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2004 Institutes for New Teachers

Sample Science Institute Schedule

NOTE: This is a sample schedule, based on past Institutes. It is presented here as an example of the kinds of activities you can expect to participate in if you attend one of our Institutes. The 2005 schedule may not necessarily be the same.

The daily schedule goes from 8:00 am to 8:30 pm (to 3:00 pm on Friday). Unless otherwise indicated, all activities of the Science Institute take place in Beck Hall, Livingston Campus.

Monday, August 9, 2004
7:45 - 8:30	Registration, Breakfast & Coffee	BECK 151 and 101
8:30 - 9:30	Demos – Book and Lava Lamp John Penna	BECK 151
9:30 - 10:00	Welcome!/Opening Remarks Dr. Joseph Rosenstein, Rutgers University Kate Napolitano-Burke, The Peter Muschal School Dan Griesbach, Holmdel High School John Penna, Gov. Livingston High School (retired)	BECK 101
10:00 - 11:30	Demos – Egg Toss, Combustion of Metal, Catalyst Lab Dan Griesbach	BECK 151
11:30 - 12:45	Lunch (gold lunch tickets and driving directions are in your folder)	Busch Campus Center
12:45 - 4:15	Demos – Air Drums, Tornado Tubes, Make & Takes John Penna	BECK 151
4:15 - 4:25	First Day Evaluations	BECK 101 or 111
4:25 - 5:30	Hotel Check-In	Four Points Sheraton Hotel
5:30 - 6:30	Dinner	Hotel–Salon C/D
6:30 - 8:20	Evening Program Learning Styles Dan Griesbach	Hotel–Salon C/D

Tuesday, August 10, 2004
8:00 - 8:30	Breakfast & Coffee	BECK 151
8:30 - 10:30	Dan's Ditties Dan Griesbach	BECK 101 or 111
10:30 - 11:45	Demos – Cartesian Divers, Water Lock, Powers of 10 John Penna	BECK 151
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch	Busch Campus Center
1:00 - 4:30	Demos – Light Sticks, Railroad Wheels, Electric Shielding, Rollback Cans, Flower Vascular Systems Dan Griesbach John Penna	BECK 151
5:00 – 5:20	Graduate Credit Meeting (Optional). –Multipurpose Room. (Near the food court, off the open Fireside Lounge area.)	Busch Campus Center
5:20 - 6:20	Dinner	Multipurpose Room
6:20 - 8:10	Evening Program Learning Styles Applications Dan Griesbach	Multipurpose Room

Wednesday, August 11, 2004
8:00 - 8:30	Breakfast & Coffee	BECK 151
8:30 - 11:00	First Day of School, Pop Bottles, Progressive Grouping, Meet the Parents Gene McNicholas Kittatinny Regional High School	BECK 151 or 101
11:00 - 12:00	Lab Safety Gene McNicholas	BECK 151
*Dinner tonight is pizza, baked ziti, and salad, so you may want to skip the pizza line at lunch.*
12:00 - 1:15	Lunch	Busch Campus Center
1:15 - 4:30	Teachers and Technology Math & Science Learning Center Gene McNicholas (Meet Kate and/or Kerstin promptly at 1:15 near the Information Desk of the Busch Campus Center [near the food court and the Fireside Lounge], and you can follow us there. The Allison Road Classroom Bldg [ARC] is also on your Busch campus map, if you want to get there on your own.)	ARC Bldg. 308 Busch Campus
5:15 - 6:15	Dinner	Busch Campus Center – Multipurpose Room
6:30 - 8:00	Evening Program Explosion Night John Penna	BECK 151

Thursday, August 12, 2004
8:00 - 8:30	Breakfast & Coffee	BECK 151
8:30 - 11:00	Inquiry-Based Learning & Timelines Gene McNicholas	BECK 151
11:00 - 11:45	NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards Gene McNicholas	BECK 151 or 101
1:45 - 1:00	Lunch	Busch Campus Center
1:00 - 4:30	Open Lab Time, Make & Takes, Project Work (Complete lab and lesson plan projects, etc.) Kate, Gene and John	BECK 151 and 101
5:30 - 6:30	Dinner	Hotel–Salon C/D
6:45 - 8:30	School Law–What You Need to Know Patrick Lynch, Assistant Principal Bordentown Regional High School	Hotel–Boardroom

Friday, August 13, 2004
7:00 - 7:45	Hotel Check-Out
8:00 - 8:30	Breakfast & Coffee	BECK 151
8:30 - 9:00	FANS Workshop for Parents (Information Session) Kate Napolitano-Burke	BECK 101 or 111
9:00 - 10:45	Open-Ended Investigations for Children & Parents, Children's Literature Kate Napolitano-Burke	BECK 151 and 101
10:45 - 12:00	Presentation of Lesson Plans or Units by Groups Kate and John	BECK 151 and 101
12:15 - 12:30	Group Photo (a 2-minute walk from the Campus Center )	Outside SERC Bldg. Busch Campus
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch & Wind-Up/Institute Evaluations ( *** Please be sure to submit your green evaluation form as well as the SSI Professional Development *Form.* *** )	Busch Campus Center
2:00 - 2:45	Closing Ceremonies Joseph Rosenstein Kate Napolitano-Burke John Penna	Busch Campus Center - Multipurpose Room (where campus dinners were held)

Appendix
Demo List – John Penna

1. Styrofoam in Acetone (5 min)
2. Candle Demos (1 hour)
3. Cartesian Diver in Plastic Bottle (10 min)
4. Make an Oil and Water Lava Lamp (30 min)
5. Ghost Crystals (20 min)
6. Air Blaster (30 min)
7. Ammonia and Gold Xerox Paper (5 min)
8. Powers of Ten (10 min)
9. Water Lock (15 min)
10. Oobleck (Cooking Starch) (20 min)
11. Hot Metal in 2 liter Soda Bottle (15 min)
12. Five Gallon Bottle Explosion (10 min)
13. Lycopodium (Paint can in flames) (20 min)
14. Crush Soda Can (20 min)
15. Pennies into Cup Full of Water (10 min)
16. Balloon in Flask (5 min)
17. Factor Label Method (20 min)
18. Burning Book (5 min)

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