STEM Ed Announcement: Science/Engineering Saturday Seminars

["Mort Sternheim" <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is a UMass STEM Ed program
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 Science & Engineering Saturday Seminars       
 Designed for science teachers; new teachers are especially welcome         
 Five Saturdays each term; 8:30-1 at UMass Amherst, Lederle Grad Towers 1033 
 
 Educational materials, refreshments, parking, PDPs included 
 
 Advance registration is required; capacity is limited 
 
 Cost $30 per session
 
 4 PDPs per half day session
 
 Online seminar registration and payment: 
 
     www.umassk12.net/sess/register.html
 
  
 
 
 
 March 31. Air Quality. Stephen Schneider, Astronomy; Deborah Carlisle, Education. Involve your students in air quality research projects that help them to understand the real issues. Air quality is one of our primary environmental concerns, and students will become informed about these important issues through simple investigations. In this workshop, you will test for ground level ozone, which is a primary component of smog. You will learn how to make inexpensive ozone test papers and use a free digital software program to analyze the colors of your test strips. Based on this activity, you can have your students measure ozone levels near your school and/or where they live using the homemade chemical test papers. These papers are easy to use and store in ziplockTM baggies. Analysis of exposed papers using the Analyzing Digital Images software program will be demonstrated and practiced during the workshop. This software allows your students to measure color changes quantitatively and do relatively accurate comparisons to actual ozone levels. We will also include some activities for measuring carbon dioxide. Bring a digital camera and a laptop if you can. 
 
 April 28. Weather Makeup if needed.
 
 May 5. Recall for those registered for graduate credits. Hasbrouck Lab.
 
 
 Questions: Mort Sternheim, mort@umassk12.net, 413-545-1908, www.umassk12.net/sess. 
 
 Online seminar registration and payment: 
 
 www.umassk12.net/sess/register.html
 
  
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