William (Bill) AyersJefferson ISD 

Patricia BainBuckholts ISD Lynn BeasonCollege Station ISD Shawn BrockLamesa ISD

Nancy ConleyGonzales ISD

Miguel A. GonzalesRio Grande City ISD Linda HeathcottNavasota ISD Tim LamberMagnolia ISD Sue LangleyLeon ISD

Arthur PetterwayHouston ISD

Edna Mae PriceWaller ISD

Susan SoutherlandBovina ISD Elizabeth StamperDawson ISD Mike SternWesthoff ISD

Linda LeatherwoodMagnolia ISD

Brenda TurnageLoraine ISD 

Nathan UpchurchQueen City ISD Michele WardCollege Station ISD MaryBeth WebbLatexo ISD Joe WilleyTulia ISD

PEER Intensive 2001 Participants

Packet Contents

Acknowledgements Schedule of Events Bus Schedule Program Overview Participant Contact Information College of Education Contact Information College of Veterinary Medicine Contact Information Session Handouts  Intensive 2001 Evaluation Forms Campus and Bryan/College Station Maps Reimbursement Packets PEER, eEducation, and Bryan/College Station Brochures

Intensive Schedule

Monday June 11

Tuesday June 12

Thursday June 14

Friday June 15

9:00 – 10:00 Introductions / Intensive Overview (VMA 331) 

Plant Experiment (Demonstration) (VMA 331)

Water Sampling on River (Stiles Ranch–Brazos River)

Assignment A Critique (VMS 313; VMA 326B & 331)

TrackStar Presentations (VMA 331)

Curricular Experiments: Water and Hay Experiments (VMS 309 & 311)

10:00 – 11:00 Introduction to Curricular Modules(VMA 331)

Assignment B Critique (VMS 313; VMA 326B & 331)

Assignment C Critique (VMA 331 & 326B)

Assignment A (VMS 309 & 311)

11:00 – 12:00 Assignment C(VMS 309 & 311)Introduction to

"Hazards" and “Organ Systems” Module(VMA 331)

Evaluations & Travel Reimbursements (VMS 331)

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (VMA–Mark Francis Room)

Lunch – Introduction to Egypt Adventure (VMA–Mark Francis Room)

Lunch (Stiles Ranch)

Lunch – Introduction to China Adventure (VMA–Mark Francis Room)

Lunch –Week In Review (VMA–Mark Francis Room)

Wednesday June 13

Schedule Continued

1:00 – 2:00 Assignment B (VMS 309 & 311)

Introduction to TrackStar (Harrington 627)

Travel to Harrington & Clean–up

Environmental Health (VMA 331)

 

2:00 – 3:00 Project Development (TrackStar, Assignments A&B)(Harrington 627)

TrackStar Presentations (VMA 331)Water Quality

Measurements (VMA 331)

3:00 – 4:00 Project Development (TrackStar, Assignments A&B)(Harrington 627)

4:00 –5:00

Evening Dinner and Social (6:00 – 7:30 p.m.) Golden Corral Restaurant)

Open Lab / Project Development (5:30 – 8:00 p.m.) (Harrington 627)

Open Lab / Project Development (5:30 – 8:00 p.m.) (Harrington 627)

Open Lab / Project Development (5:30 – 8:00 p.m.) (Harrington 627)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Program Overview

The Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health PEER program is a collaboration between the College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Education, and the Center for Environmental and Rural Health CERH at Texas A&M University and the Texas Rural Systemic Initiative TRSI

Program Objectives

Provide access to activity based curricular materials over the Internet;

Professional development staff courses for science teachers who wish to integrate web based environmental and rural health science curriculum units;

A one week technology/environmental science intensive training program with scholarships for 20 teachers/year;

Visiting scientists/college students to classes and/or interacting on-line to set-up classrooms.

Resources for the Intensive and Beyond . . .

Web-based CurriculaProfessional Development

Resources for TeachersScientists Visits to Schools Water Testing Kits Access to TrackStar

Lesson Development Tool

And Now … Assignments A, B, & C

Assignments A, B, & C

Instructions Continued

Instructions Continued

Personal Schedules

Teacher Reviews of Units

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Web-based Curricula Modules Currently Implemented

Assignments A & B 5 Water Quality Units 5 Cell Biology Units

5 Hazards Units 1000+ middle school

students field-tested the modules

Assignment C 2 Organ Systems

Units 2 Properties/Sources

of Hazards Units

Web-based Curricula Framework

Lesson Objectives Pre-tests and Post-tests

with answer keys Presentation of Concepts Downloadable Student

Journal Activity Sheets for Experiments and Activities

Teacher Lesson Notes An outline of science and

technology TEKS Standards that are addressed in the lesson

Cells Are UsCell Biology ModuleStudents Learn key aspects of cell

functions Read about selected

scientists’ biographies including their childhoods

Use “Get Smart” game to perform self-study

Modules Levels of Organization Interacting with the

Outside World Creating Energy Coding and Translating

Instructions Making Protein Machinery

to do Things

Water’s the MatterWater Quality ModuleStudents Learn that individual bodies of

water have unique properties Focus on five different measurable

properties of water

Modules Measuring Mass, Fluid Volume and

Concentration Measuring Temperature and its

Effects on Water Quality Measuring Dissolved Oxygen and

its Effects on Water Quality Measuring pH and its Effects on

Water Quality Measuring Nitrates and their Effects

on Water Quality

Toxic or Not?Hazards ModuleFocus on our surroundings and the

hazards present in everyday life

Students Complete lessons on different

toxin sources such as bacteria, nutrition, and air quality

Play a mystery game to find what toxic substance has made patients sick, and its sources

Modules Welcome to Your World Who Are Sam and Ella? Every Breath You Take More Than Skin Deep You Are What You Eat

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That’s all folks… We hope that you have an awesome week!!!