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Wednesday, June 15,1988/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local A&M helping teachers better science classes By Lisa Williams Reporter Rural elementary school teachers are going to class to learn how to en hance science classes and make them more exciting for their students as part of a science improvement pro ject at Texas A&M. Linda Descano Nelson, grant and funds coordinator for the A&M Center for Mathematics and Science Education, said the state-funded program was created in response to school administrators, teachers and University educators who felt new science education programs were not being extended to the rural school districts. Since June 6, about 32 teachers from four surrounding counties have been attending the two-week workshop on campus to learn “hands on” teaching methods as part of the Rural Elementary Science Im provement Project. The objective is to make lessons fun for students while keeping costs down. The RESIP workshops are just tne stage of a five-month demon stration project devised by the center to develop innovative strategies and creative ideas that increase student interest and knowledge in science. Faculty from A&M’s colleges of edu cation and science will conduct the program. “The teachers’ workshop focuses not only on content knowledge in life and earth sciences, but also in troduces new ways to apply these concepts in the classroom,” Nelson said. “The ‘hands on’ technique is de signed to be more interesting and easier to learn than the alternative, which is plain, rote memorization,” she said. “The activities are innova tive, fun, easy to set up and easy for the children to use, yet they get the information across. “For instance, take the concept of buoyancy. By dropping some raisins into a neutral-colored soda, a tea cher can actually show the kids about buoyancy. It doesn’t cost a lot of money, it doesn’t require special equipment, and yet each child can actually experiment with it. We call these ‘low cost, no cost’ activities.” our baseil irnia hastq some of ( dents. id beaches the Carolk iera in Mis he childrec hat in Flon itors? And! r these 4 )py dogs i 1’hey da' able up ml daddy i| take vacaffi obble up It 1 he following incidents were reported to the University Police Department from June 3 through Monday: MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • Ten bicycles were reported stolen from various locations around campus. • A student reported that someone stole her Visa card from her purse and charged several items in the College Station area. • A wall telephone was re ported stolen from the Engi-' neering and Physics Building. BURGLARY: • Police received a report that someone stole a 12-volt battery, a gas-powered hand blower and a small saber saw from the Veteri nary Medicine School’s feed and storage area. BURGLARY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE: • A student reported that someone stole her 35mm camera from her vehicle while it was parked on campus. • A student reported that someone siphoned several gallons of gasoline from his vehicle, which was parked on campus. FORGERY: • A student told police that two hot checks in his name were written at the MSC Main Desk by someone else. MINOR IN POSSESSION: • After stopping a vehicle for speeding, an officer determined that the driver and passenger had been drinking. An empty beer can and a partially full can of beer were found in the car. CRIMINAL TRESPASS: • An officer responding to a steam tunnel alarm found three students and two teen-age girls in the area just outside the MSC tunnel entrance. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • Someone detached a section of fence around the golf cart compound and drove a cart onto the 14th and 15th greens. The greens were damaged by “do nuts” made by the cart’s wheels. DISORDERLY CONDUCT: • A student reported that someone waved a knife at her from a car while she was at the east gate of campus. FALSE IDENTIFICATION AS A POLICE OFFICER: After receiving a report of a vehicle chasing another vehicle across campus, an officer con tacted one of the drivers, who had reportedly flashed a badge at the other driver. Karlyn Hulse, an Allen Academy fourth grade instructor who is par ticipating in RESIP, said that this ‘hands on’ method will make science come alive for her classes. “The new science lessons include group projects and lots of experi ments,” Hulse said. “The kids are not only going to like what they’re learning, but they’ll also learn to co operate better in solving problems. I’ve got some ideas that I know my kids are going to enjoy a lot more than the books.” Nelson said to encourage use of the new lessons, material kits with about 15 science activities are assem bled during the workshop. Teachers also learn to develop thinking skills, to identify resources, to evaluate stu dent progress and to effectively manage their science programs, she said. Hulse said, “Participation in the project has been a lot of fun and it’s been a real learning experience for me.” We’ve gotten first hand instruc tion from a meteorologist, a chemist and a physicist. Their information has added a great deal to my science knowledge,” she said. But teachers are not the only fo cus of RESIP’s plan for im provement. Nelson said RESIP’s program be gan in early May by recognizing school principals’ roles with a two- day leadership workshop concen trating on their importance in estab lishing, monitoring and supporting good science programs. “Without the principals’ approval, new projects can’t be executed,” she said, “so the workshop concentrated on voicing teacher problems with students and with resources, as well as encouraging the new programs. “The principals reacted so enthu siastically to tbe project that wtPre- ceived over 60 applications for the teachers summer workshop. An other incentive for participation is American Association of Teachers credit or three hours graduate credit from A&M,” she said. Another thrust of RESIP involves using community members as sci ence resources. “We explore businesses within the schools’ communities and then we help the schools find guest speakers and set. up science fairs, tours and field trips,” Nelson said. 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