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| February/March 2007 |
| COSI teacher e-news offers quick and timely information for busy teachers in the areas of teacher professional development, student development, and hands-on activities. To receive the teacher e-news monthly by e-mail, please send requests to teacherenews@mail.cosi.org. Remember, teachers always receive free admission to COSI's exhibits and a discount on membership! |
Science in Your Announcements! February 20th: John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth (1962). March 13th: Sir William Herschel discovers a new planet, Uranus (1781). |
| February 23-24, 2007 |
Join us for an overnight experience to learn from experts about science and teaching topics. New This Year: a session led by the Ohio Department of Education on preparing your students to answer short-response questions on the Ohio Achievement Test. View details and pricing. Registration deadline is Tuesday, February 20, 2007. |
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| Go on Scavenger Hunts with Einstein's Theories |
Improve your field trip by creating a learning expedition for your students! COSI’s Scavenger Hunts provide you and your K-8 students with a common theme before, during, and after your COSI visit. Choose: Technology & Innovation, Force & Motion, Light, and Sound & Energy. COSI’s New EINSTEIN Exhibit Use E=mc2 to turn your students entirely into energy, and learn Einstein's concepts through interactive demonstrations! EINSTEIN presents the life and theories of one of the greatest scientists of all time, opens at COSI on February 17th and runs through May 20th. EINSTEIN is included in the price of your field trip. View Educator's Guides and other Classroom Activities! |
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| Seats available at COSI for Surgical Suite & Autopsy |
Put yourself on medicine's cutting edge and observe live surgery from COSI's Galaxy Theater. Watch and ask questions as an expert surgical team at Mount Carmel performs open heart surgery or a total knee replacement on the big screen. Open Heart Surgery (3 hours) | Total Knee Replacement (90 minutes) Advance reservations are required. Call 614.228.COSI for reservations. View details and pricing to learn more! In the past year, COSI has connected to nearly 32,000 students in 35 states. |
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| Themed days that tie directly to the Ohio Academic Content Standards |
Join us for specially themed field trip days that tie directly to your classroom curriculum. COSI’s Education Team will gear all of their dynamic and exciting hands-on activities, shows, and exhibits to align to the Ohio Academic Content Standards for one specific grade or age group. This spring at COSI: Grade Level Days for Grades 3-7 and 9-10 that focus on the grades most impacted by the Ohio Achievement Test and the Ohio Graduation Test. |
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| Leprechaun Traps |
Leprechauns are part of Irish folklore. They are said to protect and collect treasure, like gold coins. Irish mythology says leprechauns are very cunning and aren’t trapped easily. However, legend has it that leprechauns may leave treasure behind if they have to depart quickly. If you want to catch one and gain their treasure, you’ll need to outsmart it. Materials:
Procedure: Discuss how your students will attract the leprechaun, including what leprechauns might consider a treasure, and how the trap will activate if a leprechaun gets inside. Have the students work in groups to design their traps and share with the class. Assign writing or drawing assignments as appropriate. Have students dig through the materials and decide what they will need for their leprechaun trap. Have students build their traps. About half-way through the activity, re-group as a class and discuss the strategies students are using. Ask questions like “If the leprechaun comes in here, this will happen” or “Why would a leprechaun choose your trap over another?” Point out and encourage the use of concepts you are teaching already in your class, like force and motion, or habitat and environments. Offer suggestions so the students apply your key concepts. Have each group of students demonstrate to the class how they will trap the leprechaun. Have students set their completed traps right before they go home. When they have left for the day, set each trap off and deposit gold coins under each one! This is an example of an open inquiry lesson in the form of a design challenge. Brainstorming and picking directions to pursue will be important for each group. The direction and vision must be something that holds your students’ interest, and they will compile their materials needs and procedure based on their goal. As the teacher, you can limit the number and variety of materials available if your students are not as comfortable with open inquiry. Remind them of the key concepts along the way so that your curriculum goals are never out of sight.
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