Teacher Summit Resources
Presentations from the Teacher Summit (click the title to access the presentation):
Keynote Address: Preparing Students for the 21st Century
Karl Fisch, Director of Technology, Arapahoe High School Brian Hatak, Chemistry and Astronomy Teacher, Arapahoe High School
- To access Karl Fisch's blog, The Fisch Bowl, click here.
Energy for the Future
Mark Holtzapple, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dwight Look College of Engineering
Increasing Graduation and College Enrollment Rates: The Texas High School Project
Jim Scheurich, Head and Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, College of Education and Human Development
Nano-what? Nanotechnology in Our Future
Winfried Teizer, Associate Professor of Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Science
Engineering Applications Using Math and Science Tools
April Moon, Engineering Instructor, Waxahachie Global High School; Panelists include: Jalynn Chapman, Deborah Floyd, Daphne Fullmighter and Jennifer Stitt
Additional Teacher Resources
The following is a list of interesting lesson plans and activities available for teachers from various sources. Click on the item for more information.
Advance Placement Summer Institutes, College of Science
All About High School Math
Courses offer multimedia products to help students succeed in the high school subjects
American Chemical Society
Education resources - promoting excellence in science education and community outreach
College of Science Resources, Texas A&M University
- Math 9-12 WIKI, with resources
- TI graphing calculator streaming videos
- Teacher-quality algebra II materials
- Math prep for chemistry - award-winning site!
- Low-cost physics activities
- Physics activities for Family Science Nights
- PowerPoint presentations covering topics typically contained in introductory high school and undergraduate physics courses
- Video analysis investigations for physics and mathematics
- Department of Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Statistics
- Center for Mathematics and Science Education
E3 Teacher Summer Research Program at Texas A&M
For secondary math and science teachers and pre-service teachers
Lesson plans, worksheets and projects for pre-algebra, algebra I, pre-calculus, integrated physics and chemistry, physics, algebra II, geometry, calculus, statistics, mathematical modeling, biology, chemistry, and gender equity.
ExxonMobile
Educational Resources for students ages 7-18.
Information Technology in Science (ITS) Center for Teaching and Learning
Mathematics/Educational Works for K-12 by G. Donald Allen, Director of Technology Assisted Instruction and Associate Head for Operations, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
- College Ready Texas - Mathematics
- A mathematics test for placement in college math courses free for all Texas students
- Presta Digitization
- A Web site dedicated to connecting digital images to mathematics and what you can do with a digital camera
- Pre-Calculus
- Course-in-a-box for professional development, written with a group of others
- All About Quadratics for the Teacher
- All About Fractions for the Teacher
- Math Goes to Hollywood
- A selection of math examples from feature-length Hollywood films. From comedy to drama, from K-6 level to 10-12, there are examples of how Hollywood movies occasionally feature some very interesting mathematics.
- MTC - Math TEKS Connections
- See section on problem solving
- WebCalc
- A fully online calculus course and related papers. The course requires Scientific Notebook software
- JavaScript Geometry
- A basic tutorial of geometry proofs with "unfolding" proof and discussion
- Online TAAS questions
- Covering the 13 objectives of the exit level TAAS (Texas Assessment of Academic Skills) examination with online multiple-choice questions
- ICTCM
- Short course on using the Web for mathematics instruction,complete lecture notes and demos.
- Basic HTML
- A tutorial on basic HTML language
- Using Dreamweaver
- A tutorial on using the HTML editor Dreamweaver 4
- Using FrontPage
- A tutorial on using the HTML editor FrontPage 2000
- Using Excel and Visual Basic in the Mathematics Classroom
- Tutorial and examples of VBA code used within Excel
- Excel
- Tutorials
- TechTools
- Tools that make teaching mathematics with technology easier
- Flash
- Numerous Flash animations with a mathematical theme
- Math/Science Online Newsletter
- A newsletter pertaining to mathematics and science online.
- Visual Algebra
- Visual methods and technology for algebra and pre-calculus
- Flash Demos on Statistical Theme
- Toward a visual understanding of variance using animations and iconic communication
Talks by G. Donald Allen associated with technology and e-learning themes:
- Old Technology, New Technology, Emerging Technology
- What Works and Why, keynote address presented to HCC Title V Faculty Leadership Program - Math Workshop, October 20, 2006
- e-Learning in 2020
- Presented to the Information Technology Working Group (ITWG) seminari, September 12, 2006
- e-Learning in 2016
- Presented at the Math Education in 2016 conference, Helsinki, August 8-10, 2006
- ICTCM (International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics)
- Teaching higher mathematics courses online, Orlando, Florida, March 16-20, 2006
- Fractions
- Texas A&M/TEA (Texas Education Agency)/PEIC (P-16 Educational Improvement Consortium), March 4, 2006
- Pre-Conference Workshop Visual Algebra and Pre-Calculus, (six-hour workshop) TexMATYC/TCCTA Conference. (Invited) Houston, Texas, February 23-25, 2006
- Using and Validating a Triadic Instrument to Survey Middle School Children
- 2006 Annual Meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA), Austin, Texas, February 8-10, 2006
- Texas A&M University/Pasadena ISD, Fractions
- Measurement and Proportion for professional development, Pasadena, Texas, October 29, 2005
- Teacher Quality Grants: High Schools, Community Colleges and Universities
- A perspective. Seamless Transitions Annual Conference, with Sharon Sledge, March 30, 2005
- Twarted Innovations
- The problems of distance education, presented to the Information Technology Working Group (ITWG), February 15, 2005
- "Test Item Dependencies"
- Bowling Green State University, December 2, 2005
- RGVCTM (Rio Grande Valley Council on Teaching Mathematics)
- MathStar materials and the TQA pre-calculus course-in-a-box , McAllen, TX, November 19, 2005 (with Amanda Ross)
- The High-School-College Disconnect
- The Coastal Bend Mathematics Collaborative, Corpus Christi, Texas, November 14, 2005
- An In-Depth Study of Educator Perceptions of Mathematics/Science Teacher Preparation by Means of a Triadic Instrument and Interviews
- Presented at the Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC), (with Dianne Goldsby and Larry Kelly), Austin, Texas, October 6-8, 2005
- Texas A&M University/TEA (Texas Education Agency)/PEIC (P-16 Educational Improvement Consortium), Fractions Measurement and Scaling for professional development, October 8, 2005
- Maple - in the Classroom
- An online workshop given to Texmatyc instructors, April 9, 2004
- Precalculus Completely TEKS Aligned
- CAMT (Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching), Adams Mark Hotel, July 11-13, 2005 (with P. Poage)
- A brief outline of early calculating technologies. December 10, 2004
- Teacher Quality Type A
- Pre-caculus, Dana Center Preservice Conference , Oct 28, 2004
- Technology Retreat
- Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, April 22, 2005
- A crash course in assessment
- ICTCM, Oct 27, 2004
- TxDLA presentation
- August 2003
- Flash Workshop
- July 2003
- CAMT-2003 Presentation - Math Goes to Hollywood
- Visual Algebra
- Toward enhanced visual cognition of algebra concepts.
- Resources for Ordinary Differential Equations
- Demos for Physics, More Demos
- Maple Tutorial
- A short and basic tutorial on Maple.
NASA Resources
- NASA education at Kennedy Space Center
- NASA for educators - includes free teacher tools!
National Space Biomedical Research Institute Teacher Academy Project
Life/space science lessons, grades 5-12
Partnership for Environmental Education in Rural Health, Texas A&M University
Middle school teacher resources integrating environmental health science into science and non-science classrooms
Shell
Energy curriculum for middle and high school students
Texas A&M University Future Scientist Program
Hands-on inquiry lessons and lab activities designed by teachers and USDA/ARS research scientists
Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education
Online Books
Linear Algebra
History of Mathematics
Calculus I
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