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Technology
Engineering
Mathematics
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Science and Math Resources Meeting the
STEM Initiative
OELMA conference October 23, 2008

• Cherie P. Pandora
• Rocky River High School
• cherie_pandora_at_admin.rockyriver.k12.oh.us

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Pre-K-16 P-20 plan

• Increase the
• number of
• students
• ready for
• college level work.

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200,000,000

• Ohio General Assembly
• Department of Education/Board of Regents
• Governor Strickland signed June 2007,
• Budget bill Am. Sub. H.B. 119,
• support for STEM initiatives
• Pre-K16 education spectrum,
• building student and teacher capacity
• http//www.ohiostem.org/doc/statewide-stem-initiat
  ives

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Ohio Math Science Coalition

• http//www.ohiomsc.org/omsc/index.html
• STEM Budget 10 page document
• http//www.ohiostem.org/_data/user_docs/Ohio_Commi
  tment_to_STEM_Education.pdf

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Board of Regents reportshttp//regents.ohio.gov/s
tem/index.php

• Improving Ohios Math Science Infrastructure
  
• Annual Supply of Teachers (Science Math)
• Improving Ohios Mathematics Science Talent
  Pipeline
• U.S. is losing too many young people

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U.S. is losing too many young people along the
education pipeline
For every TEN students who start high school
SEVEN receive a high school diploma ( ONE
obtains a GED) FIVE enroll in a postsecondary
institution degree (within 10 yrs)
Improving Ohios Mathematics Science Talent
Pipeline
Source Jobs for the Future, Boston
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http//regents.ohio.gov/stem/index.php
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PROS CONS

• TEACH GRANT
• Scholarship-- 4 Years
• 4,000 per year 16,000
• Teaching Areas eligible
• Math
• Science
• Foreign Languages
• Special Education

• TEACH GRANT
• Must work in a low income school for 4 years
• OR
• it becomes a loan.
• The amount to be repaid is
• 27,000

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Librarians are the key!

• Model
• Differentiated Instruction
• Provide Staff Development
• Create Web Portal
• Inform Parents
• Coach Students

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K-12 Library Guidelines

• Standard 3 Literacy and Reading Support
• Standard 5 Information Literacy
• Standard 6 Technology Literacy
• Standard 7 Media Literacy

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Technology Standards

• 3-Productivity Applications
• B. PowerPoint, databases, Excel, graphs
• 4 Communication Applications
• B. Create, publish present information
• 5 Technology Information Literacy
• B. Research model
• C. Advanced Search Strategies

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Are Students Prepared?
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www.infohio.org
SchoolRooms Plus

• Username
• Password

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• SchoolRooms Elementary Math
• Numbers and How We Use Them
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Probability and Data Analysis

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Physical Science Middle School
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SchoolRooms- High School

• Math
• Algebra
• Calculus
• Data Analysis
• Geometry
• Numbers
• Probability

• Science
• Earth Science
• Life Science
• Physical Science
• Scientific Process
• Technologies

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Enrichment or Practice
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Homework Helpers Fun!

• Cool Links
• Fun and Games
• Tutorials
• Search button
• Whats That?
• Definitions
• Did You Know?
• Stage Math

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Math--HS
Math--HS
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INFOhio Databases

• Free to ALL K-12 students, teachers and parents

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Aligning Resources to the Ohio ACS
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• www.infohio.org
• Username
• Password

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9-12 Matrix
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• WILSON biographies
• Alive or Dead
• Any Nationality
• Links to 2-3 books
• Other articles

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• Titles
• Beginning Math Vocabulary
• DNA Structure and Cell Division
• Learning to use graphs
• Financial Fitness for Young Adults

• New Titles4 pages
• 1 Antibiotics
• 1 Cloning
• 1 Climatology
• 4 Earth Science
• 1 Endangered species
• 2 Force and energy
• 3 Fossil Fuels

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Personal Computers
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Math 9-12
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• Learn A Test
• Math ACT
• Math SAT
• AP classes
• PSAT
• PRAXIS
• Math improvement skills
• OAT
• OGT

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Learning Express-- Info Button
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30 Newspapers
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• Computing
• A Dictionary of Computing
• A Dictionary of the Internet
• A Dictionary of Weights, Measures Units

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Newtons Third Law of Motion-- diagram
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Video

• Video Citation "Atmospheres and Gases."
  Atmosphere, Climate, and Weather. Films Media
  Group. WMV video file. Science Online. Facts On
  File, Inc. http//www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?I
  temIDWE40SID5iPin FMG027135SingleRecordTrue
  (accessed October 19, 2008).

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SIRS Discoverer
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Lexiles

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Encyclopedias
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Image Search
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Citing sources
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Creating Timelines
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Sample Lessons

• ILILE
• ORC
• NCTM --National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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Math Checklist Grade 11
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http//illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?
IDL257
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STEM

• Science
• Technology
• Engineering
• Mathematics

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Cherie P. PandoraRocky River High School 20951
Detroit RoadRocky River, OH 44116

• cherie_pandora_at_admin.rockyriver
  .k12.oh.us
• Phone [phone]