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Appendices
Appendix A

Bungee Jumping Worksheets for 5^th Grade Students

Bungee Jumping

You are an engineer and you work for a company that specializes in designing new amusement park rides. Disney World, located in Orlando Florida, has asked us to create a new Bungee Jumping ride. They have all ready constructed a bridge that is 400 feet above ground and they plan to use the bridge for the new Bungee Jumping ride. Our goal is to determine the appropriate amount of bungee cord (rubber bands) to keep riders safe on the ride.

Hypothesis: I believe that ________ is the maximum number of rubber bands that will allow Barbie/Action Figure to jump safely from a height of ______ feet.

Experiment:

Materials Needed:

Tape Measure
Painters Tape
Pencil
Rubber Bands
Action Figure/Barbie

Take 2 rubber bands and connect them together using a slipknot, as shown at the right.

Wrap one of the rubber bands tightly around the Action Figure/Barbie’s feet, as shown at the right.

Name _________________________________

Lesson is based off Barbie Bungee lesson plan found at http://illuminations.nctm.org
Bungee Jump continued:

Now hold the end of the rubber bands at the top of the locker with one hand, and drop Action Figure/Barbie from the top of the locker with the other hand. Have your partner mark (using painters tape) the lowest point that the Action Figure/Barbie reaches on this jump. Write on the painters tape “1 rubber band”. You will want to drop Action Figure/Barbie several times to make sure your mark is accurate. Accuracy is important – Action Figure/Barbie’s life could depend on it! $c:\users\segli\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\yfv2rkfh\mp900447504[1].jpg$

Attach a second rubber band to the first one, again using a slip knot, as shown at the right.

With two rubber bands now attached, hold the end of the rubber bands at the top of the locker with one hand, and drop Action Figure/Barbie from the top of the locker with the other hand. Have your partner mark (using painters tape) the lowest point that the Action Figure/Barbie reaches on this jump. Write on the painters tape “2 rubber bands”. Make sure that you have tested the jump a number of times to assure accuracy.

Continue this process for 3 rubber bands, 4 rubber bands, and 5 rubber bands.

Measure each jump distance in inches and record the values on the data table

Name _________________________________

Lesson is based off Barbie Bungee lesson plan found at http://illuminations.nctm.org

Appendix B

STEM Lesson Plan Rubric

STEM Lesson Plan Rubrics: for _____________________________________

	10 points	5 points	0 points	Points Earned
1. Does it encourage innovation?	Allows students to create their own ideas and thoughts about the information being taught.		Does not allow students to create their own ideas and thought about the information being taught.
2. List the STEM fields the lesson include(s)?	All 4 STEM fields listed	1 or 3 STEM fields listed	0 STEM fields listed
3. References where the original lesson or information was found (If you created the lesson yourself as the author).	Lesson includes references		Lesson does not include references
4. The content of the lesson is appropriate for the indicated grade level.	Appropriate grade level was listed in the lesson	Grade level listed in the lesson was inappropriate	Grade level was not listed in the lesson
5. Overview description of the lesson is included.	Overview describes the lesson clearly.	The overview was missing key ideas of the lesson.	Not included
6. List materials need for the lesson.	All materials needed for the lesson were listed.	Some but not all materials for the lesson were listed.	Materials needed for the lesson were not listed.
7. The lesson has measurable learning objectives.	Lesson included measurable learning objectives	Lesson included learning objects but they would be hard to measure	Lesson did not include learning objectives
8. The lesson is based on the ND math and science standards (and they are included in the lesson plan).	Math and science standards were included and related directly to the lesson being taught	Math and science standards were included but do not relate directly to the lesson being taught	Math and/or science standards were not included
9. The duration/time is appropriate for the activity to be completed.	Time allotted is appropriated for the lesson		Allotted time was not included or it is unreasonable for the lesson
10. All handouts/worksheets are included.	All handout/worksheets were included		Necessary handouts/worksheets to complete the lesson were not included
11. Lesson includes a rubric for student assessment.	It is clear how students will be assessed for the lesson and the assessment helps measure the lesson objectives	It is clear how students will be assessed for the lesson but the assessment is not related to the lesson objectives	How students will be assessed was not included
12. Turned in an electronic version of the lesson.	Turned in an electronic version of the lesson in Moodle.		Did not turn in an electronic version in Moodle.
13. Organization	Lesson is organized so others can follow it. All parts of the lesson are easy to find and it follows a logical order	Parts of the lesson are difficult to find/follow due to organization factors	Lesson is disorganized and difficult to follow. Lesson procedures are not in order. It jumps around and is not in a logical order
Total Points

Appendix C

Overview of STEM Institute Schedule
STEM Institute Daily Schedule Outline
Day 1: Tuesday, July 20, 2010

On this day, July 20th:

In 1969, Apollo XI astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon, after their lunar module separated from the command module and landed on the lunar surface at 09:18 GMT/4:18 EDT on the Sea of Tranquility. Armstrong stepped on the lunar surface at 10:56 ET and proclaimed, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Internationally, nearly 700 million television viewers witnessed the event live as it happened.

Information from: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/a11_h_40_5949.html, Date: July 10, 2010

Survey

What is STEM Education?

Reading: Attributes of STEM Education by Janice S. Morrison August, 2006

Introductions of Shawna Egli and Reba Olsen

Syllabus and Day One Schedule

Explanation of DSU STEM Career Preparation: Building the Foundation P – 16 Grant

Promoting STEM Careers

Training Teachers in STEM Education

Developing a curriculum that includes local businesses …

PBS on-line Video - Secret Life of Scientists –

Nate Ball (Mechanical Engineering example) Promotes innovation and it’s OK to fail… http://video.pbs.org/video/1290064005/

Why STEM and STEM Careers :

Brainstorm of STEM Careers

Reading: Preparing Students for STEM Careers by Angela Traurig and Rich Feller

Found at http://stemcareer.com/stemwpfolder/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Preparing-Students-for-STEM-Careers-9-2-10.pdf
Handout: STEM North Dakota Career Cluster Plan of Study

Found at http://www.nd.gov/cte/services/career-clusters/plans-of-study/STEM.pdf

Reading: STEM Occupations by Nicholas Terrell Spring 2007

Found at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2007/spring/art04.pdf

Break

Discussion of above readings

President Obama Kicks of “Education to Innovation”

The President announces the "Educate to Innovate" initiative, a campaign to get students excited about pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. November 23, 2009. You Tube Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33_nZaOUWYw

Promoting STEM Careers

Brainstorm how to promote STEM careers in the classroom

Lunch

Flip Videos

Puff Mobiles: STEM Activity

Explanation of the 40 minute Wake Up Calls: (Handout 40 Minute Wake Up Call Brochure)

Station One: Having a Ball - create a ball using Legos that will roll down and incline

Station Two: Plane Fun - build a paper airplane that will fly the longest distance

Station Three: Renewable Energy - explore a renewable energy sources by using Legos Renewable Energy Pack to build models of solar cars, waterwheels, and windmills

Station Four: Going Beyond the Letter Z…. encouraging STEM with children’s literature

Station Five: Dream Up the Future – invent new technology that will change the future (categories… environment, transportation, energy, education, or agriculture)

Evening Reading:

Science Matters! is a 16 page guide created by the Medtronic Foundation that promotes exploration of STEM fields, Fall 2009

Found at http://www.medtronic.com/foundation/community-ed-science-matters.html

In Demand
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education What Form? What Function? By Hays Blaine Lantz, Jr., Ed.D., 2009.

Found at http://www.currtechintegrations.com/pdf/STEMEducationArticle.pdf

STEM Institute Daily Schedule Outline
Day Two: Wednesday, July 21, 2010

On this day, July 20th:

After 11 years of construction, the Aswan Dam in Egypt was completed on this day in 1970. The goal of the project was to prevent flooding of the Nile River, to generate electricity, and to provide water for agriculture. The Learning Calendar 2009.

Picture from: http://lms.ndus.edu/file.php/3824/1970_aswan.jpg

40 minute Wake Up Call Group Activities

20 Question Game: A thing

Handout: 20 Question I am an Invention card

Worksheet: 20 Question I am a/an____________ worksheets

Discussion on Evening Readings

Science Matters!

In Demand

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education What Form? What Function?

Scientific Method

Hand Out: The Scientific Method

Break

Moodle on-line teaching/learning environment

Common Core Math Standards

Lunch

Discovering Pi : STEM Activity

Handout: Discovering Pi Worksheet

Writing Measurable Objectives: Participate in writing objectives, identify standards, assessment

Handout: North Dakota Mathematics Content and Achievement Standards Grades K - 12, April 2005

Found at http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/standard/content/math/math.pdf

Handout: North Dakota Science Content and Achievement Standards K-12, March 2006

Found at http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/standard/content/archive/science.pdf

Handout: Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs

The Math Book by Clifford A. Pickover, 2009 – 3 articles

π and Archimedes of Syracuse (pages 60 – 61)

Discovery of Series Formula for π (pages 110 – 111)

Rope Around the Earth Puzzle (pages 162 – 163)

The Story of Pi , Math through the Ages by Berlinghoff and Gouvea (pages 107 – 110).

Evening Reading :

Why Pi? by Johnny Ball, 2009 – The Ancient World (pages 10 – 43)
STEM Institute Daily Schedule Outline
Day Three: Thursday, July 22, 2010

Invention of the Day:

The invention of the ice cream cone is generally thought to have occurred on this day in the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, when a waffle, which was sold separately, was rolled and filled with ice cream.

The Learning Calendar 2009.

40 minute Wake Up Call Group Activities
20 Questions Game: A person
Patterns of Developing Fractions Algorithms with Graph Paper and Manipulatives

Hand Out: Developing the Division of Fractions Algorithms

Hand Out: Exploration of Fractions

Solar Bee Field Trip (STEM Hotspot) 10 AM

To find out more information about this company, please visit the web site http://www.solarbee.com/

Share/Discuss the STEM Hot Spot Field Trip
Lunch
Christina Katerina & The Box by Patricia Lee Gauch, 1971

This is a children’s book that shows innovation by creating new things from a box. Read the book out loud as a class.

Thinking Outside (or maybe inside) the Box: STEM Activity
Measuring Land: STEM Activity

Why Pi? by Johnny Ball, 2009 - The Ancient World (page 20).

Creating a STEM Assignment/Lesson Plan (sharing of the lesson on July 29, Day 6)
Evening Reading:

Why Pi? by Johnny Ball, 2009 – The Age of Discovery (Will discuss on Day 4)

National Math Panel Report by U.S Department of Education, 2008 (Will discuss on Day 4)

Pockets of Potential by Carly Shuler, Ed, M. January 2009 (Will discuss on Day 5)
STEM Institute Daily Schedule Outline
Day Four: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Invention of the Day, July 27:

The laying of a telegraph cable at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean was completedon this day in 1866. The 1,686-mile longcable, which connected Canada with Ireland, made communication between Europeand the Americans instantaneous for the first time. The Learning Calendar, 2009.

40 minute Wake Up Call
20 Questions Game :
Measuring Land , Why Pi? Discussion for The Ancient World pg 20.
Break
National Math Panel Report (previously handed out on July22–Day 3)
Agriculture and STEM field trip 11:00
Lunch
Great Circle Routes - Why Pi? discussion/activity for The Age of Discovery

Reading: Columbus Encountered America by V. FrederickRickey

Lesson Plan Handout: Great Circle Route

Reading: Charles Lindbergh an American Aviator

Break
Catan
Evening Reading:

Why Pi? – Modern Measuring

Pockets of Potential by CarlyShuler, Ed, M. January 2009 (Handed out on Day 3)
STEM Institute Daily Schedule Outline
Day Five: Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Invention of the Day, July 28:

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In 1858, fingerprints were used as a means of identification for the first time.

Today in Science History

http://www.todayinsci.com/7/7_28.htm

40 minute Wake Up Call
Creating a 20 Question Card : In groups

Hand Out: 20 Question blank I am a _________________

Each group will decide on a theme (examples: shapes, STEM careers, Inventions) then each player in the group needs to create a 20 Question card for that theme. If a team has 3 participants then they will have 3 different 20 Question card. Let participants have 20 minutes to work in groups. (Homework due tomorrow to share with group.)

Group One: Inventions

Group Two: Math

Group Three: Science

Group Four: Geometric Shapes

Mobile Learning :

Discussion/Activity of Pockets of Potential by Carly Shuler, Ed, M. January 2009. “The kids these days are not digital kids. The digital kids were in the 90’s. The kids today are mobile, and there’s a difference. Digital is the old way of thinking, mobile is the new way.”

Did You Know?

A YouTube video that predicts the future of computers and America. Found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q75KhAeqJg

Break

Surveying (10:00 to 11:30) and Flip Video and Moodle

Lunch at 12:30 to 1:30 (meet at Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing after lunch)

Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing Field Trip: STEM Hotspot at 1:30

To find out more information about this company, please visit the web site http://www.kmmnet.com/

Why Pi? Book discussion/activity for Modern measuring

Number Systems – Binary, Decimal

Timeline of Computer Inventions poster

Describe a future computer

Future of Education?

What are the teachers doing?

What are students doing?

How are students learning?

What do classroom looks like?

Evening Reading :

Are You Ready for Mobile Learning? by Joseph Rene Corbeil and Maria Elena Valdes-Corbeil, 2007

Found at http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0726.pdf

STEM Institute Daily Schedule Outline
Day Six: Thursday, July 29, 2010

In 1920, the first transcontinental airmail flight relay from New York to San Francisco occurred. A quote from the event, "I happened to be the man on the spot, but any of the rest of the fellows would have done what I did, " said Jack Knight, first night mail flight, which was part of a record-setting transcontinentalairmail relay. Interstate carriage of mail by airplane was sanctioned between Garden City and Mineola, NY with Earle H. Ovington, first U. S. mail pilot(1911). This was a dangerous occupation: 31 of the first 40 pilots hired to fly mail were killed in crashes. Regular transcontinental airmail service began in1924. $c:\users\segli\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\9itvhenc\mm900354601[1].gif$

Today in Science History http://www.todayinsci.com/7/7_29.htm

40 minute Wake Up Call
Discussion of 40 Minute Wake up Calls
Sharing of 20 Question Cards
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