NSF+GK-12+Conference

=NSF GK-12 Conference Overview=

March 11-13, 2011
The NSF GK-12 Conference was great! Despite the frustration over the loss of GK-12 funding, participants seemed to make the most of the opportunity to network, share ideas, and form collaborations. The University of Miami Science Made Sensible program (SMS) presented two posters and contributed a presentation to the special interest session "Web 2.0 and Multimedia Tools for Enhancing K-12 Learning." Click on the links below to view the posters, presentation powerpoint, or presentation video. For those of you who want to get access to the Pixton comics that I have created, you can find me (Sean Bignami) under the username "SciMadeSensible" on PIxton or download powerpoint files of the comics from this sites Comics Page.

Dig it! Collabotrative Soil Quality Project
All four Miami-Dade middle schools involved with the University of Miami Science Made Sensible program contributed to a soil quality project which was presented during a poster session at the NSF GK-12 Conference. Click the image below to view the poster.

Mr. Rod's Research in the Classroom Poster:
Rod Delgadillo, a graduate fellow with SMS, presented a poster explaining his research on the optical depth of clouds and how he has incorporated it into the classroom via an original lesson plan. Click the image below to view his poster, or you can get the actual lesson plan on the "Lesson Plans" page.

Web 2.0 and Multimedia Tools for enhancing K-12 Learning
As part of this special interest session, Sean Bignami (graduate fellow) and Sasha Belinkie (Teacher) gave a presentation on technology tools for science education. The presentation slides can be viewed by clicking on the image below.