various science ed needs, iPRAXIS

Posted by on November 05, 2012

One Day mentoring opportunities:

Northwood would like to have volunteers work with small groups on graphing and conclusions before their Science Fair on December 6th.  The specific dates have not been set but their schedule is pretty flexible.  They prefer to have mentors work on graphing data sometime the week of the 12th and conclusions/presentation prep sometime the week of November 19th.

Northwood Academy Charter School (in Frankford and 2 blocks from the Market/Frankford line)
4290 Penn St, Phila, PA 19124

Science Fair judging:

We are looking for judges for our upcoming Science Fairs in December.  This one day opportunity is a crucial element of our mission and really furthers the students’ sense of pride in themselves and their work!

Cook Wissahickon Science Fair
Where: 210 East Salaignac St, Philadelphia, PA 19128 (in Roxborough)
When:  December 21st from 8:30AM-3PM; coffee and lunch will be provided

Northwood Science Fair

Where: 4290 Penn St, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (in Frankford)
When: December 6th from 8AM-3PM; lunch will be provided

Science Fair mentoring at Belmont:

Volunteer mentors (“Scienteers”) meet with a group of four students once a week for a 12 week period to guide the planning and implementation of a science fair project. Students engage enthusiastically in the application of scientific principles through this creative project-based approach, and enjoy a consistent relationship with Scienteers who model and encourage goal-setting, teamwork, research design, organization, presentation skills, and positive relationship building.

Belmont Charter School (Belmont neighborhood, W. Phila)
4030 Brown St, Phila, PA 19104
Time Commitment: approx. 90 minutes a week for 12 weeks.

7th grade – 8:10-9:42, 10:31-12:03, 1:39-3:11 on Nov 20th, Nov 26th, Dec 4th, Dec 10th, Dec 18th, Jan7th, Jan 15th, Jan 22nd, Jan 28th, Feb 5th, and Feb 12th

8th grade – 8:10-9:42, 10:31-12:03, 1:39-3:11 on Nov 19th, Nov 27th, Dec 3rd, Dec 11th, Dec 17th, Jan 8th, Jan 14th, Jan 23rd, Jan 29th, Feb 4th, Feb 11th

Scienteer mentors meet with a group of four students once a week for a 12 week period to guide the planning and implementation of a science fair project. Students engage enthusiastically in the application of scientific principles through this creative project-based approach, and enjoy a consistent relationship with Scienteers who model and encourage goal-setting, teamwork, research design, organization, presentation skills, and positive relationship building.

Belmont Charter School (Belmont neighborhood, W. Phila) 4030 Brown St, Phila, PA 19104 Time Commitment: approx. 90 minutes a week for 12 weeks.

Scienteer mentors meet with a group of four students once a week for a 12 week period to guide the planning and implementation of a science fair project. Students engage enthusiastically in the application of scientific principles through this creative project-based approach, and enjoy a consistent relationship with Scienteers who model and encourage goal-setting, teamwork, research design, organization, presentation skills, and positive relationship building.

Belmont Charter School (Belmont neighborhood, W. Phila) 4030 Brown St, Phila, PA 19104 Time Commitment: approx. 90 minutes a week for 12 weeks.

Belmont Mentoring flyer  – https://www.dropbox.com/s/mnolo6tbkmnl84l/Belmont%20mentor%20flyer.doc

Belmont calendar is attached or can be downloaded from here – https://www.dropbox.com/s/k357u4uo3ko2v4r/Belmont%20Volunteer%20calendar%202012-2013%20with%20times%20and%20no%20HW.rtf?m

In preparation for mentoring at Belmont, iPRAXIS will be holding Orientations to review the mentoring process, the Scientific Method for middle schoolers, and share the new exciting online component.  There will be one Orientation closer to Belmont’s start date.  The Orientations take approximately an hour.

These are exciting times and I hope that there is a volunteer opportunity for everyone!  And remember that there is also giving a presentation to a class or group.  If you know of people interested in this, please let me know a general topic and I can offer it to our teachers.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/90pbbjo855xsa8k/general%20scienteer%20flyer%20with%20school%20names%20-%20presenter.doc