JASON Expeditions

Our Disappearing Wetlands and Jason Home

Rainforests At The Crossroads Learning Segment: JASON XV

Shore to Sea Learning Segment of Resources for Jason XIV

Jason XIII Frozen Worlds Learning Segment

Late & Breaking Information

Teacher and Student Argonaut Positions for JASON

Applications for the Teacher Argonaut and Student Argonaut positions are now available. Anyone interested in an application can contact Kathryn Kwiatkowski at (216)368-5075 or her e-mail, Kathryn Kwiatkowski: kmk21@po.cwru.edu. The next expedition is to California. Preliminary details about JASON XIV are described at: Team JASON On Line.

EDS Technology Grants help school teachers of children ages 6 through 12 purchase information technology products and services that will improve their pupil’s ability to learn. In applying for this grant, be sure to mention that you participate in the JASON Project. EDS is a national sponsor for the JASON Foundation for Education, which produces the JASON Project curriculum. Find out where the nearest EDS office is to your school. Awards of $1,500 are granted in the fall of each school year. Contact:

Hilda Storer
http://www.eds.com/community_affairs/com_tech_grants_05.shtml
Application Deadline: rapidly approaching, last year they had to be submitted by 1/31/05

NASA's ExploreSchools

Grants up to $10,000 and $500 stipends for either participation or implementation.
Participate in customized sustained professional development in:

* science, technology, and mathematics content areas at the 5-8 grade levels
* the use of investigation, problem solving, and design challenge teaching materials
* educational technology-based teaching/learning tools including NASA content resources
* the use of the content discoveries of NASA todemonstrate the application of science, mathematics,
and technology to meet school curriculum frameworks. InFocus Educational Grant Program

Program assists educators in the purchase of InFocus products for their classrooms.
Get that "projector" for you classroom computer!
Applications must be received by August 30th and spent by September 30th. Act Now!

These links from our colleagues in East Cleveland Schools:

The Foundation Center
The Community of Science
The Grantsmanship Center
The Guggenheim Foundation
The Young Author's Magazine (check their Grants for Teachers link)
Smart Board Grants from SmartKids

Dominion Peoples Offers Educational Grants for K-12 Math and Science Programs

Deadline: May 1, 2002 (last year's project)
Dominion awards $200,000 in its service area of North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia to strengthen the math and science skills of students in grades K-12. The program provides grants of up to $5,000 to public and private elementary and secondary schools as well as public school divisions, institutions of higher education, state agencies, and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.

The Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) and Hawaii Geoventures operates a training sessions for K-12 school teachers in Hawaii to learn first hand about active volcanism and how to teach volcanoes to kids. There are still some places left for teachers who might like to join. More details can be found on our web site (www.agso.gov.au/education/lava) or you can email gary.lewis@agso.gov.au to receive an information package.

ESRI's Community Atlas Community Atlas Competition (GIS)

ESRI hosts the US Community Atlas Project, asking schools to prepare a set of maps and description about their community or a conservation issue within it. Schools needed to produce 10-20 maps and 1000-2500 words and post it on the Community Atlas web site. Many groups began the project, and classes from about 20 schools completed the challenge for 2000-2001 school year. Each school with a complete entry earned school building site licenses of ArcView GIS software or extensions.
A "Model Project" was awarded on the basis that the project demonstrate strong cartography and compelling text, which combined to tell a powerful story. "Smart Growth" is an issue that every state in the US is dealing with. This year's Model Project winner took on the daunting topic and composed maps and text showing some of the dramatic issues of urban sprawl. Congratulations to Stillwater Area High School, in Stillwater, MN, for earning the Model Project Award in the 2000-01 US Community Atlas Project! You can see this project and others at the Community Atlas web site:
http://www.esri.com/communityatlas

Grants & Funds

Following is a list of resources for teachers to approach for your specific needs-especially as they relate to the JASON Project. These are not the only resources to be found in our community. We will try to keep you informed of others as we discover them. The Foundation Center Library, one of the few in the country, is located in downtown Cleveland. Please be sure to talk with someone there about other potential grant sources to help support your participation in this expedition. Their number is (216) 861-1933. The library is located in the Hanna Building at 1422 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Feel free to e-mail the Project Coordinator, Katrhyn Kwiatkowksi of any grants you discover that might be of interest to our project.

Free Materials:

TWENTY-THREE RESOURCES for teaching & learning in arts, language arts, social studies, & science have been added to FREE, a website that makes learning resources from 40+ federal organizations available (& searchable) in one place, http://www.ed.gov/free/

RETIRED COMPUTERS AVAILABLE:

NASA and the JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) make their retired or excess computers and related equipment available to schools throughout the country. (It’s been said that equipment at NASA and JPL is upgraded every five years.) Check out their web site to apply: http://www.computers.fed.gov

GRANTS:

To apply for grants up to $1,000 contact the foundation for information about letters of inquiry:
Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree and state certification, where applicable; have completed at least one year of full-time paid teaching in the same school district by July 1, 1999; teach grades 7-12 (grade 6 if in a middle or junior high school) at an accredited public or nonprofit private school; teach full-time, with more than half of the teaching schedule in math and/or science, in both the application and grant year.
Proposed school enrichment projects must be based in the applicant team members’ classrooms or school and must directly involve both math and science students for the 2000-2001 school year.
Application Deadline: January 14th
Contact:

TOSHIBA/NSTA EXPLORAVISION AWARDS PROGRAM provides savings bonds to teams of K-12 students who propose creative ideas for future technology and computer equipment to their teacher advisers. To be eligible, teams of students propose visions for technologies that could be used to solve problems 20 years in the future. This year’s competition will require students to submit Web page designs that illustrate their ideas. Contact:

Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards Program
1840 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22201-3000
Phone: 800-EXPLOR-9 or 703-243-7100
Fax: 703-243-7177
Exploravision@nsta.org
http://www.toshiba.com/tai/exploravision
Application Deadline: Feb.

FAMILYPC MAGAZINE, through its FAMILYPC TEACHERS’ TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, gives grants to teachers to recognize their outstanding ideas for implementing technology in the classroom. Teachers at any U.S. or Canadian public or private school, grades K-12, are eligible to apply. Teachers may be either individual classroom or resource teachers (e.g. art, music, etc.) Each teacher may only submit one proposal, but there is no limit to the number of submissions by a school. All awards will be made to the institution on behalf of the teacher. Winning ideas will be published in FamilyPC Magazine to help other teachers replicate them in their classrooms. Winning teachers must be committed to integrating technology into their curricula. Deadline, Dec.1, 2000; Winners announced in Spring. Contact:

Teachers’ Technology Foundation Grant
Application Request
FamilyPC-Janine Clermont
28 E. 28th Street
12th Floor
New York, New York 10016
www.zdnet.com/familypc/schoolpc

NSTA AWARDS:

SHELDON EXEMPLARY EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES AWARD recognizes one K-12 teacher who has demonstrated outstanding approaches to science teaching. Contact:

Lori Pinson
National Science Teachers Association
1840 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22201-3000
Phone: 703-243-7100
Fax on demand: 888-400-NSTA
Lori.Pinson@nsta.org
Application Deadline: November 15, 1999 (Sorry about this year, but check for next year.)

SCIENCE SCREEN REPORT AWARD is another NSTA award program that recognizes one teacher annually who has used commercially available films or video tapes to develop an innovative science curriculum. Contact:

Lori Pinson

National Science Teachers Association

1840 Wilson Blvd.

Arlington, VA 22201-3000

Phone: 703-243-7100

Fax on demand: 888-400-NSTA

Lori.Pinson@nsta.org

Application Deadline: Please check with Lori.

DURACELL/NSTA INVENTION CHALLENGE will provide savings bonds for winning students (grades 6-12 age 21 and under) and teachers for various placements in this challenge. All must be U.S. citizens who reside in the U.S. or its territories. Students can apply as individuals or in pairs. They will be required to design and build working devices powered by Duracell batteries. Sponsoring teachers must sign forms attesting that each student or pair of students has built each device. Contact:

Duracell/NSTA Invention Challenge

1840 Wilson Blvd.

Arlington, VA 22201-3000

Phone: 888-255-4242

www.nsta.org/programs/duracell

Application Deadline: January   First step papers outlining project ideas due Nov. Please consult the NSTA web page for any changes in these deadlines.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ARGONAUTS:

The Florida Institute of Technology offers the JASON Foundation Argonaut Scholarship. This scholarship is available for first-time freshmen that enroll at Florida Tech for undergraduate study. The $40,000 scholarship ($10,000 per year) is available to any student who meets the requirements for admission and participates as an Argonaut in the JASON Project. For more information contact the following:

Florida Institute of Technology

Office of Admissions

150 West University Blvd.

Melbourne, Florida 32901-6975

Toll Free: 800-888-4348

Phone:       407-674-8030

Fax:           407-723-9468

Admissions@fit.edu

www.fit.edu

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TEACHER IDEAS:

Northern Ohio GIS information from the Census.

Our Musical Plates Collaborative Project!

Links to NASA's Space Program and educational activities.

Ballard finds traces of ancient habitation in the Black Sea! National Geographic & Dr. Robert Ballard's Black Sea Project, Search for Noah's Flood!.

NASA News and Headlines.

International Space Station: A Live, Free, Interactive Satellite Program for Middle and High School Students. http://www.spacesite.org/Exped2000

NASA's Quest's Learning Technologies Chanel on the Internet

NASA's Webcast Video, select the "Watch the Video" link. NASA Schedule of events.
You will need RealPlayer to view the video. Download RealPlayer from this NASA Quest page.
Quest's schedule of events for the Mars Landing.
NASA's microphone links, MissiontoMars or Planetary.org.
Mars Polar Lander Web Site - All the background you need http://marslander.jpl.nasa.gov/ a mirror site and another mirror site.

Deep Space 2 Web Site - Includes information for students http://marslander.jpl.nasa.gov/ds2/ with a countdown to landing clock.

Mars Education Program - Great Activities!! http://marsnt3.jpl.nasa.gov/education/

Official NASA Web Site - Latest News http://www.nasa.gov

Exploring Mars - Additional facts http://www.exploringmars.com/

CNN coverage, great images and graphics for use with your students.

Rice University's CuSeeMe broadcasting site. They will transmit NASA TV to CuSeeMe via their reflector

at <polar.rice.edu>. Note: they are using Color M-jpeg codec (i.e. freeware versions of Cu seeme won't be able to see).

Yahoo!'s Astronaut Links

BERMUDA SHRUNKEN CUPS!

The JASON Project PIN Site in Bermuda offers the opportunity for teachers and their students to send their signed styrofoam cups to be shrunk by water pressure. Check out the web site: http://www.bbsr.edu and click onto <Classroom BATS>.

NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field

21000 Brookpark Road

Cleveland, Ohio 44135

Check with Renee Yoder at NASA Glenn in Cleveland for free curriculum and/or videos that tie in with this year’s JASON Project expedition. Renee has a wealth of information available in the Teacher Resource Center. If she doesn’t have what you’re looking for, she’ll help you find it within NASA. She’s absolutely wonderful to work with. Her number is (216) 433-2017. Web site: http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/CORE

Equally nice is Ruth Petersen at NASA who can arrange for Distance Learning Programs with NASA scientists. She can be reached at (216) 977-0718.

Dan Watson, who is employed both by NASA and the U.S. EPA has quite an array of resources to be shared. Dan is very accommodating. Please call him at (440) 835-5200.

Space Shuttle tile samples that can be used to test heat and cold, etc. can be requested from:

Ms. Patricia Patton

Property Disposal Officer

Mail Code JB34

NASA Johnson Space Center

2101 NASA Road One

Houston, TX 77058-3696

Please note: Send your request on your organization’s official letterhead and explain exactly why you want a Shuttle tile and what you are going to do with it.
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Bulletins

School Year 2001-02
Fall 2000
WVIZ/PBS to air The World of National Geographic, VOLCANO! Dec. 26 9-10PM and Dec. 27 8-9PM.
Go inside a volcano with the volcano experts, Volcanologists. Don't forget our links to VolcanoWorld or our Collaborative Project, Musical Plates!

Teachers in K-12 public or private schools in the U.S. with a unique idea on how to integrate technology into
Application deadline is December 1, 2000.

Spring 2000
The Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) and Hawaii Geoventures operates a training sessions for K-12 school teachers in Hawaii to learn first hand about active volcanism and how to teach volcanoes to kids. There are still some places left for teachers who might like to join. More details can be found on our web site (www.agso.gov.au/education/lava) or you can email gary.lewis@agso.gov.auto receive an information package.

January 20, 2000
Interested in the CWRU home page parody for Y2K?
JASON Teachers, please add the following to your JASON Project Resource List:
Rocky River Public Library: 1600 Hampton Road; Rocky River, Ohio 44116; Contact Person: Patricia Belcastro, Deputy Director; Phone: 440-333-7610; Web Address: www.rrpl.org; E-Mail: belcaspa@oplin.oh.us
International Women's Air & Space Museum: Burke Lakefront Airport; 1501 N. Marginal Road; Cleveland, Ohio 44114; Contact Person: Connie Luhta, President or Joan Hrubec, Director; Phone: 440-333-7610; Web Address: www.iwasm.org; E-Mail: (Connie Luhta) cluhta@iwasm.org; (Joan Hurbec) jhrubec@iwasm.org
January 14, 2000
International Space Station: A Live, Free, Interactive Satellite
JASON Teachers, please add the following to your JASON Project Resource List:

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List compiled by K. Kwiatkowski

Our TJO Team: Dawn Ciferno, Jim Kilmer, Jenny Baker, Mike Baker and our Project Coordinator: Kathryn Kwiatkowski Assistant Director Center for Science and Mathematics Education Case Western Reserve University last revision: 10/01/2004