3. 1 Research Experience for Teachers at Rice
University: the RET program reinvigorates the
teacher’s passion for science.
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Research Experience for Teachers at Rice
University: the RET program reinvigorates the
teacher’s passion for science.
The Houston Advanced Research Center:
a cutting-edge research organization that provides
energy solutions for the future.
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Research Experience for Teachers at Rice
University: the RET program reinvigorates the
teacher’s passion for science.
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The Houston Advanced Research Center:
a cutting-edge research organization that provides
energy solutions for the future.
Curriculum Development: how research
contributes to effective teaching and shapes the
science classroom.
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2
Research Experience for Teachers at Rice
University: the RET program reinvigorates the
teacher’s passion for science.
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The Houston Advanced Research Center:
a cutting-edge research organization that provides
energy solutions for the future.
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Curriculum Development: how research
contributes to effective teaching and shapes the
science classroom.
My Lesson Plan: how I used my research
experience to develop an inquiry-based curriculum.
7. Research Experience for Teachers
Places teachers in a cutting edge laboratory environment.
First hand experience in current laboratory processes
Reinforce teacher’s appreciation of science and research.
Develop inquiry-based lesson plans applicable to CBEN research.
Apply lessons learned from the research to in-class setting.
8. Houston Advanced Research Center is a not-for-profit
organization that uses scientific research to provide
environmental solutions.
Programs that focus on air quality and climate, clean
energy, land, water, and people.
9. Did you know that in one hour, more sunlight falls on the
earth than what the entire population uses in one year...
10. If America could just harvest 2.5 percent of the solar radiation that impacts the
250,000 square miles of suitable solar power land in the country, it would be almost
enough to provide energy for every man, woman and child in the U.S. for one year.
-Robert Morley, 2008, Can Solar Energy Save Humanity? The Trumpet.com
11. HARC’s Energy Solution
Saving on the electric bill
It's installed a $2 million solar "lab" on the rooftops and
awnings of two high schools, an array that will serve the dual
purpose of educating students and saving the district about
$15,000 a year on its electric bill.
Tying learning into real-life solutions
To make the project a true learning experience, Ignite Solar installed the
panels at slightly different angles and with minor variations at each school so
that the students would be able to compare and contrast the data,
concluding what is most efficient and possibly even coming up with real-life
solutions for other businesses and places.
Three Education applications
Now, sitting atop Sam Rayburn and South Houston High Schools are three
different solar technologies manufactured by Houston-based Ignite Solar that
create energy while providing students with raw data that is being integrated
throughout the curriculum. Science teachers are using it to teach about solar
power. In computer class, the students are plugging the data about how much
energy is generated into Excel and PowerPoint as they master those programs.
And social studies teachers are using the experiment as a way to educate
about the history of energy.
Solution for the future
In the first seven days of the project’s implementation, the panels
generated enough electricity to power the average home for two months.
- Ramit Plushnick-Masti. Associated Press. “Pasadena ISD bets on new energy”
12. HARC’s Energy Solution
Saving on the electric bill
It's installed a $2 million solar "lab" on the rooftops and
awnings of two high schools, an array that will serve the dual
purpose of educating students and saving the district about
$15,000 a year on its electric bill.
Tying learning into real-life solutions
To make the project a true learning experience, Ignite Solar installed the
panels at slightly different angles and with minor variations at each school so
that the students would be able to compare and contrast the data,
concluding what is most efficient and possibly even coming up with real-life
solutions for other businesses and places.
Three Education applications
Now, sitting atop Sam Rayburn and South Houston High Schools are three
different solar technologies manufactured by Houston-based Ignite Solar that
create energy while providing students with raw data that is being integrated
throughout the curriculum. Science teachers are using it to teach about solar
power. In computer class, the students are plugging the data about how much
energy is generated into Excel and PowerPoint as they master those programs.
And social studies teachers are using the experiment as a way to educate
about the history of energy.
Solution for the future
In the first seven days of the project’s implementation, the panels
generated enough electricity to power the average home for two months.
- Ramit Plushnick-Masti. Associated Press. “Pasadena ISD bets on new energy”
17. Engage
Explore
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate
engage |enˈgāj| 2 [ intrans. ] ( engage with) establish a
verb base of gage 1 . The word originally
meaningful contact or connection with : the
1 [ trans. ] occupy, attract, or involve (someone's meant [to pawn or pledge something,]
teams needed to engage with local
interest or attention) : he plowed on, trying to later [pledge oneself (to do something),]
communities.
outline his plans and engage Sutton's attention. hence [enter into a contract] (mid 16th
• (of a part of a machine or engine) move
• ( engage someone in) cause someone to cent.), [involve oneself in an activity,]
into position so as to come into operation :
become involved in (a conversation or discussion). [enter into combat]
the clutch will not engage.
18. Engage
Explore
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate
explore |ikˈsplôr|
verb [ trans. ] • [ intrans. ] ( explore for) search for explorative |-rətiv| adjective
travel in or through (an unfamiliar country or resources such as mineral deposits : the ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense
area) in order to learn about or familiarize company explored for oil. [investigate (why)] ): from French
oneself with it : the best way to explore • inquire into or discuss (a subject or issue) explorer, from Latin explorare ‘search
Iceland's northwest | figurative explore the in detail : he sets out to explore out,’ from ex- ‘out’ + plorare ‘utter a cry.’
world of science and technology. fundamental questions.
21. Engage
Explore
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate
explain |ikˈsplān| explain oneself expand on what one has
verb [ reporting verb ]
• ( explain something away) minimize said in order to make one's meaning
make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to
the significance of an embarrassing fact clear. • give an account of one's motives
someone by describing it in more detail or or conduct in order to excuse or justify
revealing relevant facts or ideas : [with clause ] they or action by giving an excuse or
justification : they know stories about oneself : he was too panicked to stay
explained that their lives centered on the religious
me that I can't explain away. and explain himself to the policeman.
rituals
24. Engage
Explore
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate
elaborate
verb |iˈlabəˌrāt| ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense
adjective |iˈlab(ə)rit|
1 [ trans. ] develop or present (a [produced by effort of labor,] also in
involving many carefully arranged parts or
theory, policy, or system) in detail : the sense 2 of the verb): from Latin
details; detailed and complicated in design and elaborat- ‘worked out,’ from the verb
planning : elaborate security precautions | key idea of the book is expressed in
elaborare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ +
elaborate wrought-iron gates. the title and elaborated in the text. labor ‘work.’
27. Engage
Explore
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate
evaluate |iˈvalyoōˌāt|
verb [ trans. ]
• Mathematics find a numerical ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: back-formation
form an idea of the amount, number, or value of;
expression or equivalent for (an from evaluation, from French évaluer,
assess : when you evaluate any hammer, look for
precision machining | [with clause ] computer equation, formula, or function). from es- (from Latin ex-) ‘out, from’ +
Old French value ‘value.’
simulations evaluated how the aircraft would
perform.
In our agenda, we'll first cover the RET program and how it reinvigorates teachers' passion for science...\n
In our agenda, we'll first cover the RET program and how it reinvigorates teachers' passion for science...\n
In our agenda, we'll first cover the RET program and how it reinvigorates teachers' passion for science...\n
In our agenda, we'll first cover the RET program and how it reinvigorates teachers' passion for science...\n
In our agenda, we'll first cover the RET program and how it reinvigorates teachers' passion for science...\n
In our agenda, we'll first cover the RET program and how it reinvigorates teachers' passion for science...\n
In our agenda, we'll first cover the RET program and how it reinvigorates teachers' passion for science...\n
In our agenda, we'll first cover the RET program and how it reinvigorates teachers' passion for science...\n
In our agenda, we'll first cover the RET program and how it reinvigorates teachers' passion for science...\n
In our agenda, we'll first cover the RET program and how it reinvigorates teachers' passion for science...\n
In our agenda, we'll first cover the RET program and how it reinvigorates teachers' passion for science...\n
The RET program has many goals, including...\n
I was assigned to HARC. It is a not-for-profit organization, located in the Woodlands.\nThis research organization focuses on providing environmental solutions ranging from air quality to land services. \nThis summer, my research focused clean energy resources, primarily on solar energy solutions...\n\nTransition: There are many concerns about solar power energy...\n
Did you know...\n
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HARC works to solve these kinds of issues. For example, they established the Pasadena ISD Solar Initiative , which is responsible for installing $2 million worth of solar technologies on Sam Rayburn and South Houston High School. This saves the district approx. $15,000 annually, but more importantly, it's integrated throughout the curriculum. These installed solar technologies provide students with real-time raw data for analysis and impact their creativity and passion for alternative energy. \n\nBack at HARC, we analyze the efficiency and energy production of each type of solar technology and compare it to the estimate of the System Advisory Model (SAM) which is commonly used in the industry to estimate efficiency and energy production depending on location and other variables. HARC is currently in the process of installing solar energy in the port of Galveston.\nAlso, my mentor Liz and I have submitted a grant proposal to install variance renewable energy technologies at North Shore Senior High, my school. \n\nTransition: My research and internship experience taught me a very important and reoccurring concept regarding learning. A chinese proverb explains it best.....\n
HARC works to solve these kinds of issues. For example, they established the Pasadena ISD Solar Initiative , which is responsible for installing $2 million worth of solar technologies on Sam Rayburn and South Houston High School. This saves the district approx. $15,000 annually, but more importantly, it's integrated throughout the curriculum. These installed solar technologies provide students with real-time raw data for analysis and impact their creativity and passion for alternative energy. \n\nBack at HARC, we analyze the efficiency and energy production of each type of solar technology and compare it to the estimate of the System Advisory Model (SAM) which is commonly used in the industry to estimate efficiency and energy production depending on location and other variables. HARC is currently in the process of installing solar energy in the port of Galveston.\nAlso, my mentor Liz and I have submitted a grant proposal to install variance renewable energy technologies at North Shore Senior High, my school. \n\nTransition: My research and internship experience taught me a very important and reoccurring concept regarding learning. A chinese proverb explains it best.....\n
HARC works to solve these kinds of issues. For example, they established the Pasadena ISD Solar Initiative , which is responsible for installing $2 million worth of solar technologies on Sam Rayburn and South Houston High School. This saves the district approx. $15,000 annually, but more importantly, it's integrated throughout the curriculum. These installed solar technologies provide students with real-time raw data for analysis and impact their creativity and passion for alternative energy. \n\nBack at HARC, we analyze the efficiency and energy production of each type of solar technology and compare it to the estimate of the System Advisory Model (SAM) which is commonly used in the industry to estimate efficiency and energy production depending on location and other variables. HARC is currently in the process of installing solar energy in the port of Galveston.\nAlso, my mentor Liz and I have submitted a grant proposal to install variance renewable energy technologies at North Shore Senior High, my school. \n\nTransition: My research and internship experience taught me a very important and reoccurring concept regarding learning. A chinese proverb explains it best.....\n
HARC works to solve these kinds of issues. For example, they established the Pasadena ISD Solar Initiative , which is responsible for installing $2 million worth of solar technologies on Sam Rayburn and South Houston High School. This saves the district approx. $15,000 annually, but more importantly, it's integrated throughout the curriculum. These installed solar technologies provide students with real-time raw data for analysis and impact their creativity and passion for alternative energy. \n\nBack at HARC, we analyze the efficiency and energy production of each type of solar technology and compare it to the estimate of the System Advisory Model (SAM) which is commonly used in the industry to estimate efficiency and energy production depending on location and other variables. HARC is currently in the process of installing solar energy in the port of Galveston.\nAlso, my mentor Liz and I have submitted a grant proposal to install variance renewable energy technologies at North Shore Senior High, my school. \n\nTransition: My research and internship experience taught me a very important and reoccurring concept regarding learning. A chinese proverb explains it best.....\n
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As educators, we can lecture, we can explain, we can demonstrate content, material, and knowledge. \nBut students want to be engaged. They want to participate, and through interaction, they gain knowledge. Through hands-on experience, they learn.\n
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It's turning away from the dated teaching methodologies where we provide the answers and expect them to regurgitate it all via memory. Today, it's important that we, as educators, ask questions. Let's be the one to ask the questions, and let students be the ones to DISCOVER the answers. Through discovery, experience, and exploration, they learn...they learn effectively. \n
It's turning away from the dated teaching methodologies where we provide the answers and expect them to regurgitate it all via memory. Today, it's important that we, as educators, ask questions. Let's be the one to ask the questions, and let students be the ones to DISCOVER the answers. Through discovery, experience, and exploration, they learn...they learn effectively. \n
