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Encompassing Vision Of This Program
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The purpose of this project is to join the past, present and future via this two-year, Integrated Arts and Sciences Project by using a comparison of the past Lewis and Clark expedition to the future 2003-2004 Mars Exploration Rover Mission. The team is dedicated to providing students with opportunities to interact (both in person and via advanced technology) with noted authorities in many educational and scientific disciplines. In addition, the project is designed to help students develop a knowledgeable enthusiasm for space, including its exploration and habitation; astronomy; taking courageous steps into the unknown and thinking outside the “box”; connecting to a successful team; and sharing this knowledge with the student body at Barretts Elementary in the Parkway School District.
TEAM MEMBERS
SENIOR ADVISOR
The Distinguished Senior Advisor is Dr. Ray Arvidson, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, and Chairman of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Missouri. Dr. Arvidson is also the Deputy Principal Investigator of the Athena Science Payload, the package of scientific instruments that will be carried by both rovers during the Mars Exploration Rover mission.
http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/people/arvidson.html
http://athena.cornell.edu/kids/cs_arvidson.html
Dr. Arvidson will help as a Senior Advisor, ensuring that
connections between the Corps of Discovery and Mars Exploration Rover Mission
are real and deep, including why the exploration of the West took place, the
reasons for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, the logistics, how humans
have explored in the past and how they will explore in the future (getting
there, tradeoffs between travel and measurements, keeping track of locations,
naming things, etc.).
Dr. Arvidson will come to Barretts
to talk with students and, along with his own graduate and undergraduate students,
maintain close contact with team leaders, Gayla Rothermich, Jane Mues, Pam
Vanmater and John Bourzikas and the student participants, the “Voyagers”.
Dr. Arvidson and
his team at the Remote Sensing Laboratory at Washington University will provide
as much Mars data for the Project as needed and will also work with us to
arrange a field trip to the lab to observe and participate in remote sensing
activities in person.
TEAM LEADERS
Gayla Rothermich is the Program Director for this Integrated Arts and Sciences Project. Mrs. Rothermich is Director of Strings and Suzuki Specialist for Barretts Elementary in the Parkway School District. Mrs. Rothermich is also the Director of Rothermich Studio for Violin and Viola.
http://www.barrettsstrings.com/
Jane Mues is Research
Director for this Integrated Arts and Sciences Project.
Mrs. Mues is also the Library Specialist for Barretts Elementary in
the Parkway School District.
I have a passion
for good literature and am always looking for new ways to nurture a zest for
seeking out new books to read and enjoy. I am delighted to be the Research
Director for this Project. The Lewis and Clark Voyage and the research
required for this Project is of particular interest to me.
Pam VanMater, Technology Director
Pam VanMater is Technology Director for this Integrated Arts and Sciences Project. Mrs. VanMater is also the Computer Resource Specialist for Barretts Elementary in the Parkway School District.
John Bourzikas, Web site Director
John Bourzikas is Web Director for this Integrated Arts and Sciences Project. Mr. Bourzikas is also recently retired Strings teacher in the Parkway School District.
Working on this project gives me a sense of satisfaction because it allows a major project to go forward at Barretts School. The students at the school have gained so much from what they are exposed to. These teachers/scientists/explorers give of their time and love of their profession. What better role-models can we offer these students?
Many thanks to the following:OUR NASA ADVISOR
Dr. Thomas Dreschel
Program Manager
NASA Fundamental Space Biology Outreach
http://weboflife.ksc.nasa.gov/
Lesley Garner
Dynamac, Kennedy Space Center
Dr. Ray Wheeler
Plant Physiologist and Senior Scientist
Kennedy Space Center
Dr. Gustav A. Koerner
Program Manager SAITC
Biological Sciences Branch
Kennedy Space Center
Barbara Vieux Peterson
Senior Chemist
Environmental Programs
Dynamac Corporation
Kennedy Space Center
Human Resources Manager
Boeing Corporation
Dr. Gary Stutte
Principal Investigator
PESTO Payload
Dr. Andrew Schuerger
Senior Research Scientist
Dynamac Corporation
Kennedy Space Center
Dr. Bill Knott
Chief Scientist of Biological Programs
NASA/KSC Biomedical Operations Office
Jeffrey Richards
Plant Physiology
Research Associate
Kennedy Space Center
Neil Yorio
Research Scientist
Kennedy Space Center
Nate Cranston
Kennedy Space Center
Martha Bogart
Jan Carpenter
Aerospace Education Services Program
http://www.okstate.edu/aesp/AESP.html
Cassie Bowman
Coordinator
Mars Robotics Education Partnership
http://athena.cornell.edu/
http://www.stanford.edu/~davidf/cassie.html
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/people/bios/space/bowman.htm
cbowman@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Dr. Jack Stuster
Senior to Principal
Scientist to Vice President
Anacapa Sciences, Inc.
Author of "Bold Endeavors"
http://members.aol.com/jstuster/boldendeavors/
Dr. Bob Coulter
Manager of Curriculum Development
Missouri Botanical Garden
Interim Director
Litzsinger Road Ecology Center
http://www.mobot.org/education/index.html
Dr. Michael Burks
Director, Academic IT Services
Saint Louis University
Nigel Davies
Megan Murphy
Dr. Brian Faddis
Research Assistant
Professor
Department of
Otolaryngology
Washington University
School of Medicine
Sandy Collins
Fine Arts Coordinator
Parkway School District
http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/index.cfm
Maried Swapp
Science Coordinator
Parkway School District
http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/index.cfm
Annie Ritter
Principal
Barretts Elementary
Parkway School District
http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/schools/schoolportal.cfm?SchoolID=1
Michael Schultz
Assistant Principal
Barretts Elementary
Parkway School District
http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/schools/schoolportal.cfm?SchoolID=1
Daniel Slosberg “Pierre Cruzatte”
Young Audiences
Bobby Norfolk "York"
Young Audiences
This Integrated Arts and Sciences
Project is based on the Director's passion for teaching and inspiring students
to learn through the blended use of all the disciplines.
We are constantly gathering, sharing, and developing new and innovative
ideas that will lead to increased learning and enthusiasm for the world in
which students are a part of at Barretts Elementary School in the Parkway
School District and wherever they may go in life.
As experienced educators, we know that learning based upon this Integrated
Arts and Sciences Approach remains with the child forever.
A wide variety of noted authorities
in the field of astronomy and space science, as well as authorities with knowledge
of the Voyage of Lewis and Clark, have agreed to share their expertise through
hands on experiences as well as advanced computer technologies with the student
Voyagers. In addition, some of the projects will be shared
with the entire student body at Barretts Elementary.
This
program is a work in progress, but is also a natural match for students in
the St. Louis, Missouri area. Advice
and assistance with this project has been provided by Dr. Thomas Dreschel,
Program Manager for NASA Fundamental Space Biology Outreach,
Kennedy Space Center, and Dr. Ray Arvidson,
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and Chairman, Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
and Deputy Principal Investigator of the science investigation on the 2003-2004
Mars Exploration Rover Mission.
The student Voyagers are building
their own ideas of what a community is, learning the art of networking, becoming
a team made of members who can trust and depend upon one another, developing
and demonstrating a strong sense of commitment towards each other and above
all becoming connected to others taking this Voyage.
It is through these developments that this program springs forward. The student Voyagers will develop ownership of the program and are
learning those lessons that will be invaluable to them as they proceed through
life.
TIMELINE
2002-2003
September-October-November 2002
Student Voyagers learned about Mars via books, Internet, Mars
Virtual Exploration CD lessons, and networking; defined the concepts of a
community and a successful team; brainstormed a new title; design a patch
and flag; learned a variety of new computer technologies.; and learned how
to work in teams. The student Voyagers
prepared questions, based upon their newly discovered knowledge, for Dr. Thomas
Dreschel,
Program Manager for NASA Fundamental Space Biology Outreach,
and his team of scientists at NASA .
Gayla Rothermich's
trip to NASA regarding Life Support Systems in Space
Grant writing
and preparation of our programs comparison to the frameworks of Parkway and
national standards.
November- December 2002
A NASA Space Mobile
presentation by John Lowerison, NASA Aerospace Education Program for
3-5th Grade students at Barretts.
January 2003
NASA Teleconference
with Lesley Garner, Dr. Ray Wheeler, Gus Koerner, Barbara Vieux Peterson
February 2003
Columbia Shuttle Disaster Memorial
Presentation on
the MERS mission by Dr. Ray Arvidson, Washington University.
March 2003
Presentation by Mrs. Vinnie Warner, retired Principal regarding how to write a proper thank you letter and journal.
April 2003
2003-2004 Surveys
Thank You Letters
Study of "Bold Endeavors" and making of questions for our Phone Conference and Power point presentation with Dr. Stuster in May.
May 2003
Phone Conference
with Dr. Jack Stuster, noted scientist and author of "BOLD ENDEAVORS"
September 2003
Study of Lewis and Clark Re-discovery CD
October 2003
Gabby Iszak and Nigel Davies and our October Trip to Columbia Bottoms
GIS software Presentation by Dr. Bob Coulter, Manager of Curriculum, Missouri Botanical Gardens
Surveys and Book Reports
December 2003
December Trip to see the Mars Rover Model at Washington University courtesy of Dr. Arvidson
Presentation from Young Audience's by Bobby Norfolk's portraying "York"
More Thank You letter writing
Preparation of Web Site for launching in March with activities so far
January 2004
Project Planning and Development
LANDING! The two rovers touch down on Mars on January 4 and January 25!
Students will follow
the progress of the rovers via the Mars Exploration Rover Web site (http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer)
February 2004
Launching of Web site
with more to follow
Design the official
Project T-shirt
March 2004
Presentation Young Audience's Daniel Slosberg's portrayal of "Cruzatte"
2003-2004 Survey
End of the Year Presentation with a Lewis and Clark Tasting Party on March 15 at 7 p.m.
Personal Statements
Three brief stories
bring the project’s purpose to life.
1.) In 1999, during our first networking assignment,
the boys and girls were to find people in their families, sports teams, clients
of parents, neighborhood, etc., that knew something about space, gardening,
animals, astronomy, robotics, traveling into the unknown, writing, geology,
etc. One of our students said tearfully, “I will never know anybody that has
anything to do with those subjects.”
I tell students that
two things make them successful: Enthusiasm for routine training and not quitting
until you GET IT. It does not matter
when you get it, just that you do not quit until you get it. So I told him to keep at it and it would happen
when he least expected it.
After a couple of months,
he was at Scouts and moaning that he still did not have a source like everyone
else for this Project. A man spoke up, visiting Scouts for the evening,
and told him maybe he could be a source. He happened to be Francis Baum from Boeing, who is also the President
of the Amateur Astronomy Club for Boeing. The Project was at a close and we had to wait until the next year
to contact him. He later provided
some wonderful classes and experiences in Astronomy for our boys and girls.
Little did the young
Voyager know that this contact in networking would provide us with another
contact this year in this great man of Science here at Washington University,
Dr. Ray Arvidson, now our Senior Advisor.
When I called Dr. Arvidson, his first words were,
“Don’t you teach Strings at Barretts?
“Yes,” I replied. It turns
out that I taught his boys around 19 years ago.
He lives just around
the corner from Barretts. It is a small world indeed.
2.) During a teaching a session, we gathered the
boys and girls around and related to them that we were aware much was being
expected from them physically and mentally and as we neared the end of the
project to please let us know now before we proceeded any further if it was
too much.
One young man raised
his hand and said, “Yes, you are realllllly stretching us a lot, but that
is your job, you are our teacher and boy, does it feel good.
I am learning more in this program than I ever have before.”
3.) When we started the first
project, a personal teleconference and contact with Kennedy Space Center eluded
us. I was very frustrated as the Program
Director, with all the “red tape” involved. I missed my Year 2000 high school reunion in Dodge City, Kansas.
A classmate found my email address and I received an email from another
classmate wondering what had happened to me in the last 37 years.
I related to them that, in addition to my being a professional musician
and teacher, I had a passion for Integrating the Arts and Sciences; that I
was at a standstill in finding a personal connection at NASA. In the true fashion of instant email communication, she let me know
that the Barbara Vieux Peterson, one of my former Dodge City classmates, was
the Senior Chemist for NASA and here was her email. In just a matter of minutes I was in contact
with the wonderful Dr. Thomas Dreschel, Program Manager for NASA Fundamental
Space Biology Outreach, Kennedy Space Center.
http://weboflife.ksc.nasa.gov/
He
provided our boys and girls with experiences of a lifetime via Teleconference
and myself, as well, with a personal tour at Kennedy Space Center last month,
allowing me to view experiments relating directly to the coming Mars Missions
and continued his expert assistance in planning our new Project.
EVALUATION
The work of every student Voyager
for all of the assignments will be posted on the web site.
For every teleconference, the boys and girls will prepare questions
for the noted authorities that clearly demonstrate their understanding of
the area being discussed. They will also engage in spontaneous dialogue
with these scientists, dancers, authors, musicians, and astronomers.
They
will develop a new web site http://www.marslewisandclark.com(see the previous one to see how they will develop
this aspect of the project)
http://www.marslewisandclark.com/Barretts/barrettsvoyage/index.html
This web site clearly demonstrates
their activities, subjects learned, development of new technology skills in
web site development. It is hoped that
the students will be able to add advanced technology to the web site for this
new project.
Students will be able to post their
own personal statements as to what they liked and did not like about this
project.
A Voyage to Columbia Bottoms will
be planned in the same way as Lewis and Clark did. This planning will cover
as many areas of the educational disciplines as possible.
This is a living testimony to what they have learned and are trying
to experience with regards to the Voyages into the Unknown being studied in
this Project.
Through the final presentation at Barretts and the Official Web Site, the boys and girls will present a character on the Discovery Expedition
and attend an awards ceremony along with a tasting evening of Lewis and Clark authentic cuisine.
Our DVD showcasing our project and our official Web Site will be the way for anyone to evaluate our project and whether or not it met its goals and followed the Vision set forth at the beginning of this document.
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