georgia. These three-day workshops and one-day fall and spring follow-up sessions are designed for science content specialists, curriculum developers, STEM coordinators, RESA staff, and outstanding science teachers with prior training and experience in “3-Dimensional Science” who are interested in re-delivering this professional learning to teachers in their areas.
By the end of the workshop, participants will have tools, resources, strategies and supplies to conduct professional learning workshops that increase teacher capacity to use nature as a context for phenomenon-based learning, including observation, asking questions, conducting investigations that integrate crosscutting concepts with science and engineering practices to make sense of core ideas, constructing evidence-based explanations, and implementing projects to solve related, real-world environmental problems. Applicants who are selected to attend will receive a scholarship for workshop registration, lunches, lodging and evening meals (if more than 40 miles from home), as well as access to lesson frameworks and ecoSTEM kits, mini-grants for implementation of student-led projects, a distance learning course to use with individual teachers or professional learning communities, tools for facilitating project-based learning, and assessment instruments. The application process opens May 8, 2018. Space is limited. Register here: https://www.captainplanetfoundation.org/pl-workshop-3-d-science-in-the-schoolyard/ Congratulations to the following Cobb students who won awards at the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair (GSEF) March 23rd-24th.
Senior Division Manav Shah (Wheeler High School) Place: 3rd Honors Project: The Effect of Neem on Nosocomial Infection Causing Microorganisms Special Award: Tellus' Future Science Stars Award- Alternate Daniel Chu (Kennesaw Mountain High School) Project: Pattern Recognition of Electronic Noses in Detecting Funguses Special Award: Tellus' Future Science Stars Award- Alternate Carrington Parks (Kennesaw Mountain HS) Project: Can You Tweet Me Now? Using Household Materials to Block Wi-Fi Special Award: The SJS Management "Busy Bee" Award- Senior Division Junior Division Stephen Litt (Lovinggood Middle School) Project: Can EGCG Identify and Eliminate Cancerous Tumors in Planarians? Place: 2nd Honors Special Awards: Georgia Microscopical Society Lucy B. McCrone Student Science Award, Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Student Choice- Best Overall Junior Project Laetika Kokil and Alice Belden (McClure Middle School) Project: The Effect of Music and Gum on Memory Games Place: 2nd Honors Special Awards: American Psychological Association Award, NABT Biology and Life Science Project Award- Junior Division Hannah Huff (Lovinggood Middle School) Project: Do Fluids with Higher Viscosity Reduce Noise More Efficiently? Place: 3rd Honors MacKenzie Bryant (Mabry Middle School) Project: Rotten Teeth Place: 4th Honors Olivia Reed (Mabry Middle School) Project: Color Effect on Memory Place: 4th Honors The State Middle School Science Olympiad Tournament has changed locations from South Cobb High School to Hillgrove High School. The address for Hillgrove is 4165 Luther Ward Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127
The Georgia Tech Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing’s (CEISMC) GIFT Program - in collaboration with universities and businesses across the state - offers Georgia K-12 Science, Math, and Technology Teachers paid 4-7 week internships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
When: Summer Months, Annually (June – July) Where: Internships available throughout Georgia. Sample sites include Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, Georgia Power Plants, JCB Inc., Siemens, UPS and numerous other companies, research agencies, and universities. Internship Benefits:
To learn more and apply for GIFT, visit ceismc.gatech.edu/gift The Dodgen Science Olympiad Invitational scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, January 20th, has been cancelled due to continuing ice on the roads but will still take place virtually. If you do not receive information from Kathy Jacobson by this afternoon, please email her at pkjacobson@earthlink.net.
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