Tag Archives: aoe
Grants
Today I spent some time working on a grant application to begin a mentoring program as part of my school’s Academy of Engineering. Here’s the project description so far: Patterson High School’s Academy of Engineering (AOE) would like to begin … Continue reading
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AOE Site Visit
AOE Fall Site Visit today. Combined with our school’s open house this evening in the heavy rains, that made for another >12 hour day. Tomorrow I’m promising myself <9 hours (shooting for a standard 8 hour workday, but promising <9). … Continue reading
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NAF PLC Seminar
Today I was away from my school and my students, attending a conference. It was held by the National Academy Foundation (NAF) at Baltimore’s NAF High School. So, pretty close as conferences go! It was a first-time gathering attempting to … Continue reading
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Breakfast
A few weeks ago we held our first Industry Partners Breakfast. We invited some engineers from industry and higher education whom we had worked closely with in the past. We also extended the invitation to acquaintances that we thought might … Continue reading
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Bombs Away!
Over the last several weeks before spring break, our integrated unit on projectiles came together [see this post for original description]. The week right before break, we displayed in our classrooms and throughout our academy student work relating to the … Continue reading
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Brainstorming an Integrated Unit: Projectile Motion
As we go through our Year of Planning to become an Academy of Engineering, we are working on plans to try out an integrated unit. An integrated unit is where students are learning about a common topic across all their … Continue reading
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Catapult Battleship, or Adults Like Having Fun Too!
Our school is working toward becoming an Academy of Engineering site, for which reason four of us from that academy attended the National Academy Foundation (NAF) Conference. The best session at the NAF conference that I attended was one on … Continue reading
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Summer of Conferences
This summer, I had the experience of attending three conferences/workshops. While there are always a few dry parts to any professional development, overall I had a great time learning new things and thinking about ways to improve my teaching. Over … Continue reading
Academy of Engineering
My school is beginning a year of planning to become an Academy of Engineering (AOE) site. The Academy of Engineering national organization is a fairly new partnership between Project Lead the Way, the National Academy Foundaton (NAF), and the National … Continue reading
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