A Publication of Florida Community College at Jacksonville Regional science fair a glimpse into the future Many of today’s practicing scientists, medical doctors, engineers and teachers in the Jacksonville area first had in- terest peaked in their chosen career by participating in the local science fair when they were elementary or high school students. This year’s Northeast Florida Kiwanis Regional Science and Engineering Fair will be Friday, March 3, and marks the sixth year for FCCJ to provide the sett ting. The public is invited to view the projects on display from 9 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. at the South Campus Gymnasium, 11901 Beach Blvd. Last year, more than 2,000 visitors toured the fair. Science and engineering fairs offer an exceptional opportunity to enrich school programs at both the elementary and secondary level, according to Karen Sanchez, FCCJ chemistry professor and director of the fair. “Science projects encourage the students to apply the scientific method to answer a question. This is the same technique used by business professionals and scientists to solve real world prev blems,” Sanchez said. “Students learn presentation skills and develop written skills, such as learning to write a scien— tific abstract for the first time. The fair pulls together all of education in one project reading, writing and math skills are all involved.” For the future scientist and nonscien— tist alike, fair work provides experience and motivation that are reflected in both personal and classroom develop— ment, she emphasizes. This year’s fair will feature approx— imately 450 projects by students from Duval and Nassau County schools, grades six — 12. Projects will feature sub— jects in behavior, biochemistry, botany, computers, earth and space, engineer- ing, environmental science, math, medicine/health, microbiology, physics, psychology and zoology. The projects will be judged by 200 professional scientists, mathematicians and engineers on March 2. Winners will be announced March 3 at 7 p.m. FCCJ will also present its Young Scien— tist awards, which measure communica— tion and scientific skills on a given essay topic. The public is invited to at— tend the ceremonies. The fair, which is cosponsored by the Kiwanis Science Fair Board, the Duval County Public Schools and FCCJ, has a long and proud history, according to Sanchez. This year marks the 34th an— niversary of the regional fair in northeast Florida and the 24th year since the Jacksonville Area Kiwanis Clubs adopted the fair as a youth project. The committee that coordinates the fair is composed of members from the community, such as physicians, veterinarians and school teachers. Fifty employees throughout the Col- lege are involved in several aspects of the fair, including judging, tabulating results and coordinating details. “Without the contributions of all these people working together, the fair would not be as successful as we an— ticipate it to be,” Sanchez said. Thirty-six students representing the Northeast Florida Region will advance to the Florida State Science and Engineering Fair in Palm Beach Coun— ty, April 12 — 14. The two overall winners from the regional science fair’s senior high divi- Qt unitiwz “ 1g Y'Ht'wrimmu ......»M‘w , sion will represent the Northeast Florida Region at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsv burgh, Pa., May — 13. FCCJ will hold its annual week-long celebration of the teaching profession, March 6 — 10. “Celebrate Teaching Week” is open to interested individuals from FCCJ and throughout the Jacksonville area. The agenda includes stimulating seminars on teaching and learning strategies by accomplished teachers. Four days of presentations will be top, ped off by a banquet on Friday, March 10, featuring one of the nation’s most prominent educators, Dr. Vincent R. Ruggiero. A professor of humanities at State University of New York, Delhi, Rug— giero is an internationally known writer, lecturer and consultant whose areas of special interest and expertise in— clude critical thinking, creative think- ing, ethics, communication, curriculum reform, and staff development. As guest speaker for the banquet, he will talk about “Making Sense of Educational Reform.” The week—long festivities are spon— sored by FCCJ’s Instructional Network, and Staff and Program Development. Several FCCJ faculty are presenting seminars: Peg Green (Mathematics) will present a session on “Teaching Pre— Calculus by a Graphing Approach.” Her demonstration features a new ap— proach that was successfully tested dur— ing the fall term. Tuesday, March 7, 1 to 1:30 p.m., Kent Campus, F-IZSB. Mary Louise Shannon (Speech/ Humanities) will demonstrate how to turn the dread of public speaking into delight through her seminar, “And the Winner 15....” Tuesday, March 7, 1:45 to 2:15 p.m., Kent Campus, F128B. June Chandler (Medical—Surgical Nur— sing) and Helen Lubas (Pediatric Nur— sing) are known as a dynamic duo for their innovative approaches to teaching. Their seminar, “Academic Gaming,” gives a brief overview of the use of games as a teaching strategy. The presentation includes two popular TV game shows, “Concentration” and Jeopardy,” that have been adapted for classroom practice. Tuesday, March 7, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Kent Campus, F1283. Anita Morris (European and Ameri— can History) will illustrate how students can establish a common criterion with which to evaluate a topic in her seminar, “Critical Thinking and Col— laborative Learning.” Wednesday, March 8, 1 to 1:30 p.m., North Cam— pus, Provost’s Conference Room. Marie Smith (French/Humanities) ex— plores ways to actively involve students in the learning process, rather than treating them as passive receptors of knowledge, in her seminar, “Drilling Dolts and Dishing Up Dullness: Sugges— tions for Alleviating This Deadly Teaching Disorder.” Wednesday, March 8, 1:45 to 2:15 p.m., North Campus, Provost’s Conference Room. The Steering Committee of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning will demonstrate “Classroom Techniques for Assessing Academic Skills.” Wednesday, March 8, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., North Campus, Provost’s Conference Room. Ruggiero will present a workshop on “Teaching Thinking Across the Cur- riculum.” Thursday, March 9, 1 to 3:30 p.m., Downtown Campus, A-1018. Also Friday, March 10, 1 to 3:30 p.m., South Campus, U—165. All seminars are free. The “Celebra- tion Finale” banquet is $15 for FCCJ employees (and their guests) and $18 for the public. Seating is limited and pre— registration is required. The banquet will be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel at L95 and J. Turner Butler Boulevard. For banquet information, call 6323164. A young student’s work is judged in a science fair held last year. The stw dent is giving his three— minute description of his project in microbiology. INSIDE Jacksonville... a species to be studied . .2 Lights, action, education . . . . 3 Here’s a career you can bankon ....4 , OCR Text: A Publication of Florida Community College at Jacksonville Regional science fair a glimpse into the future Many of today’s practicing scientists, medical doctors, engineers and teachers in the Jacksonville area first had in- terest peaked in their chosen career by participating in the local science fair when they were elementary or high school students. This year’s Northeast Florida Kiwanis Regional Science and Engineering Fair will be Friday, March 3, and marks the sixth year for FCCJ to provide the sett ting. The public is invited to view the projects on display from 9 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. at the South Campus Gymnasium, 11901 Beach Blvd. Last year, more than 2,000 visitors toured the fair. Science and engineering fairs offer an exceptional opportunity to enrich school programs at both the elementary and secondary level, according to Karen Sanchez, FCCJ chemistry professor and director of the fair. “Science projects encourage the students to apply the scientific method to answer a question. This is the same technique used by business professionals and scientists to solve real world prev blems,” Sanchez said. “Students learn presentation skills and develop written skills, such as learning to write a scien— tific abstract for the first time. The fair pulls together all of education in one project reading, writing and math skills are all involved.” For the future scientist and nonscien— tist alike, fair work provides experience and motivation that are reflected in both personal and classroom develop— ment, she emphasizes. This year’s fair will feature approx— imately 450 projects by students from Duval and Nassau County schools, grades six — 12. Projects will feature sub— jects in behavior, biochemistry, botany, computers, earth and space, engineer- ing, environmental science, math, medicine/health, microbiology, physics, psychology and zoology. The projects will be judged by 200 professional scientists, mathematicians and engineers on March 2. Winners will be announced March 3 at 7 p.m. FCCJ will also present its Young Scien— tist awards, which measure communica— tion and scientific skills on a given essay topic. The public is invited to at— tend the ceremonies. The fair, which is cosponsored by the Kiwanis Science Fair Board, the Duval County Public Schools and FCCJ, has a long and proud history, according to Sanchez. This year marks the 34th an— niversary of the regional fair in northeast Florida and the 24th year since the Jacksonville Area Kiwanis Clubs adopted the fair as a youth project. The committee that coordinates the fair is composed of members from the community, such as physicians, veterinarians and school teachers. Fifty employees throughout the Col- lege are involved in several aspects of the fair, including judging, tabulating results and coordinating details. “Without the contributions of all these people working together, the fair would not be as successful as we an— ticipate it to be,” Sanchez said. Thirty-six students representing the Northeast Florida Region will advance to the Florida State Science and Engineering Fair in Palm Beach Coun— ty, April 12 — 14. The two overall winners from the regional science fair’s senior high divi- Qt unitiwz “ 1g Y'Ht'wrimmu ......»M‘w , sion will represent the Northeast Florida Region at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsv burgh, Pa., May — 13. FCCJ will hold its annual week-long celebration of the teaching profession, March 6 — 10. “Celebrate Teaching Week” is open to interested individuals from FCCJ and throughout the Jacksonville area. The agenda includes stimulating seminars on teaching and learning strategies by accomplished teachers. Four days of presentations will be top, ped off by a banquet on Friday, March 10, featuring one of the nation’s most prominent educators, Dr. Vincent R. Ruggiero. A professor of humanities at State University of New York, Delhi, Rug— giero is an internationally known writer, lecturer and consultant whose areas of special interest and expertise in— clude critical thinking, creative think- ing, ethics, communication, curriculum reform, and staff development. As guest speaker for the banquet, he will talk about “Making Sense of Educational Reform.” The week—long festivities are spon— sored by FCCJ’s Instructional Network, and Staff and Program Development. Several FCCJ faculty are presenting seminars: Peg Green (Mathematics) will present a session on “Teaching Pre— Calculus by a Graphing Approach.” Her demonstration features a new ap— proach that was successfully tested dur— ing the fall term. Tuesday, March 7, 1 to 1:30 p.m., Kent Campus, F-IZSB. Mary Louise Shannon (Speech/ Humanities) will demonstrate how to turn the dread of public speaking into delight through her seminar, “And the Winner 15....” Tuesday, March 7, 1:45 to 2:15 p.m., Kent Campus, F128B. June Chandler (Medical—Surgical Nur— sing) and Helen Lubas (Pediatric Nur— sing) are known as a dynamic duo for their innovative approaches to teaching. Their seminar, “Academic Gaming,” gives a brief overview of the use of games as a teaching strategy. The presentation includes two popular TV game shows, “Concentration” and Jeopardy,” that have been adapted for classroom practice. Tuesday, March 7, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Kent Campus, F1283. Anita Morris (European and Ameri— can History) will illustrate how students can establish a common criterion with which to evaluate a topic in her seminar, “Critical Thinking and Col— laborative Learning.” Wednesday, March 8, 1 to 1:30 p.m., North Cam— pus, Provost’s Conference Room. Marie Smith (French/Humanities) ex— plores ways to actively involve students in the learning process, rather than treating them as passive receptors of knowledge, in her seminar, “Drilling Dolts and Dishing Up Dullness: Sugges— tions for Alleviating This Deadly Teaching Disorder.” Wednesday, March 8, 1:45 to 2:15 p.m., North Campus, Provost’s Conference Room. The Steering Committee of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning will demonstrate “Classroom Techniques for Assessing Academic Skills.” Wednesday, March 8, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., North Campus, Provost’s Conference Room. Ruggiero will present a workshop on “Teaching Thinking Across the Cur- riculum.” Thursday, March 9, 1 to 3:30 p.m., Downtown Campus, A-1018. Also Friday, March 10, 1 to 3:30 p.m., South Campus, U—165. All seminars are free. The “Celebra- tion Finale” banquet is $15 for FCCJ employees (and their guests) and $18 for the public. Seating is limited and pre— registration is required. The banquet will be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel at L95 and J. Turner Butler Boulevard. For banquet information, call 6323164. A young student’s work is judged in a science fair held last year. The stw dent is giving his three— minute description of his project in microbiology. INSIDE Jacksonville... a species to be studied . .2 Lights, action, education . . . . 3 Here’s a career you can bankon ....4 , Z ArchiveInABox,JAX,Outlook Newsletter Resorted,1989,March 1989,March 1989 1, March 1989 1