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Annual Report for Besse B. Dawson
2000


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1. Interaction


Field Experience

Were you in the field this season? Yes

Dates in the Field: May-June 2000

Countries Represented: USA

Additional Comments: The Telex system at the Summit made emails extremely difficult to impossible. We lost a lot of the emails due to the erratic coverage by a single satellite. VECO was trying to help - it was just a difficult situation.

Did you maintain a daily (or as often as possible) electronic journal while in the field? Yes

Is your journal complete? Yes

Continued Collaboration with Reasearch Team Members


Has a member of your research team visited your classroom? (usually first year)
No

2. Community / Colleague Outreach


Classroom Transfer

How are you sharing your research experience with students? We are studying the polar regions (both of course) for 6 weeks.

Mentoring/Collaborative Mentoring Team

Name: Amy Neblett

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 10


Name:
Marsha Posey

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 5


Name:
Sally Wall

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 156


Have you submitted an on-line mentoring report?
No

Associates Network

Number of Associates in local network: 4

Date: Activity Workshop

Location: Houston

Type of Interaction: Developing Activities

Presentations and Real Audio Sessions

Have you presented to your local poard of education? (first year) No

3. Classroom Transfer


Activities Development

Title: What's in a Name?

Description:
Classification activity on penguins and seals

Title: Secret Agents of Dissolved Oxygen

Description:
Inquiry exercise on phytoplankton

Title: Carbon Dioxide - The Heat is On

Description:
Effects of burning petroleum products on

Have these activities been submitted to the Web for posting? Yes

4. Other TEA Activity Involvment


Activity:
TEA orientation - 3/15,16, 17, 18, 19, & 20

NSTA - Orlando - 4/6,7,8,& 9 - booth host and presented in 3 workshops.

Visit to researcher - 4/22 - 26

Have you submitted all press-related materials concerning your TEA experience to the TEA Archives? Yes

Have you submitted 20 slides to the TEA Archive? (first year) Yes

Have you submitted 6-8 photos to the TEA Arichive? (first year) Yes




5. Cost Share


Release Days

Number of Release Days Covered by School/District for TEA Program: 9

Dates: March 15 - 17; April 5-7; April 24 - 26

Reasons for Release: Orientation; NSTA; Orientation with researcher

Approximate Daily Rate of Substitute: $65.00/day

TEA Meetings Covered by School/District

Equipment Provided by Institution/Corporation/District

Type of Equipment: Slide projector

Other Grants

Other Shared Costs


6. Anticipated TEA Involvement (01/2001 to 01/2002)


Mentoring TEA Associates

Designing and developing a framework to help TEAs work effectively with

NSTA - St. Louis???