Michael MorandAssociate Vice President of New Haven and State
Affairs Claudia Merson
Director of Public School Partnerships David Heiser
Head of Education and Outreach Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Tom ParlapianoWest Campus Education Coordinator
West Haven Public School visits to the Yale Peabody Museum Community Education Center at West Campus from September 2010 through February 2011
Attendance
School Date GradeProgram Description # Programs
Teacher/Contact K-6 MS HS Total
WHHSSeptember 2010 9
Project SEARCH 2
Dickson/McDevitt 47
Pagels School
October 2010 K
Fall Nature Walk 4
Shaw/Stapleton 71
Seth Haley School
October 2010 4
Fall Nature Walk 1 Cooper 22
Seth Haley School
October 2010 1
Fall Nature Walk 2 Paolino, etal 42
Mackrille School
October 2010 4
Fall Nature Walk 4 Tracy, etal. 83
Mackrille School
November 2010 1
Fall Nature Walk 2
Memmott, etal. 39
Seth Haley School
November 2010 4
Introduction to Raptors 3
Cooper, etal. 62
Seth Haley School
November 2010 1
Fall Nature Walk 2
McDermott/DeStefano 43
Mackrille School
January 2011 3
Introduction to Geology 2 Gissel, etal. 35
Forest School
February 2011 3
Introduction to Geology 2 Butler, etal. 34
24 431 0 47 478Total
West Haven Public School visits to Yale Peabody Museum in March 2011School Date Grade Program # Programs AttendanceWashington School 10-Mar-11 2 Dinosaurs 2 50Washington School 11-Mar-11 2 Dinosaurs 2 50
Seth Haley School 14-Mar-11 2 Connecticut Wildlife 2 50
Seth Haley School 15-Mar-11 2 Connecticut Wildlife 2 50
Carrigan School 21-Mar-11 6 Rocks and Minerals 4 100
Forest School 22-Mar-11 2 Connecticut Wildlife 2 50
Carrigan School 23-Mar-11 6 Rocks and Minerals 4 100
Forest School 23-Mar-11 2 Connecticut Wildlife 2 50
Carrigan School 24-Mar-11 6 Rocks and Minerals 4 100Forest School 25-Mar-11 self guide 50
Carrigan School 29-Mar-11 6 Rocks and Minerals 4 100
Carrigan School 30-Mar-11 6 Rocks and Minerals 4 100CARRIGAN SCHOOL January 5 Color light
500
32 1350
PEABODY MUSEUM 1350
WEST CAMPUS 478
TOTAL 1826
All science teachers receive a free Peabody Museum membership.
Free guided tours at the Peabody Museum for all students K-12 are provided every year.
Community service hours for students to work at West Campus on removing non native species of plants
After school Evolution Program- A total of eight students participated in the college
field trip to Washington D.C.
Jaylah Evans Jessica Kuchta
Kaussar Rahman Momal Sumra Selena DeLeon Tanaya Howard Fiton Imerukaj
Sebastian Moraga
A junior will have the opportunity to work in a
physics laboratory over the summer Summer internship opportunity for students who
participated in the Evolution Program Program for seniors at West Campus
Help with the elementary programs
High school biology students analyze the water quality and ecology of the Oyster River at the West Campus site. (Annual event)
Girls' Science Investigations (grades 6-8) Saturday program for a total of 4-5 sessions at no cost to
students. Science Saturdays (grades 7 and above).
Grade 5 All students participated in the Color and Light
Institute at Yale Peabody and will do it again next year. Trip was organized by the grade five teachers together with the help of the science facilitator Jeanne Vauiso.
Grade 6 Geology Program at Peabody Grade 6 teachers attended a 1 day Geosciences
Institute at the Peabody Museum on 3/31.
All grade 5 students have been attending a half day college visit to the Yale Campus. The event takes place every year in June, so far 2,000 students have visited.
Tour of the campus Video Lunch on the campus
groundsDate
Cluster CONTACT PERSON
# Of students
5/31 H Don Funaro 100
6/1 I Jason Heffernan
100
6/3 G Elisa Rice 98
6/6 F Alicia Limosani
99
6/7 J Donna Pitts 100
Wetlands program for the spring session for grade 4 Most of grade 3 students participated in the Rocks and Minerals
Institute this year. We will have all grade 3 students participate next year. Science facilitators will work with Tom Parlapiano on the planning and schedule.
Tom Parlapiano will work with grades 1-2 visiting students on their next unit of studies on plants.
Tom Parlapiano will continue to work with K-2 students on the nature walk program in the spring
Geoscience Institute • Participating teachers will receive:
• FREE 3-day summer institute, field trip and curriculum guide• 2.0 CEUs• $200 stipend available after teaching and assessing the
complete module• Funds to cover transportation for one field trip for one class
during the school year• Free class visit to the Yale Peabody Museum• Free Yale Peabody Museum Family membership
NASA Institute • Participating teachers will receive:
• FREE 3-day summer institute, including morning coffee and lunch
• Set of standards-based classroom activities with accompanying Solar Science kit
• 200 stipend after teaching and assessing the complete set of activities in your classroom
• Free admission AND funds to cover bus transportation for two field trips during the school year
• 2.0 CEUs from Yale University
• Free Peabody Museum Family Membership• Learn innovative ways to teach Connecticut’s 5th grade
science standards• Learn how to use NASA data in the classroom• Preview cool planetarium shows about the sun and sunlight• Gain practical, hands-on experience with the Leitner Family• Observatory’s telescopes• Receive support from Museum and Planetarium educators• Two teachers will be selected