Summary
of Projects Funded For Grades 7 - 12
2000
| 1999 | 1998
| 1997 | 1996
• December
1997
Masuk High School (Monroe,
CT)
Grant Date: December 15, 1997
$5,000 for 700 chemistry and biology students to monitor the energy
released by food as it burns, to study the effect of temperature
on fermentation, determine the heat of fusion of water, and measure
total dissolved solids of fresh water using the calculator based
lab system.
November
1997
Swan Valley School District
(Saginaw, MI)
Grant Date: November 20, 1997
$2,620 for 180 Physical Science students to study atomic structure
focusing on the electron, conduction, static electricity, electric
generation (mechanical and chemical), flow, current, amps, ohms,
voltage, watts, resistance and magnetic fields. As part of their
lab exercises, students will analyze the fundamental electric
charges and their behavior by constructing and explaining simple
circuits using wire and a power source.
• October
1997
Grant Middle School (Reedley,
CA)
Grant Date: October 15, 1997
$4,260 for 700 students to increase their understanding of life
sciences by studying cell structure and function using simple
and compound microscopes and a flexcam.
Hermantown High School (Hermantown, MN)
Grant Date: October 15, 1997
$3,860 for 180 students to conduct experiments in biotechnology
that include the separation of DNA material from a living cell,
gel electrophoresis on dyes and DNA, and the transformation of
plasmids into bacteria.
Chazy Central Rural School (Chazy, NY)
Grant Date: October 15, 1997
$1,640 for 50 students to measure pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature,
nitrate and phosphate concentration, and the turbidity of plots
along their school pond.
September
1997
Hudson Valley Children's
Museum (Nyack, NY)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$12,000 for 1150 students to develop an understanding of motion,
momentum, kinetic and potential energy, gravity and force using
a kinetic ball machine that will travel to over fifty schools.
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Houston, TX)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$22,600 for 700 students at six high schools to participate in
hands-on, student-centered investigations of motion and light,
heart rate, pH, voltage and temperature using calculator-based
laboratories.
Holmes Middle School (Alexandria, VA)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$17,200 for over three hundred seventh grade students to study
marine ecology by maintaining aquariums in the life science laboratory
and conducting field research in Chesapeake Bay; three hundred
eighth grade students will apply concepts of force, work and energy
at Math and Science Day at a local theme park.
Arroyo High School (El Monte, CA)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$12,800 for 400 students to study the life cycle of trout, including
interrelation with aquatic insects and the quality of their local
watershed, in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and the
California Department of Fish and Game.
Discovery Science Center (Santa Ana, CA) Grant Date: September
15, 1997
$11,550 for 2,500 students to investigate biomechanical principals
using construction kits, diagrams and articulated sections of
bone; they will explore earthquakes by investigating the oscillation
of buildings and the frequency of seismic waves using seismically
sound structures of styrofoam and wooden models that they design
and construct.
Aldine High School (Houston, TX)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$10,850 for 300 students to learn concepts from chemistry, physics
and mathematics by investigating superconductivity with technical
support from a local university and world renown researcher in
the field.
Prairie Wind Middle School (Perham, MN)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$10,050 for 175 students to study wolf ecology using wildlife
tracking methods (radio telemetry, triangulation, navigation and
howling), data manipulation and analysis in association with wildlife
biologists working in the field.
Cunningham Intermediate School 234 (Brooklyn, NY)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$9,200 for 330 students to explore concepts of earth science by
conducting a number of laboratory experiments that utilize everyday
materials and the school's proximity to the ocean.
Aquarium for Wildlife Conservation (Brooklyn, NY)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$9,000 for 525 students to study taxonomy, zoology, water chemistry,
ecology and marine invertebrate biology by conducting in-class
experiments in preparation for testing and application at a local
wildlife center and living laboratory.
Rachel Carson Intermediate School 237 (Flushing, NY)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$8,600 for 150 students to survey and analyze habitats such as
ponds, woods and grasslands at a local state park using science
test kits; results will be applied to plan, create and propagate
an outdoor classroom garden.
Mayo High School (Rochester, MN)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$8,100 for 200 students to access the quality of a local river
by conducting chemical and macroinvertebrate tests in conjunction
with state agencies, independent environmental groups and the
community at large.
Dowling High School (West Des Moines, IA)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$7,750 for 150 students to explore intuitive, interactive physics
programs that enable them to control and get immediate feedback
as they manipulate physical variables, translate equations into
visual physical situations, and perform remote experiments outside
the lab.
University of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL)
Grant Date: September 15, 1997
$5,600 for 50 senior high school students to study the elements
of robotics_mathematics, engineering, physics, and computer science_by
designing and building mobile, semi-autonomous robots for a robotics
competition sponsored by the university and local businesses.
• August
1997
National Science Teacher's
Association (Arlington, VA)
Grant Date: July 21, 1997
$50,000 to enable 48 regional teams to participate in the Exploravision
Awards program in which teams of young people project and communicate
their vision of a current technology twenty years into the future.
Central Senior High School (Cape Girardeau, MO)
Grant Date: August 6, 1997
$5,000 for 100 students to gain training and expertise performing
genetic biotechnology experiments and exploring the current societal
dilemmas arising from recent breakthroughs in the field.
Ben Lomond High School (Ogden, UT)
Grant Date: August 6, 1997
$2,670 for 150 students to work in teams conducting a field study
of a local river, graphing the invertebrate populations, determining
biotic index for the river, and comparing the chemical analysis
of the river with a chemical analysis of school drinking water.
Lewiston-Porter Central School (Youngstown, NY)
Grant Date: August 6, 1997
$5,000 for 920 students to study the dynamics of weather fronts,
the jet stream and atmospheric processes, applying common themes
that connect math, science and technology by operating their own
weather station.
The Madonna School (Omaha, NE)
Grant Date: August 6, 1997
$700 for 55 students with learning disabilities to engage in a
math program that uses community resources to teach math concepts
and apply them to daily living situations.
Christ the King Regional School (Haddonfield, NJ)
Grant Date: August 6, 1997
$2,100 for 62 students to investigate human anatomy in laboratory
sessions, small group activities, 3-D demonstrations, and a science
fair that provide numerous hands-on activities.
Hamden High School (Hamden, CT)
Grant Date: August 6, 1997
$5,000 for 100 students to use algebra to analyze data and assist
in daily problem solving by manipulating number tiles, equation
scales, algebra kits and incorporating graphing calculators to
reinforce traditional activities.
• May
1997
North Union High School
(Richwood, OH)
Grant Date: May 8, 1997
Project Dates: June 1, 1997 - June 1, 1998
$1,600 to enable 15 Calculus students to focus on function properties
and behavior, completing uniform assignments in a cohesive learning
environment with students having access to the same type of graphing
calculator and overhead adapter.
Ramona Convent Secondary School (Alhambra, CA)
Grant Date: May 9, 1997
Project Dates: June 1, 1997 - June 1, 1998
$1,800 for 115 young women to conduct 22 AP Chemistry laboratory
experiments that will include: analyzing an alloy of silver to
determine its silver content, finding the ratio of moles of reactants
in a chemical reaction, and determining molecular mass by freezing
point depression.
Thomas J. Quirk Middle School (Hartford, CT)
Grant Date: May 9, 1997
Project Dates: June 1, 1997 - June 1, 1998
$4,800 for a hands-on project that will enable 1,300 seventh and
eighth grade students to develop their understanding and application
of technological processes and systems and their mathematical
and scientific concepts (motion, energy, work, power, electricity)
using LEGO Dacta simple machines.
James Martin High School (Arlington, TX)
Grant Date: May 9, 1997
Project Dates: June 1, 1997 - June 1, 1998
$4,500 for an integrated study of the basic chemical aspects of
biomolecules within living systems that will enhance the knowledge
and relevance of biochemistry for 300 biology students who will
design and construct interactive 3-D models of plasma membranes
and biomolecules found in living systems.
Linden Avenue Middle School (Red Hook, NY)
Grant Date: May 12, 1997
Project Dates: June 1, 1997 - June 1, 1998
$4,000 for an interdisciplinary project for 500 middle school
students who will improve mathematics and science problem solving
skills utilizing a weather station to monitor temperature, pressure,
humidity, wind, and precipitation as part of their earth and life
science curriculum.
Lake Lehman School District (Lehman, PA)
Grant Date: May 14, 1997
Project Dates: June 1, 1997 - June 1, 1998
$1,600 for 80 Precalculus students who will explore new areas
of mathematics independently and cooperatively, gaining insight
into trigonometric functions and the critical points of polynomials
using graphing calculators with overhead projection capability.
Whitesboro High School (Marcy, NY)
Grant Date: May 19, 1997
Project Dates: June 1, 1997 - June 1, 1998
$3,450 for 250 chemistry students who will create and manipulate
sophisticated and accurately calculated images of orbitals and
electron densities for atoms and molecules during the process
of chemical reaction using a supercomputer accessed by the internet.
• April
1997
Oakcrest High School (Mays
Landing, NJ)
Grant Date: April 11, 1997
Project Date: May 1, 1997 - May 1, 1998
$1,600 for 150 students to integrate graphing technology into
Algebra II lessons: lines of regression, linear inequalities,
quadratic functions, hyperbolas and trigonometric functions.
Corona Del Mar High School (Newport Beach, CA)
Grant Date: April 11, 1997
Project Date: May 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$5,000 to enable 400 middle and high school students to learn
microbiological concepts through hands-on experiments with DNA
mapping, genetic engineering, gene splicing, and DNA fingerprinting
using state of the art biotechnology equipment.
Fannin County Comprehensive High School (Blue Ridge, GA) Grant
Date: April 11, 1997 Project Date: May 1, 1997 - May 1, 1998
$1,550 for 55 Algebra and Calculus students to integrate research,
computational skills, and presentation strategies in real world
settings, such as exploring the differences between simple and
compound interest, and studying finance, including amortization
and compound interest.
Aquinas High School (Bronx, NY)
Grant Date: April 11, 1997
Project Date: May 1, 1997 - May 1, 1998
$1,530 for 17 Integrated Math III students to solve equations
graphically and to support solutions they find analytically using
graphing calculators in the function and parametric modes.
McCall Middle School (Winchester, MA)
Grant Date: April 11, 1997
Project Date: May 1, 1997 - December 15, 1997
$2,000 to enable 100 seventh grade science students to gather
evidence linking the relationship between the pollution of Boston
Harbor and the surrounding communities' water and sewage system;
they will conduct experiments in a twenty gallon saltwater aquarium
and conduct field research aboard a local ocean research vessel,
culminating in a community-wide presentation of findings.
Pearl River High School (Pearl River, NY)
Grant Date: April 15, 1997
Project Date: May 1, 1997 - December 1, 1997
$4,370 for 120 high school environmental science and ecology students
to learn to measure and understand water quality; they will construct
a map of a local stream indicating six field stations to conduct
the tests, collect, organize and analyze the data, and complete
a report to present to the annual meeting of the New York State
Water Congress.
Niangua R-V School (Niangua, MO)
Grant Date: April 16, 1997
Project Dates: May 15, 1997 - May 15, 1998
$4,980 will provide 110 earth, physical and life science students
with hands-on laboratory experiences designed to explore scientific
phenomena as they apply to real life applications.
Gooding Public Schools JSD 231 (Gooding, ID)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$8,350 to foster active learning in math and science by promoting
interdisciplinary investigations that require 250 high school
students to explore beyond the walls of the traditional classroom
with a new curriculum that integrates video-based, inquiry-based,
and lab-oriented materials with an effective pedagogy.
Photos: Back Row:
Don Davis, Health Instructor for Gooding High School
Dennis Osman, Principal of Gooding High School
Ron Darcy, Superintendent of the Idaho School for Deaf and Blind
Henry Kilmer, Superintendent of Gooding High School
Jim Hockenberry, Science Instructor for Gooding High School
Front Row:
Darby Mason, Toshiba Representative
Michelle Owen, Director of the Gooding Accelerated Learning
Center: Claire Major, Gooding School Board Chairman
Darby Mason of Toshiba presenting Claire Major, Gooding School
Board Chairman with TAF Grant Check. Mitchell High School (Mitchell,
SD)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$9,410 for 200 high school students to learn to apply biological
research methods to their lives by conducting an in-depth analysis
of the waters that supply drinking water to their city--to determine
the presence of pollutants and their potential impact on the environment--in
cooperation with another group of students conducting research
in their community 50 miles North.
Papillion-LaVista High School (Papillion, NE)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - March 1, 1997
$10,100 for 125 students to perform 30 physics laboratory experiments
related to mechanics that demonstrate Newton's first law, vectors,
statics and pressure using computer probes, spread sheets and
graphs, interfacing equipment, and "Interactive Physics."
Coral Gables Senior High School (Coral Gables, FL)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1 - September 1, 1997
$8,490 to increase student awareness of (and generate possible
solutions to) environmental science issues by conducting research
on a canal adjacent to the school that is on the migratory route
of the manatee and contains fossils hundreds of thousands of years
old. Students will unite efforts with community and national agencies
and report their findings to their legislators.
Minneapolis South High School (Minneapolis, MN)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$5,880 for 500 9th grade physical science students for hands-on
construction experiences that include building electronic necklaces
to explore the concepts of electricity, solving mysteries using
using chemical and microscopic analysis, and the construction
of model rockets to learn the principles of physics.
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District (Houston, TX)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: March 21, 1997 - September 21, 1997
$7,500 to improve problem solving skills of 4,500 7th and 8th
grade students through the performance task project which accommodates
for tactile and kinesthetic learning styles.
Human Dolphin Institute (Panama City Beach, FL)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$10,000 for 1500 middle and high school students to study what
constitutes a marine ecosystem, the biotic and abiotic factors
that are part of these ecosystems, and how humans interact in
these; also to give each student a field/lab experience collecting
quantitative and qualitative data in one or more of these ecosystems.
West Philadelphia Catholic High School (Philadelphia, PA)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$8,100 for 200 inner-city high school chemistry students to conduct
laboratory experiments that explore physical properties of melting
and boiling points, to determine heating curves, and the acidity/basicity
of solutions and titrations with the aid of calculators with temperature
and pH probes.
Lakota Freshman School (West Chester, OH)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - October 31, 1997
$7,200 for 125 environmental science students to restore 600 acres
of land (in cooperation with the rest of the community of this
expanding urban area) by researching its natural history and planning
for the reestablishment of its ecosystem as part of a nature park.
Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Ontario)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - January 1, 1998
$15,000 to engage approximately 2,635 students and their teachers
in general and advanced science and technologically-based cognitive
and affective programming which features the expertise of the
ROM specialists, natural history and archaeology collections,
and state-of-the-art multimedia equipment.
Holy Name of Jesus School (New Orleans, LA)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$8,800 for 146 middle school students to actively discover and
explore the wonders of science independently and cooperatively
with microscopes.
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas (Dallas, TX)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$9,000 to excite interest and enthusiasm for science and math
among 25 at-risk students enrolled in a crisis intervention center
by integrating science computer software, field trips to a museum
that engages children in hands-on learning experiences, and a
mentorship program as part of the curriculum.
Horseheads High School (Horseheads, NY)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$9,750 to foster the independent science inquiry skills of 135
physics students who will conduct independent scientific investigations,
i.e. performing chemical tests of water near their homes in order
to ascertain the overall quality of their local watershed, with
the aid of data acquisition equipment and graphical/statistical
software.
San Francisco Unified School District (San Francisco, CA)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$15,000 to bring investigative and state of the art science into
the classroom by enabling 120 students to investigate the nature
of bacterial transformation, engaging them in investigations that
cut and manipulate small quantities of DNA and transform bacteria
with recombinant DNA molecules, and doing some DNA fingerprinting
with sophisticated equipment such as micropipettes, UV illuminators,
and gel boxes.
California State University (Chico, CA)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$13,400 for up to 7000 middle and high school students and their
teachers from underserved rural areas to participate in hands-on
university level science laboratory experiences led by volunteer
professors and university students. Some topical examples include:
the physics of the bicycle; the chemistry of ice cream; oil spill
restoration; determining chemical unknowns; hydra experimentation;
owl ecology; the physics of flight; how lasers work; bioluminescence
and more.
Notre Dame High School (Belmont, CA)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$9,000 to engage 650 female high school students in sophisticated
experiments during which they will cut and manipulate small quantities
of DNA and transform living bacteria with recombinant DNA molecules,
conduct DNA fingerprinting, and examine the ethical, legal, and
social implications of biotechnology.
Maria High School (Chicago, IL)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$6,000 for 460 students to participate in hands-on interactive
tutorials that will enable them to view scientific interactions
at the microscopic and sub-microscopic levels, conduct computer
simulations of action/re-action forces, and diagram the earth's
structure showing continental drift and sea floor spreading.
Grigsby Middle School (Granite City, IL)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1997
$8,000 to provide 550 middle school students and their teacher
with an organized work environment that involves students in simultaneous
academic study and hands-on laboratory experiments covering the
areas of space, mechanics, aviation, construction, and electricity.
Communities in Schools Dallas (Dallas, TX)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 15, 1997 - January 15, 1998
$10,000 to meet the special learning needs of 50 at-risk students
in a highly interactive science, math and technology program that
will include visits to related workplaces to meet with technical
experts and establish a real world connection to math and science.
Elk Hill Farm, Inc. (Goochland, VA)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - March 1, 1998
$12,000 to fit the particular needs of 40 at-risk and disabled
students by customizing the math and science curriculum to enhance
the way teachers assess, implement, and evaluate a student's learning
objectives using learning system software that provides tutorials,
tests, and assessments of specific math and science classes.
Garden City High School (Garden City, MI)
Grant Date: March 21, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - April 1, 1998
$7,000 for 90 high school biology students to analyze and compare
problems of the Florida marine coastal region with those of Michigan
such as sand dune erosion and pollution of a major river. Students
will travel to several dunes locations to use field ecology techniques,
perform water quality studies, and to learn about land and resource
management.
• February
1997
Oak Ridge R-VI School District
(Oak Ridge, MO)
Grant Date: February 7, 1997
Project Date: August 1997 - May 1998
$3,150 to afford 30 Algebra I students the opportunity to learn
the appropriate use of technology with the aid of graphing calculators
and computer software, and enhance their mastery of math concepts.
Cistercian Preparatory School (Irving, TX)
Grant Date: February 7, 1997
Project Date: April 1, 1997 - May 30, 1998
$2,650 to directly involve 30 students in the investigation of
basic problems in the design and testing of airplane wings (airfoils),
including the construction of a small windtunnel.
Pickens County Middle School (Jasper, GA)
Grant Date: February 7, 1997
Project Date: April 11 - June 13, 1997
$4,820 for approximately 50 special education students for a series
of activities that will include an overnight "Nightcrawlers"
research trip into a simulated rainforest at the Atlanta Zoo,
a visit to a local state park to study endangered species, and
a session with the Atlanta Zoo-mobile.
Landmark Middle School (Jacksonville, FL)
Grant Date: February 7, 1997
Project Date: March 7, 1997 - April 30, 1997
$4,600 for 2,200 students to participate in a schoolwide program
designed to provide guided practice and review of mathematical
concepts, and tangible extrinsic and intrinsic rewards for every
participant.
Suffern Middle School (Suffern, NY)
Grant Date: February 7, 1997
Project Date: March 15, 1997 - June 1, 1998
$1,250 to provide 400 mathematics students with scientific calculators
that will offer them a variety of potential new learning and problem
solving strategies.
South Jones Middle School (Ellisville, MS)
Grant Date: February 11, 1997
Project Date: March 15, 1997 - June 1, 1998
$3,900 to complete a new media center and science lab that will
enhance the science curriculum of 400 students by providing the
materials necessary for hands-on learning and instruction.
Fulton Junior High School (Fulton, MS)
Project Date: January 6, 1997 - January 6, 1998
$4,350 for 120 eighth grade students to foster interest in learning
science through the use of interactive technology, i.e. students
will optimize their comprehension of the structure of an atom
by utilizing interactive software in conjunction with a laserdisc
player, computer and an A/V monitor.
Benjamin E. Mays High School (Atlanta, GA)
Project Date: January 2, 1997 - January 2, 1998
$5,000 to enhance physics learning for 540 high school students,
to stimulate and motivate the students by analyzing physics concepts
such as motion, circuits, light, waves and force, integrating
the use of computer interface and interactive physics software
with LCD capabilities.
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