Transcript Yale –West Haven Partnership

YALE –WEST HAVEN PARTNERSHIP
PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS
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Michael Morand
 Associate Vice President of New Haven and State Affairs
Claudia Merson
 Director of Public School Partnerships
David Heiser
 Head of Education and Outreach Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History
Tom Parlapiano
 West Campus Education Coordinator
West Haven Public School visits to the Yale Peabody Museum Community Education Center at West Campus from September 2010 through
February 2011
Attendance
School
Date
WHHS
September
2010
Pagels
School
October
2010
Seth Haley
School
Grade
Program
Teacher/Con
Description # Programs tact
K-6
MS
9
Project
SEARCH
Dickson/Mc
2 Devitt
K
Fall Nature
Walk
Shaw/Staple
4 ton
71
October
2010
4
Fall Nature
Walk
1 Cooper
22
Seth Haley
School
October
2010
1
Fall Nature
Walk
2 Paolino, etal
42
Mackrille
School
October
2010
4
Fall Nature
Walk
4 Tracy, etal.
83
Mackrille
School
November
2010
1
Fall Nature
Walk
Memmott,
2 etal.
39
Seth Haley
School
November
2010
4
Introduction
to Raptors
3 Cooper, etal.
62
Seth Haley
School
November
2010
1
Fall Nature
Walk
McDermott/
2 DeStefano
43
Mackrille
School
January
2011
3
Introduction
to Geology
2 Gissel, etal.
35
Forest
School
February
2011
3
Introduction
to Geology
2 Butler, etal.
34
24
HS
Total
47
431
0
47
478 Total
West Haven Public School visits to Yale Peabody Museum in March 2011
School
Washington
School
Washington
School
Date
Grade
Program
# Programs
Attendance
10-Mar-11
2
Dinosaurs
2
50
11-Mar-11
2
Dinosaurs
2
50
Seth Haley School
14-Mar-11
2
Connecticut Wildlife
2
50
Seth Haley School
15-Mar-11
2
Connecticut Wildlife
2
50
Carrigan School
21-Mar-11
6
Rocks and Minerals
4
100
Forest School
22-Mar-11
2
Connecticut Wildlife
2
50
Carrigan School
23-Mar-11
6
Rocks and Minerals
4
100
Forest School
23-Mar-11
2
Connecticut Wildlife
2
50
Carrigan School
Forest School
24-Mar-11
25-Mar-11
6
Rocks and Minerals
self guide
4
100
50
Carrigan School
29-Mar-11
6
Rocks and Minerals
4
100
Carrigan School
CARRIGAN
SCHOOL
30-Mar-11
6
Rocks and Minerals
4
100
500
January
5
Color light
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
 PEABODY
 WEST
MUSEUM
CAMPUS
1350
478
TOTAL 1826
K-12 PROGRAMS
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All science teachers receive a free Peabody Museum
membership.
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Free guided tours at the Peabody Museum for all students K-12
are provided every year.
2010-11 GRADES 9-12
 Community
service hours for students to work at West
Campus on removing non native species of plants
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After school Evolution ProgramA total of eight students participated in the college
field trip to Washington D.C.
Jaylah Evans
Jessica Kuchta
Kaussar Rahman
Momal Sumra
Selena DeLeon
Tanaya Howard
Fiton Imerukaj
Sebastian Moraga
CONTINUATION
A junior will have the opportunity to work in a
physics laboratory over the summer
 Summer internship opportunity for students who
participated in the Evolution Program
 Program for seniors at West Campus
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 Help
with the elementary programs
PROJECT
SEARCH
High school biology students analyze the water quality
and ecology of the Oyster River at the West Campus
site. (Annual event)
7-8
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Girls' Science Investigations (grades 6-8)
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Saturday program for a total of 4-5 sessions at no cost to
students.
Science Saturdays (grades 7 and above).
5-6
Grade 5
 All
students participated in the Color and Light
Institute at Yale Peabody and will do it again next
year. Trip was organized by the grade five teachers
together with the help of the science facilitator
Jeanne Vauiso.
Grade 6
 Geology
Program at Peabody
 Grade 6 teachers attended a 1 day Geosciences
Institute at the Peabody Museum on 3/31.
ELEMENTARY COLLEGE VISIT
All grade 5 students have been attending a half day college visit to
the Yale Campus. The event takes place every year in June, so far
2,000 students have visited.
YALE COLLEGE VISIT
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Tour of the campus
Video
Lunch on the campus
grounds
# Of students
Cluster
CONTACT
PERSON
5/31
H
Don Funaro
100
6/1
I
Jason
Heffernan
100
6/3
G
Elisa Rice
98
6/6
F
Alicia
Limosani
99
6/7
J
Donna Pitts
Date
100
K-4
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Wetlands program for the spring session for grade 4
Most of grade 3 students participated in the Rocks and Minerals
Institute this year. We will have all grade 3 students participate
next year. Science facilitators will work with Tom Parlapiano on the
planning and schedule.
Tom Parlapiano will work with grades 1-2 visiting students on their
next unit of studies on plants.
Tom Parlapiano will continue to work with K-2 students on the
nature walk program in the spring
SUMMER INSTITUTES
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Geoscience Institute
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Participating teachers will receive:
• FREE 3-day summer institute, field trip and curriculum guide
• 2.0 CEUs
• $200 stipend available after teaching and assessing the
complete module
• Funds to cover transportation for one field trip for one class
during the school year
• Free class visit to the Yale Peabody Museum
• Free Yale Peabody Museum Family membership
SUMMER INSTITUTES
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NASA Institute
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Participating teachers will receive:
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FREE 3-day summer institute, including morning coffee and
lunch
Set of standards-based classroom activities with
accompanying Solar Science kit
200 stipend after teaching and assessing the complete set of
activities in your classroom
Free admission AND funds to cover bus transportation for
two field trips during the school year
2.0 CEUs from Yale University
CONTINUATION
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Free Peabody Museum Family Membership
Learn innovative ways to teach Connecticut’s 5th grade
science standards
Learn how to use NASA data in the classroom
Preview cool planetarium shows about the sun and sunlight
Gain practical, hands-on experience with the Leitner Family
Observatory’s telescopes
Receive support from Museum and Planetarium educators
Two teachers will be selected