Copernicus Project Business Summit

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Welcome Copernicus Project Business
Summit Graduate School of Education February 24,
2009
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Today

• 1. Report our successes to you.
• 2. Share our goals for continuing this work.
• 3. Look toward the future.

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did you know?
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Now, more than ever
SIZE
does matter
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(Small and Medium Business)
SMBs
over 100 million
opened their doors
this morning
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creating
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gt
1.5B
billion jobs
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3rd
largest economy
In the world
3rd
worlds
is the
American small medium business
largest economy
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American small medium business is
trailing only
U.S. (as a whole)
Japan
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there are more small medium business owners
than the
in the
of

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Are there still a lot of Starbucks ?
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there are
7,300
SMBs
for every Starbucks store
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leaders
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commitment to education
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A True Story
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As I struggled with my new role as a mother, I
realized the hardest part would be letting go of
my dream of becoming a civil engineer.
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The Copernicus Project is dedicated to improving
the number, quality and diversity of science
teachers.


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Weve helped Belem, and a lot of others who dream
of careers in science, technology, engineering
and math.
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In less than five years, the Copernicus Project
has trained hundreds of current and future
science teachers.

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The Copernicus Project is important to all
levels of industry it will serve people around
the world.
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Science is an untapped reservoir of inspiration
where kids get excited and engaged so that they
are a part of a creative enterprise.

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I spend 15 years at NASA and participated in 3
spaceflights, all on the footing of a public
school education in California.
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---Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, the first American woman
to walk in space.
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Year 2 2006 CCI
California Standards Test, Biology- Year 1
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Year 2 2006 CCI
Year 1- State 3 increase SSI High
School 1 12 increase SSI High School 2
12 increase SSI High School 3 8
increase SSI High School 4 6 increase SSI
High School 5 5 increase SSI High School 6
2 increase

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California Standards Test, Chemistry- Year 2
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Year 2- State 4 increase SSI High School
1 20 increase SSI High School 2 11
increase SSI High School 3 8 increase SSI
High School 4 8 increase SSI High School 5
7 increase SSI High School 6 7 increase
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California Standards Test, Earth Science- Year 3
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Year 3 - State 3 increase SSI High School
1 43 increase SSI High School 2 28
increase SSI High School 3 26 increase SSI
High School 4 26 increase SSI High School 5
25 increase SSI High School 6 22
increase
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California Standards Test, Physics- Year 3
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Year 3 - State 8 increase SSI High School
1 71 increase SSI High School 2 61
increase SSI High School 3 55 increase SSI
High School 4 49 increase SSI High School 5
43 increase SSI High School 6 40
increase
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The 5 E teaching method works by raising test
scores, improving attendance, and helping
students love learning!

---Beth Rush
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I am extremely honored and have infinite
gratitude to Ambryx, UCR and the Copernicus
Project, and the Beckman Coulter Foundation for
this unforgettable, enriching, invaluable,
internship

...which has turned out to be the best summer of
my life. ---Usmaan Arshad

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Through this internship I learned to be confident
in myself and how to be an objective thinker.

---Shawna Berk
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I appreciated being surrounded by people who
were so inspiring and who loved what they do.


---Augustine Lee
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Ive only been in America for 2 years, but the
internship has been a bridge that links school to
the community and builds motivation. Thank you!

---Ahn Pho
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Thank you for a wonderful hands-on, minds-on
experience!

---Paul Bopp
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And thats just the beginning
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CoperniKids helping underrepresented elementary
school students create a pathway to a college
education in science. Training high school
students in our teaching model, then having them
teach science to 5th graders. Training veteran
teachers on the latest scientific research.
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Science is the global languageits about
unlimited aspirations---going into the unknown.
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Our journey has never been one of short cuts or
settling for less. It has not been the path of
the faint-hearted. Rather, it has been the
risk-takers, the doers, the makers
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What Is Important to You?