VESTED Academy - Villanova University - Student Opportunity

STEM - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, and COMPUTER SCIENCE:

Application deadline for Villanova University's VESTED Academy is November 8, 2010.

· The Villanova Engineering, Science, and Technology Enrichment and Development (VESTED) Academy is an intensive eight weekend long introduction to engineering experience for high school students entering grades 9th-12th.

· It is free.

· The VESTED program is modeled in such a way that students will gain maximum exposure to the exciting field of engineering

· The VESTED Academy is held on the campus of Villanova University in the College of Engineering which allows students immediate access to engineering laboratories and state of the art technological equipment. The program is held on selected Saturdays from January through April and will run from 9am to 2:00 pm. Lunch will be provided for all students and transportation will be available from designated pick-up locations within Philadelphia.

· Interested students need to speak with Mr. Bujak, room 106.

--Mr. Bujak

STEM Club Meeting - Thurs, Feb 18 at 3:45

Please attend the STEM Club (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) meeting on Thursday, February 18, at 3:45 in Room 205, Mr. Bujak's room to discuss upcoming events and activities.

STUDENT: ITEST-Nano Summer Workshop

ITEST-Nano 2009 Cohort
August 10-14, 2009
for Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) teachers

UPenn Graduate School of Education (GSE) and the School District of Philadelphia (SDP)

GSE announcement & information.

Deadline is May 31.

NOTE: Teachers develop the ITEST-Nano program July 27-August 14 and students are invited to participate in ITEST-Nano program as case study students of the developed curriculum during the last week, August 10-14.

article:
CEOs: Time to address 'education gap'
Shortage of STEM graduates hurts U.S. competitiveness, executives say
From eSchool News staff and wire service reports, Sept 25, 2008

--Mr. Bujak

STUDENT: DESIGNCAMP

DESIGN CAMP "we build cool stuff"
UMass Lowell

multiple classes, various grade levels

--Mr. Bujak

TEACHER: The Philadelphia Math and Science Coalition Forum

Dear Math and Science Teachers:

The Philadelphia Math and Science Coalition invites you to participate in a forum for Philadelphia math and science teachers to be held at the United Way Building on May 7, 2009 from 4:30-6:00 PM. Dinner will be provided. The Coalition has been working on issues of importance to you and we need your feedback. Please see the attached summary for more information.

At this forum we are looking forward to reviewing with you ideas and proposals developed by the Coalition and soliciting your feedback. Over time, we are eager to work with you to continue to develop initiatives that will be helpful to you in your teaching and professional growth.

We very much need to hear from you about issues of math and science instruction, and we very much hope you will join us on May 7. We expect this forum to meet on a continuing basis. We will host these forums for math and science teachers several times a year.

The forum will be held in Lobby 2 and 3 conference rooms on the first floor of the United Way Building located at 7 Benjamin Franklin Parkway (between 17th and 18th Streets).

Please RSVP to Don McKinney at dmckinney@philaedfund.org by May 1.


Don McKinney
Program Coordinator
Philadelphia Math & Science Coalition
Philadelphia Education Fund
610-745-8860

--Mr. Bujak

TEACHER: ITEST-Nano Summer Workshop

ITEST-Nano 2009 Cohort
July 27 – August 14, 2009
for Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) teachers

UPenn Graduate School of Education (GSE) and the School District of Philadelphia (SDP)

GSE announcement & information.

$1500 stipend, Act 48 credits.

Deadline is May 31.

NOTE: Teachers develop the ITEST-Nano program July 27-August 14 and students are invited to participate in ITEST-Nano program as case study students of the developed curriculum during the last week, August 10-14.

article:
CEOs: Time to address 'education gap'
Shortage of STEM graduates hurts U.S. competitiveness, executives say
From eSchool News staff and wire service reports, Sept 25, 2008

--Mr. Bujak

TEACHER: ACTIVATE 2009

ACTIVATE at the
CMU School of Computer Science, Pittsburgh
free, residential,
three separate back-to-back 4-day independent sessions
$200 stipend for each workshop

• July 6- 9: Computing with Alice - also see Alice
• July 10-13: Computational Thinking
• July 14-17: Java Programming for Math & Science
  

See also: CMU News Release - May 6, 2009

Photos/videos will be available during/after the sessions.

I will be at the Computational Thinking and Java Programming sessions. -- Mr. Bujak

Mr. Bujak's photos/videos

--Mr. Bujak

TEACHER: STEM Academy for Educators

STEM Academy for Educators
August 5-6, 2009
IU13, Mannheim Township High School, Lancaster, PA
12 Act 48 Credits
1 LVC graduate credit option

Teachers, Educators, College Students

1. Flyer
2. More information:

• www.iu13.org/inst_science.shtml
• www.iu13.org/inst_math.shtml

article:
CEOs: Time to address 'education gap'
Shortage of STEM graduates hurts U.S. competitiveness, executives say
From eSchool News staff and wire service reports, Sept 25, 2008

--Mr. Bujak

March 13 PSSA Math Boot Camp Winner

Our March 13, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem winner is Jolesha Cruickshank. This geometry and algebra problem involved using algebra with properties of a parallelogram. Answer is B.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.
• Jolesha Cruickshank's solution.
  
• Jolesha Cruickshank won a free dress down day.

--Mr. Bujak

March 12 PSSA Math Boot Camp Winner

Our March 12, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem winner is Tishell Wessells. This geometry problem involved relating a rectangle's perimeter and area with algebraic constructs. Answer is C.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.
• Tishell Wessells' solution.
  
• Tishell Wessells won a free lunch.

--Mr. Bujak

March 10 PSSA Math Boot Camp Winner

Our March 10, 2009 PSSA math challenge (algebra) problem involved exponents. Possible strategies involved subtitution, using logarithms, or "solving" technology (graphing calculator or computer software such as Mathematica). Answer is D.

• The problem.
• The problem and solutions.
• The problem and solutions (utlizing Mathematica software).

--Mr. Bujak

March 9 PSSA Math Boot Camp Winner

Our March 9, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem winner is Tyler Linder. This geometry problem involved properties of a midpoint. Answer is C.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.
• Tyler Linder's solution.
  
• Tyler Linder won 10 points on his math test of choice.

--Mr. Bujak

March 6 PSSA Math Boot Camp Winner

Our March 6, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem winner is Nadine Redic. This geometry problem involved finding the lines of symmetry (reflective symmetry) on a regular pentagon. "Regular" means all sides are the same. "Pentagon" means a 5-sided polygon. Answer is D.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.

--Mr. Bujak

March 5 PSSA Math Boot Camp Winner

Our March 5, 2009 PSSA math challenge (algebra) problem involved extrapolating a data point from a table of data values given that the fact that the data is inversely related. Answer is D.

• The problem.
• The problem and solutions.
• The problem and solutions (utlizing Mathematica software).

--Mr. Bujak

March 4 PSSA Math Boot Camp Winner

Our March 4, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem winner is Nadine Redic. This geometry problem involved finding the length of the body (or space) diagonal of a rectangular prism. Note that this is the Pythagorean Theorem in 3 dimensions. Answer is D.

• The problem.
• The problem and some solutions.
• Nadine Redic's solution.
• Nadine Redic won a free lunch.

--Mr. Bujak

March 3 PSSA Math Boot Camp Winner

Our March 3, 2009 PSSA math challenge (algebra) problem involved selecting the system of inequalities that matched the given graph. Answer is B.

• The problem.
• The problem and some solutions.

--Mr. Bujak

March 14 - Pi Day

Celebrate Pi Day!






--Mr. Bujak

February 27 PSSA Math Boot Camp Winner

Our February 27, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem winner is Ernest McCollum. This geometry problem asked for the area of the circle given the circumference of the circle. Answer is B.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.
• Ernest McCollum's solution.
• Ernest McCollum won 10 points on his math test of choice.

--Mr. Bujak

February 26 PSSA Math Boot Camp Winner

Our February 26, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem winner is Salah Bey. This algebra problem involved the evaluating a function at a particular value. Answer is B.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.
• The problem and solution using Mathematica software.
• Salah Bey's solution.
• Salah Bey won free 10 points on his math test of choice.

--Mr. Bujak

February 25 PSSA Math Boot Camp Winner

Our February 25, 2009 PSSA math challenge (data analysis) problem involved understanding the how the mean, median, mode, and range, are affected when all the data values are incremented by a value. Answer is D.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.

--Mr. Bujak