December 9-10, 1999

The December MU ARSI Teacher Partner meeting focused on activities and materials that support high quality science and mathematics instruction. Training was provided by the Teacher Partners.

Wayne Yonkelowitz helped participants see how to set up student research to improve the skills of investigation using Students and Research. Teacher Partners broke into grade level groups for one session. Rick Willis facilitated a session for middle and high school teachers using Plastics in Our Lives, a SEPUP kit while Diane Johnson worked with elementary teachers on activities demonstrating chemical changes.

Diane also did a presentation on her summer trip to Japan sponsored by Toyota. Diane shared pictures and reflections on Japanese education.
 
 
 

	Wayne is the center of attention as he lays the ground rules for flying paper airplanes. An exercise in designing experiments.
	Let 'em fly. Teacher Partners worked to get their plane to fly the farthest. "Students" doing "Research".
	No, glasses aren't needed. Anne, Carolyn, Jill and Nancy are concentrating on reading thermometers during one of Wayne's activities.
	Linda and Jane adding different amounts of a chemical to change the temperature of water. Bill and Diane making sure they put their chemical in at the same time.
	Bill and Diane making sure they put their chemical in at the same time.
	Carolyn FINALLY won a door prize!
	Sandy and Glenn discussed WHY the water doesn't fall out of the jar.
	This is not a group hug - the teachers are role playing the life of water molecules.
	Teacher Partner Diane Johnson worked with the elementary teachers on chemical reaction activities. She's grinding up cabbage for an indicator. Yummmmmmm! .
	Glenn's at it again as teachers set up experiments to determine the amount of iron in Special K cereal.
	Exploring the stages of matter.
	Bill and Tina are making some silly putty to take home.
	Diane showing Tina and Sandy how the "etching" process works.
	John is doing his Christmas "etching" to show the chemical reaction of acid on metal.
	No room left for Anne to soak her "etching" in the acid pool.
	Rick and Bill checking temperature of types of liquids during Rick's presentation.
	Sayonara! Diane telling about her trip to Japan.