2012 Noyce Conference Program - The Robert Noyce Scholarship ...

SCHOLAR/FELLOW POSTER ABSTRACTSS/F1Title: Amongst The STARRs: The Collective Experience of ASU'sSTARR Noyce ScholarsPresenter(s): Zachary Kovach, Current Noyce ScholarEmail: zachary.kovach@asu.eduInstitution: Arizona State UniversityProject Discipline: PhysicsURLs: www.education.asu.edu/Noyce /Facebook: ASU STARRNoyceWe are three undergraduate students in the Mary Lou FultonTeachers College at Arizona State University (ASU) with diversebackgrounds and experience. Amanda Davis studies SecondaryEducation with emphasis on Earth and Space Sciences, ZacharyKovach studies Secondary Education with emphasis on Physics,and Olivia Baser studies Secondary Education with emphasis onChemistry. Our poster will describe our collective experiences asASU STARR Noyce Scholars, how the program has benefited us,and our hopes for the future.S/F2Title: Teaching Special Relativity to High School StudentsPresenter(s): Bernard David, Current Noyce ScholarEmail: david3bg@gmail.comInstitution: Boston College: Lynch School of EducationSchool Name & District Currently Teaching: Student teaching inBoston Public SchoolsProject Discipline: Physics/EngineeringThis poster will present a detailed plan, including materials, forteaching Special Relativity to high school students.S/F3Title: Teaching Science to English Language LearnersPresenter(s): Alison Crocker, Current Noyce ScholarEmail: alicrock@gmail.comInstitution: Boston College: Lynch School of EducationSchool Name & District Currently Teaching: Student Teacher:Quincy High SchoolProject Discipline: BiologyTwo 16 year‐old English Language Learners (ELLs), one a recentimmigrant with limited English proficiency and one with almostno verbal skills in English, were interviewed to determine barriersto science understanding that each experienced. Both weremainstreamed for science instruction. Results indicated that theState of Massachusetts mainstreams ELLs too soon and thatteachers must possess strategies for teaching bilingual learnersto assure a modicum of success.S/F4Title: Earthquakes are Everywhere!Presenter(s): Laura Dougherty, Current Noyce ScholarEmail: lbdough@gmail.comInstitution: Boston College: Lynch School of EducationSchool Name & District Currently Teaching: Quincy High SchoolProject Discipline: GeosciencesStudents may be unaware that many shallow, small to moderateearthquakes occur throughout the Northeastern U.S. and SoutheasternCanada; however, their focal depth is frequently unknownbecause the seismic networks are sparsely distributedstations, increasing the difficulty of accurately determining thedepth of local earthquakes using the arrival times of P waves andS waves. It is important for students to understand what anearthquake is, what causes an earthquake to occur and whathazards they pose to the populations they impact. Through variousactivities, such as modeling a scale size of the Earth, findingearthquake activity on seismograms and researching the activitiesand dangers of a specific earthquake, students gain knowledgeof earthquakes and which regions are the most and leasthazardous (including where we live).S/F5Title: Linguistic Self EsteemPresenter(s): Michael Lavelle, Current Noyce ScholarEmail: michael.c.lavelle@gmail.comInstitution: Boston College: Lynch School of EducationSchool Name & District Currently Teaching: Student Teaching:Brighton High School, Boston Public SchoolProject Discipline: Linguistic Self‐EsteemThis research compares the linguistic self‐esteem of a selectedgroup of elementary school children who attend an after schoolprogram with their overall self‐esteem. One‐to‐one examinationsof linguistic and overall self‐esteem were administered.Results indicate no correlation, suggesting a unique dimension ofself‐esteem correlated with the value a student places on his/her L1 (first language).S/F6Title: Noyce Scholar, Biology Teacher, and Science ResearcherPresenter(s): Michaela Brant, Current Noyce ScholarEmail: michaelabrant22@gmail.comInstitution: California Polytechnic State UniversitySchool Name & District Currently Teaching: Atascadero HighSchool in Atascadero Unified School DistrictProject Discipline: Education, Biology, STEM (student teaching)My status as a Noyce Scholar has enabled me to take advantageof two powerful research opportunities for pre‐service teachers:the STEM Teacher and Researcher (STAR) Program and Space‐2012 NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program ConferenceA72