YALE WEST HAVEN PARTNERSHIP PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS Michael Morand
YALE –WEST HAVEN PARTNERSHIP
PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS 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 Grade Program Teacher/Con Description # Programs tact School Date WHHS September 2010 9 Project SEARCH Dickson/Mc 2 Devitt Pagels School October 2010 K Fall Nature Walk Shaw/Staple 4 ton 71 Seth Haley School 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 Mc. Dermott/ 2 De. Stefano 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 K-6 MS HS Total 47 431 0 47 478 Total
West Haven Public School visits to Yale Peabody Museum in March 2011 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 January 5 Color light 100 500
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS q PEABODY q WEST MUSEUM CAMPUS 1350 478 TOTAL 1826
K-12 PROGRAMS q All science teachers receive a free Peabody Museum membership. q Free guided tours at the Peabody Museum for all students K-12 are provided every year.
2010 -11 GRADES 9 -12 q Community service hours for students to work at West Campus on removing non native species of plants q After school Evolution Programq. A total of eight students participated in the college field trip to Washington D. C. Jaylah Evans Jessica Kuchta Kaussar Rahman Momal Sumra Selena De. Leon Tanaya Howard Fiton Imerukaj Sebastian Moraga
CONTINUATION q. A junior will have the opportunity to work in a physics laboratory over the summer q Summer internship opportunity for students who participated in the Evolution Program q Program for seniors at West Campus q 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 q Girls' Science Investigations (grades 6 -8) § q Saturday program for a total of 4 -5 sessions at no cost to students. Science Saturdays (grades 7 and above).
5 -6 Grade 5 q 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 q Geology Program at Peabody q 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 q q q Tour of the campus Video Lunch on the campus grounds Date # 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 100
K-4 q q 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 q Geoscience Institute • 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 q NASA Institute • Participating teachers will receive: • • • 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 • • Free Peabody Museum Family Membership Learn innovative ways to teach Connecticut’s 5 th 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
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