Annual Report for John Nevins
2000

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Field Experience

Continued Collaboration with Reasearch Team Members

Date: 2000

Location: Crandon

Type of Interaction: Worked with Anna Klenne and Fritz Nelson and others of the team on a paper for "The Journal of Geomorphology. The paper should be published this year.
We should have a paper that will present the TEA program and colaboration between researchers and teachers as a positive experience.

Has a member of your research team visited your classroom? (usually first year) N/A

Classroom Transfer

How are you sharing your research experience with students? I have been working on several applications of my research experience. The main one involves the project that I wrote at the activity workshop. I also took a group of students to the Regional NSTA convention in Milwaukee.

Mentoring/Collaborative Mentoring Team

Associates Network

Presentations and Real Audio Sessions

Have you presented to your local poard of education? (first year) N/A

Activities Development

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

Activity:
I attended the meeting at Rice to establish the template for activities in January 2000. I also attended the activity workshop at CRREL during the summer.

I presented 5 times at the NSTA Convention in Orlando and worked at the booth as well.

NSTA 2000

1. Classroom Antarctica with Steph and Pete at 12:30 April 7 in room 304B.
We will be presenting classroom activities and the TEA program.

2. From Polarbears to Penguins with Steve April 7 at 8:00.
We will be introducing the arctic research we parcticipated in and have a session with activities in the classroom.

3. On the Ice and into the Classroom with steve, Besse, and Pete on April 6 at 2:00.
We will be presenting theTEA program and a selection of classroom activities at several levels.

4. It's Not Just Penguins and Polarbears with Steve on April 7 at 9:30 in room 232C.
We plan on introducing Polar research topics and their application in the classroom.

I presented at the Regional NSTA Convention in Milwaukee.

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) N/A

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

Release Days

Number of Release Days Covered by School/District for TEA Program: 3

Reasons for Release: Attend the NSTA Convention

Approximate Daily Rate of Substitute: $100

TEA Meetings Covered by School/District

Equipment Provided by Institution/Corporation/District

Other Grants

Other Shared Costs

I will be copresenting at the NSTA Convention this spring.

I would like to parcticipate in the activity workshop this summer.