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Annual Report for Betty Trummel
Were you in the field this season?
Yes
Dates in the Field:
October 17th through December 17th , 1998
Number of Student E-mails:
550
Number of Teacher E-mails:
230
Additional Comments: Countries = New Zealand The field research was my involvement in the Cape Roberts Project in Crary Lab at Mc Murdo Station. I was also able to visit the field camp and drill site, about an hour's helicopter ride from McMurdo. Along with this research, I was part of the paleomag geology team, and assisted with all aspects of their part of the project. This included learning to drill small cylindrical samples, and taking measurements using a variety of special machines. I was also invited to join several other science teams for a day, to learn about their projects and report this information back to students and teachers. The e-mail correspondence was lots of fun and I felt like I was teaching everyone! It was a lot to keep up with when it hit its peak, along with working with my science team each day and doing the journals and digital photographs, but a very worthwhile part of the whole TEA experience. It helped that I sent out "teacher packets" before hand, although many of those teachers read my journals to their classes, but didn't write. I met many people later (after I returned home) who said they had read the journals but I had never heard from them. We tried CU See-Me from McMurdo when I was stationed there. It worked on my school's end, but something was not functioning properly in McMurdo. Since returning, my district recently installed the software on my classroom computer and provided me with a camera for the computer. Our technology department has also installed similar set-ups for two of my mentees in the district. I'm ready to go for future CU See-Me sessions and plan on doing this with my class as much as possible.
Did you maintain a daily (or as often as possible) electronic journal while in the field?
Yes
Continued Collaboration with Reasearch Team Members
Type of Interaction:
I've remained actively involved with members of the Cape Roberts Project. From my immediate team (the paleomag group) I've met with Dr. Ken
Verosub (PI), Fabio Florindo (Rome) and Dr. Gary Wilson (Oxford) in person since leaving the ice. Dr. Verosub visited in Crystal Lake during
October, 1999, just prior to his departure for McMurdo Station. At that time he made 3 presentations to my students, other classes in my school and
two visiting classes (mentor program). We also traveled to a middle school in my district to visit another classroom (one of the teachers involved in the
Glacier pilot program).
I keep in e-mail contact with all of the members of my team, and other Cape Roberts personnel. Peter Webb, Ohio State, made sure I received the
sit-reps each day while the 1999 field season was underway. I have met with Ross Powell and Reed Scherer at Northern Illinois University (both on
the ice in 1998 and Ross only in 1999), and Italian colleagues while visiting in Italy last summer. These scientists represent a range of studies within
the Cape Roberts Project, including sedimentology, paleontology, and paleomagnetology.
Peter Webb has also included me in the September 2000 meeting to be held at Ohio State. This will be the final meeting covering the results/outcomes
of the three Cape Roberts field seasons.
Mentoring/Collaborative Mentoring Team Type of Interaction: Mentoring: Currently mentoring two fourth grade teachers in my district, Jan Sarbaugh and Susie Danielson. Both are currently active. Time invested during this school year: 26 hours for each teacher. This time includes monthly meetings, work on activities and sharing the TEA activity I'm working on, both classes were bused to my school to hear Dr. Ken Verosub speak before his most recent research trip to Antarctica, and my travel to their individual schools to give presentations on my TEA experience. Both of these teachers were given copies of the Cape Roberts flow chart to aid in classroom integration of the research experience. I also forwarded the daily sit-reps (situation reports) that were sent to me during the Cape Roberts field season this year. These reports gave details about the drilling, sampling, and work at Crary Lab. Since this was our first year working together, I felt it was very productive. Both teachers are interested in continuing our work next year and beyond. One of the teachers, Jan Sarbaugh, is already a TEA Associate, the other has her information ready to send in to Stephanie. In addition to these teachers, I have acted as a formal mentor to two different groups of preservice teachers - one during fall semester 1999 and the second, this spring 2000. I teach a course for Northern Illinois University entitled "Science Methods for the Elementary School Teacher" and as part of this course I have included the following:
2) Complete an assignment that requires the preservice teachers to access the web site, investigate my TEA journals and experiences, and learn the goals of the TEA program. They then prepare a paper sharing responses to questions and information I asked them to gather. 3) Complete a second assignment of writing an e-mail to a current TEA, to ask them at least 5 questions about their experience. Students are required to hand in both the letter they write, and any response they get back from their TEA.
Presentations and Real Audio Sessions
Have you presented to your local poard of education? (first year)
N/A
Title:
Recipe For A Core
Description:
Title:
Inquiry-Based Unit on Antarctica ~~ Creating an Educational Kit to Share!
Description:
Have these activities been submitted to the Web for posting?
No
Activity:
May 1999 Orientation in Washington, D.C.
NSTA 1999
Booth Host
Of Polar Bears and Penguins ... and More!
Presentation with Terry Lashley
On the Ice and Into the Classroom
Assisted: Steve Stevenoski, Peter Amati, Besse Dawson, and John Nevins
Editorial Review Board
Active mentor for Sharon Harris, Bruce Smith, and Joanna Hubbard (99-00 TEAS)
Have you submitted all press-related materials concerning your TEA experience to the TEA Archives?
N/A
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
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