GOOD NEWS! We've received a limited number of tuition waivers for the 4 ASU graduate courses offered during the 1st SUMMER SESSION (3 weeks: June 11-29.) We can provide FREE dorm housing, too, for needy and dedicated teachers. Please reply to me if you're interested in free tuition and free housing. All you'd need to pay are meals, travel, and books. Ask your school to match our support with Eisenhower or other funds (maybe Title VI - gifted and talented?). Tell them that this is ideal professional development! The 4 ASU courses and instructors are (you can take 1 course): * PHS 530: Methods of Physics Teaching I. Line # 68379 (Modeling Workshop in mechanics. 8-3 daily. Prerequisite 1 semester of physics. For physical science, math, and chemistry teachers too.) Excellent peer leaders: Jeff Hengesbach and Sean McKeever. * PHS 531: Methods of Physics Teaching II. Line #62514 (Modeling Workshop/2nd semester content. 8-3 daily) Excellent peer leaders: Presidential Awardee Larry Dukerich, with 5 expert modelers (Don Yost, Rex Rice, Mark Schober, David Braunschweig, and Charlie Toft) who will be refining curriculum materials. * PHS 540: Integrated Physics & Chemistry. Line #62400 (1-4 PM daily. Otto Sankey, Andrew Chizmeshya) Kristen Guyser, Earl Legleiter, Stan Hutto, David Boyer, Patrick Daisley, Consuelo Rogers, David Hill, Mark Barner, Lynette Burdick, and Dawn Harman are among the modelers who will participate. David Hestenes said, "The purpose of the course is to stimulate true integration of physics and chemistry in high school. The course is appropriate for chemistry teachers as well as physics teachers. An innovative design for this course has emerged from a study group of faculty and teachers. However, there remain some knotty problems about modeling molecular bonding that challenge the faculty and intrigue the teachers." (Consider enrolling as a team with a chemistry teacher from your school.) * PHS 570: Spacetime Physics. Line #58376 (10-1 daily. Richard Jacob) Gregg Swackhamer, 2 QuarkNet teachers, and Kelli Gamez Warble are among those who will participate. Richard Jacob is one of the 2 BEST instructors who I had when I was a student at ASU (the other one was - guess who - David Hestenes!). This course is project-centered. It has a strong connection with elementary particle physics and hence with new high school research programs such as QuarkNet and CROP. Jane Jackson, Co-Director, Modeling Instruction Program Box 871504, Dept.of Physics & Astronomy,ASU,Tempe,AZ 85287 480-965-8438/fax:965-7331 <http://modeling.asu.edu> -- This is the ISTA-talk mailing list. To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://www.ista-il.org/ista-talk.asp> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/ista-talk@lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>
