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    Professor Elsa Garmire will speak to the importance of teaching engineering in k-12 education. She will describe how she is using the Lego Mindstorms robotics kits to create a project-based learning environment. Workshop #3 Naz-car, how fast? will provide the basics of constructing a naz-car and how to program it.

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    Professor Elsa Garmire will speak to the importance of teaching engineering in k-12 education. She will describe how she is using the Lego Mindstorms robotics kits to create a project-based learning environment. Workshop #3 Naz-car, how fast? will provide the basics of constructing a naz-car and how to program it.

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    Woodstock Union Middle School--October 22, 2009

    Schedule Keynote Address


    Engaging Students Through Project Based
    8:00 - 8:30 Registration and Coffee: Woodstock Union Learning
    Middle School’s Lobby
    !
    8:30 - 10:30
    Welcome, Keynote & Workshop Descriptions: Professor Elsa Garmire served as the dean
    Teagle Library of Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of
    Engineering from 1995 to 1997 and she is
    10:30 - 12:00
    Hands-on Workshop with NXT: Teagle Library
    currently the college’s Sydney E. Junkins
    10:30 - 12:00 Teacher lead workshop #1: PC Lab (Room 008) 1887 Professor of Engineering. In
    relation to her address, Professor Garmire
    12:00 - 1:00
    Lunch: North Cafeteria
    has worked with the International
    1:00 - 1:30
    Q & A Round Table: Teagle Library Technology Education Association to develop standards
    1:30 - 3:00
    Hands-on Workshop II with the NXT, Data for  K-12 engineering & technology literacy instruction.
    Logging: Teagle Library One of her current areas of interest is engaging female
    students in engineering through project-based instruction.
    1:30 - 3:00 Concurrent teacher lead workshops #2 (Teagle During this address, she will speak to the importance of
    Library) & #3 (PC Lab: Room 008) teaching engineering in K-12 education and the power of
    3:00 – 3:30
    An exciting glimpse into future developments project-based technology learning experiences to increase
    by the CEEO: Teagle Library student learning.

    Workshop #1 Workshop #2
    Problems, Solved With Science Mixed With Art Mission To Mars
    Kevin Lavigne (Hanover High School) Rick Dustin-Eichler (Windsor Central S.U.)

    The focus of this presentation will be to Is it possible for humans to survive on Mars? Help mankind
    describe how I am using the Lego® take a giant step in this information gathering process by
    Mindstorms robotics kits to create a constructing a rover that has a wide array of remote sensing
    project-based learning environment that capabilities and sending it to the red planet to collect data.
    fosters development of teamwork, Learn how you can conduct this simulation in your classroom.
    structured programming, technical
    writing and technical drawing Workshop #3
    skills, as well as intuition about Naz-Car, How Fast?
    physical systems.   I will be Tom Barrowman (Lego Education & Queensbury M.S.)
    providing handouts with sample
    challenges, advice on getting started with This workshop will provide the Robolab user with paperwork
    robotics, and a number of resources I've and activities for applying the Investigator part of Robolab.
    found useful in developing and teaching Using angle sensor data, miles per hour and acceleration will be
    this curriculum. covered. A weather station using the NXT will also be
    demonstrated. This is appropriate for middle and high school.
    !
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